With a heavy heart, Rob Spatz came to the conclusion that the Chicagoland APBA Baseball tournament was not going to happen. Scheduled for August, there was no guarantee that the 48 participants could attend safely given the COVID-19 virus. I know this was the right move but it was a…
The life and career of Don Newcombe are ones of “what ifs.” What if Newcombe would have been in a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform in 1952 and 1953 instead of a military uniform? What if Don Newcombe would have received substance abuse help to control his alcoholism? What if Newcombe could…
Lately, I’ve been trying to expand my APBA horizons. I recently purchased the basic football game and the golf game, and I hope to bring my ventures in these games to The APBA Blog. I’m excited to delve into the golf game when it arrives. In the meantime, I joined…
Double Take Podcast’s second APBA 101 video features a comparison of a deadball era card, 1908 Sam Crawford, with a modern card, 1979 Dave Kingman. The topic was inspired by a comment from Daniel Diehm on the APBA Blog. Thank you! The below video was originally posted to the Double…
Roger Craig brought “the pitch” into the 1980s and changed the game. A variation of the fork ball, the split-finger fastball Craig taught became the pitch of the decade. It altered the careers of pitchers like Dan Petry, Jack Morris, Mike Scott, and Ron Darling. In Scott’s case, he was…
Last week, I posted a fun Andre Dawson card from the strike-shortened 1981 season. There was discussion that many monster cards (and a few weird ones) come from shortened seasons. Well, in 1994 there was another baseball strike in which the last 50 games or so were not played. As…
In episode 27 of Double Take: An APBA Gaming Podcast Kevin and I interview APBA Games CEO John Herson! We discuss sales, upcoming baseball and football products, APBA GO, BBW 5.75, and the future of the company. You can listen now on your favorite podcast app or below. Double Take: An APBA Gaming…
Without a doubt, this is the worst Ty Cobb card you will ever see. For most mortals, it’s not a terrible card. Yet for an eighteen-year old Cobb, it represents the ONLY time in his twenty-four year career that he didn’t hit .300. Two years removed from this card, Cobb…
Recently Thomas Nelshoppen started a new feature here on the blog called “APBA 101” that’s getting a positive response. We sometimes forget that new APBA gamers have a need to see things explained. So, we’re going to try to come up with various topics that can help with that. In…
Just like game three, game four started off with with a lead-off triple by Lou Brock. It was Brock’s third triple of the series, and he would score moments later on Curt Flood’s sacrifice fly. Things were looking up for the Cardinals, with their ace Bob Gibson on the mound.…