As some of you know, my earliest memories of baseball were of the Chicago Cubs of the late 60s and early 70s. I remember the likes of Ernie Banks, Ron Santo, Glenn Beckert and yes, Fergie Jenkins. Canadian-born Ferguson Jenkins was the crown jewel of the Cubs’ pitching staff. …
Five ribbies for “Jolly Cholly” I love emails with the subject line “News Flash” especially when they regard events from 1930. The Chicago Cubs destroy the Cincinnati Reds 27-3 Date: 5-26-30 The Cubs had 31 hits 11 walks and 6 home runs. They had 9 batters come to the…
This question and answer exchange regarding APBA Football came up in the comments section of the About Page of this blog but I thought it deserved its own post since the topic does get brought up occasionally. Reader Kline Gowen asks: I love APBA. I have the new football game…
This question and answer exchange regarding APBA Football came up in the comments section of the About Page of this blog but I thought it deserved its own post since the topic does get brought up occasionally. Reader Kline Gowen asks: I love APBA. I have the new football game…
The APBA Blog reached a milestone a couple days ago. We passed 100,000 unique visits to the website since I started keeping track shortly after bringing up the blog in 2008. In the grand scheme of things, that may not be a huge number but I’m proud of it especially…
John McGraw is no doubt known for being one the best managers in baseball history. He ranks second behind Connie Mack in career wins with 2763 and boasted a .586 winning percentage. He was a fiery competitor and was known to do what it took to win games. Rk Mgr…
A few months back, I solicited the advice of APBA fans on web-based MLB player stats tracker. More than a few responded with kilg.us which I tried and quite liked. At the time, I just wanted to track the players on my APBA league team so I could see their…
There’s a new announcement on the APBA Company website regarding the roster expansion of baseball rosters: With the recent announcement about the basic baseball card set count being increased from 20-30 for 2012, we were asked if there would be a list designating the first 20 selections for each major…
Sometimes you can just HEAR your pitcher’s grade go down.
Craig Small who is gearing up for his next All-Time Greats APBA Golf Tournament just sent me this. Just for fun I decided to contact Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo, Tom Watson, and Gary Player via their websites and see who they would want as the last four in the tournament.…