You can’t go wrong with an APBA card from Stan the Man. This is an APBA 1953 reprint card of Stan Musial. That is, it is not from the set that was published two years after the APBA Company was founded. Rather this card comes from the set which was…
Episode 29 of Double Take: An APBA Gaming Podcast features an interview with Ron Emch and discussions about APBA GO, baseball, golf, football, hockey, and more. Emch won the APBA Golf 2020 TGA Tour Championship with 1975 Jack Nicklaus. He talks about his experiences on the TGA Tour as well as hosting…
As we say here at The APBA Blog, every card tells a story. Recently, I was rolling some games in my 1908 Detroit Tigers single-team replay when I came across this Tris Speaker card. I noticed that The Gray Eagle was only 19-years old during most of the 1908 campaign.…
This is a question I get frequently… I have a baseball card but I can’t tell what year it represents. Can you help me? It’s a good question. Sometimes we buy card sets and then set them aside and rediscover them. Of course, we want to know what season it…
APBA Blog reader Don George is becoming known for his single team baseball replays. Last year, he replayed the Baltimore Orioles 1969 season. Over the winter, he took on the Yankees 1961 season replay. Both were pleasantly documented. This time, Don has risen to the challenge of what many call…
Boston. April 6, 1973. The Red Sox’s Luis Tiant walks Ron Blomberg, the first designated hitter in Major League history, and a new baseball era officially commenced. As far back as the early twentieth century the idea for a designated hitter had supporters, like Hall of Famer Connie Mack. With…
Last week, reader Mark asked if The APBA Blog could post Eric Davis’ 1986 card. As it turned out, Davis’ 1986 card was in the queue for Monster Monday. As I was searching for Kirby Puckett’s card for his post, I ran across Davis’ and it was too good to…
Episode 28 of Double Take: An APBA Gaming Podcast features a discussion about APBA Golf and the 2020 TGA Tour Championship, plus a conversation with secondary APBA card seller Jeff Emerson of TeamSets4u. Emerson’s company sells individual APBA baseball squads and is a great place to find that particular tournament or nostalgic…
With a heavy heart, Rob Spatz came to the conclusion that the Chicagoland APBA Baseball tournament was not going to happen. Scheduled for August, there was no guarantee that the 48 participants could attend safely given the COVID-19 virus. I know this was the right move but it was a…
The life and career of Don Newcombe are ones of “what ifs.” What if Newcombe would have been in a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform in 1952 and 1953 instead of a military uniform? What if Don Newcombe would have received substance abuse help to control his alcoholism? What if Newcombe could…