DonS picks up his dice at last year’s IAL All-Star Game The All-Star Weekend is coming up this month in the Illowa APBA League. We’ll be meeting up in the suburbs of Chicago the weekend of September 23-25. I’d have to say next to draft day, the IAL All-Star Game…
credit: Roy Langhans As of yesterday, the APBA Game Company office in Lancaster was closed. 66 Connection has a write up on this. The contents of the office were packed up into a moving van and made their way to its new home in the Atlanta area. Long time APBA…
I chatted with Brian Cavanaugh from the Bridesburg Boys and Girls Club Summer League over Facebook this morning. We talked about a few things but Brian mentioned the impending coming of Irene. Brian lives in Philadelphia and from the looks of it, Philly will be getting it hard. I just…
O.Z. League Looking for Managers Dom Provisiero says his New York-based O.Z. League is doing its annual search for managers: New York and vicinity APBA BASEBALL: the O.Z. League, founded in 1983, is conducting its annual search for new members. Anyone from the East Coast that is looking for…
(Brian Cavanaugh send us his wrap-up of his 1994 Expos replay. Thx, Brian! –tbz) My 1994 Montreal Expos enjoyed the most successful season in team history cruising to a 101-61 regular season record. The Expos finished 7 games ahead of the Atlanta Braves in the new National League East Division…
We have a second league profile in as many days. Today, Southern APBA Baseball Association (SABA) is on the pedestal for display. Wayne Hughes wrote in to tell me about SABA which is a retro league that has been around for 37 years. The facts about SABA: League Name…
John “Stray” Corrado contacted The APBA Blog with info on Mid-West Baseball League. It took me a while to figure out that it means Mid AND West… and for that matter there are managers from the East, too. The 28 team computer based league is everywhere. Here are the details…
My commish Mike Bunch is a big fan of doing ‘60s replays. He just sent me an email updating me on his 1962 replay that he’s doing now. If I’m not mistaken, he’s using basic game using actual transactions. Mike is halfway through the ‘62 season now and here are…
An announcement of a rather consequential decision by APBA CEO John Herson came down the pipes yesterday: July 28, 2011 APBA Fans, For almost 60 years APBA has been based in the Lancaster area. After a lot of consideration and soul searching, APBA will be relocating to Alpharetta Georgia…
Matt asked this question about fielding on The APBA Blog’s Facebook wall. I thought I’d tackle it here in a post: "I’m sure this is already answered someplace, but I’m not sure where or how to look. How are fielding grades determined? I’m just trying to get a…