The 1st annual APBA Blog Pitching Grade Challenge is near its end. By now, the ballot entry form is closed and we are waiting for the APBA Company to release the 2018 season for APBA GO so we can find out the correct grades for each of the twenty pitchers…
The 2018 season of the Boys of Summer APBA Baseball League (16-team, BBW) is over and Brad Stark and his Portland Microbrewers have come out victorious! Here is the postseason wrap-up from Brad: Championship Preview The 2017 Boys of Summer Championship Classic features the Corktown Tamales 93-69 in the regular…
Just a quick reminder that you all have until Monday, November 19 to enter the 1st annual APBA Blog Pitching Grade Challenge!
The competition is hot and heavy but there is still time to guess the grades of 20 pitchers from the upcoming APBA 2018 baseball season (and maybe even win a prize from the APBA Company!).
Here are the rules and link to the entry form.
Good luck!
According to Rod Caborn, the 2018 Orlando APBA League (OAPBA) is now over. The year was dominated by Altamonte Springs’ Jonathan Stillwell (right) and his Otters. Helped by Cy Young winner Jacob deGrom, the Otters won both halves of the 2018 season with a combined 50-30 record. Joey Votto of…
This submission comes from a Facebook post by Wisconsin Tournament organizer Kurt Bergland who is selling some of his APBA collection. The 1987 Milwaukee Brewers are on his selling list and of course, Paul Molitor is a top player on that team. Despite playing just 118 games, “Paulie” led the…
The baseball was hit hard by the death of Willie “Stretch” McCovey this past week. As I have been replaying the 1966 National League these past few years, his death made me pause to think just a little more than most would. While his 1966 season was probably not his…
My friend (and APBA Blog contributor) Scott Fennessy emailed me with a question a couple days ago: Hi Tom, I’m starting to work on the next Windows season 2011. I want to try and use actual lineups for all the CPU teams and use my own for the Cubs. Where…
Update: the Challenge is now closed for further entries. A winner will be announced soon! How many of you remember the APBA Journal’s annual contest in which APBA fans would guess the grades of pitchers from that current year? That was a quite a popular thing and I know a…
The Boston Red Sox fans have a lot to be happy about. Sunday, their team has won the Major League Baseball World Series against a tough Dodgers team. That topped a fantastic season in which they won 108 regular season games over an equally impressive Yankees team. So I’m going…
It’s the second Boston player in two weeks for Monster Monday. This week, I’m taking advantage of APBA’s free use of the World Series teams on APBA GO. Here’s 2018 Red Sox RF Mookie Betts. Mookie led the AL in hitting with a .346 mark and runs scored with 129…