Browsing through my 1987 set, I ran across Buddy Biancalana. He was in the Houston Astros envelope but as it turns out, he split the season with the Kansas City Royals in his last year in the majors. Now Buddy went 1 for 2 in his first year in the…
Even in the midst of hosting the Greater Michigan APBA Baseball Tournament, Pastor Rich Zawadzki had time to forward this card to me. Rich acknowledged that while I’ve posted plenty of Monster Babe Ruth cards before (he’s right, there are five), this one is worth a look. Indeed it is. …
On to Game 2 of the ALCS of Bob Gordon’s 1979 postseason replay. -Tom The Twins are hoping to even up the series after the O’s broke a 2-2 tie with a 4 run 8th. Mike Flanagan (27-9, 2.56, 23 CG), who shared the Cy Young with teammate Dennis Martinez,…
Neil Leininger of the Lame Duck Baseball Association sends us the first round results of their 35th rookie draft which took place on March 7th. 1. Abreu 2. Boegarts 3. Soler 4. Springer 5. D. Santana 6. Betts 7. Ventura 8. deGrom 9. Betances 10. McHugh 11. R. Castillo 12.…
I’ve been seeing some posts on social media about Rich Zawadski’s Greater Michigan Baseball Tournament roll by. It seems like Rich has really pulled off a fun event! I really am sorry I didn’t go. Next time, Rich! While I’m waiting for the full report from the tournament, I’ve been…
Bob Gordon continues with his 1979 postseason replay. Back to the NLCS with Game 2. -Tom Game 2 of the Senior Circuit series in Houston. The Astros trying to bounce back from being shutout by Blyleven whilst being limited to just 2 hits. Joe Niekro (20-12, 2.77) takes on Cy…
Joe Liss posted this 1973 Don McMahon card on Facebook recently. Now, it’s definitely a Monster card with a total of eighteen hit numbers based on his 1 for 1 performance for the San Francisco Giants. To me, it’s also a little strange since the card has four nines. Almost…
Congratulations to Joe Auletta! His Brobdingnag Barbarians took the Transcontinental Baseball League championship two weekends ago. It took some doing though. His Barbarians had to defeat the Midwest Mongrels in Game 7 in a 12 inning battle. Below is Joe’s write up of Game Seven forwarded to me by Stephen…
After the recent Illowa APBA League draft weekend, Chuck took me to his place while I waited for the train to downtown Chicago. We did what most APBA guys would do with 15 minutes to kill… we looked at APBA cards. While doing so, I ran across this 1972 Bobby…
I forgot who sent this sent in… Doug S? Regardless, it’s a Monster as long as you don’t mind a butcher in the field. Frank “Big Hurt” Thomas was given that 1B-2 for a reason. But Frank Thomas could produce. There’s no question about that. This card is from the…