Yes, that Juan Soto card is official! The 2020 baseball season is now available on APBA GO! You can now purchase the season and have instantaneous access to the “cards” or at least what they will look like when they are printed early in 2021. The APBA GO season is…
Hi Fans, Voting for the 2020 APBA Blog Pitching Grade Challenge is now concluded. Thanks for everyone who participated!! This is the third year I’ve done the Challenge and it was a record-breaking response. I still need to verify ballots (wow, this mirrors current events in so many ways, doesn’t…
There has been a great response to the 2020 APBA Blog Pitching Grade Challenge. Ballot response has already hit triple digits! Thanks to all of you who have submitted ballots. If you have not submitted a ballot, feel free to do so! You can read the rules on how do…
Ken Bowen provided this 1920 Tris Speaker card and it’s a very good one. This era is a pretty interesting one when it comes to baseball. It is seen as the transition to the sluggers’ dynasty. That is certainly true to a point. Hitters like Babe Ruth stand out. Here…
The APBA Game Company announced the 2020 roster of carded players for the 2020 season. You can find it at the APBA Game Company web site at this link. Each MLB team has 30 players for the basic APBA baseball card set for a total of 900 cards. The Company…
Darren Schulz sent this recap about the Linda B. Schulz Memorial APBA Baseball Tournament VI held September 24, 2020 – October 29, 2020 While Slippery Rock did not include the familiar sounds of rattling dice at the township building in 2020, that did not stop a remarkable number of 44…
Many times, I receive suggestions for Monster Monday and while they are very welcome, sometimes I have already featured that card. So when Pastor Rich Zawadzki passed this juicy 1935 Hank Greenberg to me, I thought “Surely, I have already done this card, right?” Nope. And what a wonderful card…
On October 17th, Jeff Boeding managed his 1906 Cleveland Naps to victory at the 14th edition of the Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament hosted in Shakopee, Minnesota. Jeff defeated Kevin Cluff and the 2019 Los Angeles Dodgers. You can read a very comprehensive recap of TCABT-XIV at Jim’s Fraasch’s awesome…
Hi Fans! For those anxiously awaiting the cards and disk for the 2020 baseball season (yes you, Dodger fans!), the APBA Company has some relevant information on their website now. Most relevant is this: APBA WILL OFFER THE USUAL 2020 BASEBALL SEASON PRODUCTS: (1) A 900 CARD (30 CARDS PER…
The era of the good-hitting pitcher seems to be coming to an end. I know “back in my day” we all appreciated a pitcher who could pull his weight with the stick. Such is the case with Earl Wilson. That’s his 1968 APBA card you see above. Earl was a…