By the 2000s, Tom Glavine lost his hit numbers he had in the early 90s not to mention his “Gretzky” nickname (bestowed because he was pretty good at hockey… good enough to be picked in the fourth round in the NHL draft). But he did picked up a couple of…
The competitive game of APBA must be getting big. The same day of the Illowa APBA League All-Star Game, Jim Saska hosted the second Capital of the Confederacy Tournament in Richmond, Virginia. On October 15th, Jim organized and hosted the tourney. He was nice enough to send a wrap-up. Here…
Wouldn’t you know it. The day after I post an article asking everyone how you evaluate players when voting for them on awards, the Illowa APBA League ballot for Hall of Fame comes out. The job for handing that lands on our vice-president, Rob Moore. He did a great summary…
Brian Cavanaugh of The Bridesburg APBA League took on a solo replay project, one that involved his beloved Phillies. Here’s his recap. -Tom I have never been more excited to play a replay than I was to replay the 1993 Phillies season. This team is my all-time favorite Phillies team,…
James Welch took the 1968 St Louis Cardinals to the finals by winning his division. Craig Christian finished the job. On Saturday July 19th in Woodstock, Illinois, the 1968 St Louis Cardinals defeated the 2001 Seattle Mariners in the final game to win the 2014 Chicagoland Summer APBA World Series…
The divisions have been released for the Chicagoland APBA Tournament which will take place on July 19th. The word has come from on high. According to tournament organizer Jim Saska, it was Mrs. Saska who picked the teams out of a hat. According to Jim: Every team will play each…
For most of you on Facebook, this won’t be news but I thought it was worth bringing to the wider audience. It started as a simple post on the APBA Baseball group by Tom Zuppa last week linking to an article about this year’s candidates for the Baseball Hall of…
This is Javy Lopez’ killer card from 2003 sent to me by Pastor Rich. This particular card is the 2010 reprint of Lopez’ 2003 season. I remember this particular season well. Lopez was a member of the Illowa APBA League’s Northside Hitmen managed by Chuck Lucas. With other players like…
Brian Hey emailed The APBA Blog to update us on The APBA Patriot League. Most notably, they have a new website! I was just having fun going through their career leaders. Like in our league, Maddux is the all-time leader in wins. Happy to see Mr Glavine 2nd, too! Great…
For this APBA Fan Profile, I had the pleasure to get to know Dan Velderrain of the Southern California Baseball League. I’m glad I did and it makes me wish I could meet him in person (that really goes for pretty much everyone I’ve interviewed. The fan profile is one…