This week’s Monster Card is 1982’s MVP, Robin Yount from the Milwaukee Brewers. When Pastor Rich Z suggested Yount and contributed his “well-used” card, my first thought was that he came from just down the road. Yount is from Danville, Illinois only 30-40 minutes away from where I live. Yount…
Just playing catch-up on a few things: Mel M was so happy he got his 2012 Master Card set he sent a photo. Thanks, Mel! – if you’re on Facebook, Dom Provisiero has initiated another one of his APBA Roll Calls. I love that Dom does these. They’re simple but…
I thought I’d just open the discussion up for anyone who’s interested in talking about the Hall of Fame ballot results. Here are the results from today. It was a shutout as far a the BBWAA ballot was concerned. It was the first time since 1996 that no one was…
Last week’s Terrible Card Tuesday included a barely passable 1991 Sammy Sosa with 1-6 and a 31-22. This week’s entry from the same year, 1991 Juan “Tito” Bell would probably love those kind of the numbers. Tito was the much younger brother of slugger George Bell. Apparently, George hoarded all…
Kirt Bennett emails The APBA Blog with an update on the Matt Kading Memorial APBA Baseball League. They’ve changed their online presence and can now be found at their new web site. Some quick facts on Matt Kading Memorial APBA Baseball League: League Name Matt Kading Memorial APBA Baseball League…
When it comes to pure Monster hitting cards, it’s the ones that have a hit number at 13 that really stand out. Reliever Tom Niedenfuer’s card from 1986 is such a card. Tom Niedenfuer only hit safely three times in his 10-year career but fortunately for this card anyway, two…
Sometimes APBA is enjoyed best as a family. Within the league I’m in, we’ve had at least three separate families play against each other (either brothers or father/son). On that note, Thomas Lafortune emails The APBA Blog about his family-based league using the Basic Baseball Game. Thomas is a “third…
It never fails to amaze me to see APBA players want to simulate an event and then find a way to achieve it. The Mid-West Baseball League have been doing a homerun derby since 2003. Stray Corrado wrote me to announce that the MWBL just held their annual 2012 Christmas…
by Scott Fennessy Pittsburgh PA 6/1/1905 Exposition Park The Chicago Cubs who have been winning some very close games played lately face the Pirates. They had been owned by them previously to this year and are hoping for some payback. Ed Reulbach against Sam Leever. This was the 3rd straight…
A couple of new developments on the Alpharetta homefront… One, the 2012 APBA Baseball cards are shipping!. The APBA Company posted a short announcement today to that effect. Along with the announcement is a gentle plea to hold off on the calls to the Company asking about the status of…