Two Webers on the writing staff?? Wow, The APBA Blog has hit the motherlode! Double the fun! Kirk and Kevin Weber… or is it Kevin and Kirk? ;) I was just getting off of work (which is now my basement office as I’m working from home) the other day and…
Chris Williams shares another BBW tip… one I was not even aware of until now. Here’s how to change where position labels are mapped in the APBA computer game. Start a game and bring up the park you just installed. Now you have to move the player and manager names,…
In this year without Major League Baseball, many of us are glad that APBA exists. While the MLB Network and every other sports network is showing re-runs of games of the past, we can replay entire seasons to see what could have been thanks to APBA. Reader Don George did…
Y’all know Kevin Weber. He writes articles for The APBA Blog including the insanely popular Final Card Friday column. Now, Kevin has a new podcast in addition to Double Take which he does with his brother, Kirk Weber. Now, Kevin has a new podcast. His new one is called The…
I think we’re due for another Lou Gehrig card for Monster Card Monday. We have seen his 1927 card and his 1936 card so far but Pastor Rich has just helped me out with Lou’s 1937 card. Lou never looked better! In 1937, Gehrig hit .351 with 37 homeruns and…
Q: In BBW, is there any way to preset that automatic games in background mode will either ‘shutdown at the end of the game’ or ‘shutdown at the end of day’? It’s true that once I start the games in background mode, I can go down the menu in League…
Maintain your distance! I don’t want to turn this into a “Covid-19” blog and I promise it won’t (there are a couple articles already on their way) but the virus and our society’s response will definitely impact our enjoyment of the game. For some context, I and most of my…
Chris touches on Play Ratings in Baseball for Windows in his new popular column on The APBA Blog. Q: I’ve played 5 or 6 replays, and I keep running across the same issue. A player with a PR of 850 and SF of 72 usually sees his RUse drop to…
With the outbreak of COVID-19, it really feels like life has thrown us a curveball. With the uncertain future of pro sports including Major League Baseball it doesn’t seem quite fair. I have seen the effects of the response up close as the Big Ten has canceled the rest of…
In the midst of getting ready of the insanely popular Greater Michigan APBA Baseball Tournament, Pastor Rich Zawadzki found the time to send me this week’s Monster Card. Rich writes: How Good was Tony Gwynn? Uhh…REALLY GOOD! Can you name all 12 players to have hit .370 or better from…