Thanks again to Ryan Morrison for suggesting another card this week. There’s nothing too odd about the actual numbers on this card of “Fred Rivers” except for perhaps the single column ‘2’. The strange thing is that his name is not really Fred Rivers. It belongs to a player named…
Mike Miller (left) poses with Howie Mooney at the 2016 Chicagoland tourney These are the toughest articles to write. Mike Miller, a baseball and APBA fanatic, passed away last week. I had the privilege to meet at the 2016 at the 2016 Chicagoland APBA Tournament. Mike traveled all the way…
The following press release covering the Linda B. Schulz Memorial APBA Baseball Tournament was submitted by Darren Schulz. thanks Darren!! -Tom Hosting players from Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Florida, Illinois, Virginia, Texas, Wisconsin, Canada as well as good old Pennsylvania, the ROCK was a soundboard for rattling dice. As players were…
I opened up my Excel stats spreadsheet for my 1966 National League replay tonight after a Pirates-Reds game and saw something I hadn’t seen before. Take a look at the above June 13 standings and see if you can spot the weirdness. Well, besides the Cardinals stinking it up in…
It’s kind of amazing that Ben Paschal hasn’t made an appearance on Monster Monday yet. While there are certainly better cards out there and ones that are more deserving (Paschal only managed 87 plate appearances for the 1927 Yankees), he was a bit of an APBA legend. Since the 1927…
Jim Saska explains the mods to Bob Eller and Jim Welch Two APBA tourneys in one day? Again? Well, kind of. See Jim Saska was back in Chicago for the weekend and thought it be fun to get together and play some APBA. Even with Ken Schulz’ LBS tournament happening…
Ken Schulz knows how to throw a big event, that’s for sure. This past weekend, in Slippery Rock, PA, near Pittsburgh, Ken hosted 50 APBA fans and 45 teams for the third Linda B. Schulz APBA Memorial APBA Baseball Championship tourney. With all those participants, it makes all that harder…
Busch Stadium St. Louis, MO May 7, 2015 Tonight’s game features Kyle Hendricks vs Lance Lynn. Kyle has had a decent, but not spectacular season so far, while Lance has easily been the best redbird starter so far. I’m expecting this to be an interesting game so let’s get underway.…
For your reading benefit, I submit the Transcontinental Baseball League’s Annual publication courtesy of TBL manager and Annual editor Walter Hunt. The TBL Baseball Annual is one the best testaments to APBA league play and honestly rivals most of the publications that cover MLB. The 134-page Annual is written with…
Today, the mentor returned to teach the apprentice a lesson. The Illowa APBA League is happy to welcome back Dennis Jennings as a co-manager of the Colona Hustlers. Dennis helped found the Illowa APBA League in 1975 and is returning to the league after a 28 year hiatus. You may…