by Scott Fennessy Chicago, IL 9/23/1905 Today’s game is a vital game two of a three game set. This is the final series between two teams that have battled all year long and the Cubs victory in game one has them in front by a game. A Cub victory here…
Scott Fennessy sent me this 1901 Davy Jones card which has pretty much everything on it. Everything except singles, that is. Turns out that David “Kangaroo” Jones went to school up I-74 in a small town called Dixon, Illinois. He also attended USC and subsequently played for the Milwaukee Brewers…
by Scott Fennessy Chicago, IL 9/22/1905 Today the New York Giants come to town in with a .004 percentage point lead in the National League. This is the first of what is the final three scheduled games between the two top teams in the league. George “Hooks” Wiltse faces off…
Too bad some of the talents of Minnesota Twins teammates Harmon Killebrew and Tony Olivia didn’t rub off on rookie Joe McCabe in 1964. In 19 at-bats, he could only muster three singles and a run scored. Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB…
This is the card that inspired it all. Before 1930 George Puccinelli, before 1953 Ted Williams, I posted an article about my buddy Brando’s replay which included this 1930 Babe Herman card. I received an email a few days later from Aaron Wilson who suggested that I do a “longer…
by Scott Fennessy Chicago, IL 9/19/1905 The Cubs face Cincinnati in the wrap up of this quick two game series. Frank Hahn, a once great pitcher who is nearing the end of the line faces Mordecai Brown who has come on strong of late and with the way the Cubs…
Tom Zuppa says this 1940 Lew Riggs is “perfect” for Weird Card Wednesday. I’m inclined to agree. One thing we can mostly agree upon about the APBA game is their consistency in placing their result numbers. The 66 has the best number, 11 has the next best, etc. You can…
…but use a second sheet next time, manager! A week ago Thursday, I had my first Illowa APBA League series since our draft weekend. It was test to see if my Twin City Thunderchickens’ 17-13 was a fluke or not. Well, we got five games in that night playing over…
Last week, when I helped Brando with his 1930 replay, Ben Sankey card showed up… as a starter even. Brando is using actual lineups and he’s in the last week of his replay so crazy things are happening. Pitchers and players are being rested due to either injuries or perhaps…
Many thanks to Bill Hunter for coming through with this 1941 Ted Williams card for me and allowing me to somehow make up for my glaring omission of Ted Williams from the Monster Card outfield poll. It’s only fair since the 1953 Williams card was the first official Monster Cards…