No doubt, Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson was one of a kind. He was the dominating pitcher no batter wanted to face. We lost Gibby to pancreatic cancer on Friday only days after another Cardinal fan favorite, Lou Brock passed away. In the year 1968, Gibson had the year…
Scott Fennessy had a great idea for a simple replay. Here’s his recap: I have been reading about other managers taking time for little side projects. Since I am currently ahead of schedule on my 1906 replay I decided to do something I have always wanted to try, but just…
RIP Lou Brock who passed away this week. I have always been a Cubs fan but had deep respect for the speedy Cardinals’ leftfielder. Each year, I remember him as a welcome addition to the National League All-Star team. For today’s Monster Card Monday, I asked Illowa League commissioner Mike…
Ninety-six games into the season, it’s almost All Star break in the Illowa APBA League and well, it ain’t 2019 anymore for the Twin City Thunderchickens. I played the last summer series in person against Marcus Bunch and his Moline Upperdeckers. I was able to physically transfer the 2019 Manager…
To be sure, attendance was low in these COVID-19 days but the Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament went on as planned… sort of. The normally April tournament was delayed a few months. Masked and mostly socially-distant, there were 13 entrants on August 8th, 2020 and it was held at the…
On DTP episode #36, we discuss the current 60-game MLB season and its impact on APBA Baseball as well as the 2020 Baseball Pre-Play set. Also, we have a conversation about BBW and card and dice leagues moving forward. Double Take: An APBA Gaming Podcast Topics Discussed: APBA Baseball 2020 Master Baseball Season Pre-play Cards 2020 Preplay…
This post is may not seem APBA-related but for me, it is. It’s geared for APBA players who like me, store APBA files on their computer. Examples of these can be Excel stat files, backups of APBA BBW files, or for that matter any type of documentation of replays. This…
The Illowa APBA League is over half done with its 2020 season now. To say the least, it’s been an unconventional year. And as far as my Twin City Thunderchickens, it’s a slightly disappointing campaign. We were one inning away from winning the 2019 IAL World Series. In 2020, we’re…
“He doesn’t just hit pitchers. He takes away their dignity” -Don Sutton on Stargell Rich Zawadski kindly sent in 1962 Willie Mays this week for Monster Monday but alas, I featured ’62 Mays six years ago. Thanks anyway, Rich! This week, I’m posting a slow OF-1. Yikes. But you can…
Don George is back and has news about his newly-finished 1974 Cincinnati Reds replay. Batting averages were down compared to real life but Joe Morgan fueled a 102-61 for the Reds. Don writes: The Cincinnati Reds cruised to 102 wins in the replay. The Reds exactly matched their actual wins…