I really have to hand it to people like Scott Fennessy, my friend John Brandeberry and every else who has the patience to do a APBA replay. There are lots of games to play and stats to keep but the rewards are there too. Brando is a fellow manager in…
Scott Fennessy passed on a very interesting card from the 1901 season set. Interesting in a couple ways. First, while Scott passed this Harrison card on to me, both he and I didn’t know if he fit neatly into one of my categories. He has no hit numbers which is…
Mel M sent this 1973 Hank Aaron card to me just in time for today’s Monster Card Monday. I don’t think I’ve had an Aaron card featured on this blog and this is a great card to do it. Mel told me when he opened the 1973 set, Aaron was…
Sometimes you got to make do… I met with my friend John Brandeberry for our first nine-game series of the year in the Illowa APBA League. We met at a local coffee shop and in my rush to leave the house, I had left my dice shakers at home. The…
The IAL begins its 2013 season On my post about the IAL draft weekend a few days ago, Scott Fennessy (who writes the fantastic write-ups on his 1905 replay on this blog) left a comment asking “Just wanted to know how a league like this works as I have only…
Catcher Jeff Reed’s 1987 card is one I’ve heard about from a few of you. In fact, I’m sure he’s got a few strange cards (he batted .225 or lower in a season seven times). What makes Reed’s ‘87 card so unique is that this isn’t just a J-4 XB…
I took a week off from Monster Card Monday so I better make this count. I think it will. I promised Pastor Rich Zawardzki that I’d put up Willie Mays’ 1954 card. Indeed, it’s worthy of this column. This was Mays’ breakout season when he not only led the NL…
Mel M writes in with a report of a no-hitter in his 1967 replay… for the second time. Phil Ortega of the Washington Senators hurled a no-hitter today against the New York Yankees. Ortega walked two batters and one Yankee was safe on an error by shortstop Eddie Brinkman in…
Here’s another entry for The APBA Blog Dice Shaker Project. My buddy John “Brando” Brandeberry designed and crafted a new dice shaker for fellow manager Todd Ventresca and presented it to him this past weekend. Nice prize for the IAL Manager of the Year! Unlike mine which nice and hefty,…
This past weekend at the Comfort Inn in Downers Grove, the ten managers of the Illowa APBA League got together and we finished our post season for the 2012, conducted our 2013 draft and started our new season by each playing the first thirty games of the season. Here are…