As the Chicagoland Summer Fantasy World Series is only a week away, I am now looking at my 1930 St. Louis Cardinals and my fantasy player, 1998 Mark McGwire who has been added to the team. In less than a week’s time, I need to find a working lineup (or…
The tourney bracket has been released for next week’s Chicagoland Summer Fantasy World Series. There are a lot of tough teams out there that are only bolstered by the best players in their franchise’s history. Even better, there some of the best APBA managers out there. Attending will be some…
Darren Schulz sends an update on last weekend’s Linda B. Schulz Memorial APBA Baseball Tournament in Pittsburgh! –Tom 2016 Linda B. Schulz Memorial APBA Baseball Tournament – Slippery Rock PA The venue may have changed, but the excitement remained unaltered for 20 participants bonding over not just any old tabletop…
Rod Woodward sent me a nifty card. It was 1931 Charles “Chick” Hafey. Now, Chick had a great year for the Cardinals in 1931. He led the NL in hitting with a .349 average with a total of 59 extra base hits. Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B…
Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL 4/8/2015 Today’s game should be another good matchup as both teams send solid starters to the mound following the previous evening’s game where the Cubs hit John Lackey pretty hard and found Joe Maddon having to cool his team down after a retaliatory beaning of Kris…
Frank Frisch is like “Big Mac who?” Y’all know the comedic plot device used on TV where the local town baseball team brings on a “ringer” from the pros to help them win the big game? I remember seeing that on ‘Cheers’ once. Well, that’s kind of what Doug Schuyler’s…
Your replay binder book generally can serve as Ground Zero for key information related to your replay. Keeping key information in the binder book cuts down on the amount of paper you will have flying around. It provides you a “home” you can use to help keep your replay organized.…
April 15, 2015 Wrigley Field Chicago, IL Hello APBA Fans! Welcome to Scott’s Olde Tyme Baseball!, err, Scott’s Cubs Baseball? Looks like I’ll need some help with this one. Anyway, while last season is far enough behind me to not remember a lot about it, opening day at the still…
Earlier this week, I had a pleasant hour-long discussion on the phone with Bob D’Angelo. Bob is a sports journalist who also writes about sports books and memorabilia on his blog The Sports Bookie. The topic? APBA and The APBA Blog. Today, as a result of the interview, Bob posted…
I met John Kalous for the first time at the Prairieland APBA Tournament in April. He and I talked a bit about the upcoming APBA National Convention so I knew he was planning to attend. We touched base again last week and he agreed to provide APBA Blog readers a…