I’ve always had a soft spot in my baseball heart for Shoeless Joe Jackson. Even though he was ignorant and probably took money from gamblers, I still wish he was in the Hall of Fame and had gotten the chance to finish his MLB career. It’s reasonable to think…
The first thing I noticed about Joe Morgan‘s APBA cards was his height. Being on the shorter side myself, I loved that Morgan was a power-hitting, base stealing, Hall of Fame second baseman. One of the great things about baseball is that great players come in all sizes and…
The first time I heard the name, Harmon Killebrew, I was sitting in the center field bleachers at old Tiger Stadium in 1987. Recently, Mark McGwire had hit a ball over the left field roof at The Corner, and my brother, friend, and I were discussing the players who…
When I was nine years old, living in Florida, and becoming serious about baseball, my favorite player was Reggie Jackson. I remember seeing highlights of the 1977 World Series when he hit five homers. Then I picked up the baseball card to the left, describing how Jackson did something…
For me, baseball cards and APBA are connected. When I first became interested in baseball, Topps lost its monopoly on manufacturing baseball cards. In 1980, Fleer and Donruss were given permission from Major League Baseball to produce their first sets. During the two years I lived in Fern…
On the evening of October 11, 1972 in front of 41,887 spectators, Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds hit a dramatic home run off Dave Giusti of the Pittsburgh Pirates to tie the deciding game of the NLCS. A few minutes later, the Reds would win the pennant on a…
To me, Ted Williams is the John Wayne of baseball. He was a hero on and off the baseball diamond. In many ways, his life played out like a movie script. From the sandlots of Southern California, he became the greatest hitter to ever live. At the height of…
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Season Totals I Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP 1935 Totals 28 26 92 72 13 13 0 0 6 12 0 20 24 .181 .359 .431 .789 31 1 Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original…
I was speaking with my brother, Kirk, after Saturday’s 4th Annual Greater Michigan APBA Baseball Tournament and I came to a conclusion. After going 3-5 in pool play last year with the 1904 New York Giants and then 6-2 this year with the 1977 New York Yankees, I think tournament…