This is another interesting case study from my 1966 replay. It’s Houston catcher Dave Adlesh. Adlesh didn’t get on base in 1966. In six plate appearances, he only hit the ball twice all year. He struck out four times, popped out and hit a fly out. Split G PA AB…
When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes. –Ernie Banks My friends probably know I don’t get very sentimental when comes to the deaths of celebrities or athletes. I’m just that kind of guy. But then Ron Santo passed on five years ago…
Check out this nifty production put together by Stray Corrado of the Mid-West Baseball League. It’s a video exhibit for the league’s Hall of Fame depicting the prowess of the Chicago Mobsters’ “Super Seven” as they are dubbed. The video features players Chipper Jones, Ivan Rodriguez, C.C. Sabathia, Billy Wagner,…
Jason Kipnis: Chicken of the Year Homer Bailey: Chicken Hurler of the Year Well, the Twin City Thunderchickens’ 2014 season is over in the Illowa APBA League. By over, I mean no, we’re not making the playoffs next month. As if we had a chance. With our 62-100 record, we’ll…
I decided to post this week’s Throwback Thursday photo to the blog instead of directly to Facebook. I just wanted Jim Saska to see it since he is the subject of it. Jim sent me this awesome 1980 photo of himself. Yes, the indubitably reliable organizer of the Chicagoland APBA…
Courtesy of Keith Reifsnyder who posted this on Facebook, this 2008 Willie Bloomquist card is weird enough with a total of twenty-three 11s in the second column. But look closely at the 51 and you’ll see that he should actually have twenty-four. He has a 51-9-1. It’s an odd place…
Bob Hadier posted this 1947 Gil Coan card on Facebook. What a card and honestly, what a performance in an admittedly limited season. For the Senators, Coan batted .500 in 1947. He didn’t go 1 for 2 or 3 for 6 or anything like that. No, Coan collected 21 hits…
Harry Hamels nominated 1981 Bill North for Weird Card Wednesday on the APBA Baseball Facebook group. He counts a total of 34 asterisks on North’s card (I’ll take his word for it :) ). With the Giants, it was Bill North’s last year in the majors. While hitting only .221,…
Bob Gordon suggested this 1979 Rudy Meoli card a long time ago. I’m finally getting around to using it. Meoli was your typical 1970s no-hit infielder only more so. With the Angels, Cubs and Phillies, he played second, third and short but never hit over .250. In fact, in his…
There are a couple of big tournaments in the Midwest coming up. Pastor Rich’s 1st Annual Greater Michigan APBA Baseball Basic Tournament is just around the corner and if you want to get in on it, now’s your chance. Pastor Rich says there are already teams slotted for the tourney!…