The APBA Blog’s deadball expert Scott Fennessy passed this interesting 1902 Charles Hickman card to me. Hickman was known by two nicknames. This card shows “Cheerful Charlie” but I’ve always known him as “Piano Legs”. Hickman played for seven teams in 12 years but it’s probably safe to say that…
The results are in. Here are the final standings of the Boys of Summer APBA League. Matt Hoeppner’s South Side Spartans and Stray Corrado’s Chicago Nine both won their respective divisions in the American League. Brandon Matlock easily took the wild card spot. In the NL, Brad Stark’s Portland Microbrewers…
The Prairieland APBA Baseball Tournament in Urbana, Illinois is only a little more than three months away. We have a good number of participants committed to play on April 16th but we would welcome more. Now that it’s the new year, it’s time to start making plans. Organizers Eric Berg,…
Somebody check my dice! In my 1966 replay, starting pitchers are dominant! It all started with Dodger Claude Osteen’s shutout on April 29th followed by Sandy Koufax’s no-hitter on April 30th against the Reds. On that same day, Houston’s Larry Dierker (right) battled for a five-hit shutout vs Ken Johnson…
I got a package in the mail from APBA yesterday. No, it wasn’t the 2015 Baseball cards. I ordered the 1930 baseball season. Why? Aside from the fact that it’s very fun season to have, I’ll be using two of the teams in upcoming tournaments this upcoming year. Prairieland APBA…
1981 Bruce Sutter is always willing to take one for the St. Louis Cardinals. With one HBP in ten plate appearances, Sutter received the appropriate four 42s on his card that year. He struck out four times and did not get a hit or a walk. Strange, with all the…
The Boys of Summer APBA League is down to the wire with just five games left in the 2015 season. First of all, congratulations to Stray Corrado and his Chicago Nine and Brad Stark’s Portland Microbrewers who have both already clinched, not to mention totally dominated, their respective divisions. Those…
I almost saved this 1922 Reb Russell card that Beau Lofgren sent me for Weird Wednesday. It’s pretty rare that you see two first column 3s on a card especially on a player with 250 plate appearances. But Reb Russell’s card is so juicy, he’s showing up today. Last week,…
Happy New Year, APBA fans! Perhaps inspired by Rod Caborn’s Replay Insider articles, I’ve been playing more of my 1966 replay lately. I got in a Pirates-Reds series a couple nights ago and Bob Bailey continues to rake with a homerun and triple. He tied Willie Mays for the league…
A timely Terrible Card this week. I’ve been playing my 1966 replay a bit over the holidays. Tonight, the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in the bottom of the ninth on three straight hits from unlikely hitters… Mel Queen, Art Shamsky and Jimmie Coker. Mel Queen was a bit…