For APBA Football fans, this is the weekend! Carefully organized by the APBA Football Club’s Geoff Giordano, the APBA Football Tournament in Canton, Ohio (yes, the Pro Football Hall of Fame) is under way. APBA Football fans can get updates on the APBA Football Club’s Facebook page or read up…
by Scott Fennessy Chicago IL, 7/29/1905 The Cubs return home from a good road trip that saw them get back on track as they continue their chase of the Giants while also fending off the Pirates. They lost a tough one in Philadelphia the other day 3-1 so it is…
I consider replaying one APBA season a pretty good feat. Well, how about 17 seasons? Yes, Rod Caborn has completed a total of seventeen replays in addition, by the way, to managing a team in the OAPBA League. We recently covered his latest replay, the deadball season of 1883. Not…
Geoff Giordano from the APBA Football Club does a thorough job in his “Reveal and Review” of the new revised APBA basic Football Game that just came out. Football fans should definitely check out the video he posted on YouTube. Geoff’s review is pretty positive though he does have…
by Scott Fennessy Philadelphia, PA 7/27/1905 The Cubs wrap up their road trip with the 4th and final game of the series and go for the sweep. Herb Briggs faces Frank Corridon in an infrequent B vs. B matchup. Both pitchers look good in the first two frames and “The…
I posted this 1966 Roberto “Bobby” Pena card a few days ago on The APBA Blog Facebook page. Why? In my ‘66 NL replay where I’m using actual lineups, his Cubs have taken to starting him at shortstop in mid-April. Not only that, they have led him off once or…
Last week, I posted 1994 Jeff Bagwell on Monday. This week’s entry was probably Bagwell’s competitor for best hitting card for that year, Matt Williams. I can tell you it’s a tough call. The funny thing is, both these players were on the same team in our Illowa APBA League. …
For those who were following my stat keeping series, this is an addendum to Part III. I mentioned that I wasn’t able to bring in team names in my Excel pivot tables for my leaderboards. I worked with it a bit more and Eureka!. The trick is to enable Classic…
by Scott Fennessy Philadelphia PA 7/26/1905 The Cubs face the Phillies in game 3 of this series. Mordecai Brown coming off another great start faces Tully Sparks (right) of the Phillies who has pitched very well with a 12-12 record and a 2.07 ERA and a no hitter coming into…
In my last article in this stat keeping series, I’m going to tie up some loose ends, give out some handy tips and hints on how I make stat keeping that much easier and answer a couple questions that have come my way in the last couple days. Plan ahead…