Kirt Bennett emails The APBA Blog with an update on the Matt Kading Memorial APBA Baseball League. They’ve changed their online presence and can now be found at their new web site. Some quick facts on Matt Kading Memorial APBA Baseball League: League Name Matt Kading Memorial APBA Baseball League…
When it comes to pure Monster hitting cards, it’s the ones that have a hit number at 13 that really stand out. Reliever Tom Niedenfuer’s card from 1986 is such a card. Tom Niedenfuer only hit safely three times in his 10-year career but fortunately for this card anyway, two…
Sometimes APBA is enjoyed best as a family. Within the league I’m in, we’ve had at least three separate families play against each other (either brothers or father/son). On that note, Thomas Lafortune emails The APBA Blog about his family-based league using the Basic Baseball Game. Thomas is a “third…
It never fails to amaze me to see APBA players want to simulate an event and then find a way to achieve it. The Mid-West Baseball League have been doing a homerun derby since 2003. Stray Corrado wrote me to announce that the MWBL just held their annual 2012 Christmas…
A couple of new developments on the Alpharetta homefront… One, the 2012 APBA Baseball cards are shipping!. The APBA Company posted a short announcement today to that effect. Along with the announcement is a gentle plea to hold off on the calls to the Company asking about the status of…
A couple days ago, I posted a summary of a 1967 American League replay in progress that Mel M. is doing. Turns out, he’s also replaying the NL as well. He forwarded the details of that plus a little summary. The Giants and Braves are off to a good start…
Last night, I played the my last series of the 2012 Illowa APBA League season against John Brandeberry’s Rising Bamm Beanos. I won four of nine games but that’s not the big story to me. The big story was pitcher John Lackey. See, John Lackey was pitching his last series…
Reader Mel M sends us a detailed update of his APBA Master Game replay of the 1967 American League. Right now, Mel has played up to June 4. Despite the efforts of batting leader Tony Oliva (right) and homerun leader Harmon Killebrew, both of the Twins, it’s the Red Sox…
Now, this probably isn’t the absolutely worst card in the world. However, as I was going through my ‘91 set last night, I did a double take when running across Mr. Sosa’s card with 31-22 and 51-40. This was during Sosa’s three-year stint with the White Sox. He a bit…
I defy anyone to find something wrong with this card. It has everything… speed, versatility, average, and of course, power and lots of it. As the card indicates, it’s the 1931 Josh Gibson card. Not only does it have six power numbers (1-1-2-3-6-6) but three 7s and an 11. Gibson…