There are two APBA baseball drafts I keep an eye on each year. One is the Transcontinental Baseball League which had its draft a couple weekends ago. The other is the Roberto Clemente Memorial Baseball Association (RCMBA). Because of our similar drafting rules, both are good indicators of how the…
Though statistically there are several more deserving players who could have been the first to get 100% of the vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame, there are none who could have been any more humbled with the honor than Mariano Rivera. There’s little doubt Rivera deserves to be a…
After much deliberation, the Prairieland IV date and theme has been announced! Springfield will host Prairieland for the second year in a row and thanks to Eric Berg, Todd Daniels, and Dave Rueck, we have an original idea for a “modular” team draft. First, the important details: Date: April 13,…
With a 0.78 ERA, there was no doubt Oakland All-Star reliever Blake M. Treinen was going to have an ‘A&something’ card. While he is no Ed Walsh, Blake Treinen (9-2, 38 saves) still received a Master Game grade of 26 which translates to a deserved Basic Game grade of A&B*.…
The Transcontinental Baseball League held their online draft Saturday. Two outfielders went first and both went to the same manager, the Nationals’ Juan Soto and the Braves’ Ronald Acuna were chosen by Joe Auletta of the Brobdingnag Barbarians. Per Steve Stein’s correction in the comments section: Warrenton had traded the…
Jay Jaffe has Lee Smith ranked as the 14th best relief pitcher in Baseball history, ahead of enshrined immortals Bruce Sutter, Rollie Fingers, and Trevor Hoffman. His recent election to the Hall of the Fame by the Today’s Game Era Committee is justified and overdue. Unfortunately, Lee Smith is remembered…
Reader Mike McCune was so excited to see a non-baseball Monster Card last week that he inquired if I could do an APBA Football one this week. I am happy to oblige. It’s been a while since I played APBA Football but in the days of Walter Payton, Terry Bradshaw…
With a 4-5 series loss against Marcus Bunch and his Moline Upperdeckers this weekend, my Twin City Thunderchickens have concluded the 2018 Illowa APBA League (10-team, Basic Game) season with a 75-87 record. As late as July, the T-Chicks had a winning record and were very much in the playoff…
After ten long years, there’s joy in Mudville…I mean Seattle. Edgar Martinez, the greatest designated hitter in history, has been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Personally, I’m very pleased with his selection and feel that Martinez deserves his place in Cooperstown. The overriding reason it took ten years…
Craig Christian is helping me expand my horizons a little. He suggested 2001-02 Dominik “The Dominator” Hasek for this week’s Monster Monday featured card. Craig is a big advocate of the APBA Hockey game so I’m happy to oblige. That said, I am a bit out of my wheelhouse so…