This Tuesday, I’m featuring the 1978 APBA card of catcher Don Werner. To his credit, Werner lasted seven years in the majors. He played five seasons for the Cincinnati Reds and two more for Texas Rangers. Throughout those seven years though, his 1978 season was the only one where he…
In my 1966 NL replay tonight, I had “one of those APBA things” happen. It’s April 27th and Houston’s Dave Giusti (CY) was mowing down the St Louis Cardinals. Through six innings, he had a no-hitter going. Not only that, he had faced the minimum amount of batters. Charley Smith,…
Detroit Tiger shortstop Alan Trammell hasn’t seen the hallowed halls of Cooperstown but I know many Detroit fans, who think he deserves to be enshrined. Indeed along with Robin Yount and Cal Ripken, Trammell was among the best shortstops in the AL in his era. Offensively, Trammell’s performance in 1987…
My cross-town, APBA-playing buddy Brando had a moving sale yesterday so my wife and I went to see what he had to sell. I knew he would have a lot of sports-related items so this wasn’t going to be your typical garage sale. I wasn’t disappointed. John surprised me by…
Pittsburgh’s Bob Bailey is slugging .755 In my 1966 NL replay, I have fifteen total games left to play for the month of April but I thought I’d give you a sneak peek at what’s happening so far. Here are the standings as of April 25: Team Wins Losses…
by Scott Fennessy Chicago, IL 7/31/1905 The month of July comes to a close today and the sun is bright over the stadium and the Cubs face the Phillies in game 3 of the 4 game set. This has been a good one so far with the Cubs getting a…
Atlanta Brave infielder Pat Rockett’s nickname was “Rock” obviously derived from his last name. It could also describe his glove as well. In 1977, Rockett made 24 errors in 83 games at short with a .940 fielding percentage. Rockett didn’t fare well in 1978 either, certainly at the plate. He…
I had the chance to talk to Doug Schuyler last week on the phone. Among other things, Doug is responsible for organizing the upcoming 2nd Chicagoland APBA World Series Tournament (along with co-organizer Jim Saska) which is slated for November 16th, 2013. This upcoming tourney seems to be getting a…
[Note: John emailed me and told me this position has been filled. Good luck, RCMBA!!] John Briggs of the RCMBA emailed me with a request to post this ad looking for a new manager. Anybody interested? Roberto Clemente Memorial Baseball Association RCMBA Founded 1975 We are searching for one manager…
The 2000 Nomar Garciaparra card holds a special place in our Illowa APBA League. He’s the only player to hit .400 in our league ever when he did it with a .412 average in 2001. With Boston in real life, he fared pretty well too. He hit .372 with…