It will be difficult to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day on April 15th with the global pandemic in full force. Therefore, I urge all of you to celebrate APBA Jackie Robinson Day on April 15, 2020, by playing a game of APBA Baseball with a Jackie Robinson team or card. It…
Baseball game changers can be defined in many ways. Some will change the game on the field and some off. In the case of Andrew “Rube” Foster, it was more about what he did off the field. After making his name as a professional pitcher, winning 44 games in a…
Sadly, Al Kaline passed away today at his home in suburban Detroit. Mr. Kaline’s cards have been featured a couple of times on The APBA Blog and Kaline is mentioned in many posts. Here are a couple of hyperlinks to posts that feature him. Final Card Friday APBA Card of…
It will be difficult to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day on April 15th with the global pandemic in full force. Therefore, I urge all of you to celebrate APBA Jackie Robinson Day on April 15, 2020, by playing a game of APBA Baseball with a Jackie Robinson team or card. It…
Rickey Henderson had his detractors during his MLB career which spanned 1979-2003. However many of those who didn’t care much for his personality gave him his due as one of the best leadoff men of his time. This is his APBA card for the 1983 season. That year, he hit…
Special guest Tom Nelshoppen appears on the latest episode of the Double Take Podcast with Kirk and Kevin Weber. Lots of great APBA baseball talk! Please have a listen to Episode 21 now.
In November 2011 Editor-in-Chief Thomas Nelshoppen published “Card Analysis: Quick and dirty way to estimate what a card will hit” on the APBA Blog. It’s a great read that provides a simple way to interpret an APBA baseball card for its hitting capabilities. Here’s some of what Tom wrote: In…
Celebrate APBA Jackie Robinson Day on April 15, 2020, by playing a game of APBA Baseball with a Jackie Robinson team or card.
Thanks for reading the first ever Game Changers column! I appreciate you giving it a try…and Thomas Nelshoppen for providing me with the opportunity to contribute. I’m really looking forward to writing and thinking about baseball and APBA via this blog. As we move forward, I hope to shed light…
I urge all of you to celebrate APBA Jackie Robinson Day on April 15, 2020, by playing a game of APBA Baseball with a Jackie Robinson team or card.