The Illowa APBA League is over half done with its 2020 season now. To say the least, it’s been an unconventional year. And as far as my Twin City Thunderchickens, it’s a slightly disappointing campaign. We were one inning away from winning the 2019 IAL World Series. In 2020, we’re…
“He doesn’t just hit pitchers. He takes away their dignity” -Don Sutton on Stargell Rich Zawadski kindly sent in 1962 Willie Mays this week for Monster Monday but alas, I featured ’62 Mays six years ago. Thanks anyway, Rich! This week, I’m posting a slow OF-1. Yikes. But you can…
Don George is back and has news about his newly-finished 1974 Cincinnati Reds replay. Batting averages were down compared to real life but Joe Morgan fueled a 102-61 for the Reds. Don writes: The Cincinnati Reds cruised to 102 wins in the replay. The Reds exactly matched their actual wins…
I had a Monster Card all set for today. Feedback on my John Montefusco post tells me that some APBA Blog readers want true baseball stars not the lucky ones. Too bad. My choice had tons of sixes on his card. Feedback is a gift and I do appreciate hearing…
Chase emailed me with a good question… I do have a question (it’s been a number of years since I last ordered a season) … Maddux has some sort of rating “(30)”. I see others with “26”, “28”. These are not master game pitchers ratings. What are these ratings. I’ve…
Don George wrote me this past week and submits this Monday’s Monster Card: As mentioned, I’ve been rolling through a 1974 Cincinnati Reds replay. My 1974 set does not include the newly reprinted full set of 861 players. Whenever I need a player not in my set, I use data…
In the first time in recent memory, there will not be Illowa APBA League Summer weekend. While there have been times that individuals (including myself) have missed any of IAL’s three annual weekends, this is the first time I can remember that we won’t be getting together as a group.…
Rod Caborn sends in a look at all of no-hitters from his deadball replays One of the features that replaying an entire season offers is the thrill of a no-hitter. Like real life, no-hitters occur infrequently, and, on occasion, the pitchers that throw them are totally random. In replaying three…
Kudos to Dan Oliverio! After the Chicagoland APBA tournament was canceled due to COVID-19 (boo, virus!), Dan took it upon himself to replay the Chicagoland tournament in a one and done fashion. Branding it “ChicAPBA 2020”, he even elicited the participation of those who couldn’t attend by letting them set…
Hall of Famer Mel Ott was a staple of the New York Giants’ lineup for two decades. His career spanned from 1926 to 1947 all with the Giants. Ott led the NL six times and one of those years was in 1934. Along with 35 homers, Ott also led the…