On October 17th, Jeff Boeding managed his 1906 Cleveland Naps to victory at the 14th edition of the Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament hosted in Shakopee, Minnesota. Jeff defeated Kevin Cluff and the 2019 Los Angeles Dodgers. You can read a very comprehensive recap of TCABT-XIV at Jim’s Fraasch’s awesome…
Hi Fans! For those anxiously awaiting the cards and disk for the 2020 baseball season (yes you, Dodger fans!), the APBA Company has some relevant information on their website now. Most relevant is this: APBA WILL OFFER THE USUAL 2020 BASEBALL SEASON PRODUCTS: (1) A 900 CARD (30 CARDS PER…
The era of the good-hitting pitcher seems to be coming to an end. I know “back in my day” we all appreciated a pitcher who could pull his weight with the stick. Such is the case with Earl Wilson. That’s his 1968 APBA card you see above. Earl was a…
Update: voting in the 2020 Pitching Grade Challenge has now concluded. Stay tuned for results!! Hey APBA Fans, The 2020 MLB regular season is over. And what a season it was! The APBA Blog is excited to announce the 2020 APBA Blog Pitching Grade Challenge! This will be the third…
Reader Don George continues his single season replay fun. This time, he skippered the 1954 New York Giants against the rest of the National League. Mays didn’t disappoint. He hit .356, eleven points above his actual average and bullseyed his 41 actual homeruns for the season (see Willie’s card featured…
Reader Neal writes: Can you tell me the first year APBA Baseball went to 2 column player cards and did all cards have 2 columns that first year or did some still have just one? Thx! Great question! In their first eight years of APBA Baseball, the card makers were…
I’m at the risk of making Monster Monday an “RIP” column. That said, I can’t ignore the loss of Hall of Fame second basemen Joe Morgan. He was someone I looked forward to seeing as a friendly in the All-Star Game but at no other time. Morgan was truly a…
No doubt, Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson was one of a kind. He was the dominating pitcher no batter wanted to face. We lost Gibby to pancreatic cancer on Friday only days after another Cardinal fan favorite, Lou Brock passed away. In the year 1968, Gibson had the year…
Scott Fennessy had a great idea for a simple replay. Here’s his recap: I have been reading about other managers taking time for little side projects. Since I am currently ahead of schedule on my 1906 replay I decided to do something I have always wanted to try, but just…
RIP Lou Brock who passed away this week. I have always been a Cubs fan but had deep respect for the speedy Cardinals’ leftfielder. Each year, I remember him as a welcome addition to the National League All-Star team. For today’s Monster Card Monday, I asked Illowa League commissioner Mike…