I’ve spent a good part of this week working on all-time league leaders for the Illowa APBA League. I did a quick summary here at the IAL website where I concentrated on how our active players are faring. It’s a fact of life that records are meant to…
Tom Wall writes in with his story how he plays APBA Baseball. We all play the game for different reasons. Some of us want to achieve statistical accuracy and some of what to find realism. Tom, however, enjoys the aspect of APBA of “what-if” scenarios. That is, creating scenarios which…
Every time I do a Monster Card from the deadball era, it seems like I learn something new. I suppose it’s because if it’s a player like Ruth or Eckersley, I assume I know the player well enough (hint: I probably don’t). With a player like 1905 Mike Donlin, I…
Scott Fennessy follows up his guest article a couple days ago with another Cubs-Giants game wrap-up from his 1905 replay. Good news! Scott will be officially joining The APBA Blog as an regular contributing writer! – Tom by Scott Fennessy If you thought game 1 was good here is the…
Reader Scott Fennessy is into May in his 1905 APBA baseball replay. He sends us a recap of a game pitched by two of baseball’s best hurlers. -Tom by Scott Fennessy Not ready for the total update yet as I am still in mid May, and will definitely have a…
Original1957 mint card set from Len Gaydos’ collection It’s not every day that The APBA Blog inbox gets an email from an APBA legend but last Saturday just wasn’t any day, I guess. I got a email from Len Gaydos who along with his brother Ronald, was the original founder…
It’s a first for the Monster Card Monday feature. This week’s entry, the 1930 reprint of Babe Ruth’s card is the first time a player has re-appeared for a second time. The Babe was my selection as a Monster Card with his 1927 card back in June. Yes, I need…
The APBA roster list for the 2012 Major League Baseball season have been released. The APBA Company has just sent me these team rosters. Note: the players in bold are designated as XB players by the APBA Company. ARIZONA ATLANTA CHICAGO CINCINNATI Willie Bloomquist Michael Bourn David DeJesus Zack Cozart…
Apparently, Tennessee Titan Akeem Ayers was too big to fit in the team envelope. Or more likely, he was too slow. At any rate, his card was missing from the 2011 APBA Football set that was just released. Not to worry, here is a pdf of the official Ayers’ APBA…
Lots happening in world of APBA Football in this past week. As I mentioned earlier, the 2011 APBA Football season set just shipped. According to the APBA Football Club, the orders are beginning to reach the homes of the eagerly-awaiting fans. I don’t know about you football fans but some…