I mentioned previously that I had received my 1966 APBA baseball card set. I finally got around to opening the box yesterday. For kicks, I thought I’d try using my new photo intervalometer and making a stop motion video of me putting all the players in their envelopes (and tearing…
I got an email from Jeff Cory who wants to mention his league, the Lame Duck Baseball Association. The LDBA uses the Delphi Forums as their web presence. I thought that was creative. For those who don’t want to invest the time in a web site and don’t feel Facebook…
I had a few moments of down time last night so I took a look at my 2012 Illowa team, the Twin City Thunderchickens. Ugh, Tyler Colvin has a horrendous card. Don’t get me wrong, he should. He batted .150 for the year. But it’s beyond me how the Cubs…
This is the last in a series of four articles. Check out the other 2011 By the Numbers posts. I’ve been having fun writing these articles breaking down the 2011 set. While I don’t have the cards in my hand yet, I feel I have a sense of what to…
This is the third post in a series. If you haven’t, check out the first two. Today, I’d thought I’d break down the fielding in the 2011 set. For each position, I listed the best rated fielders as well as gave the numbers for each fielding rating. Best of the…
A couple days ago, I started a 2011: By the Numbers series by talking about the hitters. Today, I’ll look at the pitchers from the 2011 baseball set. In the entire list of players from the 2011 data disk, 662 players were listed as Pitcher as their primary position. Best…
The Monster Card Monday for this week belongs to George Brett’s famous .390 hitting card he received for his 1980 card. Brett’s story for his run for .400 in ‘80 is quite interesting. He actually started out relatively slow for the year. In April, he only hit a miserable .259. …
It’s time for my annual run down of the 2011 baseball season set. I call it “By the Numbers”. Today, I’ll start with hitting. Overall, I’ve found that there weren’t many players with “monster” numbers with either positive or negative stats. Things were pretty tempered. That’s not necessarily a bad…
Mike, our commissioner in the IAL, just got the 2011 baseball disk. He couldn’t resist the opportunity of having a little fun and trolling the rest of the managers over email: “I have the disk. I predict that Tedd will have a really bad year!!!!!!” “The “12” is on 66.”…
The 2011 Transcontinental Baseball League season has really come down to the wire. The drama included everything from brother rivalry and a tie series. It looks like a one-game playoff may be in order, says Steve Stein. The Williams Division has ended in an 87-75 tie between Glenn Taylor’s Wakefield…