Some sad news today. I heard through Stray Corrado that Brad Stark met with an untimely accident and passed away at the early age of 45. Brad was currently in the Mid-West Baseball League. Here is Stray’s tribute to him. It is with deep sorrow & a heavy heart that…
This is the last of three mid-2023 feature articles (see Shohei Ohtani and Ronald Acuna). Thanks once more to Steve’s APBA Card Computer for this glimpse into the future. My last choice? Luis Arraez. Miami second baseman Arraez has had a pretty unprecedented season especially compared to the last 20…
Last week, we took a look at Shohei Ohtani’s mid-2023 card thanks to Steve’s APBA Card Computer. A fine card that was! Shohei really is in a class of his own. If it weren’t for him, I would have said, this week’s featured card was untouchable. This week, we’re looking…
It’s now the All-Star break for the MLB as the reserves have just been announced. With the help of Steve’s APBA Card Computer, I thought I would take a look at some of the high performing stars of baseball. I’ve picked a few to highlight the next few weeks but…
Maybe this is penance for losing to the Colona Upperdeckers two weekends ago. Albies is their second baseman and helped them defeat my Twin City Thunderchickens five games to one. Nevertheless, Albies’ 2021 card is worth a look. In 2021, Ozzie hit .310 with Atlanta while displaying some good power.…
Thanks to the efforts of Walter Hunt and many others, the 2023 Transcontinental Baseball League Annual was compiled and now has been made public. I know I have lauded the work that gone into past TBL’s Annuals but it is worth repeating. The 2023 version doesn’t disappoint. As usual, it’s…
Last week, Tony Stevens wrote up a great recap on why Jacque Plante’s 1970-71 card is his favorite APBA card. Now it’s my turn. It may be cheating but my favorite card is a Monster Card. I featured Mark McGwire’s 1998 card back in 2013. And for good reasons! It…
I’m introducing a new feature on the website called “Favorite Card Friday”. This is a suggestion that comes from Tony Stevens that I really liked. The concept is simple. In Tony words, Favorite Card Friday — different people show their favorite APBA card (from any sport) and explain why this…
Last night, I started the long slog of the intra-division action of our Illowa APBA League. These are the series that we play that don’t occur during our weekend get-togethers. These series are nine-games long. So, Chuck Lucas and logged on to Skype and played all nine games with a…
Frequent contributor Rod Caborn sent this article to me and I thought it would fit right in with our occasional Weird Card Wednesday theme. Rod writes: Ordinarily, I take little notice of the batting characteristics for pitcher’s cards. This one, however, is worthy of note. In the midst of my…