Last weekend the Illowa APBA League held their 42th annual Draft weekend in Downers Grove, Illinois. The weekend was quite busy with playoffs, the IAL World Series, rookie draft and the start of the season. Each team got in 30 games played to start the 2017 season. First of all,…
Last weekend was the third annual Greater Michigan APBA Baseball Tournament which was founded, organized and hosted by Pastor Rich Zawadzki. If all the reports are true, he puts on quite a tournament. A total of 38 teams participated in the tournament which might be a record for a regional…
Doug Schuyler suggested this 1957 Stan Musial card and what a beaut! What makes this amazing is that this wasn’t even one of Musial’s best years. Yes, he did lead the league with a .351 average as well as OBP (.422). He even slugged .612. He drove in 102 runs…
Wrigley Field Chicago, IL May 2, 2015 Fresh off of last night’s victory the Cubs face the Brewers in the second game of this series. Today sees Jorge Lopez and Jon Lester match up. Lester, fresh off a solid performance last time makes quick work of the Brewers and the…
First of all, I want to wish everyone who is attending Pastor Rich Zawadzki’s Greater Michigan APBA Baseball Tournament good luck. You might think the “Greater” is a geographical reference but from what I hear, it is indeed one of best tournaments out there. Rich has an amazing total of…
Rod Caborn (yes, the one who pens the popular column Rod’s Replay Insider) emailed the other day to tell me that he just finished his 1912 AL replay. It was a 154-game feat complete with roster changes and actual schedule. Rod used the 2010 version of the Master Game boards. …
Rob Spatz shared this 1973 Rich Reese card with me. In Rob’s words, it is very “J4-esque”. That said, Reese did manage to get this card with 140 plate appearances so this wasn’t an oh for 10 deal. It was Reese’s last year in the majors and he split it…
I know it hasn’t been long since I posted an Aaron card on Monday but as Doug Schuyler says, this 1957 card is “a thing of beauty”. This 1957 card is from the original 1957 card GTOP set published in the 1980s and it is something. I checked Aaron’s stats for…
Courtesy of Rich Selg, this 1985 Carlton Fisk card appears like your prototypical slugging catcher. Until you look a little harder. Season Totals Split G GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG 1985 Totals 153 148 543 85 129 23 1 37 107…
Tonight’s game is the first in a three game set with the lowly Brewers. Former Cub Matt Garza faces Jake Arrieta in what looks like a lopsided matchup. The Brewers, who have really struggled offensively get a two out rally in the first. Khris Davis slips a single to right…