Major League Baseball isn’t the only league going through an exciting postseason. Some APBA baseball leagues are going through a postseason of their own. Rod Caborn updates us on the postseason drama of Orlando APBA Association (OAPBA): Dave Larson’s Taz Devils (56-24), who had the league’s best record in…
After reading about the series between the 1930 Cubs and Dodgers that Brando and I did and seeing Babe Herman’s super human APBA card, Aaron Wilson emailed me and suggested that The APBA Blog write more about other monster APBA cards that are out there. I thought that was a…
Francis Rose over at 66Connection.com has some good videos of an Appreciation Dinner held in honor of long time employees of APBA Veryl Lincoln and Skeet Carr. Scott Lehotsky, who was responsible for the video “Of Dice and Men”, produced the video. Rose breaks up the video into three parts. …
Maddux: You’re voting for me? It’s Hall of Fame time at the Illowa APBA League. I’m finally getting around to filling out my ballot for the 2011 IAL inductee class. As I mentioned before, this is a year with some talented players especially among the pitchers. The pitchers on this…
John Briggs of the Roberto Clemente Memorial Baseball Association writes: I’ve been doing the pitcher splits for innings as starter & reliever for many many years. I used to do it for the APBA Journal for their last ten years or so and I still do it for our…
My buddy Brando and I settled down in his basement this afternoon to watch the Illinois-Ohio State football game and meanwhile play some APBA. As I mentioned this morning, he had chosen the 1930 Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Dodgers for us to play leaving me with the Windy City team.…
My buddy Brando invited me over again today for another day of Illini football and APBA. Illinois is taking Ohio State at Memorial Stadium and we’ll be watching it on his big screen. What teams will we be playing? I asked him earlier if he wanted me to pick the…
Brian Cavanaugh updates us on the completion of the second season of the Bridesburg Boys and Girls Club Summer Baseball which is based in the Philadelphia area. For those who haven’t read about the Bridesburg Boys and Girls League before, Brian organizes kids at the local Boys and Girls Club…
We’ve been discussing baseball basic game a lot recently. During the comment discussions, the Unusual Play Card and Error Chart have been brought up. I assumed a lot of APBA Baseball fans have used these modifications and if not, have at least heard of them. Then again, there are a…
Big News! The 2011 Baseball Season Carded Player List has been released by the APBA Game Company. Here’s the link direct from the Company website. One big difference… this year it’s put out in an Excel format. In the past, it’s been displayed via a pdf file. There may be…