The Monster Card Monday for this week belongs to George Brett’s famous .390 hitting card he received for his 1980 card. Brett’s story for his run for .400 in ‘80 is quite interesting. He actually started out relatively slow for the year. In April, he only hit a miserable .259. …
It’s time for my annual run down of the 2011 baseball season set. I call it “By the Numbers”. Today, I’ll start with hitting. Overall, I’ve found that there weren’t many players with “monster” numbers with either positive or negative stats. Things were pretty tempered. That’s not necessarily a bad…
Mike, our commissioner in the IAL, just got the 2011 baseball disk. He couldn’t resist the opportunity of having a little fun and trolling the rest of the managers over email: “I have the disk. I predict that Tedd will have a really bad year!!!!!!” “The “12” is on 66.”…
The 2011 Transcontinental Baseball League season has really come down to the wire. The drama included everything from brother rivalry and a tie series. It looks like a one-game playoff may be in order, says Steve Stein. The Williams Division has ended in an 87-75 tie between Glenn Taylor’s Wakefield…
Stray Corrado sent us an update on the BBW-based Mid-West Baseball League and includes some information on a new retro league called the Mid-West Winter League. League Name Mid-West Baseball League League Website http://www.straybaseball.com/mwbl Contact Person Stray Corrado Sport Baseball # of teams 28 Year of inception 1997 Basic/Master/Computer/ Combination…
On Between the Lines forum, Steve Radtke has uploaded an Excel spreadsheet populated with info gleaned from the BTL chat the other night. Fielding ratings, pitchers’ grades and some hitting numbers of a few notables. It’s attached to this forum post. There are a few of you out there who…
The Between the Lines forum is abuzz tonight. Those who have gotten the disk are sating the need of those who have not with ratings, grades and some occasional hitting results. You’ll find a variety of pitcher’s grades, fielding and hitting in this thread. In this thread, you’ll find mostly…
On the Between the Lines forum, APBA fans are chomping at the bit waiting for any news of delivery of the 2011 baseball disk. I just checked the multiple threads devoted to the topic. No news yet. Actually, there is one tiny bit of release news. CEO John Herson has…
Name: Rod Caborn APBA League: Orlando APBA Association Team: Beefers Claim to Fame: estimated 20,000 APBA games played Rod Caborn is an APBA Blog reader and not only that, he contributes often. Occasionally, he sends me updates on what his league, the Orlando APBA Association, is up to. In preparation…
We’re revisiting 1930 this week for MCM. And for a change, this hitter played a full season… well almost. I’m talking about George “Watty” Watkins who played in 119 games and had 424 plate appearances in 1930. Watkins’ very first year in baseball was with the 1930 St Louis Cardinals. …