I was pleased to see that another APBA fan has entered the blogosphere realm. Richard Hood has just brought up his website called APBA Life. Stop by and say hello. Like me, Richard is a Illinois “downstater” which is code for anyone who doesn’t live in Chicago. He is also…
Brian Cavanaugh participated in this year’s Robert Henry Memorial Tournament in Willow Grove, PA and emailed me this report on the tourney. Thanks Brian!! This past weekend, the members of the Bridesburg APBA league participated in the second annual Robert Henry memorial tournament in Willow Grove PA. A brief history…
Milwaukee Brewer third baseman Roy Howell has a pretty standard APBA hitting card for a .238 hitter until you look at it a little more closely, that is. Smack dab in the middle of his card he has a inappropriately placed 35-7. I’m pretty sure this was considered a card…
Don Wert played all but one of his nine-year career with the Detroit Tigers. It was his last year with the Washington Senators that put the nail into the coffin of his career, though. In 40 at-bats, “Coyote” Wert batted .050 with just one single and one double. He walked…
I’ve been meaning do a Brooks Robinson card for a while. The lifetime Baltimore Oriole third baseman set the standard for attaining the top APBA fielding rating and he did it at a position which was incredibly rare to do so. This is Brooks Robinson’s 1962 card in reprint set. …
With nine 14s and twenty-one 24s, this 1962 Wes Stock card from the Baltimore Orioles probably has the most occurrences of the number ‘4’ that I’ve ever seen. The six result numbers on Wes Stock’s card that AREN’T a 14 or a 24: 12-25, 34-12, 45-36, 51-23, 53-21 and 65-35. …
Jackie Kubiszyn was a Cleveland Indian infielder tryout in 1961 who played short, third and second. He batted .214, well enough to warrant a second year. Unfortunately, this Crimson Tide product didn’t pan out in his sophomore year. In 1962, he batted .169 in 59 at bats for the 6th…
In light of his recent induction to the Hall of Fame, here is Greg Maddux’ 1994 APBA card. In 1994, Maddux went 16-6 which would be great in any year but that was the strike-shortened season and his Braves had only played 114 games as a team that year. Maddux’…
Both the Monsters and the Terribles were looking forward to the Midseason Doubleheader Gala at Winners Park. However, ‘22 Rogers Hornsby and ‘13 Walter Johnson gave the Monsters fans something to remember the day. It was business as usual for Johnson as he pitched his second consecutive no-hitter in Game…
Hope those are all 66s, Doug!