Sometimes as managers, we do what we can to resist what we WANT to do as opposed to what is best for the team. And sometimes, it’s a little of both. As I had mentioned in my previous post, I had my Black Friday already planned out. Don S stopped…
Just a short post to wish everyone a nice Thanksgiving. I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday. Tomorrow, while the stores will be crowded with shoppers, I’ll be sending my Twin City Thunderchickens against Don S’ Molly Putts Marauders. The Illowa APBA League is in its homestretch of its 2011 season…
photo credit: apbagames.com Name: Dom Provisiero APBA League: O.Z. League Team: Ozone Outlaws Claim to Fame: 2009 APBA Hall of Fame inductee (left) “If I could get everyone to play APBA, what a world this would be!” Dom Provisiero I may have met Dom Provisiero in person maybe once or…
“You can Do it in Your Own Home!”, it proudly states. The wording and format in this ad seems somewhat archaic perhaps. Yet at the same time, I can sense the pride that Dick Seitz had in his product. So much so that he wanted to go into detail on…
I love first column 2s. They’re such a rare treat that when they come up you kinda do a double take. Now take a look at the card above. Wow! APBA Blog reader Paul Trinkle gets credit for suggesting this week’s Monster Card Monday entry, Lawrence “Hack” Miller who has…
Congrats to Mike Fisher for his repeat championship in the Roberto Clemente Memorial Baseball Association. John Briggs sent us a quick update: Our 37th Champion was crowned a couple of weeks ago. Mike Fisher’s Albuquerque Horsemen captured their 2nd straight title. You can read the details of the playoffs at…
One of the great things about APBA in my mind, is the ability to look at an APBA card and know immediately what kind of a hitter he’ll be. It’s the consistency of APBA’s cards that makes it fun. The order of good numbers are almost always the same. But…
I was doing some general research the other day and I noticed that APBA founder J. Richard Seitz does not have his own entry page on Wikipedia. Maybe it’s me but I thought that was a glaring omission. Besides being the founder of one of oldest tabletop sports games out…
We’re going in a bit of a different direction with MCM this week. He doesn’t have a lot of EBH numbers. He just has two 0s. You won’t find any 7s on his card either. As a matter of fact, he’s cursed with a 33-8. Nope, this week, it’s 1962…
I occasionally like to scan the news for mentions of APBA. It’s interesting to see how our old game is being portrayed in the media. Of course, I have to filter out those talking about the American Power Boat Association (anyone who’s searched for “APBA” on the web knows what…