Prairieland 3 APBA Baseball tournament is ready to kick off this weekend!

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Prairieland 3 is almost here!

On Saturday, over 20 participants will take part in the third Prairieland APBA Baseball Tournament.  This year, it’s the Golden Era tourney with non-World Series teams from 1920-1960.

April 28th, 2018
9:00am
Location: The Ramada Inn, Springfield Illinois
3281 Northfield Drive, Springfield, Illinois 62704
Conference room, second floor.
First Pitch: 9am
Phone # 217-523-4000
Cost: $20

The managers have committed to go, the teams have been chosen… now all that’s left to do is roll the dice and see who wins.  With all of the big bats, there will be some scoring to be had!

 

Lou Boudreau League
Johnny Dickshot Division 
Manager Year Team
1 John Gedwill 1954 Chicago White Sox
2 Joe Schall 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers
3 Rob Spatz 1942 Brooklyn Dodgers
4 Jeff Boeding 1930 New York Yankees
5 Dave Chestnut  1954 Milwaukee Braves
Frankie Gustine Division
Manager Year Team
1 Earle Shamblin 1957 Chicago White Sox
2 Quinn Naugle 1952 St. Louis Cardinals
3 Tom Fulton 1931 New York Giants
4 James Welch 1947 Boston Red Sox
5 Dave Rueck 1930 Chicago Cubs
Robin Roberts League
Hank Bauer Division
Manager Year Team
1 Mark Dyel 1922 St. Louis Browns
2 Scott Dike 1922 St. Louis Cardinals
3 Bob Spatz 1960 Chicago White Sox
4 Kyle Daniels 1928 Philadelphia Athletics
5 John Roels 1927 Philadelphia Athletics
Emil Verban Division
Manager Year Team
1 Eric Berg 1930 Washington Senators
2 Bob Eller 1956 Milwaukee Braves
3 Kurt Bergland 1954 Brooklyn Dodgers
4 Ryan Daniels 1924 Pittsburgh Pirates
5 Todd Daniels 1923 Cleveland Indians

If you’re wondering, leagues and divisions are named after Golden Era players who hail from Illinois.  Robin Roberts has a stadium named after him in Springfield and Lou Boudreau is the University of Illinois’ most famous alumni.

As we all hoped, it is a good mix of ‘20s,‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s teams.  Even Bob Spatz is on the edge with the 1960 White Sox.

For those coming to the Prairieland 3 tourney, here are the scheduled games for the tournament:

If you’re coming, you can review the rules here.  Also, Eric Berg (who has been very helpful in getting this set up in the new Springfield location) posted this on Facebook:

Here are some reminders.

Bring your team!
Bring new boards if you have them.
Bring dice (red and white please).
Bring cards for sale if you like.
Bring $20.00 cash please.
Arrive about 8:45am at the room, second floor of the Ramada.
Ask questions if you have them.
Roll slow and have fun!

Looking forward to seeing everyone!!

In the meantime, enjoy these photos from the last two Prairieland tournaments!

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.

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