I was ready to feature 1905 Christy Mathewson in honor of his MVP performance at the Chicagoland Tournament. Alas, he’s been used up. I wrote him up last year. So courtesy of Pastor Rich, it’s Rogers Hornsby visiting the Monster Card column once again. It’s his 1929 season this time,…
And to think that Scott Fennessy almost didn’t make it the Chicagoland Tournament. Scott emailed a month ago and told me he wanted to come but just couldn’t arrange transportation. I told him not to worry. We’d figure out a way. I’m glad we did. Scott had no trouble managing…
I’m not sure where to start. With so much happening at yesterday’s amazing Chicagoland Tournament, there is so much to talk about. I’ll probably stretch it out over a couple articles. For now, we’ll start with the “official” press release. Clark Eichman (left) and Scott Fennessy wish each other luck…
Thanks to Scott Veatch who sent last week’s 1964 Great Teams of Past mailing, we have another one from his treasure vault. It’s the annual mailing announcing the 1965 edition of the APBA Baseball cards. As much as some of us long for the days of old, reading these mailings…
With these specs, Frank Howard can see just fine. He’s leading the AL in homers. Mel M sends us a quick snapshot of his ongoing 1967 AL replay. Mel is using the APBA Baseball Master Game for this project. June 25. W- L. GB Tigers. 46-24. - Roaring through June.…
I thought last week’s Terrible Card was pretty bad but Jacinto “Jackie” Hernandez’ 1966 card gives Cleo James’ 1973 card a run for its money. The suggestion of Hernandez comes from Scott Veatch who sent in the scan of the 1964 GTOP mailing (which by the way, has been quite…
This 1962 card of reliever Don Ferrarese is a double edged sword. He’s got a big hitting card but just make sure he doesn’t hit a grounder. I know my baseball but Ferrarese was a new name to me. He pitched eight years in the late 50s and early 60s…
Stepping back a little from the nuts and bolts of the upcoming Chicago Tournament, it seems to me that there is an upswing of grassroots APBA activity organized by APBA fans. Geoff Giordano of the APBA Football Club got APBA Football fans together earlier this year in Canton Ohio. Of…
The Chicagoland APBA World Series Tournament is just one week away! I’m so ready for this to happen! Organizer Jim Saska just sent out info on tournament format for the upcoming tourney which starts at 9am on November 16th at the Woodstock, Illinois Public Library. Jim writes: We’re exactly…
Just last week, my buddy Brando helped Sandy Koufax to the first no-hitter of my 1966 NL replay. That game was on April 30th in my replay. Well, Brando’s done it again in just under a week. He emailed me this week telling me he had a no-hitter in his…