Fittingly enough, I’m featuring Scott Rolen today. Rolen, of course, was chosen to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame later this year. If you haven’t been to the HOF museum in Cooperstown, it’s worth a visit, by the way. I’ve been five times including my honeymoon (yes,…
This recap of September’s Kansas City APBA Baseball Tournament comes a bit late but organizer Jeff Boeding sent it my way so I thought I would post it. Even better, there will be a second KCABT this spring! Something to look forward to! Some details in Jeff’s write-up below. Jeff…
After finishing the 1915 American League replay, Rod Caborn has finished the NL side. Things weren’t quite as close in the National League. The Philadelphia Phillies swept the MVP and Cy Young awards and that helped them to a 105-49 record, a full 16 games over the second place Pirates.…
This will probably be the last 2022 Monster Card for a while. I don’t want to post the whole season, you know. This one is worth it, though. In his first year with LA, Freddie Freeman thrived. Yes, his homeruns were down (31 to 21) but his slugging percentage actually…
Chester Davis announces an APBA Baseball tournament in the birthplace of APBA, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Held Saturday July 22nd in the Lancaster, PA. area. Unusual rules to determine best teams and managers. Must be able to combine two teams with 558 winning pct or below from the same division in the…
These days, I tend not to promote too many monster cards who are low fielding especially ones that didn’t exactly play a full season in real life. Ones like 2022 Mike Trout with the valuable extras put them over the bump. I’ll make an exception for World Series hero Yordan…
One of the best things about being in a face-to-face APBA league is the off-season hot stove league. While technically, we have one more month left in our season, our Illowa APBA League is already planning our annual draft weekend. There have been a few trades so far in the…
Big news! The APBA Company is now taking orders for the 2022 baseball card set. Per the APBA newsletter: It didn’t take long after the announcement before our league’s group text was chiming. Indeed, while it’s nice for us board gamers to get a sneak peek of the cards on…
A few weeks ago, reader Phil Grabar replied to a previous Monster card post with “Trout’s card isn’t too shabby either.” Indeed, Mike Trout’s 2022 APBA card is one of the best of this season. Playing in just 119 games for the Angels, Trout still managed to hit 40 homers…
After a long hiatus, we’ve returned with another podcast episode. On DTP episode #40, we discuss new APBA products, our APBA wish lists, the upcoming Greater Michigan APBA Tournament, LEG season three, and more. Double Take: An APBA Gaming Podcast Topics Discussed: The Double Take Podcast is available now on your favorite…