I just wanted to congratulate my friend and frequent tourney participant John Roels (that’s him at Chicagoland earlier this year) on his win at the Indy 500 Tournament. John won with the Cincinnati Reds of 1955. Give the tournament organizers of Indy 500 some due credit. Mike Willett and Dave…
My 1966 National League replay is chock-full of quality first baseman. How good are they? There were a total of four eventual Hall of Fame first sackers among the ten NL teams alone (plus one eventual NL President). Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda didn’t make the cut. Neither did 1B-5…
Okay, here goes! This is my first ballot for the upcoming All-Star Game in my 1966 NL replay!! During the ballot process, I’ll be posting images of players who didn’t make the cut… like the Mets’ Jerry Grote above. The sixties was a decade when one catcher would catch both…
This is just a quick run down of APBA tournaments. I encourage you to check out this excellent Boys of Summer article which covers a lot of the current APBA tournaments and includes a lot more details (thanks Shawn!). Because boy, there are a lot of them going on! Darrell…
This is the second Brooks Robinson card I’ve featured on Monday. I posted about B-Robbie’s 1962 card before but you can never see enough 3B-6 cards, am I right? Brooks’ 1966 card is slightly less strong offensively as his 1962 one but overall, it a solid contender. Brooks hit .269…
Now that it is July in my 1966 NL replay, things are heating up! The race is tightening up and there has been some shifting in the standings. Baseball pundits are not as bullish on the Dodgers and the Giants. Now however, stock is high in Philly and Cincy. And…
Folks, there’s nothing like a dependable closer and Eric Gagne comes as close to that especially in the year 2003. As the Dodger closer, Gagne led the NL with 55 saves with a 1.20 ERA. He finished 67 of the team’s games for the season. The kicker: he struck out…
So far, I am two full days into July in my 1966 NL replay. To be sure, the mid-sixties is not an offense-laden period in baseball history and this bears out in the pitching stats so far. Even with pitching staffs like the Cubs’ and the Mets’, it seems to…
Thirty-eight APBA players descended on Toledo this past weekend for Ron Emch’s fifth annual Glass City APBA Baseball Tournament. What a turnout! When all was said and done, it was Bob McCurdy (top right) and his 1982 Philadelphia Phillies who were left standing. Bob defeated Jeff Boeding and the 1934…
One thing I’ve noticed about replaying the 1966 season is the relative ages of the players of that time. Those men are reaching the autumn of their lives. And sadly, on occasion I will see an obituary of someone who played an important role in the 1966 campaign. Such is…