The Between the Lines forum is abuzz tonight. Those who have gotten the disk are sating the need of those who have not with ratings, grades and some occasional hitting results. You’ll find a variety of pitcher’s grades, fielding and hitting in this thread. In this thread, you’ll find mostly pitching data.
Already, there is some controversy. It’s been reported that Curtis Granderson has been rated as an OF-2. It didn’t take long before a thread was created asking CEO John Herson if it was a typo.
Personally, I think a Granderson Of-3 could be warranted. That said, and this might be an unpopular opinion, but I think Herson should hold tight on making any official error corrections for a couple weeks. APBA fans will certainly make their stances known. I would caution against any expectations of Herson personally responding to every APBA fans’ concern over a perceived error. Maybe he will and if so, good on him. It would be a slippery slope though.
The official corrections will come when they do.
There is no way Granderson is a “2”. Call me biased but I’ve watched him many times last season and he got to balls that were nowhere near him.
Shame on you Skeet Carr! What’s next….Jeter a SS8?….oh wait…
DOM IN NY
So while I find the thread interesting, since I do not play the computer game the numbers mean nothing to me. Do those numbers at all relate to the letter grade the pitchers will be getting on the cards?
Sorry, but I still like the cards and dice, something about it.
Kev
I think those are the master pitching grades, correct? So anybody between 1 and 5 is a D, 6 and 10 is a C, 11 and 15 a B, 16 and 20 an A, 21 and 25 an A&C, and 26 and 30 an A&B.
This was revised a few yeats ago (10??).
Now, anybody between 1 and 4 is a D, 5 and 9 is a C, 10 and 14 a B, 15 and 19 an A, 20 and 24 an A&C, 25 and 30 an A&B.
Don is correct, I believe. The grade point requirement went down 1 point.
Thank goodness. T. Hanson’s a B for me next year. :)
Thank you very much. Don’t really like what I see, but it is very helpful, hahah…
I have to admit, this really makes the excitement for the cards even greater.
Thanks again.
agreed.. some have suggested that the company just publish a sneak peek of the ratings on their website. I don’t know but I like how the APBA fan community comes together at this time of year and communicates with each other.
It’s messy, it’s cumbersome and it’s very redundant at times but it’s a lot of fun.
I’m more of a Strat player. They do something similar this time every year – just releasing a list of all fielder ratings. Plenty of people get excited about it, but it’s actually always been just a curiosity for me. I don’t really get too excited about it. They release the ratings and I look it over to see who got the highest ratings at each position plus what the ratings were on a team I follow closely (Chicago Cubs) just to see if I agree or not with them…
And FWIW they gave Curtis Granderson a 2. Strat has a 1-5 rating at every position. 1 is the best, 5 is the worst. For everyday players, a 5 is EXTREMELY rare. It’s usually reserved for a guy who only appeared at one or two games at a position. Although, speaking of the Cubs, I see they saddled Soriano with a 5 in LF. (Can’t blame ’em!)