This will probably be the last 2022 Monster Card for a while. I don’t want to post the whole season, you know. This one is worth it, though. In his first year with LA, Freddie Freeman thrived. Yes, his homeruns were down (31 to 21) but his slugging percentage actually…
Chester Davis announces an APBA Baseball tournament in the birthplace of APBA, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Held Saturday July 22nd in the Lancaster, PA. area. Unusual rules to determine best teams and managers. Must be able to combine two teams with 558 winning pct or below from the same division in the…
These days, I tend not to promote too many monster cards who are low fielding especially ones that didn’t exactly play a full season in real life. Ones like 2022 Mike Trout with the valuable extras put them over the bump. I’ll make an exception for World Series hero Yordan…
One of the best things about being in a face-to-face APBA league is the off-season hot stove league. While technically, we have one more month left in our season, our Illowa APBA League is already planning our annual draft weekend. There have been a few trades so far in the…
Big news! The APBA Company is now taking orders for the 2022 baseball card set. Per the APBA newsletter: It didn’t take long after the announcement before our league’s group text was chiming. Indeed, while it’s nice for us board gamers to get a sneak peek of the cards on…
A few weeks ago, reader Phil Grabar replied to a previous Monster card post with “Trout’s card isn’t too shabby either.” Indeed, Mike Trout’s 2022 APBA card is one of the best of this season. Playing in just 119 games for the Angels, Trout still managed to hit 40 homers…
For the last Monster Card of 2022, it is one that brings up some questions. Nonetheless, it is unquestionably a monster card just as he had last year. I’m talking about 2022 Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels. Shohei will be the bane of APBA opponents’ hitters AND pitchers…
Have a safe and stress-free holiday season full of 66s!
As Rod says, “everything you wanted to know about the ’22 season”. The Orlando APBA Association season, that is. Rod is the premiere documentarian for OAPBA and one look at his recap of the 22 season will tell you what you want to know. Of course, this was a bittersweet…
I wrote about 2022 AL MVP Aaron Judge last Monday so I guess I’ll pen an article about NL honoree Paul Goldschmidt this week. While I’m not so blown away by Goldy’s card as I was Judge’s, I wouldn’t bench him, either. Goldschmidt played a full 151 games for the…