It’s been a while since I’ve posted something from Scott Veatch’s Vault. Here’s one from 1985. This small flyer encompasses many of APBA’s games. It includes offers for the Golf game as well as the golf card set. If you want to buy the Golf game and Saddle Racing together,…
Scott Fennessy sent in this 1903 Al Orth card which has more than a few oddities. In ‘03, Orth played for the Senators. It wasn’t his best year going 10-22 with a 4.34 ERA and leading the AL with 135 earned runs. He did however, bat .302 with nine doubles…
Scott Fennessy asked me how things were going now that I’m in two leagues. Well, so far, so good. Both teams have winning records and I’m managing to keep up. The Illowa APBA League which tends to play a good portion of their games during league get-togethers, is in a…
Scott Veatch comes through again with another great Terrible card. Straight from Yoakum, Texas, it’s Wayne Graham of the 1964 New York Mets. Graham went 3 for 33 with one double in 1964 striking out five times for the Mets. Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR…
If you want a lot of quality innings, you can’t get much better than Joe “Iron Man” McGinnity. Sent in by APBA Blog writer, Scott Fennessy who blogs incessantly about his deadball replays, this 1903 card is not so much about the pitching grade but also the playing time behind…
Kevin Burghardt sent in this rather odd Pat Bourque card. The card represents Bourque’s 1973 season which he split with the Cubs and the A’s. The oddity? Bourque get the regulation 8-8-8-9-9 combination but rather than put his last 9 at 25, APBA decided to put it at 62. He…
When Mel first sent me this card, I thought at first glance that it was Bill ‘Swish’ Nicholson on a bad year. Nope, this is Dave Nicholson (no relation) who played in the 60s and didn’t have the color (nor the career) like Bill did. This Nicholson’s card from 1965…
Announcing the Monsters pitching staff for my 21 game tournament between the Terribles and the Monsters… 1905 Christy Mathewson A&B(Y)(Z) 1908 Ed Walsh A&B(Y)(Z) 1912 Joe Wood A&B(X)(Z) 1913 Walter Johnson A&B(Y)(Z) 1931 Lefty Grove A&C(Y)(Z) 1968 Bob Gibson A&B(X) 1971 Ferguson Jenkins A(X)(ZZ) 1974 Ken Holtzman B(Z) 1985 Dwight…
Canuck Larry Walker was a widely known for much of his early career as a five-tool player. He could do it all, hit for power, hit for average, field, and steal bases. This 1998 card when Walker was with the Colorado Rockies, pretty much epitomizes Walker’s abilities at his peak. …
We’re down to the wire with my Monsters vs Terribles project (more info here). My “winter” project is turning into a spring project but that’s ok. This will be the last poll for the Terribles team. And since we’re doing the outfielders so I’m giving you three votes. Of the…