Rod Caborn writes to announce the conclusion of the Orlando APBA League season. Here are the details: Joe Passiatore’s Platoon (50-34) rolled over Walt Taylor’s record-setting Whatevers (59-25, new league record for wins in a season) to capture his third straight Orlando APBA Association crown and his eighth in…
Father Gabe Costa from CBS New York (don’t ask me if he’s really a man of the cloth) has a nice, general review of the APBA Baseball game. Father Gabe relives his days as a youngster in the 60s when he and his friends drafted players from the stock teams:…
I just wanted to point out a few links on APBA Between the Lines forum that might be useful for those who interested in predicting the 2010 MLB cards. Check out the one on 2010 SS Fielding Rating Predictions. Of course, not all the analysis in the BTL posts is…
I just came back from a very successful mini-APBA weekend where I went 12-6 against my league’s intra-division rivals including commish Mike Bunch (left). Lately, in the past few years, my team has tended to be a season late bloomer. I’ll be of the playoffs then out of the…
I was reading a post on The Hardball Times which dealt with the issue of the designated hitter and lo and behold, in the comments below it, I saw APBA mentioned: I am 67 years old 60 years a baseball fan not only do I hate the dh,but my…
The official carded players list for the 2010 season has just recently came out and is posted on the APBA Company’s website. For the managers in our (ten-team keeper) league, it’s a last ditch effort to maybe get one more rookie pick for the upcoming 2011 draft. Let me explain……
It’s getting to that time of APBA league season for some managers. They see the writing on the wall for the current year and start looking forward to next year. The MLB season is wrapping up and they know what kind of players they should expect for the coming year…
For those college baseball fans like me, there’s good news. Steve Guthrie has come out with the 2010 NCAA Baseball card sets! These cards are based on the Brian Davis Card Generator. You can download your favorite team or up to 150 teams from Steve’s website. Thanks to Chuck for…
It wasn’t much of a game (if you were a South Division manager, at least). You could blame the manager. You could blame the players. But when it came down to it, we couldn’t roll the dice. In the Illowa APBA League annual All-Star Game this past weekend, the South…
September 17-19 is the Illowa APBA League’s All-Star Weekend. Managers began spilling in to the Best Western at Naperville, Illinois this Friday afternoon. Aside from playing the All-Star Game, we get some IAL regular season games, too. I took timeout from socializing and playing games to snap a couple shots.…