Probably about time I got around to this one, eh? Babe Ruth’s 1927 card came across the APBA Baseball Facebook group page this past week. That’s good timing because we had a request for the Babe. Why? Because he is the unspoken standard of how we judge not only baseball…
You’re going have to bear with me because I’m not going to talk much about APBA in this article. I’m going to talk about my wife, Joan. You see, it’s our 23rd anniversary today. Twenty-three years ago today, we were married outside at my parents’ lake. Shortly afterwards, we went…
Appended on John Herson’s post talking about new direction of the Company is a laundry list of what APBA is up to these days (I’m liking this new era of transparency). Among other things, APBA has decided to reverse its decision to re-release the Negro League set which was last…
I wrote during last weekend’s IAL get-together about the amazing game my Twin City Thunderchickens’ 23-2 win against the Chicago Highlanders when Albert Pujols went 7 for 7. The 43rd game of our 2012 season, it was one you might see every ten years or so. So I couldn’t resist.…
Geoff Giordano of APBA Football (a great resource for any APBA fan not just football buffs) on Facebook has posted a two-part series on thoughts from former APBA Journal editor and publisher Howard Ahlskog. APBA According to Ahlskog: Part 1 APBA According to Ahlskog: Part 2 Some interesting stuff there……
If haven’t seen the latest update on the APBA Company website written by CEO John Herson, I encourage you to read it. It has a lot of new information on the direction of the Company. Herson makes mention of the survey that The APBA Blog did a couple months ago…
Relief Pitchers always seem to have the best Monster Cards. Case in point, Al Shealy of the 1930 Chicago Cubs. While you could make the argument that there are always going to be a few lucky pitchers who get a few hits that translate into a great APBA card, sometimes…
I was contacted by APBA Company CEO John Herson over the weekend. He’s interested in knowing what interest there is among APBA fans for re-issues of XCs. If they were re-issued, they would be actual cards and not the clumsy perforated sheets. What say you? Is this something that you…
The Illowa APBA Spring Convention wrapped up last night in Champaign, Illinois. I got a total of 21 games played for my Twin City Thunderchickens and went 8-13. Ok, not a great record but considering we went into the weekend with only 9 wins, I’ll take it. And we proved…
Host John Brandeberry and his Rising Bamm Beanos take on Chuck Lucas’ Northside Hitmen This weekend is the Illowa APBA League’s Spring Convention (held a bit late). This year, it’s being held in Champaign, Illinois which is just right across town from my town of Urbana. Right now, it’s 1:30am…