IN SEARCH OF THE PERFECT TEAM USING THE APBA BBW COMPUTER GAME
The latest Sim Auction featured the players from four World Series teams spanning a century of baseball history, creating an interesting blend of old-school legends and modern-day superstars. This was the first auction in which all the participants were prior champions. Andy Palomino, Steve Andrusko, Anthony Spencer and Jason Besly squared off in what developed […]
For this auction we will deconstruct two of the most dominant teams in baseball history, the 1906 Cubs and the 1927 Yankees! What will make this auction interesting is that these two teams were dominant in completely different ways. The Cubs were triumphant with pitching and of course the Ruth & Gehrig led Yankees dominated […]
When selecting teams for Sim Auctions you want to incorporate great teams or great individuals seasons. For this auction we’ve chosen the 1941 Red Sox and the 1999 Red Sox. The teams themselves were not dominant, although they were good teams (the 1941 team won 84 games and the 1999 team won 94 games), the […]
Although Sim Auctions are the ultimate challenge, they do require a dedicated block of time which is often hard to find. On the other hand, Drafts are more accessible since they can be completed over a span of time and don’t require constant attention. For it’s inaugural draft, Baseball Sim Auctions selected the 1981 season. […]
For our next APBA Sim Auction we deconstruct and re-assemble four great Chicago Cubs teams of the past – 1969,1984,1998,2016. The 1969 team was perhaps one of the most famous 2nd place teams in history, they will always be remembered for blowing a 9 game lead with two months to go in the season to […]
What would happen if you took the players from four great Angels teams of the past (1979,1986,2002,2014) and made them all free agents, then conducted an auction to create four brand new teams? Who would build the best team? Let’s find out! Although the team has had an identity crisis over the years, never quite […]
One of the reasons I started playing Fantasy/Rotisserie Baseball back in 1989 was to try to extricate myself from the dysfunctional relationship that is being a fan of a professional sports team. Most kids become fans of a team because someone in their family was a fan (father, uncle, brother, etc.) – that didn’t happen […]