Well with a lot of work and some frustration, the Boys of Summer APBA Online League is almost there! We’ve finished our draft yesterday. I won’t rehash our issues with the APBA Online drafting mechanism. You can read about it here. I will say that our managers in this league…
Admittedly 1972 wasn’t Rollie Fingers’ highest pitcher’s grade but he did something right at the plate. Maybe a couple things. Fingers’ accomplishment is amazing in that he got in 20 plate appearances solely as a reliever in 1972. That he batted .316 with a homer is that much more exciting. …
Tomorrow will be an “APBA” day. First, I’m going to my buddy Brando’s house to play some dice APBA. More than likely, I’ll help him with his 1930 replay. Brando tells me he’s through August in the AL/NL effort. I thought about us playing some of my own 1966 NL…
They made an appearance at the Chicagoland World Series APBA Tournament. They’ve been featured in Doug Schuyler’s Facebook posts. Now you can have one too! Yes, I’m talking about the Keep Calm and Roll Sixty Sixes mug. Through Zazzle.com, I had a few made just for fun and it seems…
Keep an eye tomorrow (Feb. 22) for Stray Corrado’s Mid-West Baseball League draft. It will be online and you can watch the progress at the MWBL draft page. Stray tells me that the draft runs pretty smoothly. Using their own written web-based software, they will record the draft online. Starting…
As with the poll for Terribles secondbaseman, there are some stinkers here with the shortstops. Not just with the bat but with the glove as well. Only 1968 Oyler shows some talent in the field. Also similar to the secondbasemen poll for the Terribles, the nominees hover around the late…
by Scott Fennessy 9/11/1905 Cincinnati, OH The Cubs face the Reds in a “must win” situation. Although they are tied with the Giants, they have two more games played than their New York rivals. That however will be reduced to one as the Cubs schedule has them off for the…
With the Boys of Summer APBA League getting into the swing of things (we’re finishing up our draft on Sunday), there’s talk of how to use Baseball for Windows MicroManagers. With that in mind, I thought I’d feature this manual from 1991 for MicroManager for Flashback Friday. This early version…
Mel M. sends me the ultimate in the all or nothing card. It’s Jim Gott’s 1987 card. Gott split his time between the Pirates and the Giants that year and didn’t do too bad as a pitcher. He sported a 3.41 ERA and struck out 90 batters in 87 innings…
Ok, disregard the pitching grade here. There is obviously nothing “terrible” with 1987 Frank Viola’s AXZ grade. In fact, his 17-10 record and 2.90 ERA for the Twins was good enough to rank sixth in the Cy Young voting. But now look at his hitting card. Are there enough 13s…