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…
Earlier this year, I wrote about an attorney named Sarah Johnson who was representing the estate of a deceased individual that included an large collection of APBA cards. I posted some photos provided by Ms. Johnson and even more photos in a follow-up article. After five months, Ms. Johnson’s firm…
Major League Baseball Advanced Media could take a few lessons from the Transcontinental Baseball League. Each year, the TBL comes out with an incredibly huge and fun to read league annual. This year, it is titled The TBL Baseball Annual: The New Normal. You can read the 2018 edition of…
I received some good questions from new APBA fan Brian so I thought I would share them along with my answers. Hello, my name is Brian, and last year I bought APBA Baseball on a whim at age 50. I probably was attempting to recapture my Baseball Card collecting youth,…
I’m glad to see that Tony Stevens who hosted the Spring Break from Reality APBA Baseball Tournament.in Florida earlier this year is doing it again. This time, he’s upping the stakes and it looks like there will be lots of fun to be had at this fall’s Great Florida RollAPBAlooza…