While the APBA National Convention was in full swing in Alpharetta, GA, the Illowa APBA League held its 2016 Spring convention in Moline, Illinois. The IAL is a 10-team league which uses the basic APBA baseball game and has been around since 1975. Our spring convention convenes simply for the…
Perhaps remembering my fondness for my former firstbaseman for the Twin City Thunderchickens, Rodney Woodward suggested 2006 Albert Pujols for this Monday’s column. In ‘06, Albert hit .331 with 49 homers, 119 runs and 137 rbis for the Cardinals. He led the league in slugging (.671) and OPS (1.102). He…
I managed to get a few games in for my 1966 NL replay. It’s slow going but I never meant this to be a race. I’m finishing up May 8th, 1966. The day is important because of two reasons. One, it’s the last day Orlando Cepeda plays for the Giants. …
Fueled by the recent article, A (not yet) comprehensive list of A&C and A&B starters through history, Pastor Rich Zawadzki came up with yet another idea. Rich, who put together the data for that piece, wondered which starting pitchers throughout history have put together successive seasons of A&C or better…
Many of you have been following along with Rod Caborn’s excellent series of replay guidelines and tips entitled Rod’s Replay Insider. For those interested in conducting a full replay, his series is a great introduction to how to do it well. Well, Rod just sent me a good example of…
October 13, 1902 Philadelphia, PA The A’s kept their hopes alive after a strong outing from lefty Rube Waddell, and now look to another left hander in Eddie Plank to keep the season alive. The Pirates will counter with Charles Phillippe. The weather is dark, cloudy, and chilly, which fits…
It took me a while to find the “weird” in this Christian Bergman card till I read Scott Fennessy’s note that came with it. “I have heard that most pitchers are bad fielders, but to not even rate him is pretty interesting.” And for those who care (I know you’re…
As a Cubs fan, I have mixed feelings about Greg Maddux. I guess I can’t really blame him. The fault lies with Cubs management who weren’t willing to pay out for quality pitching. After his first twenty win season in 1992, my Cubbies felt they couldn’t afford to keep Maddux…
A very intriguing announcement comes from Shawn Baier… One-shot, one-time APBA Baseball Tournament event, slated for Summer 2020 – “The Cherry APBA Baseball Roll-away by the Bay” Designed to be a week event of tourist stuff, that includes the family as well — so now there will be no…
It’s tough to announce the death of any APBA fan. When it’s someone like Howard Ahlskog, it’s like losing an APBA All-Star. Howard passed away this week at the age of 74. I was texted about it by Don Smith today. In his words, Ahlskog was a “legend among APBA…