Intensity – Our Identity: Inside Liverpool FC by James Carroll and Pep Lijnders, Foreword by Jurgen Klopp, Narrated by Luke Francis

I am listening to this book, from Audible, and absolutely enjoying it. So much so that I bought the 2021-22 English Premier League Card set from APBA Games. One of the things that I really enjoy with my cards is making stickers to identify the year of the cards and maybe team records. I also love finding team logos and add to my stickers. Here are the stickers i made for this set:

As seen above, I added the year the club was established as well as the Goals Scored by each club and the Goals Allowed by each club. I have been listening to several soccer books lately and as a result, have purchased a few Champions League Sets. This is my first country-specific league purchase. I was tempted to buy some La Liga seasons with the great Ronaldo and Messi cards as well as the great Real Madrid and Barcelona teams. I had listened to a book about the 5000-1 odds when Leicester City won the English Premier League in 2015-16 and that sounds very interesting as well.

A biography about Sir Alex Ferguson has me looking at some of the great Manchester United teams as well but APBA doesn’t go further back than 2009-10 set for the English Premier League and Ronaldo left Man U for Real Madrid. Wayne Rooney was with Man U but La Liga had Messi and Ronaldo. I also would have loved a David Beckham season but that would probably have to be with an MLS set.

I have been trying to learn more about International soccer so I know enough about players and teams to have a greater sense of the game when I play the APBA Soccer Game. Several people have sent me some gaming aides and I think with the YouTube tutorials, I should be able to learn the game with minimal trouble.

APBA Golf Unboxing…

Goodies in the mail today (08102023)

200 Subscriber giveaway and details for the upcoming 300 Subscriber giveaway!

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This should premiere at 8 pm EDT on July 8, 2023.

Interesting…

From the April 1969 APBA Journal

Mr Herson, the CEO of the APBA Game Company, always gives hope that there could eventually be a revival of some type of APBA Basketball Game. I guess that might be because he had a certain amount of experience with the game.

From the June 1969 APBA Journal

The following month, Mr Herson submitted the same ad again. This would indicate some persistence. I am guessing that Mr Herson played the game and enjoyed it. I don’t have any solid evidence, but advertising for people to start an APBA Basketball League requires commitment.

1915 Philadelphia Athletics @ 1914 Philadelphia Athletics – May 5, 2023: Game 2

The ’14 Athletics again scored early and often with Rube Bressler going nine and allowing one unearned run on five hits, two walks with ten Ks. Eddie Collins went three-for-four with two walks, three runs scored and two stolen bases to make up for one error. Eddie Murphy went three-for-three with two walks, four runs scored, and two runs batted in.

This game was the difference between Connie Mack fielding a team trying to win a 1910’s version of tanking. The A’s wouldn’t really be competitive for championships until the late 1920s. The 1914 Athletics will face the 1914 Cubs in the next round.

1914 Philadelphia Athletics @ 1915 Philadelphia Athletics – May 5, 2023; Game 1

The ’14 A’s scored early and often as Chief Bender went nine allowing three earned on eight hits with one walk and six K’s. Eddie Collins went four-for-five with a walk, two runs knocked in, two stolen bases, and one run scored. Stuffy McGinnis went four-for six scoring twice, knocking in two, and stealing one. The score would have been much worse, but the ’15 A’s turned two double plays to go with one triple play.

The ’14 A’s are a win away from facing the 1914 Chicago Cubs in the next round.

1916 St Louis Browns @ 1914 Chicago Cubs – April 28, 2023: Game 2

The Brown scored once in the top of five but the Cubs answered with three in the bottom of six. The rally by the Browns fell short as they dropped the game and the series. Carl Weilman took the Loss going eight innings and allowing three earned on seven hits, two walks with two Ks. Bert Humphries went nine allowing two earned on six hits, three walks, and also whiffing two. The Cubs win the series and advance to face the winner between the 1914 & 1915 Philadelphia Athletics.

1916 Chicago Cubs @ 1916 St Louis Browns – April 28, 2023: Game 1

The two teams held each other in check until the Cubs loaded the bases in the top of eight. Heinie Zimmerman knocked a bases-loaded double for his second, third, and fourth runs batted in for the day. Both pitchers tossed complete games. Eddie Plank was the tough luck loser for the Browns allowing four earned on six hits, five walks, and whiffing one. Hippo Vaughn allowed one earned on four hits and three walks while fanning six.