When I was growing up, my twin brother Kirk’s favorite player was Johnny Bench; mine was Reggie Jackson. I’m not sure why we picked them, but we both have many 1970s and 1980s era baseball cards to prove it. When we were nine years old, we lived in Florida for…
Steve Smith made a comment on the Mickey Mantle Final Card Friday posting asking if I would write a post on Al Kaline’s final card. Being a huge Detroit Tigers fan, I’m thrilled to do so. If you’ve grown up a Detroit Tigers fan, you know Al Kaline. Even if…
Baseball has been good to me. It gave me great enjoyment growing up, as I played it in backyards, little league fields, and through high school. After high school, it gave me money (and still enjoyment), first as a high school coach, and then as an umpire. Along the…
If you follow the APBA Baseball Facebook group page, you’re probably aware that a particular Mickey Mantle APBA card was recently a topic. It wasn’t The Mick’s ’56 Triple Crown card, nor was it his ’61 card when he and Roger Maris were chasing the Bambino. No, it was his…
There are many who play APBA that love pencil and paper score keeping. The nostalgia of it takes them back to when they were kids first learning the great game of baseball. Also, they love the calculator and the worksheet when figuring out statistics for their replays. The pace of…