APBA to the masses sometimes gets rolled in with the fantasy leagues ala rotisserie leagues. One difference among many, I think, is the connection to the players. The connection (at least for us board game players), comes from handling and viewing the individual player cards. Corny as that may seem.
Which leads me to this [...]
Not really APBA related but this article in the LA Times reports that Lancaster, Pa, home of the APBA Co, is probably the closely watched community. The town of 55,000 has some 165 closed-circuit TV cameras monitoring public areas purportedly looking for crime.
Some 165 closed-circuit TV cameras soon will provide live, round-the-clock scrutiny of nearly [...]
I did a short post on Albert Pujols on The Baseball Zealot on how well he’s done this year in the majors with the bases loaded. It’s nothing short of amazing.
For those who haven’t noticed, Albert Pujols has done amazingly well with the bases loaded this year. Here are his stats with three runners on.
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There’s a pretty awesome article depicting the fun of APBA (and Strat-O-Matic) baseball in USA Today. They interview a couple members of the Washington APBA Baseball League.
…But they’re not at the ballpark. For that matter, they’re not watching on TV, either. It’s 10 a.m. on a Sunday morning and they are huddled around McDonald’s tiny [...]
The Illowa APBA League had last year’s playoffs & World Series, along with the rookie draft, and opening of the new season (30 games per team) in Naperville Illinois in March. Then most teams played an in area series (9 games) in April. This past weekend was the league’s May Champaign Illinois get together where [...]
