Keep an eye tomorrow (Feb. 22) for Stray Corrado’s Mid-West Baseball League draft. It will be online and you can watch the progress at the MWBL draft page. Stray tells me that the draft runs pretty smoothly. Using their own written web-based software, they will record the draft online. Starting…
As with the poll for Terribles secondbaseman, there are some stinkers here with the shortstops. Not just with the bat but with the glove as well. Only 1968 Oyler shows some talent in the field. Also similar to the secondbasemen poll for the Terribles, the nominees hover around the late…
by Scott Fennessy 9/11/1905 Cincinnati, OH The Cubs face the Reds in a “must win” situation. Although they are tied with the Giants, they have two more games played than their New York rivals. That however will be reduced to one as the Cubs schedule has them off for the…
With the Boys of Summer APBA League getting into the swing of things (we’re finishing up our draft on Sunday), there’s talk of how to use Baseball for Windows MicroManagers. With that in mind, I thought I’d feature this manual from 1991 for MicroManager for Flashback Friday. This early version…
Mel M. sends me the ultimate in the all or nothing card. It’s Jim Gott’s 1987 card. Gott split his time between the Pirates and the Giants that year and didn’t do too bad as a pitcher. He sported a 3.41 ERA and struck out 90 batters in 87 innings…
Ok, disregard the pitching grade here. There is obviously nothing “terrible” with 1987 Frank Viola’s AXZ grade. In fact, his 17-10 record and 2.90 ERA for the Twins was good enough to rank sixth in the Cy Young voting. But now look at his hitting card. Are there enough 13s…
by Scott Fennessy 9/10/1905 Cincinnati, OH The Cubs only got to face the Cardinals in a one game series due to schedule cutting to meet my season limit of 140 games. That is disappointing as they are really in a free fall, and the Reds team they now face features…
Finally, here it is! As I mentioned earlier, this 1930 Bill Terry card should have been one of the first posted. Pastor Rich Zawadski had even forwarded it to me. But for months, I was under the assumption I had featured him. Now, Terry finally gets his due. Those who…
With the less than formidable cards you saw with the Terribles secondbasemen, you’ll be happy to see the choices for the Monsters. They were so good, I actually included one player twice for two different seasons. I’m sure Pastor Rich knows who I’m talking about (more info here on my…
Sometimes even I am amazed by what happens when APBA fans get together. When faced with a pretty major setback, a group of baseball fans will find a way to get things done. The Boys of Summer APBA Online League, spearheaded by commissioner Shawn Baier, were ready to draft for…