Rodney Woodward emailed me to update us on his Master Game replay of the 2013 season. He’s one-third finished. First, here are the standings: Team W L WP% GB BA ERA Atlanta Braves 34 20 .630 – .245 3.15 Washington Nationals 27 26 .509 6.5 .244 3.83 Philadelphia Phillies…
From Pastor Rich comes 1985 Wade Boggs. I posted Boggs’ 1986 card before but this one is slightly better, I think. In ‘85, Boggs hit .368 in 161 games with 42 doubles. He was the batting champ that year and led in OBP as well. He had an incredible 240…
The TBL Baseball Annual is out! The Transcontinental Baseball League puts out an annual publication which documents the their history and their future. Any league member interested in learning how to document the culture and history of their league should use this as an example on how it’s done. Editors…
Ryan Lavarnway’s rookie APBA card in 2012 was kind of a stinker. Lavarnway batted just .157 in 166 plate appearances for Boston though he did have eight doubles and two homeruns. No steals for Ryan and he struck out 41 times. Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B…
Ryan Morrison nominated this Ryan Ludwick card from 2008 for Monster Monday. In his second full year with the Cardinals, Ludwick played 152 games and bashed out 37 homers and found the gap 40 times. He his the century mark in runs (104) and rbis (113) while slugging .591. In…
That’s Casey Fletcher son of Darrin Fletcher… he may get to the majors like his dad A couple weeks ago, my buddy Doug Schuyler messaged me, “Where ya been?”. Admittedly, my posting on The APBA Blog has been a little sporadic this spring. I’d like to profusely thank Bob Gordon…
I like playing APBA with my friend Chuck. Maybe too much. He has that friendly, good-natured attitude about him that makes you forget what you’re doing. You could be having a great time playing a league series and lose all four games and then thank him for the effort. …and…
Dan Spillner walked in his only plate appearance for the White Sox in 1985. So it shouldn’t be any surprise that he got eighteen 14s on his APBA card. The interesting thing is that Spillner was no stranger to the base on balls. A decade earlier, he walked 18 times…
Wow, I ran across this Bennie Tate card in my 1934 set. Yikes! Turns out a much more palatable 1925 Bennie Tate card was featured for Weird Wednesday courtesy of Tom Zuppa in the past. The one you see above was Tate’s last year in baseball and he was just…
Rodney Woodward suggested this juicy 2013 Hanley Ramirez card. Any time a shortstop hits well with power, he’s a valuable asset, especially if he has speed. Hanley Ramirez has all of these things. Though his time was a bit limited at 304 at-bats, he hit .345 for the Dodgers. He…