The Glass City APBA Tournament in Toledo is almost set to go, says Ron Emch. I had the pleasure to play a game over Skype with Ron last night. Ron and I have exchanged a few emails and are friends on Facebook but we’ve never met or talked till last…
…even if you’re not a deadball fan. Rod Caborn has to be one of the most organized APBA replayers out there. He just sent me the results of his 1911 National League replay and it was great to pore through his thoroughly detailed yet colorful document. A couple things I…
Scott Fennessy has been playing with the 1883 Baseball for Windows season and sent me this screenshot of Dan Brouthers card. He’s a DYW. Whatta bum! All kidding aside, 6’2” Brouthers (pronounced “BROO-thurz”, I just learned) gets a heck of a card for the first place Buffalo Bisons. In just…
My Twin City Thunderchickens finished their nine-game series with Rob Moore’s Chicago Highlanders this morning. If you remember, Ryu came through with a complete game no-hitter in Game 4 after we lost the first three games. Well, it was a little frustrating. Rob’s Highlanders were unable to score (or hit)…
I was a Cubs fan as a kid but I remember Al “Mad Hungarian” Hrabosky fondly. His crazy hair and his antics on the mound. He was a pretty decent pitcher for the Cardinals too. This original 1976 card gave me pause to think. Not only does “Hungo” have five…
It was the war of the worst tonight as my Twin City Thunderchickens took on Rob Moore’s Chicago Highlanders over Skype. We currently occupy the basement of the Illowa APBA League standings though after this series I’m not sure. We played our first four games of our nine-game August series. …
Pastor Rich passes on a long overdue card for the Monster Card Monday column. It’s Lou Gehrig’s from 1936. Lou was 34 at the time and just five years away from succumbing to ALS. His year with the Yankees was something else though. He led the AL in homeruns with…
I’ve just added the November 14th Chicago World Series Tournament to The APBA Blog’s Tournament calendar. Doug Schuyler is adding a theme this time. It will be Totally Retro! By that, all managers will have to choose teams from the 1970s and 1980s. He’s encouraging folks to dress the part…
by Scott Fennessy The AL was a slugger’s league for sure. Unlike my dead ball era teams where just hitting near .300 was good enough to win the batting title, anything under .350 was not even considered. 4 hitters topped the .400 mark, and the bambino, in his first FLB…
There was a discussion on Facebook’s APBA Baseball group recently regarding where people would like to have the result number 12 if it wasn’t on 23. I’m guessing 22 wasn’t top of anyone’s list. Thanks, Kevin!