Pastor Rich passes on a long overdue card for the Monster Card Monday column. It’s Lou Gehrig’s from 1936. Lou was 34 at the time and just five years away from succumbing to ALS. His year with the Yankees was something else though. He led the AL in homeruns with…
I’ve just added the November 14th Chicago World Series Tournament to The APBA Blog’s Tournament calendar. Doug Schuyler is adding a theme this time. It will be Totally Retro! By that, all managers will have to choose teams from the 1970s and 1980s. He’s encouraging folks to dress the part…
There was a discussion on Facebook’s APBA Baseball group recently regarding where people would like to have the result number 12 if it wasn’t on 23. I’m guessing 22 wasn’t top of anyone’s list. Thanks, Kevin!
The results are back and I’ve been reading the Facebook APBA Baseball group’s updates on this past weekend’s Chicagoland World Series Tournament in Grayslake, Illinois. It’s a little bittersweet since I couldn’t make it and it looked like everyone had such a great time. I have to admit, I’m a…
As of Monday, I may be out of contact for a couple weeks as I will be on a family vacation. I may check in if I find a wireless access point now and then. For now though, I’m leaving capable Scott Fennessy in charge of The APBA Blog. I…
In the 60s and 70s, Nate Colbert was a three time All-Star slugging first baseman who played six years for the San Diego Padres. Between 1969 and 1973 he averaged 30 homers a season for the Pads. But all good things had to climb out of the slime. In this…
I did a Willie Mays card not too long ago but when Robert Hutchings posted this on Facebook a couple days ago, I couldn’t resist. This is Mays’ 1957 reprint card and it is quite fun to look at. Mays hit .333 with 35 homeruns and 26 doubles but he…
by Scott Fennessy The drama that is the upper division of the National League is in full force. The Giants had a BXYW starter in the rotation that until about a week ago went unnoticed as a J-4. I like to think of it as John McGraw twisting the rules…
It’s about time I got around doing this. With the prevalence of APBA tournaments in the past few years, I thought it would nice to have a one stop shop to find them listed. What I’ve done I’ve installed a calendar plugin so that we can view all APBA related…
The Boys of Summer Online APBA League is on the cusp of beginning its 3rd year based on the 2014 season. The BoS managers, which uses the current version of APBA Baseball for Windows, have drafted and now are getting their rosters, lineups and rotations assembled. Part of this process…