If you’re interested in participating in an APBA Tournament, next April is going to be your month. Not only is the Prairieland APBA Baseball Tournament shaping up to be a big event in Urbana, Illinois on April 16th, 2016 (we still have openings!) but now Jim Fraasch has announced the…
“Turkey Mike” Donlin is becoming a Thanksgiving tradition here at the APBA Blog. This time it’s his 1902 card coming from Scott Fennessy which also qualifies as a Weird Wednesday card. Donlin’s positions make him strange to start with. The Cincinnati Red is a fast outfielder who also plays shortstop…
Dominated by two teams, the NL was more of a hitter’s league as the averages are beginning to rise as pitchers did not get so many A ratings as in the past. The Giants and Pirates battled until the final series of the year. Final National League Standings Pittsburgh Pirates …
The long path to the end of the 1903 season has finally arrived. Taking 22 months was longer than expected, but now I have the satisfaction of being able to head to the World Series at last. This was also my first full season with the advanced fielding ratings and…
So really, how did the 1979 Kansas City Royals really do for me at the Chicago Retro World Series APBA Tournament? Below is a game-by-game synopsis of our adventure through Saturday’s tourney. vs. Kevin Burghardt’s 1970 Baltimore Orioles In Game 1, Hal McRae made his presence known quickly against Jim…
Twenty-two APBA fans gathered in Grayslake, Illinois on Saturday for the Chicago Retro World Series Tournament but only one could claim the championship. After the dust settled, it was Gary Lindley and his 1972 Oakland A’s who remained standing after defeating Bradd Romant’s 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers. As per tournament…
In anticipation of Saturday’s Chicago APBA Tournament, I’ve been looking over the roster of my 1979 Kansas City Royals on Baseball Reference. One of my favorite features of B-R when doing replays is looking at the “Batting Orders” page of a team (it’s under Other). It simply gives you the…
Baseball stats are a never-ending source of enjoyment for all of us. They started with the back sides of baseball cards and have graduated to baseballreference.com. Stats have birthed SABRmetrics and encouraged a myriad of books, websites, and other informative sources to measure how teams and players have performed. You…
Up north in the state of Minnesota, Jim Fraasch is a moving force in the APBA community. He’s helped organized the Neil Ess Memorial Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournaments which is going on its fifth one next April. Jim is also author of a new APBA-related blog called Jim’s APBA…
You may know him from his Lid campaign from Facebook. He’s also done an APBA Fan Profile on the APBA Blog. Kevin Burghardt is a die-hard 1970s fan when it comes to baseball. He’s finished his Great Teams from the 1970s project we’ve read about in the past. Not too…