I’ve reached the June the June 15 mark in my 1966 NL replay! I’m really excited and don’t look now but the All-Star Game is less than a month away! A lot has changed since I reported in. First, a look at the standings: At the beginning of the month,…
There is something about APBA that brings people together. Whether it is the basic game league I’m in, the Illowa APBA League which is now going on its 43rd year or forums like Between the Lines or Facebook APBA Baseball group (which I hear is now at 2,400 members), APBA…
I don’t award Monster Cards on fielding ratings too often. Ryan Morrison wrote me. He says… Here’s a card I know you will appreciate because you and I know very well how big a role he played in the Cubbies’ run to the World Series last year. It’s a solid…
Tom Johnson and Phillip Silvis get ready to face off in the final game On Saturday, August 5, Chicagoland crowned its ninth champion. At the Chicagoland Summer APBA Tournament, Tom Johnson and his 2005 Houston Astros defeated Phillip Silvis and the 2014 Pittsburgh Pirates to win the tournament championship. John…
Thanks again to Ryan Morrison for suggesting another card this week. There’s nothing too odd about the actual numbers on this card of “Fred Rivers” except for perhaps the single column ‘2’. The strange thing is that his name is not really Fred Rivers. It belongs to a player named…
Mike Miller (left) poses with Howie Mooney at the 2016 Chicagoland tourney These are the toughest articles to write. Mike Miller, a baseball and APBA fanatic, passed away last week. I had the privilege to meet at the 2016 at the 2016 Chicagoland APBA Tournament. Mike traveled all the way…
The following press release covering the Linda B. Schulz Memorial APBA Baseball Tournament was submitted by Darren Schulz. thanks Darren!! -Tom Hosting players from Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Florida, Illinois, Virginia, Texas, Wisconsin, Canada as well as good old Pennsylvania, the ROCK was a soundboard for rattling dice. As players were…
I opened up my Excel stats spreadsheet for my 1966 National League replay tonight after a Pirates-Reds game and saw something I hadn’t seen before. Take a look at the above June 13 standings and see if you can spot the weirdness. Well, besides the Cardinals stinking it up in…
It’s kind of amazing that Ben Paschal hasn’t made an appearance on Monster Monday yet. While there are certainly better cards out there and ones that are more deserving (Paschal only managed 87 plate appearances for the 1927 Yankees), he was a bit of an APBA legend. Since the 1927…
Jim Saska explains the mods to Bob Eller and Jim Welch Two APBA tourneys in one day? Again? Well, kind of. See Jim Saska was back in Chicago for the weekend and thought it be fun to get together and play some APBA. Even with Ken Schulz’ LBS tournament happening…