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…
The APBA Baseball group on Facebook has a new member that most of us are familiar. Former Texas Rangers outfielder Billy Sample stopped by the popular APBA Facebook hangout to say hello to the fans. It wasn’t a quick post and leave either. He responded to a couple of APBA…
Brando pulls a “Puccinelli” on me I’m treasuring my APBA time with my buddy John Brandeberry lately. As soon as he sells his house, he’s moving out to Montana to join his wife. That will be an adjustment for me. I’ve known John for some fifteen years and we’ve rolled…
This is it! I’m saving the best poll for last. This is the poll for the Monsters Outfield (more info on my project here). I admit I had to prune it down a bit. All-Star sluggers like Hank Aaron and Sammy Sosa as well as Monster cards like 1968 Gates…
Scott Veatch sent me this classic black and white 1964 XB of Al Luplow of the Cleveland Indians. After two successive 300+ AB seasons with Cleveland, Luplow’s playing time plummeted in 1964. He only came to bat 19 times. In that time, he collected just two singles and one walk……
I’m always hesitant to put cards from the Negro League sets up on Monster Card Monday due to their tendency to be better than real life. The highly esteemed Tom Zuppa who submitted this 1933 Joe Lillard card, admitted this card was overrated. But you have to admit, this card…
Jim Currie wrote me about his first APBA no-hitter using the BATS 2 set. Have enjoyed your blog for years!Thanks for creating it!..Thoughtcha might like t ‘ post my first APBA no hitter…What a game!…Here’s the write up for you t ‘ peruse if you’d like.Have a great day! All…
It’s been a while since I’ve posted something from Scott Veatch’s Vault. Here’s one from 1985. This small flyer encompasses many of APBA’s games. It includes offers for the Golf game as well as the golf card set. If you want to buy the Golf game and Saddle Racing together,…
Scott Fennessy sent in this 1903 Al Orth card which has more than a few oddities. In ‘03, Orth played for the Senators. It wasn’t his best year going 10-22 with a 4.34 ERA and leading the AL with 135 earned runs. He did however, bat .302 with nine doubles…
Scott Fennessy asked me how things were going now that I’m in two leagues. Well, so far, so good. Both teams have winning records and I’m managing to keep up. The Illowa APBA League which tends to play a good portion of their games during league get-togethers, is in a…