Jeff Cory of the Lame Duck Baseball Association wrote in response to my article asking about how APBA leagues reward their winners. He sent in this photo of Tom Johnson proudly holding his trophy after winning the LDBA 2009 championship. A close-up of the trophy: Jeff writes: “Tom Johnson of…
Wells didn’t pose for this card… it was taken while ‘at the plate’. Today’s TCT is 2011 Vernon Wells III aka ‘V-Dub’. IAL manager Don Smith who has Wells on his team has been providing side commentary on Wells’ progress in the comments section on some of my Tyler Colvin…
I want to engage everyone’s opinion on something I’ve been thinking about. When I post League Profiles (like this recent one about the Southern California Baseball League), I don’t post email info for the contact person because generally, that’s a bad practice to get into. I’m a big believer in…
I see Dan Velderrain’s name quite often on the APBA Baseball Facebook group page so it was good to get an email from him telling me about his league, the Southern California Baseball League. It broke the ice and we chatted a bit about the need for an online presence…
With a runner on third, 1922 Red Lutz is definitely your man. With eleven 6s on his single column card and practically nothing else. Lutz is all or nothing. That said, he doesn’t have a thirteen on his card an he has a fair amount of fly ball outs for…
Brian Bishop write in about the United States Baseball League. The USBL has a lofty goal; starting with the 1903 season, they want to get through 100 years of baseball. Sounds tough but they have already progressed to 1930 in nine years. Info on the USBL: League Name United States…
As you may have already heard, the Illowa APBA League is in a state of transition. A long time manager and friend has resigned and we’re in the process of looking for a replacement. It’s somewhat unfamiliar territory for the IAL as we have only had one new manager in…
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…