A few updates on the Chicagoland Summer APBA World Series Tournament in Woodstock, Illinois on July 19th (details here). Special guest? New tournament participant Bradd Romant asked if he could bring his dad. Sure, why not? By the way, Bradd did inform us that his father is Robert Edward Romant…
What should have been a big mismatch sees the 1901 A’s face the horrible 1901 Giants. Other than Christy Mathewson there is a whole lot of terrible players. But once again the A’s underperform and Mathewson pitches like only he can and the Giants pull the biggest upset in the…
In honor of my new tournament team, the 1980 Dodgers, here is Don Stanhouse’s 1980 card for Weird Card Wednesday. It’s odd well, because of his nickname “Stan the Man Unusual”, first of all. Frizzy-hair Don was quite a free spirit throughout the 70s. But in 1980, Don Stanhouse came…
To me, Wisconsin resident Kevin Burghardt seems like just your regular guy. Like most of us, he loves baseball and APBA and has yearning for when the game was simple. When I found him on Facebook, I found his posts quite entertaining and creative. He knows his baseball history and…
Bob Gordon says: Every time I rolled for Swisher, I could just about hear you list his ugly numbers. He started against the Mets in my 79 replay. Naturally he went 2-3 with a BB and RBI. I replied to Bob and told him that as a Cubs fan, I…
by Scott Fennessy Chicago, IL 10/2/1905 The Cubs get another big test today as the Phillies send Tully Sparks to the mound and battle with Mordecai Brown. Tully has been good all year, and somewhat the victim of the less than stellar offense. He has still managed a 20-19 record…
Pastor Rich Zawadzki suggested this Chicago native. This is Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett’s APBA card from the Twins’ championship year of 1987. I remember that year well. Tom Kelly’s Twins went from worst to first and won the World Series over the St Louis Cardinals. That may have been…
I’ve made my decision on what team I’m bringing to the Chicagoland Summer APBA World Series Tournament. The 1980 Los Angeles Dodgers. No particular reason why, I guess. They weren’t the NL champions or even division champions. They were good though. They had a 92-70 record when the Astros beat…
Brian Cavanaugh runs the Bridesburg APBA League at the Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club in the Philly area. They’ve just drafted and he’s sent me an update. I gotta say this league has the coolest names around. The Bridesburg APBA league kicked off it’s summer festivities with the league…
1911 Ty Cobb has 23 runs scored in 8 games Now that I’m back from vacation and I have my 30-game stats done for June for the IAL, it’s time to get back on track with the Monsters-Terribles season. The Terribles did get two hits against formidable ‘08 Ed Walsh…