Earlier this year, I wrote about an attorney named Sarah Johnson who was representing the estate of a deceased individual that included an large collection of APBA cards. I posted some photos provided by Ms. Johnson and even more photos in a follow-up article. After five months, Ms. Johnson’s firm…
Major League Baseball Advanced Media could take a few lessons from the Transcontinental Baseball League. Each year, the TBL comes out with an incredibly huge and fun to read league annual. This year, it is titled The TBL Baseball Annual: The New Normal. You can read the 2018 edition of…
I received some good questions from new APBA fan Brian so I thought I would share them along with my answers. Hello, my name is Brian, and last year I bought APBA Baseball on a whim at age 50. I probably was attempting to recapture my Baseball Card collecting youth,…
I’m glad to see that Tony Stevens who hosted the Spring Break from Reality APBA Baseball Tournament.in Florida earlier this year is doing it again. This time, he’s upping the stakes and it looks like there will be lots of fun to be had at this fall’s Great Florida RollAPBAlooza…
I couldn’t pass up the chance to post this write-up by Jim Currie who always has a fantastically creative way of writing up his summary of this one-hitter Smokey Joe Williams of the (Negro League) Lincoln Giants. Jim’s style is fun to read and I believe I learned some new…
Those of you who listened to John Asalon interview me on This Week in APBA a while back heard the story about how I was introduced to APBA by my older brother, Bill. I admit it, I idolized him and wanted to do everything he did. It probably irritated him…
Pastor Rich sent this 1978 Ron Guidry card to me. I remember this year vividly. Not only his performance for the Yankees but the response by the APBA community. Back then, the APBA card makers didn’t give out many A&C grades. This one seemed to be a sure thing. In…
Recently, a discussion occurred over text among my fellow Illowa APBA League members prompted by Dennis Jennings. The topic? The critical and heavy issue of pitchers’ fielding ratings. Dennis got things going: Okay my APBA query (from a Cub fan): how can Jon Lester be rated as a 2 (good…
Hard to believe this 1904 Napoleon Lajoie APBA card hasn’t been featured on Monday yet. Thanks to Scott Fennessy for suggesting it. As baseball historians know, Lajoie was so good, they named the team after him. This card is from the Cleveland Naps. In 1904, his .376 led the league. …
Ryan Morrison wants to play this 2004 Jeremy Reed card… he’s just not sure where. Seattle Mariner Reed is rated as an OF-2 but according to the Master Game symbols up top, he has ratings appropriate for a pitcher. Reed is rated as a WP1, BK0, MF+1, L and Q3. …