Ok, here’s a league with a grade A website. The Mid-West Baseball League, mostly based out of the US Midwest, has one of the most complete and flashiest web sites I’ve seen for an APBA league. The MWBL league database goes back to 1997. They’ve documented their stats, awards, league…
Tim from Chicago sent me an email today saying he’s going to be in a tournament using seasons from 1975-2008. Long story short, he’d like to know if there is a database or listing of grade A pitchers by year. I’m pretty sure the Ed Zack book documents this but…
Here’s something to get you thinking. Name the player and year this card belongs to. I’ve blanked out the name, birth date and birthplace. I’ll give you no hints yet other than that this player is a starter and you have most likely know who he his. No doubt, seasoned…
Opening Day won’t be here for another three months but since the 2008 cards and disks are out, APBA league play and replays can now commence. In that spirit, here are links to some past (dare I call them historical?) articles on the game of APBA in the mainstream press. …
This was the best day ever!!! “I GOT THE NEW CARDS!”, used to generate excitement. NOTE: I’ve included utility man Chris Burke’s card as proof, nobody, to my knowledge, has posted his, who cares, card. I remember getting together with friends, for an extended lunch at a local restaurant, to…
For any NL-rule APBA leagues out there, yum! If you can avoid those five 24s on this card, he’s got quite a tasty card. It’s not a fluke either. Zambrano won the NL Silver Slugger award for a reason. He led all ML pitchers in pretty much every offensive stat…
O.Z. League manager Dom Provisiero and I have been in contact the past few weeks on the issue of keeping historical stats and other relevant for leagues. This has been an interest of mine for a while so I thought I’d share my thoughts. Accumulating the Data Documenting your…
Our league won’t be drafting till sometime in March but with the release of the 2008 season disk, I’m sure there will be some leagues beginning their seasons soon (if not already). I’m opening this post up for APBA leagues who are drafting in the upcoming year to let all…
Over the holidays, Marc Ross sent me some info on his league, the Mail 3 League. Take some time to check out Mail 3’s web site. They’ve done an excellent job not only stat keeping but also documenting their history. I also notice that their constitution is online. I think…
The Illowa APBA League has been around nearly 35 years. It started out as an eight team draft league, fell apart after 120 games in its inaugural season, only to rebound strong. I urge you to checkout at www.illowaapbaleague.com In the olden days, there were mail, as well as face-to-face…