This timely piece was written by commissioner G.F. Korreck of the Grand Rapids APBA League (GRAPBA) and was forwarded on by Dick Butler. -Tom In last week’s Grand Rapids APBA League (GRAPBA) World Series Ernie Banks, playing for the eventual champion Bats, hit a three-run homer in his first at…
That card nestled in Ken Schulz’ fingers is Matt Alexander 1979 APBA published in last year. Alexander played for the Pirates in 1979 and if it wasn’t already apparent from his stats (16 runs scored and 13 steals but only 13 at-bats), his primary role was being a pinch runner. …
It’s All-Star break in the Boys of Summer APBA Online League. After the voting was tabulated, Adrian Beltre was tabbed as the lone Urbana Locomotive representative, a 180 degree difference from last year when we dominated. To be fair, even I didn’t vote for any other Urbana player and I…
According to Rich Zawadzki, registration is closed and the divisions are now official for the 1st Annual Greater Michigan APBA Baseball Basic Tournament. The tourney will take place on March 7th in Jackson, Michigan. Here’s his announcement: WE HAVE 32 TEAMS SELECTED FOR THE 1ST ANNUAL GREATER MICHIGAN APBA…
I was contacted by Casey asking what a 1953 APBA baseball card set was worth. Before going further, I needed to know what we were talking about. Were we talking about an original 1953 or a reprint? I know APBA had reprinted the 1953 season in 1985. As some of…
Nobody calls a game like APBA Blog reader Jim Currie. Here’s his summary and play by play of a no-hitter in his BATS Tournament by some guy named Cy Young. -Tom What a way to bring 2014 to a close!…The GREAT Cy Young tosses a 3 zip no hitter against…
A little over a year ago, reader Beau Lofgren suggested Chris Bando’s 1985 card for Terrible Card Tuesday. Now, just in time for Bando’s 59th birthday on Wednesday, Beau brought his 1989 card to my attention. It’s quite the antithesis of his ‘85 card. As good as this card is,…
Kevin Burghardt is two-thirds of the way through his Great Teams of the 1970’s project. I can tell he’s having lots of fun with it from his website dedicated to the project. Kevin sent me an update for the National League (he promises me an AL update will be on…
Someone in the Illowa APBA League worked out the formula at the 2011 Draft weekend.
Wouldn’t you know it. The day after I post an article asking everyone how you evaluate players when voting for them on awards, the Illowa APBA League ballot for Hall of Fame comes out. The job for handing that lands on our vice-president, Rob Moore. He did a great summary…