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Basic Game Modifications: Great Defensive Catchers vs the Stolen Base
John Heneghan emailed me and told me about a modification he’s come up with for his 1965 replay. In keeping with the theme of my last post, it has to do with baserunning. In this case, it’s a way for...
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Basic Game Modifications: The Unusual Play Card and Error Chart
We’ve been discussing baseball basic game a lot recently. During the comment discussions, the Unusual Play Card and Error Chart have been brought up. I assumed a lot of APBA Baseball fans have used...
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Calling Koufax in from the pen: using starters as relievers
A few days ago, we discussed pitching fatigue modifications in the basic game. That prompted John H to write in about a slightly different topic relating to pitchers’ use. Here are his thoughts:...
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Replay Tips: Calendars for past years
This tip might be a shot in the dark but I thought it was useful for my 1966 replay. For those of you who are doing replays of past MLB seasons and strictly follow its schedule, you more than likely...
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Updated Pitchers’ Hitting Card modification
For those looking for an updated “Pitcher’s Hitting Card”, this is what our league is using. It’s not much different than last year’s but we do respect APBA placement of the 12 so we did a switcheroo...
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Some useful APBA links (and a side tangent on APBA Google SEO)
Thanks to Paul Dylan who did a preview of the 2011-12 UEFA Championship Soccer teams on his site, One for Five. The two teams, Chelsea and Bayern Munich are available for free download on APBA’s site....
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What are the ‘R’ and ‘K’ pitcher ratings and how do I use them with my old...
I’ve gotten a few emails lately from people who have the older boards but have bought newer card sets. The dilemma arises with the newer pitching ratings, the ‘K’ and the ‘R’. How to handle these...
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The APBA Blog Dice Shaker Project: Brando comes up with a new one
Here’s another entry for The APBA Blog Dice Shaker Project. My buddy John “Brando” Brandeberry designed and crafted a new dice shaker for fellow manager Todd Ventresca and presented it to him this...
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by Scott Fennessy This is an article that was sort of sparked by a question Tom asked me during of my replay updates. He asked if I used the charts for injuries, and I replied back that I did. I know...
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Modifications: The APBA Baseball Brawl Chart
Some of us play (or rather replay) APBA sports to get away from the sordid aspects of our favorite sports… the million dollar contracts, the scandals and all the accusations of PEDs. Some of us like...
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Anyone using the new Starting Pitching Fatigue Chart for APBA Baseball?
The APBA Company quietly rolled out the Starting Pitching Fatigue Chart with the new season. Those of you who received new cards may have noticed a new rating with the pitchers’ grade. The fatigue...
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How can I download 2016 MLB stats for use in Excel?
Now that the Major League Baseball season is over, some of you may want to have a copy of the stats on your computer to view, sort and filter. Most of us are fine with browsing the nicely formatted...
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Steve’s APBA Card Computer finds a new home
Hey everyone, I know a lot of you are big fans of Steve’s APBA Card Computer so you will want to know that it has a new home. You can now find it at this address:...
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Rod’s Replay Insider #31: Shorthand guide to RP rolls
The Fielding Range Chart does more than identify the three different Fielding ratings. It also tracks RP results on Bases Empty and Catcher wild throws on safe steals. For the more ambitious, it also...
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Rod’s Replay Insider #35: Using the Errors Chart
Click this image to view the entire chart! 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...
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Are your stats backed up? Thankfully, mine were.
This post is may not seem APBA-related but for me, it is. It’s geared for APBA players who like me, store APBA files on their computer. Examples of these can be Excel stat files, backups of APBA BBW...
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