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@APBA-GO-Jeremy Sounds outstanding… There are several of us IT guys in the APBA community if you want to reach out and ask for beta testers and the like.

@TSBL It’s a great little house rule. Easy to do. Makes for a strategic decision. The home manager can only re-roll his own dice roll, though. (Otherwise he could simply negate a three-run homer by the visiting team.) Not sure the rule does enough to swing the home team to a 54% advantage on a game like APBA, but it sure can’t hurt.

The 1907 Cubs won six of their seven games this week to widen their lead in the Central/West Division over the 1957 Milwaukee Braves at three games. In their four game series with the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates, the Cubs won Game One 4-2. Orval Overall struck out nine on the mound and hit a homer and drove in three runs at the plate. The Cubs scored nine runs in the 8th and 9th innings to win Game Two 10-4. Their only loss was in the final game of the series as Bruce Kison led the Pirates to a 9-2 win with a complete game along with two hits and two RBI. The Cubs swept the 1997 Florida Marlins in their next series. Overall struck out 12 in his start, an 8-2 win; Joe Tinker drove in five RBI in the game. They bludgeoned the Marlins in the finale 18-0; The Cubs had 22 hits.Chick Fraser pitched a two-hit shutout. Every player had a hit and either a run scored or RBI; Frank Chance went 4-5 with a triple, two steals, four runs scored and five RBI. Here are the standings with one more week until the All Star break:

East Division

1905 New York Giants 53-19
2019 Washington Nationals 36-36
1979 Pittsburgh Pirates 35-36
1980 Philadelphia Phillies 30-41
1969 New York Mets 30-41
1997 Florida Marlins 27-44

Central/West Division

1907 Chicago Cubs 42-29
1957 Milwaukee Brewers 39-32
1942 St. Louis Cardinals 39-34
1976 Cincinnati Reds 37-34
1963 Los Angeles Dodgers 30-41
2001 Arizona Diamondbacks 30-41

The Marlins continue to struggle mightily, but they pulled off a dramatic 7-6 comeback win over the 1905 Giants when Gary Sheffield and Charles Johnson hit back-to-back homeruns in the 9th off Christy Mathewson who was trying to close the game. The Giants came back to win the next game 14-3 despite pitcher Red Ames walking nine batters. The Giants stole seven bases and every starter either scored or drove in a run. They stole seven more bases in the final game of that series, a 12-2 blowout. Ron Fairly hit two dingers for the 1963 Dodgers to lead them to a 5-2 win over the 1976 Reds; one of them was a go-ahead blast in the 8th. The 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks blew out the 1969 Mets 11-3 in a game where every starter had a hit and either scored or drove in a run. The Diamondbacks won in more dramatic fashion in the final game of that series 3-1 on a Luis Gonzalez walk-off two-run homerun. The 1980 Philadelphia Phillies had 18 hits against the 1942 St. Louis Cardinals in a 8-1 win. Later in the series, Larry Christenson got the win on the mound and hit a three-run homer at the plate in a 7-5 win. In a scheduling quirk, the 1957 Braves played the 2019 Washington Nationals seven times this week in Milwaukee. Joe Adcock hit two homeruns for the Braves in a 7-5 win. The Nationals came back in the next game to win 16-2; Kurt Suzuki hit two homeruns, including a grand slam and had nine RBI. The 1963 Dodgers beat the 2001 Diamondbacks 2-1 in 12 innings after Jim Gilliam tied the game in the ninth with a solo homerun off Randy Johnson to send it to extras. Fairly then hit a walk-off double in the 12th. The 1976 Cincinnati Reds beat the 1969 Mets 3-2 in a game that went back-and-forth at the end; The Mets took a 2-1 lead in the 9th on a Ken Boswell two-run double, but the Reds came back in the bottom of the inning off closer Tug McGraw on a two-out pinch hit RBI double by Don Werner followed by a walk-off single by Pete Rose. Dave Parker hit two homeruns and drove in five runs to lead the 1979 Pirates to a 6-4 win over the 1942 Cardinals. Pitcher Jim Bibby hit two doubles and a homer and drove in three RBI in the next game as the Pirates won 7-4. Stan Musial thwarted a sweep in the three game series for the Cardinals when he hit a three-run walk-off homer down 2-0 for a 3-2 win. Here are the hitting leaders:

Batting Average

Mike Donlin (NYG) .435
Dan McGann (NYG) .375
Sam Mertes (NYG) .315
Roger Breshnahan (NYG) .313
George Foster (CIN) .302

Homeruns

Willie Stargell (PIT) 25
Henry Aaron (MIL) 22
Mike Schmidt (PHI) 19
Anthony Rendon (WAS) 17
Luis Gonzalez (AZ) 16
Dave Parker (PIT) 16
Eddie Matthews (MIL) 16
Joe Morgan (CIN) 16

RBI

Dan McGann (NYG) 88
Sam Mertes (NYG) 66
Mike Donlin (NYG) 63
Willie Stargell (PIT) 62
Mike Schmidt (PHI) 60

OPS

Mike Donlin (NYG) 1.042
Dan McGann (NYG) 1.040
Joe Morgan (CIN) 1.014
Willie Stargell (PIT) .966
Henry Aaron (MIL) .895

