I feel like I’ve known Ty Cobb as long as I’ve known baseball. When I was nine years old, I remember reading a book about famous baseball players and being enamored with the Georgia Peach. There were pictures of him with his unique batting grip and sliding with his spike…
It’s been a couple weeks since the Illowa APBA League Postseason and Draft weekend but things have been so crazy, this is the first time I’ve had a moment to write about it. It was a milestone event for the league. This is the 45th year of the league’s existence!…
In another testament to how prevalent regional APBA tournaments have become, there were two major ones that took place on the same day once again. Prairieland IV David Kagel (top left) won the Prairieland IV APBA Baseball Tournament in Springfield, Illinois. He won it with a hybrid of the 1999…
Nearly fifty years ago, Curt Flood changed the landscape of professional sports when he challenged baseball’s reserve clause. On Christmas Eve, 1969, Flood wrote to Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, “After 12 years in the major leagues. I do not feel that I am a piece of property to be bought and…
This fantastic recap of the Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament-XI was passed on to me by Jim Fraasch. Thanks Jim!! Big surprises, especially with a couple of teams from the 1970’s, in TCABT-XI. And 3 no-hitters during the tournament. We ended up with 29 teams competing. 4 divisions of 6…
This card made the rounds of the Illowa APBA League group text this morning. If we made an APBA card of Chris Davis based on his 2019 stats right now, this is what it would look like courtesy of Steve Stein’s Card Computer. Davis is 0 for 28 so far…
Prairieland IV is this Saturday! It’s hard to believe that we are at our fourth tournament already. Here are the quick details When: April 13, 2019 (we will try to get started around 8:30-9am) Where: Springfield Ramada Inn, Springfield, Illinois (here is a map) Cost: $20 The team selection draft…
This 1949 Ed Sanicki card comes courtesy of Jim Fraasch. Jim has just completed the Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament XI! I’ll be posting about this soon but if you can’t wait, head over to Jim’s APBA Barn. Jim will be posting about it soon. Ed Sanicki must have felt…
Season Totals Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP 2019 Totals 2 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original…
For this week’s Final Card Friday, my twin brother, Kirk Weber, is our guest contributor. Thanks, Kirk, for taking the pressure off of me in a busy week of umpiring and teaching. It seems appropriate as we open the 2019 MLB season to look back at some Opening Day greatness…