Congratulations to Joe Auletta! His Brobdingnag Barbarians took the Transcontinental Baseball League championship two weekends ago. It took some doing though. His Barbarians had to defeat the Midwest Mongrels in Game 7 in a 12 inning battle. Below is Joe’s write up of Game Seven forwarded to me by Stephen…
After the recent Illowa APBA League draft weekend, Chuck took me to his place while I waited for the train to downtown Chicago. We did what most APBA guys would do with 15 minutes to kill… we looked at APBA cards. While doing so, I ran across this 1972 Bobby…
I forgot who sent this sent in… Doug S? Regardless, it’s a Monster as long as you don’t mind a butcher in the field. Frank “Big Hurt” Thomas was given that 1B-2 for a reason. But Frank Thomas could produce. There’s no question about that. This card is from the…
Bob Gordon continues his summary of his 1979 postseason replay -Tom Game 1 of the ALCS is in Minnesota. Pre-season favorite California struggled to a fourth place finish – they lacked pitching past Frost and Ryan. The Twins, meanwhile, found plenty of pitching. Number 4 starter Paul Hartzell finished 22-8! …
There were a couple APBA baseball league drafts that went on last weekend. I already hit on the Illowa APBA League weekend as well as the draft that I took part in. There were a couple others too. The Mid-West Baseball League had their draft on Saturday. Stray Corrado does…
Doug Schuyler is excited about the next Chicagoland tourney Yes, the next Chicagoland APBA World Series Tournament is in the planning stages. Started in the summer of 2013, this will be the fifth one in the series. Tournament organizers Jim Saska and Doug Schuyler are already planning a new one…
Reader Bob Gordon wrote to tell me that he’s finished his 1979 replay and is playing out the postseason. Here’s his postseason report from Game 1. -Tom Hey Tom, I finished the regular season 1979 replay I started in 1982. (That’s a whole ‘ other story.). I’m playing the playoffs…
Chuck Lucas poses for the press after his Northside Hitmen win Game 7 The Illowa APBA League accomplished quite a lot this past weekend. We managed to fit in postseason play, an annual league meeting and our rookie draft al on Friday night. That left all day Saturday and Sunday…
Through wheeling and dealing by their manager Nick Tegeler, the Iowa Oinkers had the top three picks in the Illowa APBA League draft. He made good use of them choosing Jose Abreu, Jorge Soler and George Springer in succession. Here is the entire 2015 IAL rookie draft… 2015 ILLOWA DRAFT…
Tomorrow, the biggest weekend in the Illowa APBA League season begins! In three days, we’ll play (or watch) our postseason games, have our annual league meeting, conduct our rookie draft and start our 2015 season. This year is our 41st season of the IAL’s existence and we’re stronger than ever. …