I was going through my repository of Monster Cards (still thinking of doing my Monsters vs. Terribles series) and ran across this 1911 Joe Jackson card that Pastor Rich Zawadzki suggested. Deadball or no, it’s a monster card! Playing for the Cleveland Naps, Shoeless Joe hit .408 in 1911 which…
As some of you know, the baseball data disk doesn’t allow for extrapolation for the pitcher ratings of R, K and ZZ as well as the steal asterisks on batting cards. With the arrival of the new set, we now know who has these ratings. Reader John Briggs who just…
John Williams brought me back to my school days when he sent me photos of this APBA Baseball World Series Game booklet. John saw my previous Flashback Friday post that featured the brochure for the World Series Game set which included the league champions for six different seasons and thought…
For most of you on Facebook, this won’t be news but I thought it was worth bringing to the wider audience. It started as a simple post on the APBA Baseball group by Tom Zuppa last week linking to an article about this year’s candidates for the Baseball Hall of…
I almost didn’t have a Weird Wednesday column lined up for this week but Kevin Burghardt from Janesville, Wisconsin just posted this interesting card on Facebook. Kevin says this is “one of Charlie Finley’s designated pinch runners, this one not named Herb Washington”. Indeed. This Don Hopkins card is based…
Not to be confused with his brother Bubbles Hargrave who was also a catcher (and won the batting title in 1926, William McKinley “Pinky” Hargrave was a journeyman catcher in the 1920s and early 1930s. In 1924, Hargrave hit .147 (5 for 34) with one double and one triple. He…
While I was playing a few APBA baseball games with my friend Shawn Lee on Sunday night, we went through the 1962 season reprint set I brought over. I reached for the NL champion Giants and this card popped out at me. It’s Willie Mays’ homerun leading card. He hit…
Once again, we peek into Scott Veatch’s Vault. This time we come up with a APBA card notice for the immensely popular 1930 baseball season. Initially published in 1975, this season set was popular for a good many reasons. It had the best… For replayers who like offense, 1930 was…
Happy New Year Everyone!! It’s only fitting that my league commissioner Mike Bunch would suggest St. Louis firstbaseman Bob Burda for Weird Card Wednesday. He’s a big Cardinals fan. But I bet he didn’t know Burda was a former University of Illinois baseball player when he brought it to my…
Here’s wishing a Happy New Year to everyone out there. 2013 has really been quite a year in a lot of different ways. 2013 Illowa APBA League All-Star Game in September On a personal level, the Illowa APBA League is just finishing up another successful season. It’s looking like a…