I displayed this card extra large well, just because. Babe Ruth has the record for the most Monster Cards on The APBA Blog, appropriately so. I’ve posted his 1920 card, his 1927 card, and his 1930 card. Statistically though, his 1921 season may have been one of his best…
by Scott Fennessy 8/26/1905 Philadelphia, PA The Cubs face the Phillies in Game two of their double header. In New York the Giants swept the Reds in their double header. This time in a thrilling 3-2 contest that saw George Wiltse pick up his 20th victory. Mordecai Brown faces off…
My Thunderchickens were THIS close to making the playoffs in the Illowa APBA League. Had they done so, it would have been a great story. But this cinderella story will have to wait to be written for another year. Todd Ventresca and his Three Rivers Gamblers had one more trick…
This week, Flashback Friday features a gem from Scott Veatch’s Vault that I found pretty interesting. By my guess, it came out in the late 60s (edit: Scott says it came out in 1964) and it’s a list of commonly asked questions by phone callers. I suppose in today’s lingo,…
by Scott Fennessy 8/26/1905 Philadelphia, PA The Cubs face the Phillies in a double header today as they continue to pressure the Giants who face the Reds in a twin bill in the big apple as well. The Giants win game one 5-1 as Mike Donlin racks up 3 more…
Scott Veatch came through with this very interesting Ken Suarez card from the original 1966 set. Rookie catcher Suarez played for the Kansas City Athletics and actually started 26 games for them. Batting .145, his only extra base hit was a triple. He did walk fifteen times so his OBP…
by Scott Fennessy 8/24/1905 Philadelphia, PA The Cubs continue their east coast trip and come to Philadelphia to face the struggling Phillies. It is hard to believe about 3 weeks ago they were beginning to turn things around and trying to make a move on the Pirates for third place,…
Wow, it was really time for Maury Wills to retire. Scott Veatch passed on this 1972 Maury Wills card to me. It was Wills’ last year in the majors and at age 39, all offensive skills had been used up apparently. In 71 games and 30 starts, he went 17…
…especially this one Recently, I wrote about my 8-1 series victory over the Bamm Beanos to put myself in a good position to make the playoffs (in our league the top four teams go on to the postseason). I’ve been keeping a close eye on Todd Ventresca’s Three Rivers Gamblers…
I was going through my repository of Monster Cards (still thinking of doing my Monsters vs. Terribles series) and ran across this 1911 Joe Jackson card that Pastor Rich Zawadzki suggested. Deadball or no, it’s a monster card! Playing for the Cleveland Naps, Shoeless Joe hit .408 in 1911 which…