It almost seems a sin to post a card like this. Pastor Rich, please forgive me. :) The Cincinnati Reds brought rookie Johnny Bench up in the month of August of 1967. They didn’t just try him out here and there. They gave him a full tryout. He started all…
Last week, I started an article series about how I’m keeping my 1966 NL replay stats using Excel. I started with a post on my how my individual team spreadsheets. Part II of the series looked at my Master spreadsheet which uses the data from those team spreadsheets to make…
I’ve said it before… monster cards have a tendency to come from seasons that were shortened because of labor disputes. This 1994 Jeff Bagwell card suggested by Pastor Rich, is one such case. Despite playing in just 110 games, Bagwell reached the century mark in both runs (104) and rbis…
This past year, some APBA fans expressed some mild displeasure at the way power numbers were doled out for a couple hitters in the 2012 baseball set. Specifically, I’m talking about those players who hit a fair amount of homeruns but didn’t receive a single one on their card. Starlin…
A couple days ago, I started to take a look at how I do my stats for my replays. In my first article, I began with the team spreadsheet and how I set those up for each team. From here we’ll take a look at my Master spreadsheet. The Master…
by Scott Fennessy Philadelphia, PA 7/25/1905 The Cubs face the Phillies in game 2 of this series. Jake Weimer fresh of a 1 hit shutout is on the hill for the resurging Cubs and he faces “Frosty Bill” Duggleby who is a solid pitcher complete with a no hitter back…
I thought I’d give you a little glimpse into how I’m keeping track of stats for my 1966 NL replay. I know not everybody uses MS Excel for statkeeping. Some use BallStat and others do it by hand. BBW players don’t even have to worry about stat keeping. They’re the…
Got a chance to try out the new boards tonight as I played two games of my 1966 NL replay. But first… …is this a card that will drive five runs in a game? It did. The Braves’ Sandy Alomar went 3 for 5 with a double and 5 rbis…
The first Chicagoland APBA World Series Tournament was such a success, they’re going to do it again. Doug Schuyler announced today that the location for the 2nd go-round has already been reserved. Here are the details from Doug: 2nd Chicagoland APBA World Series Tournament!!!!! Need a show of hands people!…
Thanks to Tom Zuppa for suggesting 1978 Mike Fischlin of the Houston Astros for this week’s tribute to sub-mediocrity. I can honestly say I’ve never heard of this ballplayer before this week. Journeyman infielder Fischlin made his rounds in the late 70s and 80s. He managed to stick around for…