In the spirit of the Houston Astros World Series win on Saturday night, I thought I would go to Steve’s APBA Card Computer site and look at what perhaps Yordan Alvarez’ might look like. Turns out, it is a bit of a monster card. For those new to APBA baseball,…
This week, the APBA Game Company released the 2022 baseball carded list. In other words, while we are still waiting to see what the cards look like, we now know WHO will be getting a card. Here is a direct link to the list of players on the APBA website.…
Update: Balloting for the Pitching Grade Challenge has now closed. Stay tuned for results! Hey APBA Fans! The 2022 Major League Baseball regular season is over. Now that it is over, The APBA Blog is excited to announce the 2022 APBA Blog Pitching Grade Challenge! It’s hard to believe that…
Jim Saska sends a recap of the 2022 Old Dominion tournament which took place last Saturday in Richmond, Virginia. And would you believe the same Tim Rounds who won the championship of the Linda B. Schulz Memorial APBA Baseball Tournament earlier this month also won Old Dominion’s tourney? As Jim…
Darren Schulz sends us a recap of LBS VIII tourney that occurred earlier this month -Tom Linda B. Schulz Memorial APBA Baseball Tournament VIII – Slippery Rock PA – October 1, 2022 Finally, after APBA Hall of Famer Randy Coryer opened with some heartfelt words in memory of our mother…
I know I’m going to get some flak for this but bear with me. It was 9pm and time was running out to write a Monster Card article. I decided to blindly reach into a box of APBA card envelopes and choose a player card from that team. As luck…
The Illowa APBA League’s All-Star Game is one of the two most intensely fun events of our league. Along with the annual rookie draft, it’s a time when we are all gathered together focusing on one event. This year’s game definitely provided a lot of excitement. Last weekend, nine managers…
This sad news comes via Rod Caborn who wrote this APBA obituary. -Tom Dave Larson, one of the premiere managers in OAPBA history, passed away Saturday, September 17, 2022, in Orlando, Fla., after a decade-long battle with chronic heart problems. In Memoriam Dave Larson June 15, 1954-Sept. 17, 2022 Dave…
There have been have a lot of Mike Schmidt monster cards that I have posted about. Since today is the anniversary of his MLB debut in 1972, I’ll do another one. There certainly a lot to choose from. So far, I haven’t gotten to his 1982 one so let’s dive…
This slightly unusual Monster card was suggested by Alan Hobbs who prompted the very productive DH conversation last week. We got to emailing again and he brought up this 1980 Bill Buckner card. He admits it’s not your typical “monster” but thought it might have a place here. In Alan’s…