First things first. Jim Fraasch says he finally has a update on the Twin City APBA Baseball Tournament that took place on April 2nd. Hey, I get it. Life gets in the way sometimes. It’s worth the wait. You can read Jim’s recap on his blog, Jim’s APBA Barn.
Now it’s time to turn our eyes to Chicagoland APBA Tournament.
Behind the leadership of Rob Spatz, this tournament has 50 participants signed for July 23rd! All managers have picked their teams and it’s safe to say it will be an competitive tourney.
Here is the roster of participants for Chicagoland ’22
1) Justin Schubert – 1957 Milwaukee Braves
2) Dave Rueck – 1990 Oakland Athletics
3) Jim Welch – 1954 Cleveland Indians
4) Ron Emch – 1961 Detroit Tigers
5) Jim Radermacher – 1969 Baltimore Orioles
6) Daniel Oliverio – 1972 Pittsburgh Pirates
7) Dick Glisinski – 1961 New York Yankees
8 David Jones – 1967 Minnesota Twins
9) Zach Zavilla – 1977 Philadelphia Phillies
10) John Roles – 1948 Cleveland Indians
11) Frank Fumai – 1972 Baltimore Orioles
12) Larry Eichman – 1956 Cincinnati Reds
13) Kurt Bergland– 1974 Pittsburgh Pirates
14) Thomas Nelshoppen – 1985 Montreal Expos
15) Dan Prizzon – 1985 Toronto Blue Jays
16) Ryan Daniels- 1954 New York Gianrs
17) David Dawn – 1974 Oakland Athletics
18) Joel Koppenhoefer – 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers
19) Clark Eichman – 1963 San Francisco Giants
20) Vince Bianco – 1970 Baltimore Orioles
21) Alex Auerbach – 1989 Chicago Cubs
22) Alex Dunning – 1962 San Francisco Giants
23) Kyle Daniels – 1975 Cincinnati Reds
24) Norm Zavela – 1985 Saint Louis Cardinals
25) David Kagel – 1964 Saint Louis Cardinals
26) Paul Zeladon – 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers
27) Maddelyn Vanicelli – 1982 Milwaukee Brewers
28) Alec Otto – 1980 Milwaukee Brewers
29) Scott Fennessy – 1989 Oakland Athletics
30) David Wetherbee – 1964 New York Yankees
31) Jack Dolan – 1986 New York Mets
32) John Kelly – 1984 Detroit Tigers
33) Greg Tewes – 1982 Los Angeles Dodgers
34) Eric Berg – 1980 Houston Astros
35) John Gedwill – 1976 Oakland Athletics
36) Todd Daniels – 1987 Toronto Blue Jays
37) Joe Schall – 1982 Saint Louis Cardinals
38) Steve Szauer – 1977 New York Yankees
39) Ed Trojanowski – 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers
40) Tommy Mathew – 1976 Cincinnati Reds
41) David Elsen – 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers
42) Pops (Bob Spatz) – 1963 New York Yankees
43) Tom Lee – 1974 Los Angeles Dodgers
44) Greg Born – 1984 Chicago Cubs
45) Phil Vento – 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers
46) Nick Tegler – 1982 Montreal Expos
47) Jeffrey Niemi – 1988 New York Mets
48) Dan Janezick – 1967 Saint Louis Cardinals
49) Tom Johnson – 1983 Chicago White Sox
50) Marty Stoltz – 1978 Pittsburgh Pirates
When you review the list, you see a few teams from the same dynasty. I see three Baltimore teams from the late 60s-early 70s. There’s the Brewers from the early 80s and Oakland As from the late 80s.
I see my friend Nick Tegeler has chosen the 1982 Expos and I had already chosen the ’85 Expos. Would love for the two of us to end up in the final!
Finally, I noticed there were no Boston Red Sox teams chosen. That kind of surprised me.
I’m looking forward to seeing everyone in Chicago! Good luck to all!
Appreciate the love, my friend. Hard to believe it is next month!