by Scott Fennessy 9/8/1905 St. Louis, MO The Cubs arrive in St. Louis to face the struggling Cardinals and renew their rivalry. The Cards have made a ton of moves now that they are officially eliminated from the pennant chase, and send their hottest pitcher, Jake Thielman (right) to the…
Amado Samuel’s card from 1962 was suggested by Scott Veatch. Samuel was an infielder for three years in the early 60s for the Milwaukee Braves. This 1962 card represents Samuel’s rookie year for the Braves. He actually got in over 200 at-bats that season and hit three homers with a…
It looks like a lot of you had fun with the Monsters firstbasemen poll. Now get ready for some weak hitting middle infielders as we head into the second basemen and shortstops. We’ll start with the Terribles’ secondbasemen (more info here on the TCT-MCM project). It’s an interesting field with…
“Solo homers usually come with no one on base.” -Ralph Kiner Yes, I know. I promised I’d do Bill Terry. That will have to wait for another week. With the recent passing of slugger Ralph Kiner at the age of 91, I thought it was appropriate that he would get…
I finally got around to updating the Illowa APBA League website. It pales compared to some of the league websites I’ve seen (there are some fantastic ones out there!) but the relevant info is up for you to see. The biggest updates I’ve made are to the all-time registry and…
by Scott Fennessy Well the dog days of August have ended, and there is just over a month left in the season. The National League has seen the Giants enormous lead over the Cubs vanish, and the Pirates come and go from the chase, leaving Chicago as the only team…
For this week’s Flashback Friday, we’re heading back into Scott Veatch’s Vault. This time, we’re going to find a 1964 APBA Golf brochure from 1964. For the time, these 1964 brochures looked pretty snazzy with full-color photos of the game This brochure follows the same format as the other glossy…
Hank Konkel emails The APBA Blog with some details on Legends of the Game. LotG is unique in that it’s a retro BBW league. The league itself started in 2012 but chronologically, the seasons they played started in 1961. They are now beginning the 1963 season this year. You can…
Now this should be fun! It’s time to vote for the Monsters firstbaseman in my Terribles vs Monsters project (more info here on this project). Unlike the field for the Terribles team, there was plenty of firstbasemen to choose from. I actually had to pare it down a bit. No…
by Scott Fennessy 9/5/1905 Pittsburgh, PA Ed Reulbach faces Charlie Case in game two of today’s twin bill. “Big Ed” has looked great the last three times out and I am really hoping for a sweep as this will guarantee they have at least a tie for first if the…