Pastor Rich Zawadzki noticed that The APBA Blog has not given 1904 Jack Chesbro his due yet on Monster Monday. “Happy Jack” still holds the modern day record for wins in one season with his 41-12 record. In addition, he maintained a 1.82 ERA for the 1904 season for the…
Four and half years ago, I visited Pittsburgh and while there, I took some time to take in some baseball related sites. This past weekend, I went to P-burgh again on a last minute trip with my daughter. Well, I can’t stay away from anything that is baseball related especially…
With the CWS Summer Fantasy tournament over, there’s no time to dawdle. Two more APBA baseball tournaments have been added to the tourney schedule in the past week. 3rd Semi-Annual Capital of the Confederacy APBA Tournament Jim Saska is at it again. Jim, who helped get the Chicagoland tournaments going,…
When Ken Schulz sent me this Miguel Dilone card, I thought, “I think I’ve done this Weird card before”. Wrong. Dilone did have a Weird Wednesday card but it was for his 1984 season. This one, which I think is even stranger, came a full eight years before for Miguel’s…
Early Saturday morning tournament action You’ve already read my official news release of the 2016 Chicagoland Summer Fantasy World Series. Here’s my personal account. There’s a lot to tell. Friday- Tournament eve I arrived at the Grayslake Comfort Suites on Friday afternoon. Don Smith arrived from Davenport, Iowa soon after…
Pastor Rich knows his Monster cards, that’s for sure. While this one won’t hit, you won’t find many modern day starting pitcher with this kind of grade and rating. Mike Scott started his career in a mediocre fashion in 1979. Then in 1986 after one decent year, something clicked and…
Cubs win! Cubs win! [photo courtesy Doug Schuyler] The 2016 Chicagoland Summer Fantasy World Series APBA baseball tournament in Grayslake, Illinois is now over and the Cubs come home victorious. Thanks to skipper Bob Eller who piloted the 2015 Cubbies to the tournament championship. He won the final game over…
A couple days ago, I did a preview of the starting lineup for my team for this weekend’s Chicagoland Summer Fantasy World Series, the 1930 Cardinals (plus 1998 Mark McGwire). Some commented that with all the hitting that the Cardinals had, I would have been better off picking a pitcher…
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a Terrible Tuesday card. Beau Lofgren obliged with a this 1981 Reggie Smith XB card. Now, Reggie Smith had a pretty decent 17-year career batting .287 with 314 homeruns and 1092 rbis. At age 36 though, the tread on Reggie’s tires were wearing…
Okay, I couldn’t resist not cropping Howie Mooney’s photo here. His roll on 1955 Don Newcombe was too awesome not to include. Newk was at the height of his career when he helped the Brooklyn Dodgers win their first World Series ever in ‘55. That year he went 20-5 with…