IAL News: The Chicago Division dominates in the All-Star game (again)
Northside Hitmen manager Chuck Lucas poses with All-Star Game MVP Miguel Cabrera and winning manager Tedd Mallasch This past weekend, the Illowa APBA League assembled to play some APBA as well as to play our annual All-Star Game. The Chicago Division continued their dominance of the All-Star Classic as they…
IAL All-Star lineups announced!
The Illowa APBA League All-Star Weekend commences tomorrow! My buddy John Brandeberry will pick me up at 9am to drive to Naperville, IL to meet with the rest of the league. While we will be playing regular season games Friday, Saturday is when we roll for the All-Star Game. Speaking…
APBA CEO John Herson talks to us again
no hanging chads… I vote for IAL All-Stars
I just filled out the Illowa APBA League All-Star ballot for our upcoming league All-Star Game this weekend. A daunting task indeed. I usually pay more attention to runs produced (runs plus rbis) than statisticians would like. My theory is that the goal of the game is to win and…
A pickup series between the Rangers and Braves of 1982
Lucky Tyler
Call for questions for Herson interview
APBA CEO John Herson has just agreed to do another interview with The APBA Blog. With the transition of APBA to its new home in Georgia and other major changes, I thought this would be a good time to ask some questions. I appreciate Mr Herson taking his time to…
IAL Hall of Fame nominees announced
As I mentioned earlier, the Illowa APBA League annual All-Star weekend is rapidly approaching. Since the All-Star Game is all about recognizing IAL players’ performances, it only makes sense that we also vote for new IAL Hall of Fame members at this time. Our league’s rules state that a player…
Could the 2011 Phillies have 3 Grade A starters?
Brian Cavanagh can finally take his mind off the weather in Philly and focus on important things like baseball and APBA. He writes: what do you think the chances are that the Phillies will have 3-4 “A” starters next season???? It’s a fair question. Here are some relevant…