Jerry Hill thought this 2015 Jordan Pacheco card would be a fun Weird Wednesday card. Look at all the ones in the second column! Pacheco went 16 for 66 for a .242 batting average for the Diamondbacks. His only extra base hits were two homeruns… but that is probably pretty…
In probably the last press release for the 2015 season, awards were announced for the Boys of Summer APBA League. Not too surprisingly the Manager of the Year awards were pretty unanimous. Portland’s Brad Stark won it for the National League and Stray Corrado of the Chicago Nine took it…
Scott Fennessy passed on this interesting 1915 Fielder Jones card from the Federal League. Around the turn of the century, Jones had a relatively distinguished career as an outfielder in the National League with Brooklyn and in the American League with the Chicago White Sox. He went on to manage…
I just know I’m going to catch heck for posting this 2015 Curt Casali card for Monster Monday. It didn’t stop Don Smith from drafting him in the Illowa APBA League rookie draft though. Tampa catcher Casali went 24 for 101 for a .238 average in 2015. More importantly, he…
The APBA Blog tournament page is filling up. Thanks to Ron Emch’s heads up, I added two more tournaments for the 2016 season. Ron himself is organizing the second Toledo Glass City APBA Baseball Tournament on August 27, 2016. If it’s anything like the first, it should be very successful. …
Rob Moore presents the championship award to Nick Tegeler (right) Nick Tegeler pretty much swept the Illowa APBA League in 2016. Coming into the IAL weekend last Friday, Nick’s Iowa Oinkers had already won first place with a formidable 111-51 record. The Oinkers second baseman Jose Altuve was voted IAL…
The Illowa APBA League conducted their 2016 rookie draft at their annual playoff/draft get together last weekend. Not surprisingly, Kris Bryant was the #1 pick by the Twin City Thunderchickens. Shortstop Carlos Correa was chosen second and Noah Syndegaard was taken third. The Top Ten picks in the IAL rookie…
Keith Smith deliberates a draft choice in last year’s IAL draft while Missoula co-managers John Brandeberry and Dan Bunch wait their turn It’s an exciting time today. Why? I call it League Draft Eve. Tomorrow morning bright and early, I get on the train due north to Chicago where the…
Rob Spatz did a double take when he saw this 2005 Travis Hafner APBA card. To be sure, it could stand as a Monster Card on its own but it has a couple of quirks that make it stand out. For one, Pronk’s 66-1-5 result number is a little odd. …
This 1977 Barry Foote card is pretty typical of his career with one very glaring exception. He’s got a lot more 24s! Footie hit into seven deepees in just 81 at-bats for the Expos and the Phillies in 1977. In fact, six of those double plays came in his 32…