Starter Offa Neal is looks forward to a productive series *snicker* One last poll. I promise. Take a look at the final rosters of the Tuesday Terribles and the Monday Monsters. Just for fun, tell me how well do you think the Terribles will do against the Monsters in…
It’s been a few weeks since Geoff Giordano from the APBA Football Club started posting his series of Evolution of APBA Football videos but I just got around to watching them. Great stuff! Since I played the APBA Football Game as a kid, I’m posting the above video of…
I have the final rosters for my Terribles vs Monsters project! But one little thing to tidy up first… I’m calling it Bloggers’ Choice. I decided that Scott Fennessy and I have free reign to choose one player for each team. It could be any player written about that hasn’t…
I’m on schedule to start my Terribles vs Monsters series that I started planning oh so long ago. I’ve assembled the nominees. I’ve polled my dear readers for each position for both teams. I hope to start rolling soon. But first things first. How did the Monsters Outfield poll end…
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…