I’m sure these guys at the APBA Football Club Tournament weren’t a challenge (From L to R: Patrick McGregor, John Cochrane, Ray Dunlap, Bob Tassinari, Greg Wells, Greg Barath, Jerry Zajack and Geoff Giordano) We’re now on the fourth roundtable question with our awesome tournament organizers. They told us about…
Zack Greinke’s 21 MG rating leads all starting pitchers The APBA Baseball disk is out! And with the disk come the data. Each year after the APBA baseball disk comes out, I do a series of articles which looks at the APBA baseball disk data and summarize it. It’s…
Tom Zuppa submitted this 1912 Owen Wilson APBA card for today’s Weird Wednesday column. He says: Attached is a 1912 John Owen "Chief" Wilson, Pirates right fielder. It’s part of an all-star set the game co. released a few years back for download. Wilson hit 11 HR and a league-leading…
From the second annual Robert Henry Memorial Tournament, held in 2014. Standing facing the camera (L-R) are the late Hall of Famer Veryl Lincoln and Hall of Famer Skeet Carr presenting an APBA Game Company Special Achievement Award to Brian Cavanaugh of the Philadelphia Boys and Girls Club Bridesburg Unit,…
Tom Fulton was pretty impressed by Mike Piazza’s 1997 APBA card. A catcher-8 with double ones and a 25-7? Now I am too. The former Rookie of the Year had his best year with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1997 when he hit .362 with 40 homers, 124 rbis and…
At one point, Ken Schulz was worried about attendance to the Linda B Schulz Memorial APBA Baseball Tournament. Nice turnout! The first time around with our nine tournament organizers, I asked them about the origins of their respective tournaments. If you haven’t read their responses, you really should check out…
October 7, 1903 Boston, MA After a hard fought game one the teams take the field for game two of this series. Today’s game features Ed Doehny (BYW) against Tom Hughes (AY). The Red Sox are hoping to take advantage of Doehny’s lack of control while Pittsburgh hopes to string…
Players compete at the November ’15 Chicagoland APBA Tournament APBA competitive tournaments have been around for years. The APBA Game Company has held them since the 1970’s. The core concept of a tournament is simple. You get APBA fans together in one location and each has a team. Through a…
Regular readers know Rod Caborn from his Replay Insider write-ups. Others may have seen his regular updates on his league, the Orlando APBA Association (OAPBA). Rod obviously has a gift for writing and presentation as his 30-page 2015 OAPBA Yearbook is not only a great read but beautifully designed. The…
Sgt. Dan Velderrain delivers a nice Monster Monday card in 1930 Gabby Hartnett of the Chicago Cubs. Double ones? Check. 15-7? Check. Top fielding? Check. No 24s? Well, no one’s perfect. Hartnett fit in perfectly with the Chicago lineup in 1930. That year, he added some protection for Hack Wilson,…