#TBT: APBA Math
Someone in the Illowa APBA League worked out the formula at the 2011 Draft weekend.
Illowa APBA League 2014 Hall of Fame ballot out!
Wouldn’t you know it. The day after I post an article asking everyone how you evaluate players when voting for them on awards, the Illowa APBA League ballot for Hall of Fame comes out. The job for handing that lands on our vice-president, Rob Moore. He did a great summary…
IAL final standings: Thunderchickens will wait till next year
The standings are final in the 2014 Illowa APBA League race… The Iowa team may be named the Oinkers but the Twin City Thunderchickens stunk it up just as much as they did. We both went 62-100 to tie for last place. Congratulations are very much due to Chuck…
Brando’s 1938 replay: Vandy’s effort close but no cigar
My friend John Brandeberry is replaying the 1938 season using the APBA Basic Game. He just emailed me the results of Johnny Vander Meer’s two consecutive starts in which he no-hit his opponents. Vander Meer didn’t quite live up to reality but he gave it a good shot. 6-11-38…
Weird Card Wednesday: 1940 Wally Berger
This 1940 Wally Berger card, submitted by Ken Schulz via Facebook, looks like someone threw the numbers into blender. It’s obviously a data or printer error. But if you look closer, there you can make some sense of it. The bottom four rows seem to be correct. As for the…
League awards: How do you decide who is worthy?
I’d like some input from APBA Blog readers so I’m going to solicit some feedback. The Boys of Summer APBA Online League is coming up on their All-Star break so we were asked to fill out the BoS All-Star ballot. Coincidentally, the Illowa APBA League is just finishing up their…
Terrible Card Tuesday: 1966 Dave Adlesh
This is another interesting case study from my 1966 replay. It’s Houston catcher Dave Adlesh. Adlesh didn’t get on base in 1966. In six plate appearances, he only hit the ball twice all year. He struck out four times, popped out and hit a fly out. Split G PA AB…
Monster Card Monday: 1957 Ernie Banks RIP
When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes. –Ernie Banks My friends probably know I don’t get very sentimental when comes to the deaths of celebrities or athletes. I’m just that kind of guy. But then Ron Santo passed on five years ago…
New video exhibit for MWBL Hall of Fame
Check out this nifty production put together by Stray Corrado of the Mid-West Baseball League. It’s a video exhibit for the league’s Hall of Fame depicting the prowess of the Chicago Mobsters’ “Super Seven” as they are dubbed. The video features players Chipper Jones, Ivan Rodriguez, C.C. Sabathia, Billy Wagner,…
IAL’s Twin City Thunderchickens look forward to new year
Jason Kipnis: Chicken of the Year Homer Bailey: Chicken Hurler of the Year Well, the Twin City Thunderchickens’ 2014 season is over in the Illowa APBA League. By over, I mean no, we’re not making the playoffs next month. As if we had a chance. With our 62-100 record, we’ll…