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…
It is the beginning of APBA tournament season. Not only is Rich Zawadzki hosting the GMABT on March 5th but longtime tourney veteran John Roels (that’s him rolling dem bones at the Glass City tourney last year above) is going to host his own in April. Here are the details…
One of the biggest, baddest APBA tournaments is happening in less than four weeks! Pastor Rich Zawadzki’s Greater Michigan APBA Baseball Tournament is scheduled to occur on March 5 at the Loomis Park Baptist Church in Jackson, Michigan. And hey, if your dice ain’t rolling 66s, maybe Pastor Rich will…
David Lancaster contacted me and asked if I had ever featured Orlando Cepeda’s 1961 APBA card on Monday yet. I confessed I had not. David was kind enough to provide a copy of this 2019 BATS version of the card. I can see why David asked about Baby Bull’s 1961…
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, now we’re getting to the heavy hitters of the Illowa APBA League. No offense…
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. Hey check it out! There I am. As the league’s unofficial photographer, do you know…
There’s something about C-9s. Especially if they can hit. This is Salvador Perez’ brand new APBA card representing the 2021 season. Perez led the AL in homers (48) and rbis (121) while playing 161 games for Kansas City. If you’re curious, Salvador actually caught in 124 of those games, mostly…
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. Let’s start with 4th place and move on up. Chuck Lucas was in 5th place…