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.…
Manager Lucas brought his Northside Hitmen over to Crackerjack Park adding another chapter in the ongoing battle of APBA that has been going on for decades. Being a History Major, Luke remembered one of the first times he came to my place to play shum APBA, it was circa 1977,…
My Thunderchickens and I took on the Green Rock Bombers skippered by our commissioner, Mike Bunch. Time was running out this month and neither of us could make the trip so we played by Skype. It was an unexciting series for me for the most part… we just couldn’t runs. …
These three pitchers were no doubt cheated out of a better grade by APBA: 1990 Jose DeJesus DW 7 wins, 3.74 ERA, 22 starts, 130 IP 1979 Steve Busby DW 6 wins, 3.63 ERA, 22 games, 12 starts, 94.1 IP 1937 Spud Chandler D 7 wins, 2.84 ERA, 12 games,…
Upperdecker manager Marcus Bunch takes on John Brandeberry’s Rising Bamm! Beanos Pardon me if I rant about my team’s performance today, See, my Twin City Thunderchickens took on the Moline Upperdeckers managed by Marcus Bunch. He came all the way down to Urbana to play two nine-game series; one against…
The Chicago Champions record stood at 56-22 heading into July, mostly due to beating the teams in the West, we were below .500 (8-10) against Eastern teams. This did not bode well facing the Three Rivers Gamblers, with the most explosive lineup in the IAL. Things didn’t look good when…
To some, playing in APBA leagues is a purely academic exercise. It’s an effort to win as many games as possible or perhaps to maintain some realism or accuracy in the process. To many others, we see our assembly of cards as a team and ourselves as the general manager…
I received a press release of sorts from Rod Caborn from the Orlando APBA Association announcing the winner of their first half title: Joe Passiatore’s defending champion Platoon (31-11) have captured the first half title in the Orlando APBA Association (OAPBA) 2010 pennant race. Led by the all-pinstripe infield…
I ran across an article by Derek Ambrosino over at The Hardball Times (a great site for baseball analysis; check it out if you haven’t already). It’s entitled The ethicist part two: pulling a fast one. No doubt, Derek is speaking to the fantasy baseball crowd here but it’s certainly…
Francis Rose is selling the complete collection of APBA Journals on Ebay. The issues start in AJ’s first year of 1967 all the way to 2002, 363 in all. Interesting to note that the early ones aren’t distribution issues but rather Len Gaydos’ original copies. From the Ebay description: …