The Schulz brothers are at it again. Ken and Darren have scheduled their ninth Pittsburgh-based APBA tournament named after their mother. The Linda B. Schulz Memorial APBA Baseball Tournament is set to roll on October 28, 2023. Ken and Darren Schulz with last year’s LBS champ Tim Rounds (center) Here…
This is a Babe Ruth card I don’t think I have seen before. It was posted on Facebook recently by Charles Cox. It’s Babe Ruth’s 1918 APBA card when he was with the Red Sox. It proves how versatile Ruth was. Not only was he coming into his own as…
There were plenty of cancellations due to nasty weather but Rich Zawadzki still hosted 48 participants in his 9th annual Greater Michigan APBA Baseball Tournament. The 9th annual GMABT was held March 4, 2023 at the Loomis Park Baptist Church in Jackson, Michigan. Of those 48, Norm Zavela came out…
Steve Stein sent me a report on the Transcontinental Baseball League draft which was held last weekend. Unfortunately, his recap was laden with some bad news. Two TBL managers passed away in the week prior to the draft. At the draft weekend, a moment of silence was held for Paul…
Last weekend, the managers of the Illowa APBA League met in Downers Grove, Illinois for their 49th consecutive draft. Not only that, the postseason from the previous season played out and then we got a head start on the 2023 regular season. The IAL is a 10-team APBA basic game…
This weekend, the Illowa APBA League will meet in the Chicago area. We will conclude the 2022 season with the postseason. Once that’s over, we will draft for the 2023 season and play the first 30 games of the regular season. The IAL is a 10-team APBA basic game league…
This Monster Card might be a little different and some of y’all will most likely disagree with it. But here goes… It’s 2021 Mike Zunino. My Twin City Thunderchickens faced Zunino and the Colona Upperdeckers in the last series of the 2022 Illowa APBA League season. I was amazed by…
What’s this? Julio Rodriguez was not picked first in an APBA League draft? Indeed. Dom Provisiero sends his draft report of the O.Z. League and the Braves’ centerfielder Michael Harris went numero uno. What gives? Dom explains, “Julio & Adley (Rutschman) were already picked last year un-carded”. Here are the…
After I wrote about the 2023 drafts for the OAPBA and AAAL APBA leagues, it didn’t take long for me to hear from John Briggs of the Roberto Clemente Memorial Baseball Association. Members of the RCMBA conducted their draft on February 4th. Here is John’s recap: The RCMBA held its…
The draft reports are starting to filter in. After hearing from Rod Caborn’s OAPBA’s draft, I have gotten a report from Steve Stein (you know, the Card Computer guy). He fills us in on the AAAL draft. Steve reports: The All-American APBA Go League is a 16-team continuous ownership league…