Matthew writes with questions on starting a replay: Hello, I’m enjoying your blog, especially the ’66 replay. I did single team replays growing up with pops, all late 80s to 90s. I’m just reentering the APBA world in my early 30s. I’d like to do a replay of an earlier…
by Scott Fennessy 9/25/1905 Chicago, IL Game two for today features Fred Mitchell, another Brooklyn pitcher having a difficult year is making a rare start today. Fred has seen a LOT of work from the bullpen this year, and is merely getting a chance to prove he is no worse…
John Brandeberry is done with his 1930 replay! Last night, my family had Brando over for dinner and while he was over we played the World Series. The Philadelphia Athletics finished first in the AL in his replay as in real life but in the NL, the New York Giants…
Last night, it was a treat to have my buddy John Brandeberry help me out with the Monster-Terribles project. I gave him the Monsters, of course and they responded with quite an offensive display winning 20-0. Starter Ed Walsh did what he does best by pitching a one-hitter (thank you,…
On Facebook, Tom Zuppa had a few predictions for my Monsters vs. Terribles series before I started, • The Monsters will average at least 10 runs per game. • The Terribles will score a total of 10 runs. • A Monster starter will hit .500. • There will be a…
A couple days ago, John Cochrane informed me in a comment on a past article about APBA’s fake names from the 1990s that I had a name missing on the list. Thanks John! That reminded me that I’d hadn’t posted this list in a while. It’s worth doing so since…
Scott Veatch comes through with a very interesting card which could just as well work for Weird Card Wednesday, too. It’s 1964 Bob “Savvy” Saverine. Saverine was 23 years old but was already in his fifth year in baseball by the 1964 season with the Baltimore Orioles. Savvy Bob was…
1980 Brett: Two HR and five rbis in Game One Game 1 of my Monsters vs Terribles series is in the books and it went just how you probably would have expected it. Game #1 R H E Monday Monsters 15 19 0 Tuesday Terribles 0 6 2 WP- Mathewson…
by Scott Fennessy 9/24/1905 Chicago, IL This is it. The final scheduled meeting between these two battle hardened teams. Both managers had inspirational speeches prior to the game, with Frank Chance focusing on patience, and John McGraw’s rally cry was at a fever pitch, and focused on pitching and defense.…
As I started my Monster vs. Terribles series last night, I realized again that I never wrote an official Monster Card Monday article for Honus Wagner. Time to remedy that now. As old as some of us are, I’m pretty confident that none of us have seen Wagner play…