Illowa fun set for this weekend
This Friday, the Illowa APBA League continues its 50th season by converging on the Chicago-area for its annual June weekend. We’ll roll dem bones and get some APBA played.
Willie Mays was truly one of the greats (1931-2024)
On Tuesday, New York and San Francisco Giant center fielder Willie Mays passed away at the age of 93.
Don George’s 1979 Reds replay shows APBA’s accuracy
Reader Don George, who is a fan of one-team season replays, has completed the 1979 Cincinatti Reds replay. Don says it took 58 days to finish and once he did, he sent me a synopsis. First, here is a quick recap in Don’s words: The 1979 Cincinnati Reds slightly outperformed their actuals during…
Monster Card Monday: 1950 Clint Hartung
Clint Hartung was billed to be the “biggest thing to hit New York baseball since Babe Ruth”. He could pitch and hit homeruns.
Monster Card Monday: 1883 Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn
Rich Zawadzki suggested this truly monster card. These days when a few pitchers struggle to reach 200 innings in a season (five did in 2023), what Charles Radbourn did in 1883 seems impossible. Yet, the stats bear it out. And indeed make this a monster card.
Have I been calculating earned runs wrong all this time?
Our league, the Illowa APBA League, communicates largely by group text. Topics range greatly but tend to stick to sports, and mostly baseball. This year, it has been a good source of breaking news on who’s injured, traded or DFAed.
The 2024 TBL Annual is out! This one is worth the read!
Walter Hunt sent me the new 2024 Transcontinental Baseball League Annual that has just been released. As always, it is impeccably packaged and well worth the read.
Monster Card Monday: 1980 Willie Wilson
Rich Zawadzki helped me out with Monster Monday this week with two cards… of the same player from the same season. Right here, we’re looking at the original 1980 Willie Wilson of the Kansas City Royals.
APBA 101: How to buy card sets from the APBA Company
I know some of you are reading the headline and probably thinking, ‘of course, every APBA fan knows how to order cards from APBA, right?’
George Kaldis wins inaugural Toronto APBA Baseball Classic
What a great day for an APBA Baseball Tournament! Eleven players played in the 1st Annual Toronto APBA Baseball Classic!