Reader Don George, who is a fan of one-team season replays, has completed the 1979 Cincinatti Reds replay. Don says it took 58 days to finish and once he did, he sent me a synopsis. First, here is a quick recap in Don’s words: The 1979 Cincinnati Reds slightly outperformed their actuals during…
Clint Hartung was billed to be the “biggest thing to hit New York baseball since Babe Ruth”. He could pitch and hit homeruns.
Rich Zawadzki suggested this truly monster card. These days when a few pitchers struggle to reach 200 innings in a season (five did in 2023), what Charles Radbourn did in 1883 seems impossible. Yet, the stats bear it out. And indeed make this a monster card.
Our league, the Illowa APBA League, communicates largely by group text. Topics range greatly but tend to stick to sports, and mostly baseball. This year, it has been a good source of breaking news on who’s injured, traded or DFAed.
Walter Hunt sent me the new 2024 Transcontinental Baseball League Annual that has just been released. As always, it is impeccably packaged and well worth the read.
Rich Zawadzki helped me out with Monster Monday this week with two cards… of the same player from the same season. Right here, we’re looking at the original 1980 Willie Wilson of the Kansas City Royals.
I know some of you are reading the headline and probably thinking, ‘of course, every APBA fan knows how to order cards from APBA, right?’
What a great day for an APBA Baseball Tournament! Eleven players played in the 1st Annual Toronto APBA Baseball Classic!
Pastor Rich helped with this one. I was never aware Cesar Cedeno had such a good card. In his fourth year with Houston, Cedeno had established himself as their centerfielder and a very good one at that.
Don George is continuing his series of single-team APBA replays. This time, he has replayed the 1927 Chicago Cubs full season. The Cubs finished at 76-77, a few games shy of their real life record in 1927. Slugger Hack Wilson hit .321 with 32 dingers. Here are a few words…