I’m introducing a new feature on the website called “Favorite Card Friday”. This is a suggestion that comes from Tony Stevens that I really liked. The concept is simple. In Tony words, Favorite Card Friday — different people show their favorite APBA card (from any sport) and explain why this…
Last night, I started the long slog of the intra-division action of our Illowa APBA League. These are the series that we play that don’t occur during our weekend get-togethers. These series are nine-games long. So, Chuck Lucas and logged on to Skype and played all nine games with a…
Frequent contributor Rod Caborn sent this article to me and I thought it would fit right in with our occasional Weird Card Wednesday theme. Rod writes: Ordinarily, I take little notice of the batting characteristics for pitcher’s cards. This one, however, is worthy of note. In the midst of my…
I’m surprised I haven’t posted this 1977 Johnny Bench card already. I was thirteen in 1977 and despite being a Cubs fan, I had a healthy respect for Mr. Bench. I was certainly glad he was on my side when All-Star Game came ’round. Johnny Bench was 29 in 1977…
Good news! The Toledo-based Glass City APBA Baseball Tournament-VIII is back on! Tournament organizer Ron Emch had to cancel the GCABT-VIII (for a very good reason). Enter father-son duo Norm and Zach Zavela. They have both volunteered to organize the tourney for this season. The GCABT is back on for…
The Schulz brothers are at it again. Ken and Darren have scheduled their ninth Pittsburgh-based APBA tournament named after their mother. The Linda B. Schulz Memorial APBA Baseball Tournament is set to roll on October 28, 2023. Ken and Darren Schulz with last year’s LBS champ Tim Rounds (center) Here…
This is a Babe Ruth card I don’t think I have seen before. It was posted on Facebook recently by Charles Cox. It’s Babe Ruth’s 1918 APBA card when he was with the Red Sox. It proves how versatile Ruth was. Not only was he coming into his own as…
There were plenty of cancellations due to nasty weather but Rich Zawadzki still hosted 48 participants in his 9th annual Greater Michigan APBA Baseball Tournament. The 9th annual GMABT was held March 4, 2023 at the Loomis Park Baptist Church in Jackson, Michigan. Of those 48, Norm Zavela came out…
Steve Stein sent me a report on the Transcontinental Baseball League draft which was held last weekend. Unfortunately, his recap was laden with some bad news. Two TBL managers passed away in the week prior to the draft. At the draft weekend, a moment of silence was held for Paul…
Last weekend, the managers of the Illowa APBA League met in Downers Grove, Illinois for their 49th consecutive draft. Not only that, the postseason from the previous season played out and then we got a head start on the 2023 regular season. The IAL is a 10-team APBA basic game…