There’s plenty to like about Napoleon Lajoie’s 1901 card. In fact, I’ll make a list: he is rated at two demanding positions and plays them both well (2B-9 SS-8) he’s rated (F)ast he only has one 13 FIVE 0s! he has sevens on the top and a 53-9 (necessitating a…
Santo speaking at the 2008 Cubs Convention I’m not an overly sentimental guy. I’ll admit it… when a famous baseball player gets sick or even passes on, it doesn’t hit me like it does some people. But it was a little different with Ron Santo. When Ron Santo died…
As the APBA Convention in Lancaster was getting underway on Friday, the new APBA Games Company Newsletter was released. The big item announced was APBA Baseball 5.75. Pre-orders are now being taken for 5.75. As I’ve mentioned before, if you are interested in the game but have questions about compatibility…
Wowwee! This is exciting news to come from the APBA Convention in Lancaster. The Zack APBA Handbook is now online in pdf form! Originally edited by Edwin Zack, I bought my first copy of the handbook at the first APBA convention I attended in the early 90s and still use…
Festivities are underway in Lancaster, PA for the 2012 APBA Convention. Word has it from organizer Francis Rose (via Geoff Giordano) that there are about 70 attendees and a healthy number of first time attendees. Tonight’s activities included announcing this year’s APBA Hall of Fame inductees. Congrats to Kevin Cluff…
The APBA Convention is this weekend. I want to wish all Convention attendees safe travels, a good time and good luck for those participating in the tournament. Sadly, I won’t be there. Work, family and finances conspired to keep me from attending. I will be thinking of you all this…
As I wrote a couple days ago, I spent this past weekend at Commissioner Mike Bunch’s house playing some Illowa APBA League games. It was a homecoming of sorts as Mike hosted the very first IAL get together I attended at the tender age of 16 (that was back in…
Bob “Hurricane” Hazle’s 1957 card was one of the first “monster” APBA cards, that is, a super human card based on a stats of a small sample size. Hazle’s story is simple. He came up for the Braves in July of 1957 and for the time he played that year,…
There’s been a lot of discussion and questions lately about the latest version of APBA Baseball 5.75. The APBA Game Company has posted a FAQ today to help answer some of the questions that have probably been asked a lot. Hopefully, that will clear up some of the confusion for…
L to R: John Brandeberry, Commish Mike Bunch, Marcus Bunch I mentioned last week that I was APBA-bound this weekend. Indeed, my buddy John “Brando” Brandeberry and I traveled to three and a half hours to Colona, Illinois to the Illowa APBA League commissioner’s house Friday and through the course…