Aaron Radlinski’s 1902 Pirates win Greater Michigan tourney!

GMABT III Final Aaron-WellsLast weekend was the third annual Greater Michigan APBA Baseball Tournament which was founded, organized and hosted by Pastor Rich Zawadzki.  If all the reports are true, he puts on quite a tournament. 

A total of 38 teams participated in the tournament which might be a record for a regional tourney.  When it came down to it, Greg Wells’ 1909 Cubs and Aaron Radlinski’s 1902 Pirates were left standing.  APBA Hall of Famer Greg Wells has had plenty of tourney fame winning a national tournament and two at the Linda B. Schultz Memorial APBA Baseball Tournaments in Pittsburgh.  When the dust settled though, Aaron’s Pirates came out the winner. 

Shawn Baier attended and has an excellent recap with division standings and plenty of photos at the Boys of Summer blog.

Congrats to Aaron Radinski and nicely done, Rich!!

Coming soon… Prairieland 2 and the The Neil Ess Memorial Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament – VII on April 1st!

Thomas Nelshoppen

I am an IT consultant by day and an APBA media mogul by night. My passions are baseball (specifically Illini baseball), photography and of course, APBA. I have been fortunate to be part of the basic game Illowa APBA League since 1980 as well as the BBW Boys of Summer APBA League since 2014. I am slogging through a 1966 NL replay and hope to finish before I die.

3 Comments:

  1. Greg Wells is a TBL alum! I remember him from my very first years in the league.

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