There were several pitching gems thrown this week. Jerry Koosman pitched a four-hit shutout for the 1969 Mets in a 10-0 win over the 2001 Diamondbacks. Johnny Beazley pitched a two-hitter for the 1942 Cardinals over the 1980 Phillies in a 5-0 victory. Sandy Koufax struck out 13 Diamondbacks in a 5-2 win for the 1963 Dodgers. Here are the pitching leaders:

ERA

Mort Cooper (STL) 1.96
Johnny Beazley (STL) 2.04
Jack Pfiester (CHI) 2.05
Jerry Koosman (NYM) 2.19
Max Scherzer (WAS) 2.32

Strikeouts

Sandy Koufax (LA) 124
Steve Carlton (PHI) 118
Max Scherzer (WAS) 108
Red Ames (NYG) 105
Randy Johnson (AZ) 101
Steven Strasburg (WAS) 101

@APBA-GO-Jeremy Was anything announced at the APBA Convention about APBAGO?

@chaneyhey great question! Hope we hear something.

So does anyone know what John said at the convention regarding GO?

I’m assuming that’s a typo, given that my original Mike Young card (©1985) has a 35 on 65.
Young grounded into only 5 DP’s in 470 PA’s in '84. So it definitely seems like a typo.
Shoot a quick note to GO Support.

The 1999 Yankees won five of their six games over the 1952 Yankees to move back over .500 at 16-14. The 1952 Yankees fell to 9-15.

The '99 Yankees won Game One 3-1 thanks to a bizarre moment; Derek Jeter got ejected in the 5th inning arguing balls and strikes while batting with the bases loaded. Alfonso Siriano took his place and hit a bases clearing double to give the '99 Yankees all the runs they would need in that game. Jeter helped the '99 Yankees to a walkoff 4-3 win by legging out a fielder’s choice that foiled an attempted double play, resulting in the winning run. After bashing the '52 Yankees 12-3 in Game Three, the '99 Yankees won their fourth straight game 3-2. Darrell Strawberry hit a two-out, two-run pinch hit double in the 7th to take the lead. The '52 Yankees won their only game 7-3 in Game Five before losing the last game of the series 4-3.

Ricky Ledee became the new team leader in batting for the '99 Yankees at .298 after Jeter slumped in this series to drop to .297. Chuck Knoblauch leads the team in runs scored with 30 while hitting .271. Bernie Williams continues to blast dingers with three more in this series to give him 10 on the season and nine RBI to give him 30 for the season. Orlando Hernandez won his lone start to boost his record to 3-1 and lowered his ERA to 2.00. Mariano Rivera blew a save but saved several others to give him nine in 14 appearances with a 2.21 ERA.

Mickey Mantle and Hank Bauer continue to rip it at the plate, hitting .366 and .352 respectively. Mantle and Gene Woodling lead the team in runs scored with 20. Joe Collins leads the team in homers (6) and RBI (26) while hitting .281. Allie Reynolds has been stellar in his five starts at 4-0 with a 2.97 ERA. The rest of the starting five has struggled: Eddie Lopat 5.44 ERA, Vic Raschi 5.81 ERA, Bill Miller 7.00, Johnny Sain 7.82 ERA. The '52 Yankees will take on the 1947 Yankees in the next series.

I like it. Keep us posted. I know what you’re saying about three playoff teams vs two. But I think you’ll appreciate how many more games will still be relevant late in your season. And a short 2vs3 playoff will be fun as well…

No autoplay. Roll all the games myself. Solitaire, but I manage both teams to make the best moves to win. Keep all the stats in Collections, one folder for the AL and one for the NL.
This has been great. Of the 448 regular season games, only three (the last three of a final series between the Reds and Cubs) had nothing on the line. It took me eleven months, playing (on average) four games every three days. There’s really nothing I would do any different. Very enjoyable.
For 12 teams, I’m thinking a 32-game season might be a good length. (4 games vs each division opponent = 20 games. 2 games vs each non-division opponent = 12 games. That makes for a nice, balanced tournament.). I would definitely recommend having two or three teams make the playoffs in each division though. That helps keep things more exciting right to the end.
With a post-season, that would be approx 215 games max… which is a nice length. I suppose a lot depends on how often you get to play. I knock off most games in about 30 minutes, so it’s pretty easy for me to squeeze in a game a day.
Good luck!

(Edited to add:) Another cool option is just have a short double- or triple-elimination tournament. Those are always quick and fun. And every game is important. A triple-elim tourney for 12 teams would last approx 35 games…
https://www.printyourbrackets.com/triple-elimination-bracket-12-teams-seeded.html

Thank you for the info… appreciated.

I have figured out when a pitcher gives up a 5th ER he is reduced a grade.

How did you enjoy 1908? All games played or autoplay?

@JasRam-0 You may want to check out Solitaire mode. It allows you to do the same with one account.

It would be awesome!

Another reason I like pre 1969 and 1973 is pre 69 was before divisions and pre 73 was before DH. Plus less games/teams. So I am playing 1908 and 1960. I have started a 73 replay but only a few games. I will do that as a long term project. I forget to use a DH.

@AbitaKrewe-0 Try checking your availability status by mousing over your username. It should be green.

Thanks,
Jeremy

@falcon4fever pretty much yes. AI managers will play the game in about 5 seconds.