Keith Shetter… err, Matt Herges Does anyone remember watching Joey Laker play Major League Baseball? How about Sonny Pearl? Or (heh) Lancaster St. James? Me neither. That’s because they’re not real ballplayers. However, the casual fan wouldn’t know better had they been browsing the cards of the 1990s. Rob emailed…
On the front page of apbagames.com: According to the APBA Game Company website, the 2012 Baseball season disk is now shipping.
Steve Stein sent me this postseason press release straight from the Transcontinental Baseball League headquarters: A report on game 5 of the TBL National Conference wildcard playoff series. "Sure, we have time to play one more tonight." (HUD-NBO playoff) Anyone who has ever uttered that phrase knows what’s coming. The…
A couple weeks ago, I posted about Reid Brignac from IAL commissioner Mike Bunch’s team. Well, here’s another entry from Mike’s Green Rock Bombers… 2011 Adam Dunn. Normally, players like “One-Adam” Dunn generally do well in APBA especially the Basic Game. I’m talking about hitters who may not have a…
When it comes to player performances and APBA cards, it doesn’t get much better than this. This is Walter Johnson’s APBA based on his 1913 season with the Washington Senators. At 25, Johnson was in already in his prime. In 1913, he lead the AL in pretty much every meaningful…
Mike McClurg sends us info on the Mason Dixon TableTop League. The name of the MDTL, which started back 1973, is not new to me. Indeed with names of APBA players like McClurg, Tom Heiderscheit and Jim Boylan, I remember seeing this league referred to in the old APBA Journal…
The League Profiles keep rolling in. This is our third one this week. Gary Hopkins writes in today about his Buffalo Pastime League. Originating in 1976, the BPL is unique in that it primarily uses the Master Game as its game of choice. I haven’t seen too many of those…
The official 2012 APBA Baseball Lineup sheets have been released by the APBA Company! You can find the link to the pdf on APBA’s web site. A quick note: I know I promised that I’d be working on questions for APBA CEO John Herson’s upcoming interview last weekend. That’s been…
Jeff Cory of the Lame Duck Baseball Association wrote in response to my article asking about how APBA leagues reward their winners. He sent in this photo of Tom Johnson proudly holding his trophy after winning the LDBA 2009 championship. A close-up of the trophy: Jeff writes: “Tom Johnson of…
Wells didn’t pose for this card… it was taken while ‘at the plate’. Today’s TCT is 2011 Vernon Wells III aka ‘V-Dub’. IAL manager Don Smith who has Wells on his team has been providing side commentary on Wells’ progress in the comments section on some of my Tyler Colvin…