I have to admit, I didn’t know much about Walt Dropo before I started researching players for First Card Friday. I vaguely remember his name, and I certainly couldn’t have told you that he was the AL Rookie of the Year in 1950. But, that’s the beauty of APBA; it…
Recently, Kevin Weber’s request that we honor Jackie Robinson by having a nationwide APBA Jackie Robinson Day on April 15th and report back our results to the APBA community. To that end, I have challenged his brother and TAB contributor Kirk Weber to an APBA GO baseball game so that…
It will be difficult to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day on April 15th with the global pandemic in full force. Therefore, I urge all of you to celebrate APBA Jackie Robinson Day on April 15, 2020, by playing a game of APBA Baseball with a Jackie Robinson team or card. It…
This past Sunday, I had the privilege of being a guest on Kevin and Kirk Weber’s Double Take podcast. Boy, that was fun! It was less an interview and more like three guys just chatting about APBA and baseball. In case you missed it, Double Take has been re-branded by…
After three years and four months, I finally finished my 1968 Detroit Tigers single-team replay. Coincidentally, I finished the regular season as I heard of Al Kaline’s passing. As is the case with anyone doing an APBA replay, time is your most important commodity. Life has a habit of getting…
It will be difficult to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day on April 15th with the global pandemic in full force. Therefore, I urge all of you to celebrate APBA Jackie Robinson Day on April 15, 2020, by playing a game of APBA Baseball with a Jackie Robinson team or card. It…
Happy Dick Seitz Day! Like many people around the world, my brother Kevin and I have been home a lot lately. A global pandemic and self-quarantining can do that…and bring about moments of reflection (and more time for APBA gaming.) Since October 2019 we’ve been recording our Double Take podcast…
This afternoon in an APBA Go match up, 1951 Don Newcombe no-hit the 1961 Yankees, 6-0.
It will be difficult to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day on April 15th with the global pandemic in full force. Therefore, I urge all of you to celebrate APBA Jackie Robinson Day on April 15, 2020, by playing a game of APBA Baseball with a Jackie Robinson team or card. It…
Baseball game changers can be defined in many ways. Some will change the game on the field and some off. In the case of Andrew “Rube” Foster, it was more about what he did off the field. After making his name as a professional pitcher, winning 44 games in a…