As Steve Stein commented in last week’s post on Babe Ruth’s 1921 card, I still hadn’t gotten around to posting Barry Bonds’ 2001 card. I’m not sure why. It wasn’t intentional or any sleight because of substance allegations. That didn’t prevent me from featuring his 2004 card one week. So…
Here’s the first ballot of the Monsters-Terribles season which you get to vote for the participants. Details on this project are here if you missed it. Today, we’re (and I’m including myself because I’m going to put in a vote, too) going to select the Catcher for the Tuesday Terribles. …
by Scott Fennessy 8/30/1905 Boston, MA The Cubs face the Braves in the final game of the series and the end of their road trip. Today’s matchup features Mordecai Brown against Chick Fraser. I am expecting another solid pitching matchup. The Cubs threaten in the first but come up empty…
Okay, I’ve decided to embark on a little off-the-wall project to get me through the cold months. I might need a little help from all of you though. As you readers know, I’ve written a weekly column devoted to Monster Cards for the past few years and another one about…
by Scott Fennessy 8/29/1905 Boston, MA The Cubs take on the Braves in game two of this series. The Giants and Cubs are easily the two hottest teams in the game and this battle continues to rage with the Giants just percentage points ahead of the Cubs. Today sees Ed…
I found this on my bookshelf in my basement office. It’s the instruction manual for the APBA Pro League Football Game aka APBA Football for DOS. I barely remember playing this game so I guess it didn’t make a big impression on me. I’m sure it was a fine game…
by Scott Fennessy 8/28/1905 Boston, MA The Cubs long east coast swing continues as they arrived in Boston early yesterday and look for a real scrum today as Jake Weimer and Irv Young match up for the third time this season. Weimer won both games by very small margins. Young…
APBA Blog reader William Owen writes: “Love this blog Tom! As a lifelong APBA Baseball player (I’m 45), I already know the “monsters” and lets face it the “terribles” are just that, terrible. The “weird” cards are the best. Getting to see a new “weird” card reminds me of going…
There has been more than a few no-hitters accomplished by APBA replayers during these cold months. First, Mel M writes: Hi Tom. June 27, Denny McLain just pitched the fifth no hitter of my 1967 MG replay, defeating the Cleveland Indians 8-0. The only base runners were Larry Brown, who…
Thanks to Beau Lofgren for this week’s suggestion of Chris Bando’s 1985 card for the Terrible Tuesday column. Bando came off a pretty decent year in 1984 when he hit .291 and slugged .505 for the Indians in 220 at-bats. In 1985 though, he lost something. His batting average plummeted…