This year, I drafted rookie infielder Joey Wendle in the Illowa APBA League. So far, he’s doing well. He’s hitting .304 in 148 at-bats while scoring 17 runs and driving in 23. As you can see, Wendle’s APBA card has power numbers 0-6-6 with a 22-7 and a 15-11. Most…
For those wanting some fun Memorial Weekend reading, the Transcontinental Baseball League has just released its 2019 TBL Annual publication. Subtitled “The Rebuild“, the Annual can be read at the TBL website here. As usual, Walter Hunt, Robert Jordan and Mark Bloom have done a great job with this. It…
I have been kinda AWOL lately and I do apologize. As usual, my time in the spring has been taken up with the Illinois Baseball Report. The Illini season is winding to end soon (I will find out for sure at Monday’s NCAA Selection Show). Regardless, I will have more…
I don’t think I have seen this on an APBA card before. Rod Caborn sent this submission of Ed Porray’s 1914 card. It may take a minute or two to find the quirk here. Rod helps us out here: I am not sure where one would categorize the attached card…
Hoosier Dave Chestnut is kicking off the inaugural Indy APBA 500 Baseball Tournament to be held September 14, 2019. I’ve known Dave since last year’s Prairieland tourney. The one thing that struck me about Dave was that he was more than happy to talk about college baseball (one of my…
I’m posting this on behalf of friend Shawn Baier of The Boys of Summer blog. For those that play the APBA Basic Cards with Optional Fielding, the Ultimate APBA League is looking for owners for their 2 open franchises. We play with Games limits on position players, strict innings on…
Posted by Bill Tabor, Dick Hyde’s 1961 APBA card came up on the Facebook APBA Baseball group and caught my eye. Everyone would agree that it falls under the category of “Weird”. Hyde’s 1961 pitching stats for the Orioles are unremarkable. In 15 games, he was 1-2 with a 5.57…
It’s been a couple weeks since the Illowa APBA League Postseason and Draft weekend but things have been so crazy, this is the first time I’ve had a moment to write about it. It was a milestone event for the league. This is the 45th year of the league’s existence!…
In another testament to how prevalent regional APBA tournaments have become, there were two major ones that took place on the same day once again. Prairieland IV David Kagel (top left) won the Prairieland IV APBA Baseball Tournament in Springfield, Illinois. He won it with a hybrid of the 1999…
This fantastic recap of the Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament-XI was passed on to me by Jim Fraasch. Thanks Jim!! Big surprises, especially with a couple of teams from the 1970’s, in TCABT-XI. And 3 no-hitters during the tournament. We ended up with 29 teams competing. 4 divisions of 6…