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…
It’s a thing now in APBA Baseball leagues. Derek Jeter is either becoming the hits leader in leagues or reaching the 3000 mark (see also: Derek Jeter approaching milestone in MWBL and OAPBA Lifetime Records showing consistencies among leagues’ stats). Now it’s happened in the Illowa APBA League as evidenced…
It’s interesting to me that there haven’t been more Triple Crown winners in baseball. That’s not to diminish the effort it takes to lead in just one category let alone three of the most important stats (let the argument begin about the significance of the rbi stat!). But there have…
by Scott Fennessy Philadelphia, PA 7/24/1905 The Cubs continue their road swing moving from Boston to Philadelphia to face the fading Phillies. The Phillies had at one time looked like a threat to enter the then two team race with the Cubs and Giants, but then Hugh Duffy suffered a…
I received my new APBA baseball boards a couple days ago! I believe it was Ron Taylor who said on Facebook that someone should post an unboxing video on YouTube. I thought since many people had a lot of questions about the boards and the game itself, I would do…
Wednesday night, my buddy John Brandeberry picked me up for another night of APBA at his house. I had brought my 1966 NL cards thinking we would play a couple games from my replay. We did that and more. We got a whole days worth in. We replayed the day…
I’m only a week and a half into my 1966 replay and I’ve already noticed a mistake. It’s not a huge mistake and nothing I’ll lose sleep over but I had to come up with a solution for it. To put it simply, pitcher Billy Hoeft appeared in a game…
While NL infielder Darrel Chaney wasn’t much of a hitter for his whole career (.217 lifetime average), he didn’t do himself any favors in last season in 1979. That year he hit .162 with a pathetic .205 slugging percentage. I will give Chaney credit for staying around for eleven years. …
This odd Monster Card comes to us from Rich Ozz Selg who shared it on Facebook. It’s Sparky Lyle’s card from 1981 (is it me or did a lot of strange cards come from that season set?). His pitching skills had started to deteriorate by then but apparently his base…
by Scott Fennessy Boston, MA 7/22/1905 The Cubs play the Braves and go for the sweep in the series finale. Mordecai Brown faces Vic Willis today. Brown has been pitching great lately, and while Willis has thrown well this year, he seems to be let down by the serious lack…