With Dave’s permission, I’m making the Directory available here on The APBA Blog.  At this point, I’ll be hosting it and you can download it in Excel format.  For those who prefer, you can also get it in comma-delimited (.csv) format.

Thanks to Dave for doing the grunt work on this project.  It has a lot of valuable data.  

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I don’t want to sound like an old fogey here but in this day and age of video games (I admit to  enjoying them too), it’s nice to see that younger adults are rolling the bones.

Clayton says:

"We are a group of high school friends that started our league over summer vacations and continue it every summer. This year we switched to the 2008 set and were starting the summer with our respective teams before the salary cap and transactions come into effect. Our scheduled start is May, and were doing spring training and off season transactions now.”

thanks Clayton!

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His update has a bit of bittersweet touch.  The league’s name is derived from a manager who was killed serving his country in Iraq.  Every league has its issues but something like this puts everything into perspective.   

League Name	Matt Kading Memorial APBA League
Contact Person	Craig Ball
League Website	http://www.obaks.com/kading/
Sport	Baseball
# of teams	16
Year of inception	2000
Basic/Master/Computer/ Combination	Computer
Out of the box or with modifications?	with modifications
Geographic location	USA

Craig says:

“The Matt Kading Memorial APBA League began as the Roberto Clemente league in 2000. We are an NL-only league. It was renamed after league member Matt Kading after he was killed in Iraq, serving our country. We’ve had several managers throuhout the years, but commissioner Kirt Bennett and a hard-core group of GMs keep this league a lot of fun. We use the DOS version of Baseball for Windows. Check out our league website, you can see all the past league champions, records, etc. Thanks!”

thanks Craig!

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Divisions are named after broadcasters (Caray, Allen and Harwell).  That seems to be a common theme but nice touch.

John says:

“After 34 yrs there is a lot to tell and little space. I think the web site will tell all. A rich history that is all on-line. It’s pretty much out of the box with a little modifications. Rosters are 36. Limits on starting pitchers and defensive use. Summer league and a great commissioner.”

I can empathize.  Our league, the IAL, has been around since 1975.  Once you get talking, the stories can’t stop.

The more league web sites I see, the more I’m impressed by the creative and professional looking web content that APBA leagues display.

On a side topic:  leagues, let’s all keep updated constitutions on our web sites.  I don’t know about you but I enjoy reading through them (I found the RCMBA rules on Free Agency and in-season trading unique since we don’t use them in the IAL) and more importantly, it’s a quick way to share ideas.

thanks John!

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Ok, here’s a league with a grade A website.  The Mid-West Baseball League, mostly based out of the US Midwest, has one of the most complete and flashiest web sites I’ve seen for an APBA league. 

The MWBL league database goes back to 1997.  They’ve documented their stats, awards, league leaders, everything.  Very impressive. 

League Name	Mid-West Baseball League
Contact Person	Stray Corrado
Sport	Baseball
League Web Site	http://www.straybaseball.com/mwbl
Basic/Master/Computer/ Combination	Computer
Geographic location	US Midwest

Stray writes:

We draft up to 12 UnCarded prospects from anywhere in Baseball. You really need to check this league out.

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I also notice that their constitution is online.  I think that’s invaluable for those of us who want to exchange ideas (I know I have to update our league’s). 

Here’s the scoop on Mail 3:

League Name	Mail 3 League
Contact Person	Marc Ross
Sport	Baseball
League Web Site	http://mail3.org/
# of teams	20
Year of inception	1990
Basic/Master/Computer/ Combination	Basic
Out of the box or with modifications?	with modifications
Geographic location	US and Canada

Marc writes:

This is the third generation of a league that stared in the early 1970s and a few managers have been around since then. We have four divisions and play the basic game with a few minor modifications. Visit our website for more details and to see the leagues long history and records.

