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…
This photo all about why I like our league All-Star Games… …all eyes are on the dice as they come out of cup. The people you see are the newly-named City Boys Division (formerly East Division) of the Illowa APBA League. The roller is Mike Raisanen who was helping us…
Gates Brown is your quintessential pinch hitter. On his Baseball Reference page, he’s listed first as a pinch hitter and then as a left fielder. Of his total 1051 games played in the majors (all for Detroit, by the way), an even 500 were as a pinch hitter. Overall, Brown…
The Illowa APBA League All-Star weekend is coming up this Friday. One of our annual duties that happens on these weekends (besides playing the actual All-Star game) is voting on new IAL Hall of Fame inductees. Here are the current players up for inductions from the IAL online ballot: Pedro…