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…
Update: voting in the 2020 Pitching Grade Challenge has now concluded. Stay tuned for results!! Hey APBA Fans, The 2020 MLB regular season is over. And what a season it was! The APBA Blog is excited to announce the 2020 APBA Blog Pitching Grade Challenge! This will be the third…
Reader Don George continues his single season replay fun. This time, he skippered the 1954 New York Giants against the rest of the National League. Mays didn’t disappoint. He hit .356, eleven points above his actual average and bullseyed his 41 actual homeruns for the season (see Willie’s card featured…
Reader Neal writes: Can you tell me the first year APBA Baseball went to 2 column player cards and did all cards have 2 columns that first year or did some still have just one? Thx! Great question! In their first eight years of APBA Baseball, the card makers were…
I’m at the risk of making Monster Monday an “RIP” column. That said, I can’t ignore the loss of Hall of Fame second basemen Joe Morgan. He was someone I looked forward to seeing as a friendly in the All-Star Game but at no other time. Morgan was truly a…