Cleveland was a surprise winner in Rod Caborn’s 1913 American League replay, completed this past June. The AL replay was pitcher-centric with the league ERA of 2.62 and average team batting average of .216 (v. .256 in real life). Caborn reports that while the batting stats were underwhelming because of…
The APBA Game Company is now offering single baseball teams and from what I have seen, the response is quite favorable. Perhaps because of the popularity of competitive tournaments, the sale of single teams do not require buying a whole set to use one team from that particular season. First,…
This has been a busy week in the APBA community (and I will get that soon) but let me tell you about fun meeting I had last week. My wife and I took our daughter to her new college in Massachusetts for freshman orientation. From Illinois to New England, it…
This comes from Kevin Burghardt… yeah, the cap guy who loves 70’s baseball. While there certainly may be an abundance of them out there, I can’t recall off hand seeing shortstops rated (S) in speed. This is the reason I did a double take when checking (Roger) Metzger’s speed rating during…
Darren and Ken Schulz (shown right) sent in an update for the upcoming Linda B. Schulz Memorial APBA Baseball Tournament. It’s hard to believe that it’s the fourth tournament in Slippery Rock, PA! Forty participants will gather for fun and APBA on July 7, 2018. As APBA tournaments near their…
The Chicago Cubs were ahead for just one at bat in their June 19th doubleheader against the Houston Astros but they made it count. Game 1 Going into the 9th inning in Game 1, the Northsiders were down 4-0 thanks to a brilliant effort by Astros hurler Miguel Cuellar. Miggy…
According to the APBA Newsletter, a total of 65 APBA fans attended the 2018 National APBA Convention in Alpharetta, Georgia on June 21-24. A LOT of congratulations are in order. Tourney winners First, it seems like the Wells Dynasty is alive kicking. Greg Wells won the APBA Baseball tourney with…
I almost didn’t make to the Illowa APBA League weekend last Friday. Between transportation issues and an anniversary on Sunday (our 29th!), it just didn’t seem like it was going to happen. But thanks to Rob Moore, I was able to ride along with him and Scott Fennessy from Chicago…
It’s summer time and with a little more free time, I’m rolling dice for my 1966 NL replay again. It’s feeling good getting back into the groove. As I start up again, I noticed that I’m at the June 18th mark in my replay which was just a few days…
Courtesy of Howie Mooney, this may be Cal Ripken’s first Monster Monday selection. It’s 1991 Ripken card which was Iron Man Cal Ripken of course was of course most well known for his consecutive games played streak of 2.632 games. Ripken streak finally ended in September of 1998 over 500…