Nothing better to get you through the cold winter than a good ol’ fashioned sweet 16 baseball tournament using the Original Franchise All Stars set. And that’s exactly what Gene Carney did. He blogs in depth about his final series between the NL champs Chicago Cubs and the AL champions…
I drafted Greg Maddux based on a D-Y card he earned with the Chicago Cubs based on his 1987 season. It turned out to be one of the best picks I’ve ever made. I needed Maddux to make 42 starts (we allow D’s to double their limits) in his first…
Just a real quick note on the 12. It seems to be on the 24 this year. Which, I guess is not too bad a place for it. It’s better than a “good” number like 64 or worse, 42. And at least it’s not on an automatic number like 65…
This is a precarious time for APBA baseball fans. On the APBA forums, precious few have the magic information (card ratings) we all crave. There is little else we all gain from this info other than curiosity since we will all see these cards at some point soon. That doesn’t…
There’s lots of good 2008 card numbers coming out of the Between the Lines forum (well, good may be a relative term. I guess it depends on who you have on your team). if you want a sneak preview on the 2008 season cards, check out this thread. Haha,…
Just to make it easier for me to digest, I imported the pitching grades that Bruce Norlander posted to Between the Lines into Excel. Makes it easier to sort and filter by grades, teams etc. Here is the file if you want it. Keep in mind that while most are…
And here are the NL 2008 APBA pitching grades that just came out. Again, no time yet to really look them through but Edison Volquez gets a 16! thanks to Bruce Norlander for assembling the grades and posting them on Between the Lines The NL Pitchers (here are…
The APBA 2008 Baseball Disk is out and we now have pitching grades. I haven’t had time to look at them too closely but Joey Devine a 29*?? Wow?! thanks to Bruce Norlander for assembling the grades and posting them on Between the Lines. The AL Pitchers (here are…
Backed into a corner the Chicago Champions traded Vernon Wells to the Upperdeckers in exchange for Felipe Lopez. Ever since I first got into the Illowa APBA League nearly 35 years ago, secondbase has always seemed to be a problem spot. We started off with Rennie Stennett, went to Jorge…
Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I was able to squeeze in a nine game series for our Illowa APBA League against Marcus Bunch and his Moline Upperdeckers. I won five of the nine games. It was a hard fought series as five of the games were one-run games. I’ve been on…