Hi Fans, I’ve taken another look at APBA Baseball’s new online game called APBA GO. Why? The APBA Games Company have announced that the 2018 World Series teams are now available for free for a limited time. “Now Available! The 2018 World Series Teams – You can now play the 2018 World…
This 2017 J.D. Martinez card is a long time coming for the Monster Card Monday column. Back in the day, three ones were reserved for the likes of Babe Ruth and Jimmie Foxx. The 2017 baseball set included four APBA card with three automatic dingers on their card and two…
Hey APBA Fans, In case you missed it on the APBA Games Company website, this schedule announcement was posted recently… 2018 Baseball Season Product schedule November 30, 2018, the 2018 Season file will be available at APBA GO, January 14, 2019, start taking orders and shipping 2018 Baseball Card sets,…
Jim Fraasch sends an update on last weekend’s Neil Ess Memorial Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament-X but please check out all the updated details on his awesome site, Jim’s APBA Barn. TCABT-X: October 6th, 2018 Tournament Participants: 30 TCABT-X Champion: Gary Borthwick, 1998 Yankees (this is Gary’s first TCABT Championship)…
On the weekend of October 5-7, 2018, the Illowa APBA League held its annual All-Star Game and associated festivities in Downers Grove, Illinois. Friday night was the highlight. The City Boys division defeated the Country Gents division by the score of 7-2. The game was never really close. Thanks to…
This weekend is the Illowa APBA League’s All-Star Game. A 10-team basic league, the IAL has been in existence since 1975. Each year, we all get together to play our best players. This year’s event will take place in Downers Grove, Illinois. It’s the Country Gents vs. City Boys. The…
Scott Fennessy had an idea for a Monster Card Monday column… I have been getting back into an APBA loving mode and have neared the end of the 1961 season. While Maris and Mantle get all the attention in the articles I see, I don’t know that anyone has submitted…
The team selection process for the 10th Twin City APBA Baseball Tournament is over and the rolling is almost ready to begin. Jim Fraasch reports there are 30 teams participating. Wow, that’s a lot of Minnesota APBA fans! I gotta be rooting for the lone Illinois participant, Eric Berg. Go…
It seems that 2018 is the season that MLB is testing APBA. I’ve already written about Shohei Ohtani and the challenges his dual role poses for the APBA Game Company in assigning him a position rating. He’s not the only strange situation from this year though. Fellow IAL manager Rob…
Tony Stevens sends an update on his upcoming RollAPBAlooza Tournament in Brooksville, Florida! Tony says: We have a new RollAPBAlooza record of 24 teams. We have 6 teams in each division with 3 divisions using the DH. The lone division not using the DH is named after Brooksville, FL native…