How confident am I in the new baseball booklet that APBA just put out this year? So much so that I gave away the old booklet I have. Don’t worry, it’s not going too far and it’s hopefully going to a good cause. I have a good friend in town…
I ran across this nifty graphic that I made previous to the Illowa APBA League All Star Game in 2004. Some noteworthy points: Alfonso Soriano is playing second base. Albert Pujols is playing in left field. Jason Varitek is the starting catcher for our division. Looking at his stats, I…
The latest APBA Newsletter was just released. Some good information and some pretty upbeat stuff to be quite honest. Here are some highlights from the newsletter: Baseball “APBA now offers all of the 20th and 21st century major league baseball seasons. The 1902 season is now available as either a…
The Chicagoland APBA World Series Tournament is less than a month away! I’m quite excited. Co-organizer Doug Schuyler tells me that 18 people have committed to coming and I look forward to meeting and playing them. [By the way, if you’re on Facebook, tell us you’re coming at the Chicagoland…
Growing up as a Cubs fan, Rick Monday was one of my favorites. He was with Chicago for only five years but it was right at that moment I was really beginning to pay attention to baseball. It’s actually pretty amazing how long Monday played baseball. He was there in…
Take a look at this 1989 Alejandro Pena card, salivate and just wish you could use it in your everyday lineup. Unfortunately, unless you bend the rules a little, you won’t be able to. Pena batted just once in 1989 and hit a single for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In…
Taken at the 2002 APBA National Convention in Lancaster, PA. Is that you Brian Wells, schooling the old-timers at the game of APBA?
Yesterday, I posted about Mike Bunch’s predictions for our Illowa APBA League. Now, I think Mike’s card forecasts are top notch but the APBA community as a whole look to Bruce Norlander at the end of each MLB season for some guidance for what next year’s card will look like.…
Today’s TCT selection comes from my 1934 set. He’s Dan McGee, an unknown shortstop who started seven games for the Boston Braves and was never seen again. Considering he was a New Yawker, perhaps it was for the best. 21-year old McGee didn’t make much of an impression filling in…
What a difference one month in the Illowa APBA League makes for my Twin City Thunderchickens! Compare the August standings… …to the current September standings. After going 20-10 in September, we jumped three spots in the IAL standings. It hasn’t been lost on me that, according to league rules,…