When I think of Jim Thome, I picture a lefty slugger, taking up most of the batter’s box, with the biggest barreled bat I’ve ever seen. It seemed like Thome’s bat covered every part of the strike zone and he couldn’t possibly miss the ball. Maybe I picture this…
The APBA Game Company is now offering single baseball teams and from what I have seen, the response is quite favorable. Perhaps because of the popularity of competitive tournaments, the sale of single teams do not require buying a whole set to use one team from that particular season. First,…
Editor’s note: Congratulations to Joe Schall for winning the Chicagoland APBA Tournament. This comes on the heel of Joe winning the Prairieland 3 tournament earlier this year! Nice work, Joe! Congrats also to runner-up, Zach Zavela Now, here is Scott Fennessy’s writeup on his teams’s experience at the Tournament. This…
This has been a busy week in the APBA community (and I will get that soon) but let me tell you about fun meeting I had last week. My wife and I took our daughter to her new college in Massachusetts for freshman orientation. From Illinois to New England, it…
Of the thirty-three Hall of Famers I’ve had the privilege to see play in person, I saw Alan Trammell play the most. When I think of Alan Trammell, three things immediately pop into my mind: class, consistency, and professionalism. From 1977-1995 with Lou Whitaker, Alan Trammell was part of…
Some players are like shooting-stars, springing on the scene for a season or two and then disappearing into obscurity. Each generation of baseball seems to have a handful of such players: Lyman Bostock, J.R. Richard, Mark Fidrych, Bo Jackson, Dwight Golden, Mo Vaughn, Mark Prior, and Josh Hamilton are a few…
This comes from Kevin Burghardt… yeah, the cap guy who loves 70’s baseball. While there certainly may be an abundance of them out there, I can’t recall off hand seeing shortstops rated (S) in speed. This is the reason I did a double take when checking (Roger) Metzger’s speed rating during…
Darren and Ken Schulz (shown right) sent in an update for the upcoming Linda B. Schulz Memorial APBA Baseball Tournament. It’s hard to believe that it’s the fourth tournament in Slippery Rock, PA! Forty participants will gather for fun and APBA on July 7, 2018. As APBA tournaments near their…
The Chicago Cubs were ahead for just one at bat in their June 19th doubleheader against the Houston Astros but they made it count. Game 1 Going into the 9th inning in Game 1, the Northsiders were down 4-0 thanks to a brilliant effort by Astros hurler Miguel Cuellar. Miggy…
In our mind’s eye, the enduring image of Tom Seaver is one of the hard-throwing right hander in the uniform of the New York Mets, for whom Seaver won 198 games during his career. While fans vividly remember Seaver’s glory days with the Mets, particularly his wonderful 1969 season…