Lately, Mel M has been updating us with his 1967 AL replay. I just got an email from Mel that he completed the All-Star Game for his replay and he passed on his summary for us. Hey Tom, here’s a recap of my all star game. Welcome to sunny California…
Browsing through my 1934 set, I ran across this James “Rip” Collins aka “the Ripper”. First baseman Ripper Collins had a career year for the 1934 World Champion Gas House Gang St. Louis Cardinals. He led the National League with 35 homers, 369 total bases and a .615 slugging percentage. …
by Scott Fennessy Chicago, IL 9/30/1905 The Cubs complete their final full month of play by hosting the offense challenged Braves today. The Braves send Irv Young to the mound. Young has had a fine season, and deserves a much better record than he has ended the season with, but…
Game 6 provided a bit of interest in my Monsters-Terribles season. Is the tide turning? Up until this point, the Monsters have averaged 18 runs per game. However with a pitching performance by ‘73 Steve Blass that can only be described as absolutely mediocre, the Monsters 6-2 was remotely interesting…
While suffering from a case of “replay burnout” I was looking for something to recharge my APBA battery and took an interest in Tom’s “Monsters vs. Terribles” idea. I had debated doing my tournament at the end of my 1905 replay but was so eager to get the 1903 season…
Steve Stein passed on the link to this year’s Transcontinental Baseball League’s annual publication “The TBL Baseball Annual: The Youth Movement”. It’s quite a production and a good read for any serious league member just so you have something to aspire to. The TBL Baseball Annual is edited by TBL…
With 36-18 record, our Urbana Locomotives hit a bit of dry spell going 1-6 in the Boys of Summer APBA League. Against the Boston Bravos, we found what cures all ills. …a walkoff win in the 10th innning… …and a second walkoff win in the ninth. I was recently was…
by Scott Fennessy 9/26/1905 Chicago, IL The Cubs face the Dodgers in game 3 of this series, and unlike the first two games the Dodgers send their best pitcher Elmer Stricklett to the bump. Elmer is 14-20 with an era in the low 3’s for a team that is playing…
1913 Walter Johnson is wondering what the big deal is. The Big Train came out in Game 5 of the Monsters vs Terribles series and pitched a no-hitter, the second of the young season for the Monsters. Not only that, he contributed with the bat. Johnson went 2 for 5…
This one’s going to be a quickie since I’m running out of time this week but it’s well deserved. Scott Veatch had recommended 1963 Jim Duckworth as a Terrible Card for a while but I resisted since, you know, he’s a pitcher after all. There are plenty of DWs out…