I thought I would post from the worst of the Illowa APBA League rookie draft last month. I was thinking about putting up Mike Olt’s card with his 15-14. But he’s got a bit of power and besides, he’s a Cub. Then up comes firstbaseman Andy Wilkins from 2014. Yow! …
Scott Fennessy forwarded on this 1981 Mike Schmidt card and makes us all wonder “what would have happened if that fateful season had been allowed to play out to its full schedule. The 1981 season was cut short due to the players’ strike and the Philadelphia Phillies only got in…
IAL team batting after one month Let’s talk about the exciting topic of stat normalization. Specifically about how it affects APBA leagues with a small number of teams. Take the example of my Illowa APBA League. We’re a basic game, continuous ownership league with just 10 teams. Each year,…
It’s the 28th of the month so that means it’s stat day for the Illowa APBA League. Since our APBA draft weekend was a bit early in February this year, the managers had a good month and a half to get the stats done for the first 30 games but…
Bob Gordon’s postseason has now reached a new level. The playoffs are finished. Here’s his recap of Game 5 of the ALCS. -Tom This game feature a rematch of Game 1’s pitchers. Denny Martinez (left) pitched well and won, Jerry Koosman pitched 7 fine innings, but a 4 run 8th…
Okay sure, Skip Lockwood has six power numbers but with a 51-13, he isn’t much of a Monster Card. As I always say, if I can’t tell if it’s a Monster Card or a Terrible Card, it probably belongs in the Weird Wednesday column. In 1978, Lockwood went 2 for…
Jim Fraasch, organizer of the Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament, sends an update on the third tournament in the series. The divisions are now set! Jim writes: Here is the latest update on TCABT-III, being held Saturday, April 4th, 2015. While 15 entrants is not the big number, as you…
Beau Lofgren furthers my theory that catchers are by far, the most popular candidate for Terrible Tuesday. He sends me 1989 Greg Myers of the Toronto Blue Jays. Myers spent a total of 18 years in the majors. That tells me that if a youngster is determined to get a…
Rodney Woodward passed on Matt Carson’s 2013 APBA baseball card on to me. I remember Carson’s numbers well. He led all APBA baseball cards in 2013 for the most hit numbers on one card (with 15) as well as having the most on-base numbers on one card (18). Obviously, he…
Bob’s thrilling account of his 1979 postseason continues with Game Four of the NLCS. -Tom In Three Rivers again, where the Astros hope to build on yesterday’s 11-4 win and knot the series up. Bill Virdon goes with JR Richard (Grade AXYZ). Chuck Tanner elects to start Jim Bibby (Grade…