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APBA Leagues have been around for decades. They add a different, more intimate element to the game of APBA as members have forged life-long friendships.

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Fun, competitive APBA tournaments are very popular now. It’s a great way to meet APBA friends and have a great time playing APBA!

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APBA Replays!

Many APBA fans are replaying seasons using APBA Games. Whether it’s recent seasons or years gone by, it’s fun to read up on their progress. Some even complete them!

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There is nothing more fun for most APBA fans than to look at the APBA card itself.

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Ninth inning rants

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…

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Thomas Nelshoppen July 17, 2010 July 17, 2010League Updates ial, leagues 1

Champs Stay Hot in July

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…

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Teddy Ballgame July 12, 2010 July 12, 2010League Updates Chicago Champions, ial, Three Rivers Gamblers 0

Mascots in APBA league play?

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…

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Thomas Nelshoppen July 5, 2010 July 5, 2010Fun humor, leagues 0

OAPBA announces first half title champion

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…

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Thomas Nelshoppen July 3, 2010 July 3, 2010League Updates league championship, leagues, OAPBA 0

The ethics of getting one over on your opposition

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…

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Thomas Nelshoppen June 25, 2010 June 25, 2010League Issues leagues, managers, trades 1

Entire collection of APBA Journals up for bid

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:  …

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Thomas Nelshoppen June 16, 2010 June 16, 2010APBA in the News apba journal, ebay, francis rose 1

Chicago teams dominate at IAL weekend

Me (right) getting annihilated 5 games to one by Tedd   The Illowa APBA League wrapped up our June get-together on late Saturday night after playing 24-30 games each.  The big story to me was the domination of the Chicago teams.  You see, our league is divided into two divisions…

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Thomas Nelshoppen June 7, 2010 June 7, 2010League Updates event, ial 4

Media Watch: APBA mentioned in book review

Bob D’Angelo aka “The Sports Bookie”, interjects his preference for tabletop baseball games in his review of The Underground Baseball Encyclopedia: The Stuff You Never Needed to Know and Can Certainly Live Without on TBO.com:   What I enjoyed most about this book were some of the obscure entries. For…

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Thomas Nelshoppen June 6, 2010 June 6, 2010APBA in the News book, media 0

Friday night APBA

The Illowa APBA League is congregating this weekend in Champaign, Illinois as they do every year around this time of year to play inter-division games.  It’s late on Friday night (Saturday morning actually) but here are a couple photos:       As for me, my Twin City Thunderchickens have…

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Thomas Nelshoppen June 5, 2010 June 6, 2010League Updates event, ial 0

League Mods: RCMBA’s Fielding Chart

This modification comes from John Briggs from the Roberto Clemente Memorial Baseball Association.  John is the one who suggested the Slow Runners Runners Card in a past article if you want to take a look at that.  This time, John and the RCMBA are addressing how APBA addresses fielding and…

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Thomas Nelshoppen May 29, 2010 May 29, 2010Innovations and Modifications league mods, modifications, rcmba 3
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