Rod Caborn sends us an update on the 2011 Orlando APBA Association draft which occurred on January 22nd. Pictured above: Walt Taylor (Whatevers) Steven Korb (Turfbeaters) and Dave Larson (Taz Devils) go over their plans at the 2011 OAPBA Draft. The Orlando APBA Association (OAPBA) has moved into its 24th…
APBA Blog reader Steve Stein writes in and tells me that his league’s draft is coming up soon. And like last year, the Transcontinental Baseball League draft will post their draft online so you can ‘watch’ it live. You don’t have to wait, though. If you go to TBL draft…
Couldn’t help but post this… it’s interesting. Today, the Jersey Family Fun web site posted a review of APBA’s SuperStars Baseball Game. It’s a fun read (according to them, SuperStars Baseball is “Kind of like Candyland meets baseball”) especially looking at it from the perspective of us hard core tabletop…
In light of the major snowstorm hitting most of the northern part of the U.S. right about now, I’ll just leave this here: "People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for…
Even though there are still a couple of weeks before pitchers & catchers report for spring training, and an additional month before my beloved Illowa APBA League kicks off its season with playoffs, the World Series, the rookie draft, & the start of another season, I’ve got baseball on the…
The ink on the 2010 APBA baseball cards was barely dry when the O.Z APBA Baseball League started their draft on January 15. They were one of the first leagues to hold their draft in 2011. Dom Provisiero, manager of the Ozone Outlaws and member of the league since 1982,…
Chris W, who recently started up with APBA after a long hiatus, wrote in with a rather thought provoking email regarding pitching grade distribution: I’m 7 games into a season and it’s been fun to dive back in. I guess another question has come up as I’ve started playing,…
Despite posting Hall of Fame statistics over his 17 year Illowa APBA League career with the Northside Hitmen, Roberto Alomar has failed for the second consecutive year to get the votes needed to get in, and there can only be one reason for keeping him out. The Northside Hitmen…
I have been playing APBA baseball since 1970, more than forty years, and have never reached the 100 win plateau in any format. I’ve managed the Chicago Champions in the Illowa APBA League since the 2nd season of the league, more than 35 years, and have never gotten 100 wins,…
This isn’t strictly APBA related (unless you are replaying a ‘50s AL season maybe) but a lot of you might find it interesting especially if you are baseball history fanatics. Last night, Orestes ‘Minnie’ Minoso was on the campus of the University of Illinois and I got a chance to…