The Chicagoland APBA World Series Tournament is less than a month away! I’m quite excited. Co-organizer Doug Schuyler tells me that 18 people have committed to coming and I look forward to meeting and playing them. [By the way, if you’re on Facebook, tell us you’re coming at the Chicagoland…
by Scott Fennessy Chicago, IL 8/7/1905 As mentioned in my previous update that while there is still a good amount of schedule left, that I felt that the entire season is on the line starting today, as the first place New York Giants come to town, and should they win…
Growing up as a Cubs fan, Rick Monday was one of my favorites. He was with Chicago for only five years but it was right at that moment I was really beginning to pay attention to baseball. It’s actually pretty amazing how long Monday played baseball. He was there in…
Take a look at this 1989 Alejandro Pena card, salivate and just wish you could use it in your everyday lineup. Unfortunately, unless you bend the rules a little, you won’t be able to. Pena batted just once in 1989 and hit a single for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In…
Taken at the 2002 APBA National Convention in Lancaster, PA. Is that you Brian Wells, schooling the old-timers at the game of APBA?
Yesterday, I posted about Mike Bunch’s predictions for our Illowa APBA League. Now, I think Mike’s card forecasts are top notch but the APBA community as a whole look to Bruce Norlander at the end of each MLB season for some guidance for what next year’s card will look like.…
Today’s TCT selection comes from my 1934 set. He’s Dan McGee, an unknown shortstop who started seven games for the Boston Braves and was never seen again. Considering he was a New Yawker, perhaps it was for the best. 21-year old McGee didn’t make much of an impression filling in…
What a difference one month in the Illowa APBA League makes for my Twin City Thunderchickens! Compare the August standings… …to the current September standings. After going 20-10 in September, we jumped three spots in the IAL standings. It hasn’t been lost on me that, according to league rules,…
Mike Bunch, the president of the Illowa APBA League, announced his annual predictions for the coming APBA baseball card set for our league. He’s been doing this for years and I find his swami-style predictions on par with Bruce Norlander from the Between the Lines forum. I’m posting them here…
I’m more familiar with Freddy Leach’s card from 1930 which wasn’t too shabby but this one from the 1924 Phillies is out of this world. While it is a J-4, I haven’t seen too many position players cards this potent. It’s got a lot of fun numbers! Leach made the…