The final Illowa APBA League newsletter came out today. And I can’t go another any further without congratulating my co-blogger, fellow manager and good friend Teddy Ballgame. His Chicago Champions placed first in the IAL after a grueling (ok, it was grueling for me, for him it was probably a…
You got Dave Parker pretty easy last time. We’ll see how you do with this one. I took the position out this time. No hints this time except that may be a slight hint in of itself. Good Luck!
After an off day yesterday, it was time to resume our last series of the year on the last day of January. Time for a couple quickies before Mgr. Lucas needed to go to church. Jake Peavy bested his old team in the opener of the final three games. Jake…
Our season has pretty much ended in the Illowa APBA League. We still have a few have a few minor and not so minor details to take care of. The last electronic newsletter hasn’t come out, we’ll need to vote on our All-League team and most importantly, the playoffs and…
Craig Ball writes to plug his league, the Matt Kading Memorial APBA League. His update has a bit of bittersweet touch. The league’s name is derived from a manager who was killed serving his country in Iraq. Every league has its issues but something like this puts everything into perspective. …
Northside Hitmen bats remained relatively silent as the two teams entered into their 2nd third of this nine game series. There was a 4th inning four run outburst against Greg Maddux, which tied the game at four, the Hitmen runs came courtesy of two two-run blasts one by Hunter “Under Pants”…
CLuke & I were scheduled to play the first half of our last series Wednesday night, I know the results are to be to the president by today, but that’s not going to happen. I was surprised to receive a call from CLuke on my cell, even more surprising, the…
Our Illowa APBA League season has finally come to end. On Sunday, Brando and I finished our nine game series. My Twin City Thunderchickens had gotten to a good 3-1 start the weekend before against Brando’s Rising Bamm! Beanos. Appropriately, we played his home games at his house. For my…
Probably most leagues have finished up their 2008 season. Not the IAL. We’re in our last month, fighting out the last playoff spots. Not me though… my Twin City Thunderchickens went into the month of January tied for last place with the Chicago Highlanders with an ugly 60-93 record. As…
John Briggs emailed us about his 15 team mail league, the Roberto Clemente Memorial Baseball Association. The RCMBA has been around a spell, since 1975. Six of the 15 teams in the league are based in Pennsylvania or Ohio with others in NY, KY, MI, FL, MD and even as…