Francis Rose is selling the APBA Journal. 
Citing lack of time to devote to it, entrepreneur Francis Rose is attempting to unload the periodical dedicated the game of APBA.  AJ, which has been around since I was kid, was a great resource for those who played in leagues as well as solitaire replays. 
 

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I have been playing APBA baseball since 1970, players cards were based on the 1969 baseball season, but before I ever picked up a pair of APBA dice, I was rolling three dice, playing Strat-O-Matic.  I was first introduced to dice baseball by my cousins, who lived in Johnsburg, Illinois.  They had the Strat-O-Matic cards [...]

I’m already tossing & turning about the upcoming IAL Rookie Draft, which isn’t until March, 2010.  The upcoming crop of rookies seem to be a very good one, with five B starters, a A&C* relief pitcher, a star catcher, thirdbaseman, & shortstop available, along with four fulltime outfielders (one may be moving to 2B).  What [...]

Every year at the end of the MLB season and when APBA releases their carded player list, our league gets a pretty good idea how the APBA baseball cards will look like for the following year.  Like clockwork, our tireless commissioner, Mike Bunch, releases his predictions for the IAL league players. 
Yeah, I know what [...]

October baseball, ya gotta love it! MLB is down to four teams standing, two from LA, one from NY, and then there’s the defending champion team from Philadelphia. There is a big contrast played between games on the east coast and those played in sunny California. The Angels have had to battle the elements as [...]

For those who will be entering draft time sometime soon, here is a list (in pdf form) of the 2009 rookies that our commissioner put together. 
For the players, it includes playing time including games at secondary positions.  For pitchers, it includes playing time as well as W-L record and ERA. 
One warning:  the list [...]

The APBA Game Co has just realeased the list of carded players for the 2009 baseball set.  Here is the link to the list (in pdf form).
I’m just getting a chance to look at it for the first time right now.  I’ll probably have some comments on it later. 

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