I am blatantly copying and pasting Ken Schulz’s words from Facebook because they made me giggle out loud in the coffeeshop. Oh that weird 1997 season when Harold Baines pitches to a stunning 136 wins and only 16 losses somehow in only 137 games. However of those 137 games he…
When I was a kid, only six players had more homeruns in one season than this card, 1965 Willie Mays. I remember when George Foster tied his mark of 52 dingers in 1977. To me, that was uncharted territory. In 1965, Mays helped the Giants to 95-67 record with his…
Thanks to Scott Fennessy for sending this recap of his team’s performance at last weekend’s Chicagoland tournament! -Tom So with the theme of this year’s tournament being any team pre-DH, I figured I would need two things. One, a pitching staff that could hit, and second, a team that could…
Wow! What a day!! Chicagoland Tournaments are so fun! Due to Rob Spatz’ hard work, there were 43 in attendance at the Comfort Inn O’Hare in Des Plaines, Illinois. Congratulations to Dave Rueck! Mild-mannered Dave went 8-1 in regulation play with his 1912 New York Giants. He then proceeded to…
This Saturday is the Chicagoland Summer APBA World Series Tournament! There’s not much to say except Rob Spatz puts on an excellent tourney. He has put in months of prep work into this weekend. At this point, there will be around 40 participants traveling to Chicago to vie for the…
Ken Schulz shares this Bill North APBA card from the 1978 reprint set. I told Ken that when I joined the Illowa APBA League in 1980, North was my starting centerfielder and leadoff man. Would he have played for my team if he had a card like this? Maybe. Season…
Last weekend, the Illowa APBA League (10-team, basic game) got together to roll some bones. True to its moniker, they joined up in Iowa (Bettendorf, Iowa, to be specific). The Illowa League takes turns meeting up in Chicago and in the Quad Cities area. There were nine of us there…
After the Illowa APBA League weekend, I went to commish Mike Bunch’s house and we were browsing through his extensive APBA baseball set collection. I ran across this sweet 1970 Roberto Clemente card from the division-winning Pittsburgh Pirates. As usual, Clemente had a good mix of extra base hits with…
On Facebook, Eric Berg prompted those of us going to the July 20 Chicagoland APBA Baseball tournament to Post a photo of your #3 hitter! No names, just the pic of your stud at 3. For me, that was a very appropriate thing to ask. Along with Harmon Killebrew, my…
In my last post, I recapped the top five teams in my 1966 NL replay. Today, I’ll go through the lower five and describe the highlights and lowlights. I cobbled together a quick “by-the-numbers” graphic for the month of June. Also, if you haven’t seen it, here are the full…