A quick note: The Illowa APBA League’s web site has been updated. It’s the final edition of the 2009 season which if my math is right, was our 35th season. Mighty congratulations to my blogging cohort, Teddy Ballgame whose Chicago Champions won 99 games. That not only clinched first place…
My 2009 season in the Illowa APBA League is proof that a good, or at least decent, offense isn’t everything. My Twin Cities Thunderchickens just finished the year in last place out of ten teams. 2009 ILLOWA LEAGUE W L PCT GB 1 Chicago Champions 99 63 .611…
With the Illowa APBA League’s rookie draft and opening day less than a month away, we’re smack dab in the middle of our trading season. This is evident by the list of trades that our league has made. I’ve stayed out of the trading fray so far but once we…
This that and the other: With the closing of the Geocities web hosting service, YABL has had to relocate their fine website. You can now find them at http://webspace.webring.com/people/fb/burgda/. Important not only to find out about their league but for another reason. League member and webmaster Doug Burg maintains the…
This Saturday will be the last series of the year for my Twin Cities Thunderchickens. No, I won’t be duking it out for a playoff spot. We’ve got last place pretty much sewed up, thank you. But that doesn’t mean there won’t be a little tension when I play the…
This satirical piece on The Sportsman’s Daily about a boy finding a dice baseball game in his dad’s attic is a somewhat funny in a bittersweet way for us APBA fans. “It was kind of cute for a while,” said Jose. “It brought back some terrific memories like trading…
Yes, it’s 15 degrees out there and blowing snow (at least where we’re at… we’re not as lucky as our friends in the OAPBA) but the Illowa APBA League, is finishing up its last month of the season. As usual, our playoff race is coming down to wire. we have…
In time for the new year, Rotoprofessor has just come out with their 2010 MLB rankings by position. I believe I directed you their rankings last year. When it comes to trading and drafting within our leagues, I find rankings helpful. and I think they do as good of a…
The APBA Blog gets an email regarding replay schedules: Dear APBA Blog, I have been playing APBA Baseball since I was probably 7 years old. My dad passed it along to me and I have never grown bored or tired of the basic game and love just tossing…
In the late 80s, our basic game league had a manager who in addition to keeping the requisite league pitching and hitting stat categories, also kept fielding stats. We all thought he was a little nuts but since he was in charge of putting out the newsletter, we got to…