Announcing the Monsters pitching staff for my 21 game tournament between the Terribles and the Monsters… 1905 Christy Mathewson A&B(Y)(Z) 1908 Ed Walsh A&B(Y)(Z) 1912 Joe Wood A&B(X)(Z) 1913 Walter Johnson A&B(Y)(Z) 1931 Lefty Grove A&C(Y)(Z) 1968 Bob Gibson A&B(X) 1971 Ferguson Jenkins A(X)(ZZ) 1974 Ken Holtzman B(Z) 1985 Dwight…
A couple “streaky” updates from my friend John Brandeberry who is replaying the 1930 season: Johnny Frederick of the Brooklyn Dodgers got a hit in his final at bat to extend his hitting streak to 48 games. In the American League Al Simmons has a 42 game hitting streak. In…
As I mentioned on The APBA Blog Facebook page, I’m bringing back the APBA Fan Profile series. It took a little hiatus but since it was pretty popular, you’ll start seeing more of them this year. First up is Rich Zawadzki aka ‘Pastor Rich’. Those of you who frequent the…
This photo all about why I like our league All-Star Games… …all eyes are on the dice as they come out of cup. The people you see are the newly-named City Boys Division (formerly East Division) of the Illowa APBA League. The roller is Mike Raisanen who was helping us…
Yesterday, APBA officially announced the release of the 1910 baseball card set and disk to the delight of deadball APBA fans, I’m sure. Rk Tm W L W-L% GB 1 CHC 104 50 .675 — 2 NYG 91 63 .591 13.0 3 PIT 86 67 .562 17.5 4 PHI…
Joe Schuetz wrote me to pass on details on his 1948 AL replay. He included a great analysis of the replay. I’ve included a few tables at the bottom of this post but for those who want to really delve into Joe’s replay, you can download his replay Excel spreadsheet.…
Matt asked this question about fielding on The APBA Blog’s Facebook wall. I thought I’d tackle it here in a post: "I’m sure this is already answered someplace, but I’m not sure where or how to look. How are fielding grades determined? I’m just trying to get a…
Yesterday, I posted some photos of last weekend’s Illowa APBA League postseason play. Today, I continue with photos of last weekend’s draft and beyond. One note before I continue… I had a thought today. If any of you are interested in sharing photos of your league’s convention or get-togethers, feel…