Just a few days ago, Kerry Patrick of the Parkersburg (WV) News and Sentinel wrote a column on the APBA Wintertime Fun League (AWFL). AWFL was just heading into their draft as Patrick wrote his column on April 1. Is Posey the next Johnny Bench or is he the…
Some time back, I got into a pleasant chat over email with John Herson, CEO of the APBA Game Company. I took a chance and asked if he would be willing to engage in a Q&A interview for The APBA Blog. He not only readily agreed but even suggested that…
I read with interest a post on the APBA forums about the revisions that the APBA baseball boards have gone throughout the years. The original post was in 2004 but forum readers are so interested in the topic that they have been discussing the the same topic to this day.…
APBA Blog reader Mike Burger has just gotten his APBA Pro Soccer Board Game. I coaxed him to do a review of the game for this site after he had played a few soccer games and gotten a good feel for the game. Thanks to Mike for giving us his…
Champions IAL Playoffs & Draft Weekend Left Orlando on a big jet airliner at 8:00 AM, flying SWA to Midway, arrived at the Naperville Best Western after a couple of stops at 1:00 PM. Unpacked my APBA stuff & unwound, laid back & relaxed, and waited for my playoff foe…
IAL TRADES MOLLY PUTTS MARAUDERS send SS EVERTH CABRERA to the RISING BAMM BEANO’S in exchange for SS RAFAEL FURCAL. Don’t really like either player. Cabrera is younger and is likely to get older. While Furcal is older and might retire sooner. MARAUDERS 5, BAMM BEANO’S 5 – EVEN MOLLY…
For those interested, I’ve posted the 2011 rookie draft that the Illowa APBA League did last weekend. Here is the first round: Round One Player 1 Bombers Posey, B. 2 Marauders Heyward, J. 3 Gamblers Stanton, M. 4 T-Chicks Strasburg, S. 5 Upperdeckers Walker, N. 6 Highlanders Santana, C.…
…but maybe you’ll find them interesting, anyway. 1. Over at The Baseball Zealot, I interviewed Chicago-based baseball artist Grant Smith. He’s got some great baseball paintings and even sold some of them to Johnny Damon (he writes about it in the interview). If you want to check his work out…
One of the trades I made in my league last week was a first. It was made over Facebook. It’s interesting to list all the different methods and mediums used to facilitate an APBA trade. Here are all the ones, I can boast: Phone The preferred method for years…
Yesterday, I posted some photos of last weekend’s Illowa APBA League postseason play. Today, I continue with photos of last weekend’s draft and beyond. One note before I continue… I had a thought today. If any of you are interested in sharing photos of your league’s convention or get-togethers, feel…