This weekend, the Illowa APBA League (10-team, basic game continuous ownership) will play its 49th annual mid-season All-Star Game. In addition, we’ll get some regular season games in while most of us are in attendance in a woodsy area somewhere in northwest Illinois. As tradition, the City Boys will be…
This Monday, let’s go back to the 1990’s and take a look at “Big Cat”, Andres Galarraga. I featured Galarraga’s 1994 card a few years ago and it was a banger. It’s only downside was that Andres only played 103 games that season. This time, the Cat’s 1996 card with…
Alan Hobbs who contributed to this week’s Monster card, also asked me a question regarding Ollie Brown’s 1974 card and the defensive ratings he was given by the APBA card makers. It got me thinking so I looked into it. Here’s Alan’s question: I am writing because I came across…
Alan Hobbs sent me a copy of an APBA card worthy of discussion. It’s Ferguson Jenkins’ 1971 original 1971 card. I posted APBA’s 1993 reprint of Fergie’s 1971 card over eleven years ago but I’ll take any excuse to write about one of the Cubs I grew up with. For…
It’s strange that up until today, I haven’t featured the 1961 Mickey Mantle card on Monster Monday. In fact, Mantle hasn’t appeared on this blog yet! That is going to change now. Many thanks to reader Gerard Pastorius who posted this card recently on Facebook. If it were it any…
A few days after I posted about the APBA Baseball Card 12 List and Publication Data Guide, Doug Burg contacted me. Doug has compiled the APBA 12 List for years and after he read that post, he sent me an updated version! This is fantastic! As I’ve said, I use…
A true APBA legend has passed on. The APBA Newsletter reports that Edwin Zack has passed away on August 8th. To many of us, Ed Zack was most famous for editing the popular “APBA Baseball: The Handbook for APBA Baseball Cards”. In short, it was known as the ‘Zack Handbook’…
Alan Hobbs sent me a very thoughtful email a while back updating me on his APBA projects. He included a very fun card which was perfect for Monster Monday. It wasn’t until I researched it a bit did I realized how special this season was. This is Willie Stargell’s 1973…
Those who have played APBA baseball for several years will remember when APBA used put the result number 12 on different number on the card for all players each year. One year it would be at one dice roll number and the next it would be at another. Eventually, APBA…
Jim Saska, who was the organizer of the first Chicagoland tournament I attended, writes to tout his upcoming tourney in the Richmond, Virginia area. Since his Chicagoland days, Jim has started his own tourney back east and it is going strong. Jim writes: “We are three weeks away from the team…