This is the second Brooks Robinson card I’ve featured on Monday. I posted about B-Robbie’s 1962 card before but you can never see enough 3B-6 cards, am I right? Brooks’ 1966 card is slightly less strong offensively as his 1962 one but overall, it a solid contender. Brooks hit .269…
Now that it is July in my 1966 NL replay, things are heating up! The race is tightening up and there has been some shifting in the standings. Baseball pundits are not as bullish on the Dodgers and the Giants. Now however, stock is high in Philly and Cincy. And…
Folks, there’s nothing like a dependable closer and Eric Gagne comes as close to that especially in the year 2003. As the Dodger closer, Gagne led the NL with 55 saves with a 1.20 ERA. He finished 67 of the team’s games for the season. The kicker: he struck out…
So far, I am two full days into July in my 1966 NL replay. To be sure, the mid-sixties is not an offense-laden period in baseball history and this bears out in the pitching stats so far. Even with pitching staffs like the Cubs’ and the Mets’, it seems to…
Thirty-eight APBA players descended on Toledo this past weekend for Ron Emch’s fifth annual Glass City APBA Baseball Tournament. What a turnout! When all was said and done, it was Bob McCurdy (top right) and his 1982 Philadelphia Phillies who were left standing. Bob defeated Jeff Boeding and the 1934…
One thing I’ve noticed about replaying the 1966 season is the relative ages of the players of that time. Those men are reaching the autumn of their lives. And sadly, on occasion I will see an obituary of someone who played an important role in the 1966 campaign. Such is…
I want to wish Ron Emch good luck this weekend. He’s hosting his fifth Glass City APBA Baseball Tournament on Saturday. Why “Glass City”? Because the tournament’s home Toledo, Ohio is dubbed as such for its industrial glass manufacturers. Nice touch, Ron! I’m not able to attend this year but…
If you’ve been following baseball lately, it seems that the Reds have something to cheer about. Aristides Aquino seems to be the real deal. Even the New York Post (who is taking a break from stroking Luke Voit now that he’s out) wrote a friendly piece on Double-A. Keep in…
Ken Schulz helps me out again this week. This time, it’s an APBA Football of player who I idolized from time when I loved the NFL. Sweetness! It’s the APBA card for 1976 Walter Payton. 1976 Splits Table Game Rush Rush Rush Rush Rush Rush Rece Rece Rece Rece Rece…
This mistake-laden card comes from Sonny Hall who says he is soon starting his Mother of All Tournament (MOAT) project. He ran across this 1999 Robin Ventura card while prepping for the project. Looking at the stats on the card, you can see something is amiss. Checking Baseball Reference, it…