Rolling Dice Taking Names has a feature article on APBA Baseball. It’s a “look-back-to-yesteryear” piece describing what it was like before fantasy baseball took over the baseball recreation scene. And yes, I believe I still have a copy of those cardboard playing boards. As for those red discs.. ehhh. I…
I’m not used to seeing 1930 cards on Tuesday. They’re quite the favorite on Monday. The inaptly-named Homer Peel played for three teams in the National League between the years of 1927 and 1934. In those years, he did manage one “homer” in 1933. However, he couldn’t knock one out…
I’m dedicating this week’s MCM to my friend Don Smith in the Illowa APBA Leugue. He’s had Ichiro Suzuki on his Molly Putts Marauders team since the year I drafted Albert Pujols with the first pick in the draft. To this day, he swears he would have drafted Ichiro even…
David Glancy writes to tell us about his 3-player league in Dayton, Ohio. They play a full 162 game schedule and have been doing this since 1982. The details on Bultman/Glancy: League Name Bultman/Glancy Contact Person David Glancy Sport Baseball # of teams 8 Year of inception 1982 Basic/Master/Computer/ Combination…
Richard Berg shared this modification with me which increases accuracy for Homeruns Allowed for the APBA’s Baseball Master Game. With his permission, I’m posting it here. In case you’re wondering, Richard does come with some credentials. He a quite prolific game developer. At least *I* was impressed when I saw…
Pitcher Jim Bagby was a two-time All-Star who won in double digits with the Red Sox and the Indians in the 30s and 40s. But in his second go-round with the Sox in 1946, he had lost most of his stuff. He wasn’t awful on the mound managing a 7-6…
There isn’t any baseball history buff alive doesn’t have at least a modicum of respect for Bob Gibson. Like him or not, this man could intimidate. This card is from 1968 which is significant in two ways. One, it was the year that Gibby’s ERA fell into the deadball range…
This week, Don Smith, manager of the Molly Putts Marauders in the Illowa APBA League, sent out this message via our league email listserve. He even left it in the comments section of my recent post on the upcoming IAL Draft. I’m posting it as its own article because it’s…
I don’t mean to pick on Manny Mota, really. He’s one of my favorite historical baseball players. But his rookie card from 1962 is not much to write home about. The above card is the reprint edition published in 1989. In ‘62, Mota went 13 for 74 for a .176…
Neil Leininger tells me that the Lame Duck Baseball Association has concluded its 2013 draft. You can find the results on the LDBA website. The top five picks were: Bryce Harper, Vancouver Brandon Moss, Georgia Will Middlebrooks, Mc/SCity/Pembroke Cespedes, Yoenis, Sioux City Manny Machado, New Bosox Good luck to LDBA…