When reader Ed sent me an email with a subject line “What does APBA stand for”, I expected a diatribe on the APBA Game Company’s standing in the tabletop sports community. No, that wasn’t the case.. “I have acquired some APBA football cards, what does APBA stand for?? Thanks for…
Thanks to Jerry Hill and his son Doug for nominating Dixie Howell for this week’s Weird Wednesday card. Dixie has the look of a monster card up to a point then he just falls apart. Dixie had a pretty exciting year at the plate for the Chicago White Sox in…
I found this Bruce Benedict card in my 1985 season set. While “Eggs” Benedict was a decent catcher for Atlanta, he never was much of a hitter. That was so true in 1985 when he hit .202 over 70 games and 208 at-bats. His playing time wasn’t because of his…
Hear ye, Hear ye! The Soothsayer has spoken! That’s right! Bruce Norlander, who has been making predictions of APBA baseball cards for years, has released this year’s predictions. They’re not official of course but those familiar with Bruce know he gets it pretty close. These days, Bruce is posting his…
Scott Fennessy sent me this 1993 Sam Horn card. Now, I’ve heard about Sam Horn’s monster card from some of you readers but this is the first time I’ve seen it. Yeah, it’s quite a doozy. Left-hitting part-timer Horn was playing for Cleveland by 1993. He only got in 36…
The brochure from the original World Series Baseball Game Pastor Rich Zawadzki posted a an interesting thought on the APBA Baseball group on Facebook. In essence, it was a plea to the APBA Company to: “… put out a World Series set (The teams that faced off in each World…
The league postseason updates are rolling in. John Briggs sends us an update on the Roberto Clemente Memorial Baseball Association. In an epic run of comebacks, Ken Brand guided his Union County Unicorns, to his seventh title. You can see he’s “pumped” about finally getting some justice. The RCMBA…
The APBA Game Company has announced its 2014 Baseball season product release schedule. Get your credit card ready because you can order the season disk the day after the MLB World Series is over! From APBA’s website: “We will start taking pre-orders for the 2014 season disk for APBA Baseball…
I was about to feature this “E. Cooper” card from the 1910 Chicago Leland Giants on my Terrible Tuesday column but as Tom Zuppa indicated, there wasn’t a lot to be known about this gentleman. “There’s no statistical record of him being on the Giants that season … or that…
I want to send a heartfelt congratulations to Rod Caborn. For years, Rod has faithfully sent me updates about his league, the Orlando APBA Association (OAPBA) and I’ve dutifully posted them. Now, Rod gets his due. He gets to submit some good news about HIS team. The Beefers, the second…