Along with Babe Ruth and Rogers Hornsby, I’ve probably done more Monster Card Monday columns on Ted Williams than anyone. He was actually the first official one I did. When Pastor Rich posted this 1948 Williams card on Facebook, I double checked to make sure I hadn’t written one up…
Scott Fennessy has run into a bit of trouble in his 1883 APBA Baseball for Windows replay: Wanted some advice. I was cruising along on my 1883 season when the inevitable happens. Once again, despite picking 19th century stamina, many pitchers, including Charles Radbourn, who pitched over 600 innings that…
Jim Fraasch took time out from planning the Neil Ess Memorial Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament to nominate a Terrible Tuesday card. Of course knowing Jim, his submission is a Minnesota Twins legend. Two-time World Series champion Twins manager Tom Kelly played just one year in the majors before he…
The kind of crazy fun you expect at TCABT: Rollin’ at the last tourney The Neil Ess Memorial Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament – IV is almost here. It takes place in just a few weeks on October 3rd in Organizer Jim Fraasch has got everything under control with a…
Another from Scott Fennessy’s 1883 BBW replay. This is Dave Orr from the New York Metropolitans. Orr is probably best known for hitting 52 triples in two straight seasons including 31 in 1886. The 1883 season was Orr’s second in the American Association and he was still getting his feet…
Just waiting for Shawn Baier’s Panthers to fall My APBA league teams need to learn to follow through on their successes. Once we have a good thing going, don’t let go. Two nights ago I played a home series against Robert Mosher’s Fairgrove Tigers in the Boys of Summer League. …
Tony Stevens passed on this 1929 Tripp Sigman card. Wesley Tripplett Sigman’s card is more than worthy of the Monster column. A 13-8, whew! But what makes this card all the more delicious is his playability. Most Monster APBA cards I see like this are for players who went 1…
Tournament winner Randy Egan (left) is handed the trophy by organizer Ron Emch Last weekend, Randy Egan’s 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Nathan Mikkelson’s 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers for the Toledo Glass City APBA Baseball tournament. With 20 teams participating ranging from Joe Schuetz 1905 New York Giants to two teams…
Not so much weird but worthy of note… Scott Fennessy, who is beginning his 1883 BBW season, says, “I just started opening day, and as I finished the last of my lineups I suddenly realized who this guy was.” Year Tm G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI…
Pastor Rich thought that Al Simmons’ 1929 card would be an apt addition to the Monster Monday collection. While this card isn’t as juicy as ”Bucketfoot Al’s” 1930 card, it would do just fine hitting in the #3 or #4 spot in the lineup of any team. In 1929, the…