I know it’s been a while since I’ve published a post for The APBA Blog. For over a year, I produced a Final Card Friday article EVERY week, along with a few other posts. I apologize for my absence. Unfortunately, life frequently gets in the way of APBA. Everything from…
One weekend after the Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament, we see another juggernaut of the regional APBA tournaments take place. That is the Schulz Brothers’ Linda B. Schulz Memorial APBA Baseball Tournament V in Slippery Rock, PA. I really have to hand to Ken and Darren who know how to…
Is the way Major League Baseball is being played going to affect how the APBA cards are going to be made? No, I don’t mean what individual numbers and ratings are placed on the cards. I am referring the overall “formula” which the APBA Company uses to make the cards…
We’re in the midst of APBA Tournament season. These days, it seems it lasts all year. Jim Fraasch has a great article on the twelfth Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament up north where you hope the dice don’t get cold. Check his wrap-up out at Jim’s APBA Barn. This year,…
Prolific APBA replayer Rod Caborn reports on his recently finished 1914 Federal League project. As always, his documentation is exemplary. You can read it all here. Short story: the Baltimore Terrapins took first place thanks to hurler Jack Quinn… but read Rod’s version. It’s so much pleasant. Take some time…
The Illowa APBA League learned an important lesson. Never count out the underdog. Last Saturday, the City Boys defeated the Country Gents in a hard fought, 12-inning battle by the score of 6-5. The deciding factor was a walk-off homerun by Evan Gattis of the Global Glaciers who was named…
This weekend is the 45th annual Illowa APBA League All-Star Game! The ten managers of the IAL (10 team, basic game, 162 games per season) will be convening (one virtually) this Friday and Saturday in Downers Grove, Illinois. The ballots have been cast and the starters have been chosen. JD…
I know I’m powering through these All-Star ballots for my 1966 Basic Game replay. I really appreciate all of your votes! Up today, NL shortstops. There are some sleepers in here. And I mean some shortstops that I did not expect to hit well. A few of these fine glovemen…
Beau Lofgren sent this doozy of an APBA card a while back. This is Rodney McCray’s last card of his career in 1992 with the New York Mets. Long story short… McCray went 1 for 1 but because he was used as a pinch runner fourteen times, he accumulated two…
The ballot for second base in my NL 1966 basic game replay is kind of interesting. I find it a pretty strong offensive position considering the era of the sixties. It might come down to the kind of player or hitter you like. One thing is for sure… you will…