Eric Berg is busily preparing for the Prairieland 2 tournament draft/selection process. While the tournament itself isn’t until April 1, 23 tourney participants will begin selecting their teams and accompanying fantasy deadball players beginning this weekend in a snake-style draft. Eric spells it all out here on his blog, Red…
I just uploaded another quick video on how I set up my stats for the Excel fans out there. It’s a follow-up to the first one when I created player worksheets. This video takes the data from those player worksheets from the first one and displays it all in a…
Ryan Morrison recently suggested this 1998 Juan Gonzalez APBA card for Monster Monday. Juan Gone was a big star in our Illowa APBA League. My buddy Chuck Lucas even traded him to me but Chuck’s no dummy. He waited just before his usefulness was about to expire. I got one…
Take some pitches, Lou I noticed two things about my stats in my 1966 NL replay (Basic Game, actual lineups, rotations) recently that gave me a reason to pause but after investigating they were mostly vindicated. As of now, I am just finishing up May with two more days left…
I’ve always wondered why MLB doesn’t focus more attention on the result of pinch hitters. These guys get paid big money to deliver in important situations, always the end of games, but they don’t get much ink or recognition. I track pinch hitting results in my replays, simply out of…
The Cubs and Pirates meet again as the Pirates look to continue their winning ways after yesterday’s solid victory. Tonight’s game sees Jay Happ against Kyle Hendricks. The Pirates jump on young Kyle instantly. Gregory Polanco, who has feasted on Chicago pitching so far this year gets a single and…
My friend Don Smith has been conducting a little Illowa APBA League “spring training” for his Molly Putts Marauders before our regular season starts. I’ve seen some of his writeups on Facebook. Quite enjoyable. Don told me that in his quest in finding teams to play Molly, he ran across…
It is getting close to April 1st and that means Prairieland 2 tourney time! More to the point, in less than two weeks, tourney participants will be selecting their teams and fantasy players in a two-round snake style draft. The draft will begin on February 18 and Eric Berg is…
When Pastor Rich Zawadzki sent me this Zach Britton card for last season and said “Monster card”, I first thought he was referring to Zach’s hitting skills. I’m a little behind the times though. It was in 2011 when Britton was a C starter but had double 1s and a…
Wrigley Field Chicago, IL April 27, 2015 The Cubs return home after a terrific home stand and face the Pirates in the opening game of the series. Tonight’s game features a solid matchup between Gerrit Cole (2-1) who lost to Chicago last time out on an Anthony Rizzo homer late…