Reader Shawn Kaufman writes in with a drafting question: Hi Tom, I just was curious about your thoughts on drafting. I have never been in a league that conducts an annual draft. I have also been playing with the Great Teams Volume 1 set of teams lately & picked 8…
For this APBA Fan Profile, I had the pleasure to get to know Dan Velderrain of the Southern California Baseball League. I’m glad I did and it makes me wish I could meet him in person (that really goes for pretty much everyone I’ve interviewed. The fan profile is one…
Last year, my Twin City Thunderchickens weren’t the best hitting team in the Illowa APBA League. They didn’t have the best pitching staff either. But dang if they didn’t have the best middle infield the IAL had ever seen. It’s not often you see a SS-10 and a 2b-9 on…
The results of the recent draft of the All American Baseball Association had been recently sent to our league’s email list. Seeing as they use very similar draft eligibility rules as we do, we paid close attention. Our contact and friend at AABA is commissioner Nick Tegeler who has been…
by Scott Fennessy West Side Grounds Chicago, IL 6/18/1905 The Cubs face the Brooklyn Dodgers for the series finale. John McIntire, one of only 2 C starters in the league goes for the Dodgers while “Big Jeff” Pfeffer a B makes his first start of the year for the Cubs.…
Just a few emails I’ve gotten in the past few days from APBA fans: Mel M writes: Hi Tom, I rolled a game today for 6/10/67 between the Indians and Athletics where there was only one assist for the A’s. First baseman Ramon Webster had no chances. The lone assist…
I won’t blame you if you don’t know who Alfred “Skip” Jutze is. I’m a fan of 1970s baseball and even I couldn’t place the name. Judging by his hitting numbers in the majors, it’s easy to see why. In his six year career, he managed a .215 batting average…
Pastor Rich sent this 1920 Babe Ruth card to me last week. I know I’ve done the Babe before on MCM but this is one of my favorite monster cards of all time. To me, it’s what defines a monster card for a full time player. Offensively, 1920 was a…
by Scott Fennessy West Side Grounds Chicago, IL 6/15/1905 The Cubs and Dodgers meet today and I am not sure what to expect. Brooklyn has been downright awful so far, but Mordecai Brown is kind of struggling this year. That said the Dodgers have only 2 hitters above .200. Elmer…
Stray Corrado informed me that the Mid-West Baseball League has completed its 2013 Annual Draft. And what a draft it was! There was 336 picks for the 28 teams and the draft lasted for more than six and half hours. Only the first class MWBL could pull this off. For…