It was like David versus Goliath 1966-style. The Cincinnati Reds were taking on the dominant Los Angeles Dodgers in my 1966 basic game replay. The Reds (8-11) lost the first game of the series 10-3 to give the Dodgers a commanding lead in the NL with a 18-5 won-loss record. …
One thing I’ve found is that there are a lot of good writers among the APBA crowd. You’ve already read Rod Caborn’s write-ups on his OAPBA league or his 1911 replay. There is something about playing the game that makes you want to tell others about it. Well the Transcontinental…
RCMBA draft day (Left to right: Bob Fenili, Ken Brand, Joe Jutzi, Mark Gaudiano, Ed Morgans, John Briggs, Joe Reagan, Randy Pritchard, Joe Skovran, Mike Fisher) It’s February 2nd and at least here in Illinois, the groundhog didn’t see his shadow. So if you believe in the folklore, we won’t…
I’ve had a couple calls for 2015 Kris Negron for Terrible Tuesday the latest which came from fellow IAL manager Todd Ventresca. Indeed, utiilityman Negron hit only .140 in 93 at-bats for the Reds with a couple steals and as many doubles. Split G AB R H 2B 3B HR…
Here’s a toast to Brad Stark and his Portland Microbrewers of the Boys of Summer APBA League. After sweeping my Urbana Locomotives in the NLCS, they went on to win the BoS World Series by winning four games of six against Stray Corrado’s Chicago Nine. This was Brad’s third time…
Beau Lofgren sent me this Glenallen Hill card from 2000. I’ve heard about this card a lot but I don’t think I have seen it since the year it came out. Hill’s card is pretty ordinary with one obvious exception. Hill has three single column ones. For the Yankees and…
Portland’s Corey Dickerson hammers a HR in Game 3 of the NLCS As manager/GM of the Urbana Locomotives in the Boys of Summer League, I was riding pretty high as of Sunday. We had clinched the NL wild card with 97 wins. We barely defeated Shawn Baier’s Traverse City Panthers…
Rich Zawadski sent this Monte Irwin APBA card not long after Irwin passed away on January 11th. This card is from his time on the 1946 Newark Eagles, one of his best seasons ever. 1946 was quite a year for Irvin. He hit .375 with six homers and…
Saturday was quite a day baseball-wise. Last night was the University of Illinois annual Hot Stove Banquet which is always one the highlights of my winter. It was especially exciting since Dodgers star Steve Garvey was the keynote speaker. Earlier in the morning though, my Urbana Locomotives were facing off…
In its beginning, Jim Saska was a driving force in getting the Chicagoland tournaments going. In fact, he was one of the people I interviewed for the Tournament Organizer Roundtable late last year. However, some of you have noticed that he hasn’t been at the last couple of Chicagoland tournaments…