Doug and Clark face off at last November’s Chicago APBA tourney The Fall 2015 Chicagoland APBA World Series Tournament is only five days away. By my count, this will be the fifth tourney in the series. I will be attending along with 23 other APBA fans in Grayslake, Illinois. I’ve…
This all started when Tom Fulton said “we need a tournament in our area”. Well, now we will. The first Prairieland APBA Baseball Tournament is only five months away! So, get your teams ready! We have booked the venue for the event. We’ll be hosting the tourney in the conference…
Saddle up and ride on over to Jim’s APBA Barn. That would be Jim Fraasch of Twin City APBA Baseball Tournament fame. His new APBA-related web site called Jim’s APBA’s Barn is online so stop on over for a spell. By the way, I found this bit of news out…
OAPBA (Orlando APBA Association) has wrapped up their 2015 with Jonathan Stilwell’s Otters (55-25) running away with both halves to snare his first championship in the six-team league. Stilwell (right), who joined the league five years ago, dominated play in both halves, winning each half by five games over Walt…
Stat-keeping is all about paperwork. While that certainly sounds threatening, with the power of a personal computer and basic applications, the work involved in keeping your records up has been reduced considerably. To start with, here Is a list of important tools that you will need, at a minimum: The…
Steve’s Card Computer’s renditions of 2015 Zimmerman and Jackson My Twin City Thunderchickens sent out a media release through the Illowa APBA League press wire: In an effort to shore up their depleted outfield, the Twin City Thunderchickens unloaded firstbaseman Ryan Zimmerman to the Green Rock Bombers for Austin Jackson. …
Gene Tenace cards always had a funny quality about them. I tried to capture that in a past Weird Wednesday column with Tenace’s 1978 card but Howie Mooney’s 1981 Tenace card really shows it so much better. Keep in mind, that Tenace’s batting average was only .233 in 1981 for…
Posting this for friend and fellow Boys of Summer manager, Stray Corrado -Tom The Mid-West Baseball League may have an Opening for the 2016 MWBL Season & is always looking for quality managers, who meet the following requirements. Do the following statements describe you? Passionate about the game of baseball….…
Nestled in Tom Fulton’s hand is Bob Forsch’s 1987 card. Forsch played 16 seasons in the National League mostly with the St. Louis Cardinals. He was a solid if not flashy pitcher winning 168 games with a career ERA of 3.76. Apparently, Forsch was also pretty handy with the stick. …
Keeping tabs on the numbers likely will prove to be the part of the replay that will give you the most headaches and take the most time. After more than 10,000 solo games, I can categorically state that keeping stats is THE most challenging part of a replay. Before you…