Using the Errors Chart, tabulating errors is simple. After you tally up your batting stats, simply record errors, by individual on the Errors Chart. It only takes about 10 seconds and the information adds another dimension to your replay. You can simply record total errors or, if you want to…
My Twin City Thunderchickens didn’t know what they were getting into when sat down for the very first game of the Illowa APBA League season. By the time we were done, my guys needed a nap. Facing off against Keith Smith’s Kentucky Kernels at last weekend IAL draft weekend, we…
Thanks to a lot of people, the Prairieland 3 tournament is starting to take shape. The tourney’s home in 2018 will appropriately enough, be in the Prairie State’s capital, Springfield, Illinois. The theme? It’s the Golden Age and managers will be picking any team from 1920 to 1960 which did…
There are many who play APBA that love pencil and paper score keeping. The nostalgia of it takes them back to when they were kids first learning the great game of baseball. Also, they love the calculator and the worksheet when figuring out statistics for their replays. The pace of…
Dave Larson, Apopka, FL, has been an APBA replayer for nearly forty years. Dave oversees the long-running Orlando APBA Association, which is heading into its 30th season in 2018 and has conducted one of the most ambitious replays I have ever learned of—using teams from all 50 states and overseas,…
I opened up my Excel stats spreadsheet for my 1966 National League replay tonight after a Pirates-Reds game and saw something I hadn’t seen before. Take a look at the above June 13 standings and see if you can spot the weirdness. Well, besides the Cardinals stinking it up in…
Don’t worry. Pops Spatz won’t be bringing Aaron this time I’m planning on attending the 2017 Summer Chicagoland APBA Baseball tournament on August 5th. Who’s with me? Oh wait, there’s a list… 1 Rob Spatz 2016 Toronto Blue Jays 2 Bob "Pops" Spatz 2010 Texas Rangers 3 Gary Lindley 1959…
The Transcontinental Baseball League is nearing their 2017 draft and by tradition, there is no lack of analysis, water-cooler talk and outright gossip about what teams will take who and when. The managers of the TBL take pride in their league and they go all out in writing up pre-draft…
The information on APBA baseball cards and the APBA’s yellow lineup sheet only gives you a limited amount of information. Fortunately, with the explosion of SABRmetrics, there is more information now available than anyone can digest. For replayers, the info available is great for helping to create guidelines for player…
I managed to get a few games in for my 1966 NL replay. It’s slow going but I never meant this to be a race. I’m finishing up May 8th, 1966. The day is important because of two reasons. One, it’s the last day Orlando Cepeda plays for the Giants. …