On Facebook, Eric Berg prompted those of us going to the July 20 Chicagoland APBA Baseball tournament to Post a photo of your #3 hitter! No names, just the pic of your stud at 3. For me, that was a very appropriate thing to ask. Along with Harmon Killebrew, my…
In my last post, I recapped the top five teams in my 1966 NL replay. Today, I’ll go through the lower five and describe the highlights and lowlights. I cobbled together a quick “by-the-numbers” graphic for the month of June. Also, if you haven’t seen it, here are the full…
I have finished the month of June in my 1966 National League replay! It’s a good time for a team-by-team update. Before I begin, a quick synopsis of my format of my replay: I use the APBA Basic Game with the optional rules I use the 1966 reprint cards from…
I have already written a bit about Juan Marichal’s performance in June. However, it wasn’t until I calculated the monthly stats for all the players when I realized how dominating he was for the San Francisco Giants. Marichal started seven times in June… and won all seven, leading the NL…
Dick Allen took a break in May but boy, he came back with gusto! Player Allen, Dick G 32 AB 121 R 23 H 48 2B 9 3B 8 HR 2 RBI 33 BB 10 SO 23 SB 4 AVG .397 SLG .653 OBP .443 The Phillie left fielder had…
Okay, I can’t resist featuring the Killer this week. Harmon Killebrew will be one of my main stars as my 1966 Twins attend the Chicagoland APBA Baseball Tournament on July 20th. Season Totals Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG…
Just how good is Juan Marichal performing in my 1966 NL replay? Well, he just hurled a 4-hit shutout against the Cardinals on June 29th, 1966 and his league leading Hits/9 IP actually went UP to 3.7. It was Marichal’s eighth shutout of the year, also leading the NL. His…
Rob Wyks has come up with a pretty original idea for an APBA Baseball tournament. Date: Sunday, Nov 10, 2019 Location: 1393 Russell Branch, Leesburg, Va 20175 Time: 0830 Cost:20$ It takes place on Veterans Day so each team may pick an extra player as long as he’s an official…
Scott Fennessy had a question about Excel… Hi Tom,Since you seem to be in a mood to show off your excel skills lately I have a simple challenge for you. In my personal stat sheets I use decimal points for my innings pitched counts. (i.e. 1.2, 4.1, etc.) What I…
In just a few weeks, I’ll be participating in Rob Spatz’ Chicagoland Summer APBA Tournament. By my count, there are a total of 42 participants this time around. Looking at the roster of fine APBA luminaries (posted below), it looks like Rob has me pitted against my APBA mentor in…