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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

 
 
 
 
 

 

SLUGGERS (KERNELS) OUT HOMER CHAMPS 18-7
 
I should’ve let Gracey our dog take a nip out of Keith when he showed up at my house to play shum APBA after traveling over 2 1/2 hours through rush hour traffic, if I’d only known what was to come. Keith’s Kentucky Kernels won the last three games in our nine [...]

Here are the All Time Home Run hitters in the Illowa APBA League as reported by our league historian.  The IAL has been around since the mid-70s. 
 

Player
* active
Home Runs

Barry Bonds
655

Mark McGwire
591

Rafael Palmeiro
573

Ken Griffey. Jr.*
571

Mike Schmidt
535

Manny Ramirez*
484

Frank Thomas*
473

Alex Rodriguez*
469

Cal Ripken, Jr.
468

Carlos Delgado*
448

 

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