I’m sure you have heard that Pete Rose is no longer with us. Rose passed away last week at the age of 83. Rose had a complicated relationship with Major League Baseball to say the least. I was actually in attendance at the 1989 Baseball Hall of Fame ceremonies when…
And like that, Don George is on to his next replay. He just finished his replay of the 1979 Boston Red Sox who really liked to hit home runs. Aside from that, the replay stats were very similar to the actual numbers. Here’s Don’s recap: “Just completed the 1979 Boston Red…
It was a long happy weekend for the Illowa APBA League as we celebrated our 50th All-Star game. It was especially happy for the Country Boys.
…and by ‘goodness’, I mean ‘confusing rules and regulations’. Let me start by saying that unlike most league members, I generally like our Illowa APBA League meetings which happen once a year during the All-Star weekend. It’s the one time a year that we all talk as a group about…
Okay, I know I’ll get some haters for this one as this monster card doesn’t belong to a Hall of Famer or even a regular starter. But Jerry Cuan dug up a winner and posted it on Facebook and I couldn’t resist. It’s Don Durham of the 1972 St. Louis…
Until recently, Cal Ripken held the record for the most homers by an Oriole shortstop. Let’s do a Ripken card!
In three weeks, the Illowa APBA League will convene for its annual All-Star Game. Votes have been cast and the ballots have been tabulated. We now have the starting lineup for the City Boys and the Country Gents. League voting is done by a simple ranked 5-3-1 weighted voting method…
When I was a kid, I would get old time baseball cards from the store. Do they still have those? They of course, included players like Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Joe DiMaggio. I pored over the bios and stats written on the back of these cards.
Scott Fennessy passed on a monster card of a player I had barely heard of and I’m not sure why. I’m pretty well versed in baseball history but he really didn’t cross my radar.
This past week, I played our commissioner for the Illowa League August series. Let’s just say it didn’t go as planned.