How do you know an APBA tournament is being held in Minnesota? Well, with participant names like Nelson, Skogen, Berg, and Lofgren, it’s an a easy guess. Twenty-three participants in TCABT-IV The Neil Ess Memorial Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament IV came to a close Saturday when Leroy Arnoldi skippered…
Set the date, Midwest APBA fans! Champaign, Illinois is hosting the Prairieland Baseball Tournament on April 16, 2016. The quick and dirty: When: April 16, 2016 9 am Where: Champaign, IL (Venue TBA until we get it booked and confirmed) Cost: $15 Teams eligible: Any MLB team 1900- present with…
With his passing last week, I thought it appropriate that Yogi Berra make an appearance this Monday. Thanks to Pastor Rich for his help. When I was a kid in the 70s, years it was years after Berra had picked up a bat in a game. Yet in casual parlay,…
Howie Mooney posted this Eddie Gaedel from 1951 on Facebook. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it before. Most Weird Wednesday columns I write describe the strangeness of the card but there’s no doubt that the whole situation of Bill Veeck’s decision to pinch hit with 3’7” Eddie Gaedel had…
The question was asked recently on Facebook’s APBA Baseball group, “Why would APBA have even produced a card for a player who made only a single plate appearance?” The comment was made about some other player but being in the middle of a 1966 replay (in hiatus at the time),…
Along with Babe Ruth and Rogers Hornsby, I’ve probably done more Monster Card Monday columns on Ted Williams than anyone. He was actually the first official one I did. When Pastor Rich posted this 1948 Williams card on Facebook, I double checked to make sure I hadn’t written one up…
Scott Fennessy has run into a bit of trouble in his 1883 APBA Baseball for Windows replay: Wanted some advice. I was cruising along on my 1883 season when the inevitable happens. Once again, despite picking 19th century stamina, many pitchers, including Charles Radbourn, who pitched over 600 innings that…
Jim Fraasch took time out from planning the Neil Ess Memorial Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament to nominate a Terrible Tuesday card. Of course knowing Jim, his submission is a Minnesota Twins legend. Two-time World Series champion Twins manager Tom Kelly played just one year in the majors before he…
The kind of crazy fun you expect at TCABT: Rollin’ at the last tourney The Neil Ess Memorial Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament – IV is almost here. It takes place in just a few weeks on October 3rd in Organizer Jim Fraasch has got everything under control with a…
Another from Scott Fennessy’s 1883 BBW replay. This is Dave Orr from the New York Metropolitans. Orr is probably best known for hitting 52 triples in two straight seasons including 31 in 1886. The 1883 season was Orr’s second in the American Association and he was still getting his feet…