I like playing APBA with my friend Chuck. Maybe too much. He has that friendly, good-natured attitude about him that makes you forget what you’re doing. You could be having a great time playing a league series and lose all four games and then thank him for the effort. …and…
Dan Spillner walked in his only plate appearance for the White Sox in 1985. So it shouldn’t be any surprise that he got eighteen 14s on his APBA card. The interesting thing is that Spillner was no stranger to the base on balls. A decade earlier, he walked 18 times…
Wow, I ran across this Bennie Tate card in my 1934 set. Yikes! Turns out a much more palatable 1925 Bennie Tate card was featured for Weird Wednesday courtesy of Tom Zuppa in the past. The one you see above was Tate’s last year in baseball and he was just…
Rodney Woodward suggested this juicy 2013 Hanley Ramirez card. Any time a shortstop hits well with power, he’s a valuable asset, especially if he has speed. Hanley Ramirez has all of these things. Though his time was a bit limited at 304 at-bats, he hit .345 for the Dodgers. He…
Bob Gordon’s 1979 World Series Game 7 is finally here! Bob told me it was the “most thrilling Game 7 I’ve ever rolled”. See for yourself… here’s his color commentary. -Tom So it all comes down to this….a replay I started in 1982 (yup, last century) is down to Game…
Rodney Woodward sends B.J. Upton’s 2013 card this way. By the way, his actual name is Melvin and that’s how he’s listed in Baseball Reference. It threw me for a loop. I guess “B.J.” sounds cooler than Melvin, right? Anyway, in his first year with the Braves, B.J. Upton hit…
That’s Craig Christian’s thumb you see holding Kurt Bevacqua’s 1977 card. This is a fun one and interesting too. “Dirty Kurt” hit .333 in 96 at-bats with five homers and 14 extra-base hits. He drove in 28 which isn’t bad for his playing time. He walked six times, struck out…
Bob Gordon’s 1979 World Series APBA replay works its way into Game 6. -Tom Jim Palmer and Scott McGregor teamed up to shut the Bucs out in Game Five. The O’s face another do or die game today here in Pittsburgh. (While I might be a brilliant manager, my travel…
This card comes courtesy of Ken Schulz. It’s German Barranca who played for four seasons for the Royals and the Reds. This is his 1979 card, his first year in the majors. Barranca only came to the plate five times but attempted four steals in 1979. He was successful three…
No doubt, Andruw Jones had seen better days. Somehow Atlanta had looked into the crystal ball and didn’t re-sign him in 2007 after he hit 26 homers and drove in 94 runs. Well, the Dodgers snapped him up thinking he could revive his .222 batting average and get the superstar…