Relief Pitchers always seem to have the best Monster Cards. Case in point, Al Shealy of the 1930 Chicago Cubs. While you could make the argument that there are always going to be a few lucky pitchers who get a few hits that translate into a great APBA card, sometimes…
I was contacted by APBA Company CEO John Herson over the weekend. He’s interested in knowing what interest there is among APBA fans for re-issues of XCs. If they were re-issued, they would be actual cards and not the clumsy perforated sheets. What say you? Is this something that you…
The Illowa APBA Spring Convention wrapped up last night in Champaign, Illinois. I got a total of 21 games played for my Twin City Thunderchickens and went 8-13. Ok, not a great record but considering we went into the weekend with only 9 wins, I’ll take it. And we proved…
Host John Brandeberry and his Rising Bamm Beanos take on Chuck Lucas’ Northside Hitmen This weekend is the Illowa APBA League’s Spring Convention (held a bit late). This year, it’s being held in Champaign, Illinois which is just right across town from my town of Urbana. Right now, it’s 1:30am…
The APBA Company just released a comprehensive list of all APBA Baseball Card sets issued from the Company. The list (in pdf format) includes pertinent data including Year, # of players, availability of XBs and XCs and cost. Most importantly, it indicates current availability for each set. Great idea, APBA! …
Like I need another blog, right? I’ve already announced this on FB but I’ll post it here to make it official. Over the weekend, I started up a new blog. It’s called Baseball-Lingo.com and it’s devoted to the jargon, slang and terminology of baseball. I’ve seen a lot of baseball…
A while back, I posted about how some kind APBA fans had pointed me to kilg.us and its player tracking service. Well, since then I‘ve been using it and have been getting my Illowa APBA League team players’ stats sent to my inbox every day. Now while I love the…
The USA Today posted an article today looking at simulation baseball. The implication, I think, was this was an alternative to the more widely known “fantasy baseball” phenomenon. The impetus behind the article was Strat-o-matic’s 50th anniversary celebration which it covers in detail. However, author Steve Gardner did due diligence…
I’m going in a different direction here with this week’s MCM selection as you can see. Infielder Ron Hunt of the 1971 Montreal Expos not only led the National League in hit by pitches, he did so by quite a margin. His 50 HBP led second place Mike Epstein’s 12…
APBA has just made available for download the 2011-2012 NHL Finalist Teams and rosters for the APBA Hockey Game. This “pre-play” feature is similar to their effort they did last month when they made available the UEFA soccer championship teams so conceivably, you could play the championship game before it…