This is draft week for the Boys of Summer APBA League. In contrast to the Illowa APBA League where we draft in an hour or so, the BoS extends its draft over a week or so. There are reasons for this. One, managers of the BoS are spread out all…
Kenn Tomasch posted this 1973 Johnny Unitas APBA card on Facebook. Note, I’m not an APBA Football expert but even I could tell this card was not up to Unitas’ usual stuff. Hall of Fame quarterback Johnny Unitas played for the Baltimore Colts for 16 years (1956-1972). In that time,…
Brian Cavanaugh checks in with an update from the Bridesburg APBA League. This league which sprung out of the Bridesburg Boys and Girls Club that Brian has worked for, is now approaching its seventh year. Brian writes: Finally, after 6 seasons, my Senators are finally able to win a playoff…
Pastor Rich Zawadzki suggests this tasty 2007 Matt Holliday card for Monster Monday. What did Holliday do in 2007? In 158 games, he simply led the NL with 137 rbis, 50 doubles, 216 hits as well as a slick .340 batting average. That’s not all. He also hit 36 homers…
(click image for pdf version of box score) The selection of a box score format is a key decision in setting up your system for conducting a replay. The format you choose has to be understandable, easy to record and, most important, easily convertible to a systematic cumulative stat-keeping…
Rodney Woodward check mark next to Quintin Berry’s name on his 2013 APBA card must mean he really liked this card. Rodney suggested him for a Monster Monday and he certainly qualifies. He also has some result numbers that I have never seen so he landed here on Weird Wednesday. …
For a few years, Dick Dietz had good going with the San Francisco Giants as their catcher. He even batted .300 with 107 rbis in 1970. But it wasn’t always that way. His rookie year backing up Tom Haller (go Illini!) at San Fran was a bit of a bust. …
This just in… Neil Leininger emailed me to let me know that the Lame Duck Baseball Association conducted their draft last Saturday. This is how their first round went: Correa, Carlos Seager, Corey Bryant, Kris Lindor, Francisco Syndergaard, Noah Russell, Addison Schwarber, Kyle Sano, Miguel Conforto, Michael Franco, Maikel McCullers,…
I was never a huge Vince Coleman fan in his day. I mean, I grew up a Cubs fan, right? But boy, that man could steal bases. Matt Farmer thought his 1985 APBA card would make a good Monster Card and I agree. 1985 was Coleman’s rookie year and that…
We now have 13 confirmed participants for the April 16th Prairieland APBA Baseball Tournament in Urbana, Illinois! I’m excited to see some familiar faces as well as some new faces as well. Here is the updated team roster for the tourney: Manager Team Dick Butler 1908 Chicago Cubs Lew Ramey…