Players compete at the November ’15 Chicagoland APBA Tournament APBA competitive tournaments have been around for years. The APBA Game Company has held them since the 1970’s. The core concept of a tournament is simple. You get APBA fans together in one location and each has a team. Through a…
Regular readers know Rod Caborn from his Replay Insider write-ups. Others may have seen his regular updates on his league, the Orlando APBA Association (OAPBA). Rod obviously has a gift for writing and presentation as his 30-page 2015 OAPBA Yearbook is not only a great read but beautifully designed. The…
Sgt. Dan Velderrain delivers a nice Monster Monday card in 1930 Gabby Hartnett of the Chicago Cubs. Double ones? Check. 15-7? Check. Top fielding? Check. No 24s? Well, no one’s perfect. Hartnett fit in perfectly with the Chicago lineup in 1930. That year, he added some protection for Hack Wilson,…
October 6, 1903 Boston, MA This year’s World Series features two teams that took completely different paths to October. The Red Sox dominated from opening day on and were never challenged, and the Pirates who started off slow and had to endure a grueling battle with the Giants that was…
Recording the score of each game seems obvious. But you need to have a well- organized system that will enable you go far beyond simply keeping scores. Once you get rolling you will want insights into each team’s performances. Home and away? Extra-inning games? One-run games? How many shutouts has…
This 2014 card is from Justin Wray. The card is not much to look at but Ehire Adrianza is doing pretty well to be playing three infield positions at the age of 85.
While Eric Berg, Dave Rueck, Thomas Fulton and I are preparing for next April’s Prairieland tournament here in Champaign, I started to think, “What does it take to run a successful APBA tournament?” With all of the fantastic tournaments that have been held recently, we want to make sure the…
Rick Auerbach began his career in 1971 with Milwaukee two years after they took it over from the failed Seattle Pilots franchise. Appropriately, he ended it Seattle with the Mariners in 1981. I’d like to say he made a huge difference with either team but that just isn’t true. Rick…
Jim Fraasch asked me recently if I would be the interview subject of an article on his new blog, Jim’s APBA Barn. I agreed right away but as it turned out I’m especially glad he asked. Jim asked some good questions and in taking the time to formulate the answers,…
Judging by the nice background, I’d have to say this 1920 George Sisler card comes from Pastor Rich but it’s been a while. I posted Sisler’s 1922 card previously and the cards are quite similar. Sisler’s 1920 card has an extra 0 but his 1922 card has an extra 11. …