Well, it’s been a while since I put out a Replay stats with Excel tutorial. Between Illini baseball in full swing and organizing Prairieland 2, it’s been quite busy. Never fear, here is the next segment. Why a league register? Up until now, I’ve focused on tracking stats from a…
It’s been a week since the Prairieland 2 tournament and I finally had a chance to compile the stats for my 1985 Los Angeles Dodgers. In the ten games, we went 3-7. We slightly improved as the tourney progressed. My Dodgers (plus fantasy player 1901 Napoleon Lajoie) lost the first…
Busch Stadium St. Louis, MO May 4, 2015 Tonight the Cubs travel to St. Louis for the first time this season and face the Cardinals. The last time they saw this team was on opening week, where they took the two game set 2-0. Unfortunately this meeting finds the Cubs…
Team Wins Losses Pct. GB Los Angeles Dodgers 31 14 .689 0 San Francisco Giants 27 19 .587 4 1/2 Pittsburgh Pirates 25 19 .568 5 1/2 Atlanta Braves 26 21 .553 6 Cincinnati Reds 21 19 .525 7 1/2 Philadelphia Phillies 21 21 .500 8 1/2 Chicago Cubs 19…
Last Saturday, 22 APBA fans descended on a Drury Inn to participate in a APBA baseball tournament dubbed Prairieland 2. It was the second of its kind held in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. This year’s theme? Participants could draft one MLB team from 1970-2000 with one hitch… they could also draft any…
In the days when APBA put the 12 on a different number each year, my friend Don Smith would joke about the possibility of putting it at 66. “I never roll that number”, he would say. This 1939 Charley Gehringer card published in 2015 and posted on Facebook by Ken…
Eight HR for April So I’m in the middle of Big Ten baseball season (Go Illini!) and planning for the Prairieland 2 Tournament which is this weekend so it is quite busy. But it’s March 28th and that means Illowa APBA League stats are due. My time management skills must…
Ryan Morrison sent me this juicy 1986 Don Robinson card. I know some of you don’t like Monster cards with few at-bats (especially pitchers) but Don Robby is a deserved selection. He’s not a one-hit wonder. He was one of those pitchers who learned to leverage his bat during the…
The Prairieland 2 Tournament is less than two weeks away. The teams and fantasy deadball players have been chosen (thanks, Eric Berg for handling that!!). Now, the divisions are set! Divided into two leagues and four divisions, the 23 teams will vie for eight playoff spots. Here is what the…
Today’s game features Jimmy Nelson and Kyle Hendricks. The Brewers have been pretty bad so far, but the Cubs have been struggling a bit of late. Milwaukee jumps on Hendricks right from the start. Ryan Braun, easily the best player on the team so far draws a one out walk.…