For those looking for an updated “Pitcher’s Hitting Card”, this is what our league is using. It’s not much different than last year’s but we do respect APBA placement of the 12 so we did a switcheroo with the 26 and the 61. This certainly isn’t meant to be an…
I’m almost done with the survey results of the Great APBA Fan Survey. I have one more set of questions to publish. There were a few questions like this one though that aren’t so easily graphed. So I’m just publishing the answers as is. Here was the full question: If…
Just two replay events that readers sent in to me that were worthy of noting… Jim Shaw simply wrote: After 40 years of apba finally had a no hitter. Pedro Martinez! When it’s your first APBA no-hitter in 40 years, it’s not just a statistical highlight but a personal accomplishment. …
There’s nothing like getting involved in the internal workings of the another league, right? For years, Tedd Mallasch has posted his Illowa APBA League Draft and Trade Review (first within the league and once I had The APBA Blog, he would post it here). And for all those years, there…
Dick Moore, famous for his DVAL modified basic game boards, writes in to tell us about the DVAL APBA League. Here’s a quick summary: League Name DVAL Contact Person Dick Moore Sport Baseball # of teams 12 Year of inception 1984 Basic/Master/Computer/ Combination Basic Game Out of the box or…
We’re going back to 1930 for this week’s MCM (that year’s such a good source). This time, it’s Albert “Buz” Phillips, a D pitcher for the Phillies. He ranks up there as one of the best. In his short time in 1930, Phillips managed 6 hits in 13 at-bats. …
I just want to give people heads up that if you want to get the discounted registration fee for the 2012 APBA convention, April 30 is the deadline. Starting May 1st, the fee goes from $75 to $85. According to the convention website cancellation can be made up to June…
I forget how many this is now, fourth? You can see all the results I have posted so far here. I didn’t think that this section, Buying, Selling and Collecting would THAT interesting but it turned out to be one the more intriguing sections. No doubt, Mr Herson will be…
2012 IAL ROOKIE DRAFT REVIEW 1) TWIN CITY THUNDERCHICKENS: Jeremy Hellickson P: This young righthander throws four pitches for strikes. He is a pitcher, in every sense of the word. Posting numbers that resulted in a B-Z grade. His best pitch is his changeup. Still I am not a…
This is the fourth in the series of results of my Great APBA Fan Survey. You can check out the results of the first three here. Checking my spreadsheet, I think I have enough material for two more articles after this one (wow, lots of interesting stuff!). Today, I’m looking…