From the sound of it, John Herson is just as mystified how this got missed as you probably are. There are no Master Game symbols on the 2012 baseball XC set. For those who want them, you can download them from the APBA website. They are in pdf form. Here…
by Scott Fennessy Chicago, IL 6/7/1905 North Side Park The Cubs continue their home stand against the visiting Braves today. The Braves have been near the cellar all season. The Cubs still stinging from yesterday’s brutal showing against the Pirates are looking for vengeance. Vic Willis against Jake Weimer today.…
Stray Corrado, commissioner of the MWBL sent out this press release announcing their draft day. -Tom On Saturday February 16th, 2013 the Mid-West Baseball League will be holding its 16th annual Draft Day in Mount Clemens, Michigan. Please take a moment to read about the Mid-West Baseball League, and the…
I guess you could call this Terrible Terrell? Minnesota native and journeyman infielder Jerry Terrell’s 1978 card has a few good qualities but you can’t escape the perils of his 51-13. Terrell played for eight years exclusively in the AL and was known for dividing his time equally between third,…
John Mates on The APBA Blog Facebook page has a simple question: Need some help folks……..In YOUR opinion…….list the top ten APBA baseball cards put out for this year……excluding XB’s and XC’s Sounds like someone is getting ready for a draft ;-) I was going to answer this myself but…
As I mentioned on The APBA Blog Facebook page, I’m bringing back the APBA Fan Profile series. It took a little hiatus but since it was pretty popular, you’ll start seeing more of them this year. First up is Rich Zawadzki aka ‘Pastor Rich’. Those of you who frequent the…
by Scott Fennessy Chicago, IL 6/5/1905 North Side Park The Cubs and Pirates finish their series today with the Cubs having taken the first 3. Charlie Case vs. Mordecai Brown. Given the lackluster play from the Bucs lately I had my hopes high; sadly this was not the case. Getting…
With his passing, you had to know this was coming. In fact, I got a few emails this weekend suggesting that Musial be the choice for this week’s Monster Card. Fortunately, ‘Stan the Man’ made the job easy. I was picking through my APBA set collection and found a few…
Baseball lost two great ones on Saturday, that’s for sure. I live in Central Illinois and that’s bordering on Cardinal Nation. In fact, I’d say that at half the baseball fans here wear red. So the loss of Stan Musial was felt pretty hard. It goes without saying that Musial…
ldahoan Vance Law wins this week’s prize as Terrible Card Tuesday rolls around. True, the Pittsburgh infielder didn’t play much in 1981 with only 71 plate appearances but his card is pretty atrocious. Law was in his sophomore year with the Pirates in 1981. He only batted .134 with just…