The Orlando APBA Association’s relentless PR guy, Rod Caborn sends us a great mid-season report on his league’s progress in 2014. -Tom The Orlando APBA Association (OAPBA) has wrapped up first half play. The seven-team league (FTF, MG, 78-game schedule) is now in its 26th season of play. Steven Korb’s…
Greg Minton had a pretty solid 16-year career as a reliever with the Giants and the Angels. In 1982, he won 10 and saved 30 games with a 1.83 ERA and came in sixth in the Cy Young balloting. In 1980 though, he happened to get hit by a fellow…
Jason Wood was around for five years and played for three teams (Fla, Det, and Oak) but I sure don’t remember him. He didn’t play a whole lot and didn’t exactly hit the cover off the ball either so I guess it’s not surprising. Wood’s sophomore season in 1999 with…
The divisions have been released for the Chicagoland APBA Tournament which will take place on July 19th. The word has come from on high. According to tournament organizer Jim Saska, it was Mrs. Saska who picked the teams out of a hat. According to Jim: Every team will play each…
We’re about at the 100-game mark in the Boys of Summer APBA League. How are my Urbana Locomotives doing??? Three of the top six league leaders in wins… check. League leader in batting average… check. But most importantly… …topping the NL East with a 63-39 record. Kudos to Bill…
Frank Pearce wasn’t much of a pitcher even by 1930s standards but he racked up a heck of an APBA hitting card in 1934. On the mound, he went 0-2 and had a 7.20 ERA in seven games. At the plate though, he went 2 for 3, both singles. He…
Dan Levine contacted the APBA Blog to tell us about the World Baseball Organization APBA baseball league. He’s also advertising a couple open manager positions in the league too. See below for more info. The WBO is a Basic Game league which uses Ballscore/BallStat to keep stats. More info on…
‘66 Monday moves into a tie for lead in steals I hope everyone had a happy Fourth of July! I took some time out to play Game 9 of my Monsters-Terribles season. 1966 Rick Monday got a special start well, just because. For seven innings, it was so close. Terribles…
Brian Cavanaugh sent a couple photos from the recent 2014 Bridesburg APBA League draft. oh oh, Brian looks upset in this photo. Somebody must have taken the player he wanted (just kidding, Brian!). You can see the results the draft here. Thanks for the photos, Brian!!
A few updates on the Chicagoland Summer APBA World Series Tournament in Woodstock, Illinois on July 19th (details here). Special guest? New tournament participant Bradd Romant asked if he could bring his dad. Sure, why not? By the way, Bradd did inform us that his father is Robert Edward Romant…