Team Wins Losses Pct. GB Los Angeles Dodgers 31 14 .689 0 San Francisco Giants 27 19 .587 4 1/2 Pittsburgh Pirates 25 19 .568 5 1/2 Atlanta Braves 26 21 .553 6 Cincinnati Reds 21 19 .525 7 1/2 Philadelphia Phillies 21 21 .500 8 1/2 Chicago Cubs 19…
Last Saturday, 22 APBA fans descended on a Drury Inn to participate in a APBA baseball tournament dubbed Prairieland 2. It was the second of its kind held in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. This year’s theme? Participants could draft one MLB team from 1970-2000 with one hitch… they could also draft any…
In the days when APBA put the 12 on a different number each year, my friend Don Smith would joke about the possibility of putting it at 66. “I never roll that number”, he would say. This 1939 Charley Gehringer card published in 2015 and posted on Facebook by Ken…
Eight HR for April So I’m in the middle of Big Ten baseball season (Go Illini!) and planning for the Prairieland 2 Tournament which is this weekend so it is quite busy. But it’s March 28th and that means Illowa APBA League stats are due. My time management skills must…
Ryan Morrison sent me this juicy 1986 Don Robinson card. I know some of you don’t like Monster cards with few at-bats (especially pitchers) but Don Robby is a deserved selection. He’s not a one-hit wonder. He was one of those pitchers who learned to leverage his bat during the…
The Prairieland 2 Tournament is less than two weeks away. The teams and fantasy deadball players have been chosen (thanks, Eric Berg for handling that!!). Now, the divisions are set! Divided into two leagues and four divisions, the 23 teams will vie for eight playoff spots. Here is what the…
Last weekend the Illowa APBA League held their 42th annual Draft weekend in Downers Grove, Illinois. The weekend was quite busy with playoffs, the IAL World Series, rookie draft and the start of the season. Each team got in 30 games played to start the 2017 season. First of all,…
Last weekend was the third annual Greater Michigan APBA Baseball Tournament which was founded, organized and hosted by Pastor Rich Zawadzki. If all the reports are true, he puts on quite a tournament. A total of 38 teams participated in the tournament which might be a record for a regional…
Doug Schuyler suggested this 1957 Stan Musial card and what a beaut! What makes this amazing is that this wasn’t even one of Musial’s best years. Yes, he did lead the league with a .351 average as well as OBP (.422). He even slugged .612. He drove in 102 runs…
First of all, I want to wish everyone who is attending Pastor Rich Zawadzki’s Greater Michigan APBA Baseball Tournament good luck. You might think the “Greater” is a geographical reference but from what I hear, it is indeed one of best tournaments out there. Rich has an amazing total of…