As I’ve begun my little 21-game project between the Monday Monsters and the Tuesday Terribles, I of course wanted to keep stats. That was part of the fun, right? To establish how bad the Terribles were as opposed to the mighty Monsters. But did I really want to re-invent the…
Scott Fennessy just got the new 1984 APBA Baseball set and passed this Miguel Dilone card from the Expos along. With two 14*s and twelve 6*s to go with his two first column 11s, Dilone’s card is weird enough. But check out the result at 13, though. He has a…
Doug Gwosdz’ last name was a crazy mixture of letters leading to his nickname, “Eyechart”. It was actually pronounced “Goosh”. Though he lasted four years as a catcher for the Padres, he never hit above .176 in his first three seasons and hit only one lifetime homerun. It was in…
Lately, Mel M has been updating us with his 1967 AL replay. I just got an email from Mel that he completed the All-Star Game for his replay and he passed on his summary for us. Hey Tom, here’s a recap of my all star game. Welcome to sunny California…
Browsing through my 1934 set, I ran across this James “Rip” Collins aka “the Ripper”. First baseman Ripper Collins had a career year for the 1934 World Champion Gas House Gang St. Louis Cardinals. He led the National League with 35 homers, 369 total bases and a .615 slugging percentage. …
by Scott Fennessy Chicago, IL 9/30/1905 The Cubs complete their final full month of play by hosting the offense challenged Braves today. The Braves send Irv Young to the mound. Young has had a fine season, and deserves a much better record than he has ended the season with, but…
Game 6 provided a bit of interest in my Monsters-Terribles season. Is the tide turning? Up until this point, the Monsters have averaged 18 runs per game. However with a pitching performance by ‘73 Steve Blass that can only be described as absolutely mediocre, the Monsters 6-2 was remotely interesting…
While suffering from a case of “replay burnout” I was looking for something to recharge my APBA battery and took an interest in Tom’s “Monsters vs. Terribles” idea. I had debated doing my tournament at the end of my 1905 replay but was so eager to get the 1903 season…
Steve Stein passed on the link to this year’s Transcontinental Baseball League’s annual publication “The TBL Baseball Annual: The Youth Movement”. It’s quite a production and a good read for any serious league member just so you have something to aspire to. The TBL Baseball Annual is edited by TBL…
With 36-18 record, our Urbana Locomotives hit a bit of dry spell going 1-6 in the Boys of Summer APBA League. Against the Boston Bravos, we found what cures all ills. …a walkoff win in the 10th innning… …and a second walkoff win in the ninth. I was recently was…