Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL 4/8/2015 Today’s game should be another good matchup as both teams send solid starters to the mound following the previous evening’s game where the Cubs hit John Lackey pretty hard and found Joe Maddon having to cool his team down after a retaliatory beaning of Kris…
Frank Frisch is like “Big Mac who?” Y’all know the comedic plot device used on TV where the local town baseball team brings on a “ringer” from the pros to help them win the big game? I remember seeing that on ‘Cheers’ once. Well, that’s kind of what Doug Schuyler’s…
Your replay binder book generally can serve as Ground Zero for key information related to your replay. Keeping key information in the binder book cuts down on the amount of paper you will have flying around. It provides you a “home” you can use to help keep your replay organized.…
April 15, 2015 Wrigley Field Chicago, IL Hello APBA Fans! Welcome to Scott’s Olde Tyme Baseball!, err, Scott’s Cubs Baseball? Looks like I’ll need some help with this one. Anyway, while last season is far enough behind me to not remember a lot about it, opening day at the still…
Earlier this week, I had a pleasant hour-long discussion on the phone with Bob D’Angelo. Bob is a sports journalist who also writes about sports books and memorabilia on his blog The Sports Bookie. The topic? APBA and The APBA Blog. Today, as a result of the interview, Bob posted…
I met John Kalous for the first time at the Prairieland APBA Tournament in April. He and I talked a bit about the upcoming APBA National Convention so I knew he was planning to attend. We touched base again last week and he agreed to provide APBA Blog readers a…
Can someone give Tom Fulton the “411” on KC Monarch right-hander William Bell’s 1924 card? In addition to the strange anomaly at 11, Bell also has two 33s which is somewhat out of the ordinary. Two 31s though! thanks, Tom!
While the APBA National Convention was in full swing in Alpharetta, GA, the Illowa APBA League held its 2016 Spring convention in Moline, Illinois. The IAL is a 10-team league which uses the basic APBA baseball game and has been around since 1975. Our spring convention convenes simply for the…
Perhaps remembering my fondness for my former firstbaseman for the Twin City Thunderchickens, Rodney Woodward suggested 2006 Albert Pujols for this Monday’s column. In ‘06, Albert hit .331 with 49 homers, 119 runs and 137 rbis for the Cardinals. He led the league in slugging (.671) and OPS (1.102). He…
I managed to get a few games in for my 1966 NL replay. It’s slow going but I never meant this to be a race. I’m finishing up May 8th, 1966. The day is important because of two reasons. One, it’s the last day Orlando Cepeda plays for the Giants. …