Not long after APBA Jackie Robinson Day, I just purchased the 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates on APBA GO. Of course, Roberto Clemente is a big part of that team. This card is part of APBA’s 3rd edition of their popular Great Team of the Past (GTOP3) set. Clemente was 36 and…
You can’t go wrong with an APBA card from Stan the Man. This is an APBA 1953 reprint card of Stan Musial. That is, it is not from the set that was published two years after the APBA Company was founded. Rather this card comes from the set which was…
This is a question I get frequently… I have a baseball card but I can’t tell what year it represents. Can you help me? It’s a good question. Sometimes we buy card sets and then set them aside and rediscover them. Of course, we want to know what season it…
APBA Blog reader Don George is becoming known for his single team baseball replays. Last year, he replayed the Baltimore Orioles 1969 season. Over the winter, he took on the Yankees 1961 season replay. Both were pleasantly documented. This time, Don has risen to the challenge of what many call…
Last week, reader Mark asked if The APBA Blog could post Eric Davis’ 1986 card. As it turned out, Davis’ 1986 card was in the queue for Monster Monday. As I was searching for Kirby Puckett’s card for his post, I ran across Davis’ and it was too good to…
With a heavy heart, Rob Spatz came to the conclusion that the Chicagoland APBA Baseball tournament was not going to happen. Scheduled for August, there was no guarantee that the 48 participants could attend safely given the COVID-19 virus. I know this was the right move but it was a…
Last week, I posted a fun Andre Dawson card from the strike-shortened 1981 season. There was discussion that many monster cards (and a few weird ones) come from shortened seasons. Well, in 1994 there was another baseball strike in which the last 50 games or so were not played. As…
With the current situation at hand, Rod Caborn has time on his hands. You know what that means. Lots of APBA and some good documentation. Rod replayed the 1914 National League season and well, the Boston Braves just didn’t have in them for another Miracle comeback. Honestly, it looked like…
Chester Davis contacted me with his exciting idea for an APBA baseball tournament which will take place in Salisbury, Maryland on November 7, 2020. The theme? Chester is calling it “Manager’s Mayhem”. Each manager will compose from players from two stock teams… one from the American League and one from…
I remember when I was a kid and had been playing APBA for a few years and wondered, “What’s the big deal with the 31s?”. I was reading an article from the APBA Journal and the author was pondering how many 31s a player had. It really confused me. “It’s…