We’re getting our first look at how league’s drafts are going to go as Rod Caborn updates us on Orlando APBA Association’s 2013 Draft. Thanks, Rod! The Orlando APBA Association held their 2013 draft on Saturday, Feb. 2, in Winter Park, Florida, kicking off their 26th season. Platoon manager Joe…
Ryne Sandberg had one of best years in 1984. Amazingly enough, the Cubs did well too. With the help of Sandberg and the addition of Rick Sutcliffe who went 16-1, the Cubs finished first in the NL East and rolled into the NLDS. Ryno had a banner year. Not only…
by Scott Fennessy I personally detest this in reality, because of the way it is set up. The way MLB has allocated players to certain countries (i.e. players born in the Caribbean being allocated to countries in Europe, Anthony Rizzo playing for team Italy despite being born in Ft. Lauderdale,…
Soccer fan Paul Dylan wrote a rather pointed article fraught with frustration about the lack of new seasons for the APBA Soccer Game on his website oneforfive.com. He says in part: Will we ever see a 2012 APBA Soccer MLS set? The 2013 MLS season starts on March 2nd. I…
As per APBA CEO John Herson, there apparently was an error with the Master Game symbols on the previous XC card download for the Milwaukee Brewers team. As mentioned before, the XC set were missing the MG symbols on the cards. If you downloaded the new symbols before January 27,…
by Scott Fennessy [editor’s note: this one is out of order. Apologies, Scott] North Side Park, Chicago, IL 6/9/1905 The Cubs homestand continues today with the struggling Braves playing the Cubs. The Cardinals recent lineup changes have produced their first win streak of significance and the Braves have dropped into…
A few days after announcing the draft date for the Mid-West Baseball League, Stray Corrado the busiest APBA fan I know, has announced the new website for the Mid-West Winter League. Here is his press release: The Mid-West Winter League Commissioner’s Office is proud to announce the launch of our…
by Scott Fennessy The Cubs continue their home stand and THIS IS IT. GIANTS/CUBS REMATCH. The two teams split their two game set in New York back in May. There was a bit of bad blood when third baseman Art Devlin was injured on a play, even though it was…
5’ 11” leftfielder Gerald McQuaig from 1934 has one of the worst hitting cards I’ve ever seen for an outfielder. The fact that it comes from the hard hitting era of the 30s is pretty ironic. True, McQuaig didn’t play much in 1934 for the Philadelphia Athletics; he came to…
Rich Zawadzki puts 1994 Albert Belle in pretty good company. He’s among the very few starters out there who has a power number at 55. Here’s his list and you can see that Belle is hanging with some pretty good hitters. Belle had his detractors due to his attitude, that…