by Scott Fennessy 7/13/1905 New York, NY The Cubs face the Giants in game three of this series, and it has been all Giants so far. Bob Wicker is subbing for the injured Jake Weimer and faces the very tough Joe McGinnity of the Giants. Billy Maloney draws a leadoff…
Apologies for not having a scan of a “real” card. I’m on vacation now. Rest assured, this computer-generated one is accurate as far as I know. Dioner Navarro made some news recently when he inexplicably hit three homeruns on May 31for the Cubs. I remember thinking “where did THAT come…
As some of you know, I’m traveling East this week. We went through Pittsburgh a few days ago and that’s one town that loves their sports. So I thought a juicy Dave Parker would be an appropriate Monster Card for this week. This card comes from Parker’s MVP season of…
by Scott Fennessy 7/10/1905 Pittsburgh, PA The Cubs travel to Pittsburgh to play the Pirates in what was a 3 game set that was trimmed to 1 to get to the 140 games I wanted. The Cubs have been struggling lately between Pitching issues and injuries, and the Pirates are…
A few months ago, I started seeing links to Shawn Baier’s blog, “The Boys of Summer”, pop up every few days on Facebook. Now, I make a point of visiting there often. Shawn has been a lifetime baseball fan and as well as a lifetime APBA fan, too. Among other…
Rod Caborn from the league, the Orlando APBA Association says: In addition to OAPBA’s usual lineup of current standings and series results, we’ve recently added a couple of new twists to the league Web site. Readers can now see the complete listing of all league no-hitters in the league’s history…
Those of you who follow The APBA Blog’s Facebook page have probably noticed that occasionally I’ll share a post from a fan page called Big Hair & Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball In The 1970s. It’s one the few fan pages on Facebook that I truly enjoy. As…
I’ll give Jayson Nix’s 2011 card credit where credit is due. Once you get into his second column, it’s pretty sweet. But other than that, it’s slim pickins for good stuff for the Toronto infielder. Rollers for this card will have to put up with a 25-22 and a 13-39. …
by Scott Fennessy 7/8/1905 Chicago, IL The Cubs face the Pirates today in the final game of this homestand. Sam Leever, who has pitched better than his win/loss would indicate goes for the Pirates today against Mordecai Brown, who has pitched somewhat worse than his record would indicate. The hot…
A Monster Card with just two 1s in the second column? Oh don’t worry, I think you’ll like this card. 1894 Sliding Billy Hamilton of the Phillies is one of rare full time cards that has a speed number at 55. With four 11s and one 10, APBA had no…