Update: Voting in the 2023 APBA Blog Pitching Grade Challenge is now closed! Stay tuned and good luck to everyone who entered! Here we go again! The 2023 Major League Baseball season has ended, and The APBA Blog is excited to announce the 2023 APBA Blog Pitching Grade Challenge! It’s…
I poked around my APBA collection Sunday night and pulled out the 1949 New York Yankees. Of course, I looked for Joe DiMaggio and his card didn’t disappoint. I knew I hadn’t featured DiMaggio’s ’49 card because I remembered he was injured that year and his playing time was limited.…
I featured Mickey Mantle’s 1961 APBA card a few weeks ago and surprisingly, it was the first Mantle card I had posted since I started doing this. As luck would have APBA Blog friend, Scott Fennessy came across a 1957 set and he obliged me Mantle’s card from that set.…
First let me say thanks to Scott Fennessy for sending me a photo of this yummy card. The card du jour is Willie Mays of 1957. For those who have not seen the 1957 set, it is one that is well worth looking into. If you are into the greats…
I’ve already written about our Illowa APBA League’s All-Star weekend recently. During that weekend, we all got in some regular season play. Unfortunately, my Twin City Thunderchickens went 12-18 for the month. Against the Colona Upperdeckers in particular, we split our series, 3-3. We could have so easily won one…
Last week, baseball lost a legendary ballplayer and without a doubt, the best defensive third baseman to grace the hot corner. Brooks Robinson passed away at the age of 86. A Baltimore Oriole his entire 23-year career, Robinson was known for his deft glovework at third, earning sixteen straight Gold…
On September 15th and 16th, the Illowa APBA League held its 49th All-Star Game. Like last year, the City Boys clashed against the Country Gents in a house by a lake in Henry County, Illinois. The IAL is a ten-team, continuous ownership league founded in 1975 which uses a slightly…
This weekend, the Illowa APBA League (10-team, basic game continuous ownership) will play its 49th annual mid-season All-Star Game. In addition, we’ll get some regular season games in while most of us are in attendance in a woodsy area somewhere in northwest Illinois. As tradition, the City Boys will be…
This Monday, let’s go back to the 1990’s and take a look at “Big Cat”, Andres Galarraga. I featured Galarraga’s 1994 card a few years ago and it was a banger. It’s only downside was that Andres only played 103 games that season. This time, the Cat’s 1996 card with…
Alan Hobbs who contributed to this week’s Monster card, also asked me a question regarding Ollie Brown’s 1974 card and the defensive ratings he was given by the APBA card makers. It got me thinking so I looked into it. Here’s Alan’s question: I am writing because I came across…