Rod Caborn sends in an update on postseason action from OAPBA! -Tom Defeat Beefers in six games to capture crown for 10th time In a World Series win that confirmed his team as an OAPBA dynasty, Joe Passiatore’s Platoon took the measure of Rod Caborn’s Beefers in six games…
Seems that lately, the big news with leagues on this blog is historical record keeping. With Stray Corrado informing us about Derek Jeter’s run for 3000 hits in the MWBL, John Briggs telling us about the lifetime records for the RCMBA and the IAL updating their historical records once again,…
APBA Company CEO John Herson has agreed to do an interview before the holidays. I’m open to any ideas for anything you might want to know about APBA (the games, the company, whatever). A quick note about my thought process when formulating questions to ask Mr Herson: When I make…
Two no-hitters in APBA-land… one replay and one in league play. First, Mel M wrote in before the holidays about a Earl Wilson no-no during his 1967 replay: June 4, 1967. Detroit at New York, game 1 of a Sunday twin bill. Earl Wilson no hits the Yankees. Wilson walked…
When word got out at the Illowa APBA League All-Star weekend about this Terrible Card Tuesday feature, our commissioner, Mike Bunch, got inspired. He started flipping out cards from his Green Rock Bombers team saying they would make good candidates. Indeed, he came up with four or five possibilities. It…
I’ve been doing this Monster Card Monday thing for quite a while. It’s about time we saw a Ty Cobb card here, don’t you think? This card represents Cobb’s 1911 season and certainly is deserving of being here. In 1911, Cobb delivered his highest career batting average which is no…
My buddy John “Brando” Brandeberry is always surprising me with something. Most of the dice shakers I use are given to me by him, most of them handmade. This past weekend was no different. This time, however, it wasn’t homemade. It was ‘imported’ all the way from Boston’s Fenway Park. …
Chuck Lucas (right) receives the IAL World Championship trophy in 2009 I got an email from my friend Dom Provisiero who is the commissioner of the O.Z. League in New York. He’s trying to get some ideas for trophies for his league. For most of us, bragging rights is reward…
It’s not often I hear from a league that’s older than my league but The Baseball League (TBL) predates the IAL by a good eight years. Started in 1967, they have a rich history and have implemented some innovative modifications that manager John Wert talks about below. Info on TBL:…
Last week’s Terrible Tuesday post got more positive feedback than I anticipated so I’ll continue the series. The theme is simple. Bad APBA cards. Unlike Monster Card Monday, these will only include cards with a sufficient amount of playing time. I’ll officially start it with a suggestion I got a…