Hugh Brown writes The APBA Blog about his league simply called the APBA League (or A.P.B.A.L. for short). The A.P.B.A.L. has been around for a good long time, 1960 to be specific. Their website claims (and as far I know, I can’t dispute them) they are “the world’s oldest face-to-face…
Trade season is open in our league now. I just got my first trade offer for the 2011 season. Oh, I’ve gotten inquiries and the “I’ve got this guy, what do need?” talk before. Today though, I got my first firm offer. Two players for two players. To protect the…
Just a few things I want to cover: Plug for APBA Between the Lines Most of you already know about Delphi’s APBA- Between the Lines forum. However, judging from some of the emails I get, there are plenty of APBA fans out there who haven’t heard of it. I’d hazard…
This Washington Post review of David Eisenhower’s new book, Going Home to Glory: A Memoir of Life With Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961 to 1969, mentions the well-known fact that David was a big APBA Baseball fan in his younger days. Eisenhower, a bookish 62-year-old with a soft, round face…
With stats provided by our commissioner, I just updated the all-time leaderboards for the 35-year old Illowa APBA League. I did career and single season top ten lists for almost all of the hitting and pitching categories. I even threw in an all-time worst page for kicks (that’s a fun…
Yesterday, I posted a league profile of the Bridesburg Boys and Girls Club Baseball League based in Philadelphia. Brian Cavanaugh, who is their contact person, followed up with me and gave me some good details on their season from this year. He writes: “After a couple of days worth of…
Brian Cavanaugh writes The APBA Blog with an update on a rather unusual and awesome league he has put together. He’s coordinating an APBA league in his local Boys and Girls Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Brian talks about his experience this summer: As a long time APBA fan and…
The disk is out! I don’t have it in my hands but I’ve waded through most of posts on APBA- Between The Lines. If you don’t have the disk yet and have that certain need to know, there are plenty of people who could tell you numbers and ratings. If…
Rod Caborn writes to announce the conclusion of the Orlando APBA League season. Here are the details: Joe Passiatore’s Platoon (50-34) rolled over Walt Taylor’s record-setting Whatevers (59-25, new league record for wins in a season) to capture his third straight Orlando APBA Association crown and his eighth in…
Father Gabe Costa from CBS New York (don’t ask me if he’s really a man of the cloth) has a nice, general review of the APBA Baseball game. Father Gabe relives his days as a youngster in the 60s when he and his friends drafted players from the stock teams:…