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…
As the APBA Newsletter says, “This is why we play APBA”. Congratulations to Vincent Cavanaugh! Vincent won the Robert Henry APBA tournament with the 2018 Los Angeles Dodgers!! The story behind the Robert Henry tourney is a fantastic and Brian Cavanaugh has done wonders to pass on the game of…
Last week, I wrote about the 1965 Willie Mays card. In reference to Mays’ 52 homers, I said: I remember when George Foster tied his mark of 52 dingers in 1977. To me, that was uncharted territory. Well, Mel M comes to the rescue. He helped me out with George…
I am blatantly copying and pasting Ken Schulz’s words from Facebook because they made me giggle out loud in the coffeeshop. Oh that weird 1997 season when Harold Baines pitches to a stunning 136 wins and only 16 losses somehow in only 137 games. However of those 137 games he…
When I was a kid, only six players had more homeruns in one season than this card, 1965 Willie Mays. I remember when George Foster tied his mark of 52 dingers in 1977. To me, that was uncharted territory. In 1965, Mays helped the Giants to 95-67 record with his…
Thanks to Scott Fennessy for sending this recap of his team’s performance at last weekend’s Chicagoland tournament! -Tom So with the theme of this year’s tournament being any team pre-DH, I figured I would need two things. One, a pitching staff that could hit, and second, a team that could…
Wow! What a day!! Chicagoland Tournaments are so fun! Due to Rob Spatz’ hard work, there were 43 in attendance at the Comfort Inn O’Hare in Des Plaines, Illinois. Congratulations to Dave Rueck! Mild-mannered Dave went 8-1 in regulation play with his 1912 New York Giants. He then proceeded to…