Rodney Woodward sent in this 1985 Don Mattingly card for due consideration of Monster Monday. Looking it over, I say it’s earned it. The BBWAA did too as they voted him MVP in 1985. Donnie Baseball hit .324 with 35 homeruns and led the American League with 48 doubles and…
Ron Emch has scheduled the 2022 Glass City APBA Baseball Tournament VII! This year, it will take place on August 27. As always, it will be in Maumee, Ohio near Toledo. Here are the need-to-know details: Where: Maumee – BG Elks Lodge # 1850 137 West Wayne Street Maumee, Ohio…
One week after the Greater Michigan APBA Baseball Tournament, there is some more big news on the APBA tournament front. After three years, the Linda B. Schulz Memorial APBA Baseball Tournament will be back in person this year! Here are the details from the tourney organizers: Linda B. Schulz Memorial…
Darren Schulz sends in a belated recap of the Great American Baseball League season Before the 2021 holiday season, season two of the Great American Baseball League concluded with John Stubblefield leading his South Florida Hitmen to a 4-0 sweep over the defending champions, Boston ScalzBosox, managed by Jeff Scalzo.…
It all started with an email to me with the subject line “APBA in general”. A month ago, a new APBA Blog reader Phil Vento was reaching out to see if there was any APBA action in his area of Pittsburgh. I did mention the Linda B Schulz Memorial Tournament…
Last weekend in Jackson, Michigan was the Greater Michigan APBA Baseball Tournament, one of the premier regional tournaments in the country. Pastor Rich Zawadzki is the heart and soul behind GMABT and from what I hear, he hosts a fantastic tourney. This year, 44 participated in GMABT. Of those, Jeremy…
I was looking for a good Monday card today and Charles Cox comes through with a great one he posted on Facebook. I have not seen this 1916 Harold “Hal” Chase APBA card before and it’s a fantastic deadball card. Hal Chase had come to the Cincinnati Reds from the…
The Illowa APBA League gathered last weekend in Downers Grove, Illinois to complete the 2021 postseason, conduct the 2022 rookie draft, and begin regular season play in their 48th season. Postseason Congratulations to Dan Bunch! His Colona Hustlers made easy work of my Twin City Thunderchickens, sweeping me all three…
I asked each of the four Illowa APBA League 2021 playoff teams managers to send me a photo of the APBA card of their favorite player from this season. From there, I worked something up. Okay, you have read about the rest. Here is the best of the Illowa APBA…
Photo credit: DR. Buddie, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons – Frequent TAB contributor Rod Caborn sends me the first APBA league draft report of 2022! Rod is in Orlando APBA Baseball League. He has this recap of the draft. Walt Taylor’s Whatevers surprised with the first pick in OAPBA’s…