I want to run an idea past everyone and see if there is any interest in it.
1. Would you find it helpful/useful/interesting to have an online database or spreadsheet that had the pitchers’ APBA grades and ratings for every season that the company issued? Would you use such a site?
2. Additionally, if a [...]
Steve Stein lets us know that he’s updated the historical archive of the Transcontinental Baseball League.
Any league that’s been around long enough to say they have a “history” should pat themselves on the back. Those who had the forethought to keep their history documented and intact for their benefit (and others) earn a gold [...]
Got to Naperville this past Friday evening for the Illowa APBA League’s All Star weekend. Each team plays each out of town opponent six times for a total of 30 games. Heading into the weekend my Chicago Champions were in first place, two games up on the 2nd place Rising Bamm Beanos, there were only [...]
For the fifth time in a row, the East beat West in the annual Illowa APBA League All Star Game. Unlike last year when the outcome was never in question, the game went down to the wire with the West Division getting the tying run on deck in the ninth inning. The final score [...]
The Illowa APBA League is having its All-Star weekend starting today. We each got a series or two of regular season games in this evening. If you must know how I did, I’m currently 2-6 for the weekend. I haven’t done my stats yet but Geovany Soto and Ray Durham are doing well. Tom Glavine [...]
For those interested, I convinced six writers to guest blog for The Baseball Zealot writing an article a day for one week. The topic was predicting the MLB end-of-year awards and postseason predictions.
Guest bloggers ranged from our own Teddy Ballgame to Baseball Musings’ David Pinto.
Organizing the project was a lot of work but [...]
For those in Florida, Rod Caborn wanted to pass this info on:
The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Central Florida Auker-Seminick Chapter will meet on Saturday October 31 at the Southwest Branch (Dr. Phillips) of the Orlando Library system, 7255 Della Drive. Orlando, 10 a.m-2:30 p.m.
Presentations will be make by George Gedda, author of The [...]
