by Scott Fennessy Boston, MA 7/19/1905 The Cubs play the Braves in game two of today’s double header. Herb Briggs, who has struggled most of the year, but has pitched better than the rest while covering for Jake Weimer and Ed Reulbach. Chick Fraser (left) goes for the Braves. Chick…
For those interested in online APBA play, there was information in the latest APBA newsletter that would be of interest: The first ever APBA Online Tournament came to a conclusion today. There were 11 teams, playing 50 games each, using the 1951 season. The tournament was close until the end…
With my vacation over, I’ve been turning my eye towards my 1966 replay lately. After playing a week or two early this spring, work got busy so it was put on hiatus. Now with more time, I’m thinking of picking it back up again. Two nights ago, I spent some…
I’m going back to Monster Cards of the Relatively Unknown this week. It’s Gene Ellis “Mickey” Klutts of the 1981 Oakland As. Klutts had a banner year in ‘81… for 48 plate appearances. In that time, he cranked out five homeruns and hit .370. As you can see, he started…
Some of us play (or rather replay) APBA sports to get away from the sordid aspects of our favorite sports… the million dollar contracts, the scandals and all the accusations of PEDs. Some of us like to play our sports the way it should be played. I know I do. …
by Scott Fennessy Boston, MA 7/19/1905 The Cubs road trip moves to Boston where the struggling Braves await the somewhat resurging Cubs. This is game one of today’s scheduled double header and Mordecai Brown faces Vic Willis. Brown has looked very good in his last three starts so hopes are…
by Scott Fennessy This is an article that was sort of sparked by a question Tom asked me during of my replay updates. He asked if I used the charts for injuries, and I replied back that I did. I know sometimes the way the numbers on the charts lead…
I’m going back just a couple years for this week’s Terrible Tuesday entry. It’s Carlos Corporan’s 2011 season when he just came up with the Houston Astros. [Note: this isn’t an actual card. Since I’m on vacation, it was easier to snip a digital copy.] Corporan had a rough first…
Because I’m reading Big Hair and Plastic Grass (still working on it… it’s been a busy vacation), I thought I’d feature 1981 Bill Lee this week as the Monster Card. The colorful character that he is, Lee is featured quite a bit in that book. With a 2.94 ERA in…
This week’s Monster Card comes from our resident deadball expert, Scott Fennessy who writes about his current 1905 replay. Like last week’s entry, 1901 Jimmy “Nixey” Callahan is a duel threat. He can beat you with his arm or his bat. For that matter, he can beat you with his…