Floyd Rayford may have a color nickname but his 1983 card here leaves a bit to be desired. In ‘83, Rayford batted a mere .212 with three homeruns in 104 at-bats. He lined four doubles while stealing one base and walking ten times for the St Louis Cardinals. That gave…
For Labor Day, here is one of the hardest working third basemen of our lifetime… not to mention the most superstitious. Courtesy of Pastor Rich, it’s Wade Boggs of 1986. In 1986, Boggs hit .357 and led the AL in hitting. It was one of five times he won the…
It’s definitely the tale of two ballclubs with my two league teams right now. In the inaugural season of the Boys of Summer APBA League (BBW based on 2012 season), my Urbana Locomotives have exceeded all expectations. We’ve already clinched our division with a 100-57 record, 25 games ahead of…
by Scott Fennessy Cleveland, OH 10/14/1905 The Giants and Indians send their aces to the hill in a rematch of game one. The Giants seem much more relaxed after a typical performance in game 3. We will see if this carries over. The Giants get a two out rally in…
What is it about Runners on First and Second board that makes it so unusual? It seems to be full of so many anomalies and strangeness. A 12 isn’t a double play no matter how good the defense is and an 11 won’t get you steal, either. Not only that,…
by Scott Fennessy Cleveland, OH 10/13/1905 The World Series comes to shifts to Ohio and the Giants appear to be on their heels. The press was not allowed into the Giants club car on the entire train ride to Cleveland. It was not necessary. They could stand outside the door…
Tom Zuppa alerted me to a very odd Kenny Rogers card that Keith Reifsnyder was commenting on a Facebook post. The card is from 2002 and The Gambler gets a Henderson-esque APBA card despite just one stolen base. Rogers went 13-10 with a 3.84 on the mound for the Rangers…
by Scott Fennessy New York, NY 10/11/1905 The Indians and Giants meet for game two after a thrilling game one. Today’s game features Earl Moore (32-10) and Joe McGinnity (37-10). Considering how great these two are, I am expecting another low scoring game. The Indians strike quickly as they used…
When Austin Kearns came up as a rookie, he had a lot of potential. I certainly thought he did. I drafted him early in the Illowa APBA League. He was a “five tool player”, the experts said. “He’ll be better than Adam Dunn”. Okay, let’s stop right here. I can…
Reader Dale Vanyo reminded me of this Shane Spencer XB card from 1998. Spencer was a late call-up for the Yankees who from all reports had a lot of potential. He certainly did all he could in 1998 to get baseball people to pay attention to him. That included APBA…