My 2009 season in the Illowa APBA League is proof that a good, or at least decent, offense isn’t everything. My Twin Cities Thunderchickens just finished the year in last place out of ten teams.
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With the Illowa APBA League’s rookie draft and opening day less than a month away, we’re smack dab in the middle of our trading season. This is evident by the list of trades that our league has made. I’ve stayed out of the trading fray so far but once we get together in person, it [...]
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With the closing of the Geocities web hosting service, YABL has had to relocate their fine website. You can now find them at http://webspace.webring.com/people/fb/burgda/. Important not only to find out about their league but for another reason. League member and webmaster Doug Burg maintains the APBA Baseball Card 12 List and [...]
This Saturday will be the last series of the year for my Twin Cities Thunderchickens. No, I won’t be duking it out for a playoff spot. We’ve got last place pretty much sewed up, thank you. But that doesn’t mean there won’t be a little tension when I play the Green Rock Bombers this [...]
This satirical piece on The Sportsman’s Daily about a boy finding a dice baseball game in his dad’s attic is a somewhat funny in a bittersweet way for us APBA fans.
“It was kind of cute for a while,” said Jose. “It brought back some terrific memories like trading Jimmy “Toy Cannon” Wynn over to [...]
Yes, it’s 15 degrees out there and blowing snow (at least where we’re at… we’re not as lucky as our friends in the OAPBA) but the Illowa APBA League, is finishing up its last month of the season. As usual, our playoff race is coming down to wire. we have a ten team and the [...]
In time for the new year, Rotoprofessor has just come out with their 2010 MLB rankings by position.
I believe I directed you their rankings last year. When it comes to trading and drafting within our leagues, I find rankings helpful. and I think they do as good of a job as any. As I [...]
