I’m on schedule to start my Terribles vs Monsters series that I started planning oh so long ago. I’ve assembled the nominees. I’ve polled my dear readers for each position for both teams. I hope to start rolling soon. But first things first. How did the Monsters Outfield poll end…
Scott Fennessy sent me this 1901 Davy Jones card which has pretty much everything on it. Everything except singles, that is. Turns out that David “Kangaroo” Jones went to school up I-74 in a small town called Dixon, Illinois. He also attended USC and subsequently played for the Milwaukee Brewers…
Too bad some of the talents of Minnesota Twins teammates Harmon Killebrew and Tony Olivia didn’t rub off on rookie Joe McCabe in 1964. In 19 at-bats, he could only muster three singles and a run scored. Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB…
This is the card that inspired it all. Before 1930 George Puccinelli, before 1953 Ted Williams, I posted an article about my buddy Brando’s replay which included this 1930 Babe Herman card. I received an email a few days later from Aaron Wilson who suggested that I do a “longer…
Tom Zuppa says this 1940 Lew Riggs is “perfect” for Weird Card Wednesday. I’m inclined to agree. One thing we can mostly agree upon about the APBA game is their consistency in placing their result numbers. The 66 has the best number, 11 has the next best, etc. You can…
…but use a second sheet next time, manager! A week ago Thursday, I had my first Illowa APBA League series since our draft weekend. It was test to see if my Twin City Thunderchickens’ 17-13 was a fluke or not. Well, we got five games in that night playing over…
Last week, when I helped Brando with his 1930 replay, Ben Sankey card showed up… as a starter even. Brando is using actual lineups and he’s in the last week of his replay so crazy things are happening. Pitchers and players are being rested due to either injuries or perhaps…
Many thanks to Bill Hunter for coming through with this 1941 Ted Williams card for me and allowing me to somehow make up for my glaring omission of Ted Williams from the Monster Card outfield poll. It’s only fair since the 1953 Williams card was the first official Monster Cards…
The APBA Baseball group on Facebook has a new member that most of us are familiar. Former Texas Rangers outfielder Billy Sample stopped by the popular APBA Facebook hangout to say hello to the fans. It wasn’t a quick post and leave either. He responded to a couple of APBA…
Brando pulls a “Puccinelli” on me I’m treasuring my APBA time with my buddy John Brandeberry lately. As soon as he sells his house, he’s moving out to Montana to join his wife. That will be an adjustment for me. I’ve known John for some fifteen years and we’ve rolled…