As I wrote a couple days ago, I spent this past weekend at Commissioner Mike Bunch’s house playing some Illowa APBA League games. It was a homecoming of sorts as Mike hosted the very first IAL get together I attended at the tender age of 16 (that was back in…
by Mike Estep For the past week or so, I have been getting my logistics in place to begin a full season replay. I am looking forward to “watching” all the players perform. Yes the old cardboard with the player names across the top will become more than just cardboard…
Bob “Hurricane” Hazle’s 1957 card was one of the first “monster” APBA cards, that is, a super human card based on a stats of a small sample size. Hazle’s story is simple. He came up for the Braves in July of 1957 and for the time he played that year,…
There’s been a lot of discussion and questions lately about the latest version of APBA Baseball 5.75. The APBA Game Company has posted a FAQ today to help answer some of the questions that have probably been asked a lot. Hopefully, that will clear up some of the confusion for…
L to R: John Brandeberry, Commish Mike Bunch, Marcus Bunch I mentioned last week that I was APBA-bound this weekend. Indeed, my buddy John “Brando” Brandeberry and I traveled to three and a half hours to Colona, Illinois to the Illowa APBA League commissioner’s house Friday and through the course…
I’m in the middle of migrating my APBA-related photos to my SmugMug photo gallery and ran across these photos from the 2002 National APBA Convention. Ten years ago, I went to a national APBA Convention in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was 2002 and that was when young Brian Wells, at age…
Another APBA weekend coming up! No, it won’t be a full Illowa APBA League convention like we had a month ago but rather a “mini” intra-division get together. I plan to knock off work early and ride up with my buddy Brando to the Quad City area to test our…
by Mike Estep Overview Before I expound more upon my quest of beginning a season replay, allow me to explain and highlight the virtues and advantages of being involved in tournament play. I have been virtually a tournament APBA player since 1981 when I first got this great game at…
by Teddy Ballgame Chicago Champions outfielder Grady Sizemore had a turn back the clock kind of day in a recent game against the Three Rivers Gamblers. It was the last of five games played in Three Rivers Stadium, the lineup card featured Sizemore batting eighth for the visiting Champs. Up…
(ed. note: This is our first official article from new writer Mike Estep. Welcome aboard, Mike!) So Many Card Sets, So Little Time by Mike Estep Welcome to my first article under REPLAY TIPS AND TECHNIQUES. My purpose with this regular feature will be the thoughts, ramblings, techniques, methods and…