The 2018 season of the Boys of Summer APBA Baseball League (16-team, BBW) is over and Brad Stark and his Portland Microbrewers have come out victorious! Here is the postseason wrap-up from Brad: Championship Preview The 2017 Boys of Summer Championship Classic features the Corktown Tamales 93-69 in the regular…
There is a solid argument for Gene Tenace to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. However, we’re more likely to see Shoeless Joe Jackson and Pete Rose inducted in the same year than Tenace gets a plaque in Cooperstown. If for no other reason than his actual…
Just a quick reminder that you all have until Monday, November 19 to enter the 1st annual APBA Blog Pitching Grade Challenge!
The competition is hot and heavy but there is still time to guess the grades of 20 pitchers from the upcoming APBA 2018 baseball season (and maybe even win a prize from the APBA Company!).
Here are the rules and link to the entry form.
Good luck!
According to Rod Caborn, the 2018 Orlando APBA League (OAPBA) is now over. The year was dominated by Altamonte Springs’ Jonathan Stillwell (right) and his Otters. Helped by Cy Young winner Jacob deGrom, the Otters won both halves of the 2018 season with a combined 50-30 record. Joey Votto of…
This submission comes from a Facebook post by Wisconsin Tournament organizer Kurt Bergland who is selling some of his APBA collection. The 1987 Milwaukee Brewers are on his selling list and of course, Paul Molitor is a top player on that team. Despite playing just 118 games, “Paulie” led the…
In a perfect world, Willie McCovey’s career would have ended after his stellar 1977 season or after a World Series title for the San Francisco Giants. Instead, it ended at the All-Star break in 1980. My first connection with McCovey came in 1981 when I bought his 1977 Topps…
The baseball was hit hard by the death of Willie “Stretch” McCovey this past week. As I have been replaying the 1966 National League these past few years, his death made me pause to think just a little more than most would. While his 1966 season was probably not his…
My friend (and APBA Blog contributor) Scott Fennessy emailed me with a question a couple days ago: Hi Tom, I’m starting to work on the next Windows season 2011. I want to try and use actual lineups for all the CPU teams and use my own for the Cubs. Where…
GF Korreck hosted a well-run inaugural Furniture City APBA Tournament. The tournament was held at Legends Sports and Games in Grand Rapids, Michigan, which is a sports cards, gaming cards, and sports memorabilia store. Eighteen managers rolled games throughout the day surrounded by beautiful memorabilia. After eight games of…
The rise and fall of J.R. Richard is one of baseball’s greatest tragedies. From his humble beginnings as a high school phenom to his final games in the 1980 season, Richard was always entertaining. James Rodney Richard was a legendary scholastic athlete in Louisiana. In his high school baseball career, he…