Rod Caborn is simply a PR machine for the Orlando APBA Association. Not only has he come out with another fantastic yearbook for OAPBA but now he has a compendium of historical stats for the league. OAPBA Lifetime Records 1988-2015 Very impressive and also interesting on how similar they are…
I never cared for Joe Morgan as a broadcaster. As a player though, he was one of the best. As a kid, I still remember him playing for the Reds. Tom Fulton posted this 1975 Morgan card recently on Facebook. It ranks up there as one of his best. Almost…
Dee Gordon leads all full timers with three 11s as well as 13 hit numbers Yeah, yeah, I’ve done pitching and defense but what about the hitting? I mean that’s why we roll the dice, right? Okay, here it is. Quite simply the 2015 players with the most first…
Fall 2013 Chicagoland Tournament championship game about to begin between Clark Eichman and Scott Fennessy It’s the final segment by the APBA Tournament Organizers Roundtable. I’ve really enjoyed this whole project and working with all these guys. This last question is simple but it got some of the best…
On the heels of By the Numbers: Pitching, here is my submission for the defensive angle of the 2015 APBA baseball set. I’ll take a look at the distribution of the defense ratings in the 2015 APBA baseball season and point out some of the highlights (and maybe some of…
October 11, 1903 Pittsburgh, PA As the series moves to Pittsburgh, the fans in Pennsylvania were waiting with a huge gathering as the team train brought home their heroes with a 2-0 series lead. Today’s game faces Bill Dinneen (A Y) vs. Sam Leever (A Z). The game was scoreless…
I’m sure these guys at the APBA Football Club Tournament weren’t a challenge (From L to R: Patrick McGregor, John Cochrane, Ray Dunlap, Bob Tassinari, Greg Wells, Greg Barath, Jerry Zajack and Geoff Giordano) We’re now on the fourth roundtable question with our awesome tournament organizers. They told us about…
Zack Greinke’s 21 MG rating leads all starting pitchers The APBA Baseball disk is out! And with the disk come the data. Each year after the APBA baseball disk comes out, I do a series of articles which looks at the APBA baseball disk data and summarize it. It’s…
Tom Zuppa submitted this 1912 Owen Wilson APBA card for today’s Weird Wednesday column. He says: Attached is a 1912 John Owen "Chief" Wilson, Pirates right fielder. It’s part of an all-star set the game co. released a few years back for download. Wilson hit 11 HR and a league-leading…
From the second annual Robert Henry Memorial Tournament, held in 2014. Standing facing the camera (L-R) are the late Hall of Famer Veryl Lincoln and Hall of Famer Skeet Carr presenting an APBA Game Company Special Achievement Award to Brian Cavanaugh of the Philadelphia Boys and Girls Club Bridesburg Unit,…