I want to wish everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving this year. This blog has done a lot to bring me closer to people who enjoy the game of APBA and share the love of sports and its history. Not only that, you have all broadened my scope of how…
John Brandeberry sent me the standings for the 1938 replay he’s currently doing. It looks like both New York teams are doing quite well. American League National League Hang tough, Cubbies! Sounds like Brando might make the trip back to Illinois from Montana for our Illowa APBA League draft weekend…
If you are looking to purchase any APBA products, this Friday would be the time to do it. The APBA Game Company is offering a Black Friday Deal. All products are 25% off. According to their latest newsletter: Place an online order on any in-stock product this Friday, November 28th…
Even before Jeff Kunkel came up in 1984, he was going to be the player the Rangers were going to build their franchise around. So much so that he was drafted highly in the Illowa APBA League rookie draft…fortunately not by me. Alas despite the media hype, Kunkel was pretty…
Don Mattingly makes his second showing on Monster Monday. I featured his 1985 card in September. I’ve never been a advocate of Donnie Baseball for the Hall of Fame but looking at his stats again, he makes a good case. He put a string of very good years together. The…
I have to give Kansas City credit. They didn’t give up after Minnesota scored 23 runs including a 12-run fifth inning. They did however, go through nine pitchers in this 26-15 battle in my 1961 APBA BBW replay. Unfortunately, this is one day when the computer played both teams. Currently,…
It’s nice to get a new league update from a new league. Marc Sillivan emails The APBA Blog about The College Hill Gamer Guys. Based in Texarkana, Arkansas (anywhere around you, Ken Heard?), these guys have played since 1985. As with many of us, life got in the way and…
Lately, Rod Caborn has been busy putting together the yearbook for the Orlando APBA Association. It’s finally done and it’s quite a production. According to Rod it’s 72 pages of “everything you would ever want to know about the league”. In it, you’ll find this year’s OAPBA wrap-up, stats, records,…
While visiting Jim Saska’s place after the Chicagoland APBA Tournament, I spotted this 1956 Gino Cimoli card. Cimoli was a first-year player with the Dodgers at the time and had a pretty rough start. Looking at Cimoli’s stats, the first thing that popped out at me was his usage. He…
Pastor Rich Zawadzki must have had fun playing with Carl Yastrzemski with the 1967 Red Sox in the Fall Chicagoland Tournament (though he used the original set, I believe). It’s a great card. Pastor Rich in Red Sox garb taking on Chris Witt’s 1946 version of the Red Sox In…