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…
My cross-town, APBA-playing buddy Brando had a moving sale yesterday so my wife and I went to see what he had to sell. I knew he would have a lot of sports-related items so this wasn’t going to be your typical garage sale. I wasn’t disappointed. John surprised me by…
Pittsburgh’s Bob Bailey is slugging .755 In my 1966 NL replay, I have fifteen total games left to play for the month of April but I thought I’d give you a sneak peek at what’s happening so far. Here are the standings as of April 25: Team Wins Losses…
Atlanta Brave infielder Pat Rockett’s nickname was “Rock” obviously derived from his last name. It could also describe his glove as well. In 1977, Rockett made 24 errors in 83 games at short with a .940 fielding percentage. Rockett didn’t fare well in 1978 either, certainly at the plate. He…
I had the chance to talk to Doug Schuyler last week on the phone. Among other things, Doug is responsible for organizing the upcoming 2nd Chicagoland APBA World Series Tournament (along with co-organizer Jim Saska) which is slated for November 16th, 2013. This upcoming tourney seems to be getting a…