by Scott Fennessy The Cubs take the train to St. Louis to play their archrivals, the Cardinals. 6/24/1905, St. Louis, MO Both teams have players returning from the DL today. Outfielder Mike Shannon returns after missing a game with a minor injury and Ed Reulbach the Cubs ace starter. For…
This week, Don Smith, manager of the Molly Putts Marauders in the Illowa APBA League, sent out this message via our league email listserve. He even left it in the comments section of my recent post on the upcoming IAL Draft. I’m posting it as its own article because it’s…
I don’t mean to pick on Manny Mota, really. He’s one of my favorite historical baseball players. But his rookie card from 1962 is not much to write home about. The above card is the reprint edition published in 1989. In ‘62, Mota went 13 for 74 for a .176…
Neil Leininger tells me that the Lame Duck Baseball Association has concluded its 2013 draft. You can find the results on the LDBA website. The top five picks were: Bryce Harper, Vancouver Brandon Moss, Georgia Will Middlebrooks, Mc/SCity/Pembroke Cespedes, Yoenis, Sioux City Manny Machado, New Bosox Good luck to LDBA…
by Scott Fennessy West Side Grounds Chicago, IL 6/22/1905 The Cubs face the Philadelphia Phillies today in the final game of this long homestand. Bill starts today for the Phillies and the Bob Wicker for the Cubs. Unfortunately for the Cubs today was not their day from the first pitch.…
In honor of Joe Mauer’s 2 for 4 performance in Team USA’s win over Canada in the World Baseball Classic yesterday, here is his 2009 APBA card. A St Paul native, Minnesota Twin Joe Mauer has played for his hometown crowd the last nine years. In 2009, everything clicked…
Many of the APBA Baseball leagues have already conducted their 2013 drafts. Not me league. The Illowa APBA League is having ours very late this year. No fear, the IAL postseason/draft weekend is soon approaching. We plan to meet up in the first weekend of April in Downers Grove, Illinois. …
by Scott Fennessy West Side Grounds Chicago, IL 6/20/1905 The Cubs face the Philadelphia Phillies today in game two of this series. Frank Corridon who is as good a hitter as he is a pitcher goes for the Phillies and the sizzling hot Jake Weimer. Weimer (left)comes out and gets…
I know what you’re thinking. This isn’t a Terrible Card, not really. It’s kind of a Monster Card for two numbers and then goes to crap. You have to admit Lee Smith’s card from IS a weird one and probably shows the biggest drop off from power to practically nothing. …
Joe Vance pitched for just three years in the American League in the mid-30s. Not really that well either. However in his last year in 1938, his bat made some noise. In the four trips to the plate, he hit safely in three of them including two doubles. Joe even…