Nick Tegeler emailed me as soon as he got back from from the 2009 All American Baseball Association draft weekend with his report. According to AABA rules, they draft players that are unowned from the previous year. Their league has 18 teams, 180 picks and 40 man rosters.
This is how their first round went: [...]
5. Hinske’s on-base potential. He’s not super great but he’s 4 walks and 5 automatic hits. My team needs a leadoff hitter and it may be a sad reflection on my team but he might fit the bill.
4. I need a 3rd outfielder. Right now, Luis Gonzalez is my starting left fielder. In [...]
A week or so ago, I made my first trade in the IAL. We did it with our ol’ trading buddy, DonS and his Molly Putts Marauders. At first sight, it looks like a barn-burner:
My first round pick and Ramon Hernandez
for
Highlanders’ first round pick and Mark Hendrickson
…and I guess it is. But consider that [...]
Steve Stein informs me that the Transcontinental Baseball League will be having their draft this Saturday Feb 21..
Not only that, anyone who wants can track the draft online by accessing their TBL Draft Grid web page. The unpopulated grid plus rosters and available draft choices are already up and online.
Good luck to everyone [...]
Not sure if there would be any interest in The APBA Blog readership but I’ve started up a new blog called Illinois Baseball Report focusing on a team near and dear to me, the University of Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team.
I’ve been a die-hard fan for some five years now and have been covering [...]
C- Victor Martinez: .272, 35 2B 0 3B 22 HR, 74 RBI 85 runs
1B Prince Fielder: .271, 42 2B 0 3B 55 HR, 152 RBI 122 runs
2B Chase Utley: .304, 46 2B 4 3B 25 HR, 91 RBI 97 runs
3B Miguel Cabrera: .326, 50 2B 2 3B 37 HR, 133 RBI 101 runs
SS Hanley Ramirez: [...]
Despite the fact the Chicago Champions finished the regular season with 98 wins, in first place, they are not resting on their laurels. Trades on happen in the offseason, after the World Series, before the first dice of the new season hit the table. IAL’s Playoffs, World Series, & Draft weekend will take place the [...]
In our first league draft submission, Rod Caborn of the Orlando APBA Association (OAPBA) writes to let us know how their draft went.
Cliff Lee went numero uno followed by Geovany Soto and Edison Volquez.
Rod Caborn writes:
Southpaw Cliff Lee was the first pick in the 2009 OABPA (Orlando APBA Association) draft, held in this [...]
This blog tends to lean towards baseball (I write what I know). I did however run across a hockey web site today worth mentioning.
Chris Kash’s web site is dedicated to the River Cities Renegades, his APBA hockey team in the CCHL. It’s a pretty realistic web site… so much so that it took me [...]
The final Illowa APBA League newsletter came out today. And I can’t go another any further without congratulating my co-blogger, fellow manager and good friend Teddy Ballgame. His Chicago Champions placed first in the IAL after a grueling (ok, it was grueling for me, for him it was probably a cakewalk) 2008 season. For [...]
