There will be an APBA convention this year. It’s being billed as the “2012 Convention for APBA Fans: Celebration of Heritage” and will be held in Lancaster, PA. It’s not clear to me who all is organizing it other than Francis Rose who says he is helping out. The quick…
Can’t help but posting this email I just received tonight from reader Beignet… “After twisting in the wind for a month about whether it’s time to move past my SOM/DMB fetishes, I figured out that I’ve never had more fun playing a baseball tabletop sim than I have with ABPA. …
Steve Stein sent out an announcement that the Transcontinental Baseball League will hold its World Series, annual meeting and draft this coming weekend. “TBL will hold its annual meeting this weekend in Milford, MA. The TBL World Series features the Dallas (PA) Eagles of the International Conference facing the Melrose…
The official name is the DOS Retro Baseball League (DRBL). However, commissioner Jeffrey Hart says that now it’s technically the “DOS Memorial” Retro League in light of the fact that the league now has moved on to APBA Baseball for Windows. For those wondering, that’s made very clear in their…
Now here’s a monster card you won’t have to feel guilty using every day. Batting champion 1894 Hugh Duffy has a simply scrumptious hitting card that it all… hits, speed, and even some power. You’ll find this card in the second edition of the Baseball All-Time Stars set put out…
Went over to my buddy, Brando’s house last night to give the 1966 APBA set a tryout. Call it spring training before I start my replay. We spent a good half hour just going through the teams and looking over the players. However, once he got to the LA Dodgers,…
APBA Football fan Greg Barath was kind enough to pass on some valuable tips on conducting APBA Football replays. Specifically, Greg hits on topics such as prepping for your replay, standardization, and your different methods of play depending on the down situation. Greg has wrapped this all up in a…
Joe Schuetz wrote me to pass on details on his 1948 AL replay. He included a great analysis of the replay. I’ve included a few tables at the bottom of this post but for those who want to really delve into Joe’s replay, you can download his replay Excel spreadsheet.…
While many of us are preparing to draft in leagues with other dingy old men, Brian Cavanaugh wrote me with another fantastic story. He’s bringing APBA into the schools. “Had our draft today for the inaugural C.W.Henry Elementary School APBA League and was lucky enough to land the first overall…
Our Illowa APBA League just finished its season in January and as usual, I got my stats done in the nick of time while in Pittsburgh. Some stats of note: Albert Pujols had a down year. My friend Don S likes to tease me about Pujols and his “off” times…