As the Chicagoland Summer Fantasy World Series is only a week away, I am now looking at my 1930 St. Louis Cardinals and my fantasy player, 1998 Mark McGwire who has been added to the team. In less than a week’s time, I need to find a working lineup (or…
The tourney bracket has been released for next week’s Chicagoland Summer Fantasy World Series. There are a lot of tough teams out there that are only bolstered by the best players in their franchise’s history. Even better, there some of the best APBA managers out there. Attending will be some…
Darren Schulz sends an update on last weekend’s Linda B. Schulz Memorial APBA Baseball Tournament in Pittsburgh! –Tom 2016 Linda B. Schulz Memorial APBA Baseball Tournament – Slippery Rock PA The venue may have changed, but the excitement remained unaltered for 20 participants bonding over not just any old tabletop…
Rod Woodward sent me a nifty card. It was 1931 Charles “Chick” Hafey. Now, Chick had a great year for the Cardinals in 1931. He led the NL in hitting with a .349 average with a total of 59 extra base hits. Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B…
Frank Frisch is like “Big Mac who?” Y’all know the comedic plot device used on TV where the local town baseball team brings on a “ringer” from the pros to help them win the big game? I remember seeing that on ‘Cheers’ once. Well, that’s kind of what Doug Schuyler’s…
Earlier this week, I had a pleasant hour-long discussion on the phone with Bob D’Angelo. Bob is a sports journalist who also writes about sports books and memorabilia on his blog The Sports Bookie. The topic? APBA and The APBA Blog. Today, as a result of the interview, Bob posted…
I met John Kalous for the first time at the Prairieland APBA Tournament in April. He and I talked a bit about the upcoming APBA National Convention so I knew he was planning to attend. We touched base again last week and he agreed to provide APBA Blog readers a…
Can someone give Tom Fulton the “411” on KC Monarch right-hander William Bell’s 1924 card? In addition to the strange anomaly at 11, Bell also has two 33s which is somewhat out of the ordinary. Two 31s though! thanks, Tom!
While the APBA National Convention was in full swing in Alpharetta, GA, the Illowa APBA League held its 2016 Spring convention in Moline, Illinois. The IAL is a 10-team league which uses the basic APBA baseball game and has been around since 1975. Our spring convention convenes simply for the…
Perhaps remembering my fondness for my former firstbaseman for the Twin City Thunderchickens, Rodney Woodward suggested 2006 Albert Pujols for this Monday’s column. In ‘06, Albert hit .331 with 49 homers, 119 runs and 137 rbis for the Cardinals. He led the league in slugging (.671) and OPS (1.102). He…