Jim Fraasch sends in this recap of the Neil Ess Memorial Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament-XV XV is history and we crowned a “1st-time” champ!! Congratulations to Barry Boevers and his 1998 Atlanta Braves!!! One of our most often entered teams, but only Barry was able to make his way…
I heard from friend and APBA fan Jim Saska. He sent me a midseason recap of his 1977 replay. Playing both the AL and the NL, Jim is already over 100 games into the replay. Those who have taken on these projects understand how formidable this is. Jim’s quick recap:…
Darren Schulz writes The APBA Blog with a recap of the new Great American Baseball League’s first season. Led by Commissioner Ken Schulz, the Great American Baseball League was founded during the early stages of the 2020 pandemic. Sixteen managers from Pennsylvania, Florida, New Jersey, Nebraska, Ohio, Wisconsin, Virginia, Georgia,…
Last week, the Illowa APBA League concluded its 47th draft. This time around, for the first time ever, the draft was conducted via text. I honestly thought it would take weeks but it only took a few days. Like every other APBA league draft that has reported in, White Sox…
Last month, The APBA Blog featured Todd Helton’s 2001 card. It was a well-deserving card but some might think that this 2000 card would be an equally deserving match. Pastor Rich certainly did and suggested it for this week. Indeed, Helton had a banner year for Colorado in 2000. With…
TAB reader has just completed his replay of the 1927 Philadelphia Athletics. As always, Don does a great job of recapping the replay. In Don’s replay, the 1927 A’s went 97-58. six games better than their actual performance. Two things struck me when I perused Don’s extensive recap. One, Don’s…
The Transcontinental Baseball League held their annual draft on February 21. In 2021, it was Luis Robert who was chosen with the first pick. This isn’t a big surprise. Robert also went numero uno in the Roberto Clemente Memorial Baseball Association’s draft earlier this season. The lucky owner of Robert…
Rodney Woodward sends in a perfect card for Monster Card Monday. Literally. It’s Devin Williams’ card from 2020. For the Brewers, Williams allowed one run in 27 innings. He walked nine and struck out 53 batters. Interestingly, that one run in the second game of the shortened season led to…
Who doesn’t like a 40-40 season? I’m going to test that this week. This week, I am featuring Barry Bonds’ card from 1996. This should elicit some comments, I’m sure. There’s no doubt this is a great card though. Of Bonds’ 159 hits in 1996, 42 were homers. He drove…
Pastor Rich Zawadzki is a frequent submitter of Monster Cards for this column and today is no exception. He came through for me today with this original 1997 Larry Walker card. Walker was a five tool player who could hit for average, power and could contribute with speed and his…