My division may have been the losers at this weekend’s Illowa APBA League All-Star get together but my Twin City Thunderchickens had their best winning stretch in my memory. Managers of the IAL congregated on Friday night at the Comfort Inn in Downers Grove, Illinois for our 2013 All-Star Game…
When Pastor Rich suggested 1998 Mark McGwire for this week’s Monster Card Monday, he didn’t realize the history I had with that particular card. Oh, I will never forget that card! This card helped propel the 1999 Twin City Thunderchickens to the IAL playoffs and win our first World Series…
An action shot from last year’s IAL All-Star Game Team Cards? Check. Dice and shaker? Check. New APBA booklet? Check. I’m just about packed for the Illowa APBA League All-Star weekend. Yes, I packed a few clothes too. That part takes me about 10 minutes. It’s the important stuff I…
Shaun Earle Fitzmaurice’s card from 1966 isn’t so much terrible as it is strange. Fitzmaurice only played one year for the bigs and that was for the New York Mets. In the late season, he hit .154 in nine games going 2 for 13 with two walks and one stolen…
Hall of Fame second baseman Rogers Hornsby makes a second Monster Card appearance as I featured his fantastic 1924 card over a year ago. This 1922 card of Hornsby is quite excellent as well, of course as both cards are right in the middle of his six straight batting titles…
Here’s a writeup by Brian Cavanaugh on his 1964 Philadelphia Phillies replay. I recently finished up my replay of the 1964 Phillies season. I was very anxious and excited to play with this team. This Phillies team is my Fathers’ all-time favorite Phillies team as it was the first time…
I took a break from my 1966 replay and went to Brando’s house last night and helped him play some of his 1930 season he’s doing. Yeah, what a difference! Pitching is near non-existent and what is there can be nullified by all those nasty power numbers. Case in point……
This Tuesday, I’m featuring the 1978 APBA card of catcher Don Werner. To his credit, Werner lasted seven years in the majors. He played five seasons for the Cincinnati Reds and two more for Texas Rangers. Throughout those seven years though, his 1978 season was the only one where he…
In my 1966 NL replay tonight, I had “one of those APBA things” happen. It’s April 27th and Houston’s Dave Giusti (CY) was mowing down the St Louis Cardinals. Through six innings, he had a no-hitter going. Not only that, he had faced the minimum amount of batters. Charley Smith,…
Detroit Tiger shortstop Alan Trammell hasn’t seen the hallowed halls of Cooperstown but I know many Detroit fans, who think he deserves to be enshrined. Indeed along with Robin Yount and Cal Ripken, Trammell was among the best shortstops in the AL in his era. Offensively, Trammell’s performance in 1987…