A couple weeks ago, I featured Jose Oquendo and his 1988 space-challenged card for this column. That prompted me to look for a player who was on my Twin City Thunderchickens a few years back, Felipe Lopez from 2010. While Lopez didn’t play every position that year (he never got…
The APBA league draft reports keep comin’ in. John Briggs from the Roberto Clemente Memorial Baseball Association sends us a summary of the RCMBA’s draft last weekend: The RCMBA held it’s annual free agent draft on February 1st. Yasiel Puig was the first selection followed by Jose Fernandez and Wil…
John Ganzel’s 1901 card comes from Scott Fennessy. Truth be told, his card probably shouldn’t be considered too terrible since he is from the deadball era. But compared to most any other full time firstbasemen, Ganzel’s card is lacking. Ganzel batted .215 with a slugging average of .262. He hit…
Time to vote for the first basemen. We’ll start with the Terribles’ squad. (more info here on this project). I admit throughout the time I’ve done the Terrible Card Tuesday column, there haven’t been too many first-sackers that have come my way. The position just doesn’t lend itself to weak…
by Scott Fennessy 9/4/1901 Pittsburgh, PA The Cubs brief home stand has come to an end and they travel east again and match up with the Pirates yet again. Today’s game features Jake Weimer, who struggled badly in his last outing against Sam Leever. The Cubs are dealing with the…
The Orlando APBA Association is the first league to report in 2014 draft results. Here’s OAPBA manager Rod Caborn’s wrap-up on their draft: The Orlando APBA Association (OAPBA) held its 27th draft on Saturday, Feb. 1. The league has contracted to seven teams for 2014, with Joe Passiatore’s defending champion…
This week’s Monster Card comes from Pastor Rich and is from the Negro League set. Oscar Charleston is considered one of best all-around players to play in the Negro Leagues and this card gives him his due. As always, there are very few stats that back this up. You can…
Steve Stein from the Transcontinental Baseball League sends us a press release on their upcoming draft held one week from now. There are links included to rosters, eligible draftees and draft previews (some with a bit of humor). Each APBA leagues have their own rules governing their drafts and each…
by Scott Fennessy 9/4/1905 Chicago, IL Pittsburgh comes to town and the Cubs get a real test to see if they are truly ready to catch the Giants. The Pirates are playing great ball again, and with the Giants facing struggling Phillies, and the lowly Braves afterward in New York,…
Back in days before Facebook, the web and even email, our Illowa APBA League made do with newsletters delivered by postal mail. Instead of instant access to information, we waited till the end of month when the big envelope came in the mail. This particular newsletter put together by former…