Jim Fraasch sent me this detailed report on the Neil Ess Memorial Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament IV that happened this past weekend. It’s chock full of facts, figures, photos and most importantly, memories. -Tom (Left) Eric Berg (1906 Cubs) of Jacksonville, IL, (Right) Rogers Parsons (’64 Cardinals) of Duluth,…
Will happy times repeat for the City Boys in the 2015 All-Star Game This Friday is the annual All-Star weekend for the Illowa APBA League, one of most fun times of the year for the guys second probably to the Draft weekend. On Saturday, The City Boys will attempt to…
Tom Fulton has a way of finding good hitting pitchers. This 1947 Clint Hartung card is certainly no exception. Hartung was no slouch with the bat. In almost 100 plate appearances, he hit .309 with a .543 slugging percentage for the New York Giants in 1947. He drove in 13…
How do you know an APBA tournament is being held in Minnesota? Well, with participant names like Nelson, Skogen, Berg, and Lofgren, it’s an a easy guess. Twenty-three participants in TCABT-IV The Neil Ess Memorial Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament IV came to a close Saturday when Leroy Arnoldi skippered…
Before you consider launching a replay, you need to answer three tough questions: Do I really want to invest a lot of time, energy, administrative skills, and energy into what will be, at times, a laborious enterprise? Do I actually possess the necessary time and motivation to conduct a replay?…
Set the date, Midwest APBA fans! Champaign, Illinois is hosting the Prairieland Baseball Tournament on April 16, 2016. The quick and dirty: When: April 16, 2016 9 am Where: Champaign, IL (Venue TBA until we get it booked and confirmed) Cost: $15 Teams eligible: Any MLB team 1900- present with…
With his passing last week, I thought it appropriate that Yogi Berra make an appearance this Monday. Thanks to Pastor Rich for his help. When I was a kid in the 70s, years it was years after Berra had picked up a bat in a game. Yet in casual parlay,…
I have exciting news! Rod Caborn (who has plenty of experience with APBA replays) has offered to write a series of articles on the topic of how to get the most out of your APBA replay! Here is his first installment. – Tom What’s your reason for wanting to undertake…
Howie Mooney posted this Eddie Gaedel from 1951 on Facebook. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it before. Most Weird Wednesday columns I write describe the strangeness of the card but there’s no doubt that the whole situation of Bill Veeck’s decision to pinch hit with 3’7” Eddie Gaedel had…
The question was asked recently on Facebook’s APBA Baseball group, “Why would APBA have even produced a card for a player who made only a single plate appearance?” The comment was made about some other player but being in the middle of a 1966 replay (in hiatus at the time),…