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.
Frequent contributor Don George emailed me about his latest project, Nolan Ryan in 1979. I love Ryan and am a 1970s baseball fan so this is up my alley. Don gave a recap of his project… Nolan Ryan led the 1979 Angels to an additional three wins in the replay…
This Monday, we are blessed with a card that comes from Pastor Rich who keeps an eye out for monster cards for The APBA Blog. You’ve seen his 1929 card. You’ve seen his 1930 card. Now, you get to see Aloysius Simmons’ 1931.
At first glance at 1983 Dickie Thon’s stats, you wouldn’t think he wouldn’t think he would have a monster card. However, he seems to do everything right and not have any weak spots.
After my most recent post about the hit and run, this 1941 Billy Herman suggestion by APBA Blog reader Tommie is very appropriate.
After writing up Craig Biggio’s Monster Card piece last week, I got to thinking that there really should be a good guide on APBA Baseball’s hit & run.
Charles Cox posted this nifty 1997 Craig Biggio card on Facebook and I couldn’t resist using it for this week.
There are so many different facets to it that make it a great card.