In the 60s and 70s, Nate Colbert was a three time All-Star slugging first baseman who played six years for the San Diego Padres. Between 1969 and 1973 he averaged 30 homers a season for the Pads. But all good things had to climb out of the slime. In this…
I did a Willie Mays card not too long ago but when Robert Hutchings posted this on Facebook a couple days ago, I couldn’t resist. This is Mays’ 1957 reprint card and it is quite fun to look at. Mays hit .333 with 35 homeruns and 26 doubles but he…
by Scott Fennessy The drama that is the upper division of the National League is in full force. The Giants had a BXYW starter in the rotation that until about a week ago went unnoticed as a J-4. I like to think of it as John McGraw twisting the rules…
It’s about time I got around doing this. With the prevalence of APBA tournaments in the past few years, I thought it would nice to have a one stop shop to find them listed. What I’ve done I’ve installed a calendar plugin so that we can view all APBA related…
The Boys of Summer Online APBA League is on the cusp of beginning its 3rd year based on the 2014 season. The BoS managers, which uses the current version of APBA Baseball for Windows, have drafted and now are getting their rosters, lineups and rotations assembled. Part of this process…
by Scott Fennessy As the dog days of August have come to a close the teams in the junior circuit scramble for position in their attempt to finish second. While Boston has yet to clinch anything it’s pretty obvious that they are going to the post season. Boston Red…
Mark your calendar! Jim Fraasch just sent out this press release! NEIL ESS MEMORIAL TWIN CITIES APBA BASEBALL TOURNAMENT IV Saturday, October 3rd, 2015 The date has been announced for the 4th semi-annual Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament: Saturday, October 3rd, 2015 – 8:30am start time (arrive starting at 8:00am,…
Ken’s 1968 Tigers starting pitchers shut down my 1984 Expos I may have just participated in the fastest-organized APBA tournament ever. Sure it was just three teams but by standards, it had all qualifications of a tournament. My buddy John Brandeberry in Missoula texted me on Friday asking me if…
As of the last APBA National Convention which took place on June 26-28 in Alpharetta, Georgia the APBA Hall of Fame grew again. That weekend, three members of the APBA community were enshrined into the Hall which includes some rather esteemed individuals. Kevin Cluff, the hard-working moderator of the APBA…
by Scott Fennessy I was reading one of Tom’s Monster Monday articles lately and although I had probably not given it much thought he would take a player with an 11-5, 33-6, 66-1 and read it as 1-5-6. Where I grew up and learned the game it was 5-6-1. I…