In honor of my Chicagoland Tournament choice of the 1987 Chicago Cubs, here’s Luis Quinones (that’s “kee-Nyo-naze” for you gringos) from the team. For the Cubbies, Luis hit .218 in 101 at-bats with six doubles and ten walks. He didn’t break the .300 mark in either slugging (.277) or OBP…
These are current registrants for the November 15th Chicagoland APBA Tournament. Name Team Jim Welch 1961 Detroit Tigers Fennessy, Scott 1993 Toronto Blue Jays Zawadzki, Rich 1967 Boston Red Sox Schuyler, Doug 1994 White Sox Saska, Jim 1935 Chicago Cubs Eller, Bob 1908 Chicago Cubs Bartel, Curt 1922 St. Louis…
Scott Fennessy passed on this extra-special Curtis Pride card from 1993 from when he played with the Montreal Expos. This was three whole years before he reached rookie status with the Tigers. No doubt, his APBA cards never got as good as this. What makes this card so special? Even…
In light of all the talk of predicting the 2014 APBA cards, reader Bill Evans has sent me his work. He crunched the numbers and has predicted the pitchers’ grades for the NL and AL hurlers. Bill has taken a different approach than previous ball-gazers, Mike Bunch and Bruce Norlander. …
Does a baseball player’s performance in the postseason affect what their APBA card will look like? Will Eric Hosmer’s card look a little more juicer in the upcoming set? How about Madison Bumgarner? Will APBA add a few points to his MG grade? The short answer to this question is…
When reader Ed sent me an email with a subject line “What does APBA stand for”, I expected a diatribe on the APBA Game Company’s standing in the tabletop sports community. No, that wasn’t the case.. “I have acquired some APBA football cards, what does APBA stand for?? Thanks for…
Thanks to Jerry Hill and his son Doug for nominating Dixie Howell for this week’s Weird Wednesday card. Dixie has the look of a monster card up to a point then he just falls apart. Dixie had a pretty exciting year at the plate for the Chicago White Sox in…
I found this Bruce Benedict card in my 1985 season set. While “Eggs” Benedict was a decent catcher for Atlanta, he never was much of a hitter. That was so true in 1985 when he hit .202 over 70 games and 208 at-bats. His playing time wasn’t because of his…
Hear ye, Hear ye! The Soothsayer has spoken! That’s right! Bruce Norlander, who has been making predictions of APBA baseball cards for years, has released this year’s predictions. They’re not official of course but those familiar with Bruce know he gets it pretty close. These days, Bruce is posting his…
Scott Fennessy sent me this 1993 Sam Horn card. Now, I’ve heard about Sam Horn’s monster card from some of you readers but this is the first time I’ve seen it. Yeah, it’s quite a doozy. Left-hitting part-timer Horn was playing for Cleveland by 1993. He only got in 36…