I particularly liked the Greatest (and Worst) Mail 3 Teams section as well as the Mail 3′s Biggest Trades.  That a nice touch and makes your APBA league seem a little more "real". 

thanks Marc, for writing in. 

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Reading Rod Caborn’s summary, I couldn’t help but notice their mid-season call-up system.

"25 man active roster with total 35 man rosters (10 inactive for year.
At mid-season, maximum of three call-ups allowed (and three sent down)"

A few in my league have been advocating something like this in the last couple of years.  I’d love to hear how well this works (from Rod or anyone else who uses something similar).

The details on the OAPBA:

Rod says:

"OAPBA is comprised of eight teams. Basics include:
84 game schedule; two 42-game halves

Two divisions of four teams each: Harry Caray and Red Barber Division
25 man active roster with total 35 man rosters (10 inactive for year.
At mid-season, maximum of three call-ups allowed (and three sent down)

Draft each January. 15 rounds (managers must cut at least 15 players)
Playoff format: winners of both halves play best of seven for divisional championship. Division champs then play best of seven World Series.

Modifications include:
if XB is drafted in first six rounds, the XB player, must stay on active roster for the entire season (this pre-empts ringer cards with limited appearances).

Total games pro-rated to determine the number of games in which a player can play.

Relief pitchers can pitch in three straight games, but then must rest.
Hit and run modifications (15 off for a ball or strike, which places some necessary limitations on managers who want to overuse the hit and run)."

Harry Caray and Red Barber Division… love it!

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You see, the YABL is a retro APBA league which progresses backwards through history.  A very fascinating concept which I’ve heard about but this is the first time I’ve gotten a chance to see the results up close.  The YABL started at year 1959 and is currently playing the 1952 season.

Here’s the scoop on the YABL:

Doug writes:

We are an APBA basic dice/board game league. We are a retro league currently (2008-2009) playing the 1952 season. We progress backwards through history. The league is a continuous ownership draft league using the basic game with minimal innovations. We play an 84 game season from October through February.

One thing I like about the game of APBA is that we can make the into what we want.  If we want to implement modifications in gameplay or as in this case, totally re-invent how the teams are populated or games are scheduled, there’s no limitations to what we can do.

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First the sordid details:

League Name	Illowa APBA League
Contact Person	Thomas Nelshoppen
League Website	http://www.illowaapbaleague.com
Sport	Baseball
# of teams	10
Year of inception	1975
Basic/Master/Computer/ Combination	Basic
Out of the box or with modifications?	with modifications
Geographic location	Midwest

Some of the modifications/rules that we use:

• the unusual play card and the pitchers’ hitting card (for pitchers with <10 ab)
• Players are limited to actual games/at-bats/IP
• Play results of 18 and 20 with 2B-9 and SS-10 respectively, are considered groundouts with bases empty

Our constitution is online if you want to take a look.

One of my favorite aspects of the IAL is our baseball registry.  Thanks to a lot of hard work by a couple of managers, we have compiled all-time stats for every player that has played in our league since 1975,  It’s a trip through memory lane when we browse through our registry.  We also have an All-Time Leaderboard.  No surprise that Barry Bonds is the all-time leader in homers with 655.

Once we got our registry in order, we had the idea of instituting a IAL Hall of Fame.  Mike Schmidt with his  IAL career 535 homeruns and Steve Carlton with his career 214 wins were the charter members in 1996. 

Geographically, we have four teams centered around Chicago, four spread out around downstate Illinois.  The other two reside in Iowa and Pennsylvania.  Despite the geographic differences, we manage to get almost all of our games played face-to-face thanks to our schedule which gets us together for three annual weekends where we can play a good part of our games. 

Yes I’m biased but I think our league has some pretty committed members.  We have five managers who have been in the league at least  since the early ’80s plus one father-son rivalry.  Finally, I don’t think we wouldn’t be the league we are without our commissioner, Mike Bunch.  The league thought at much so we inducted him into our HOF.

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Here’s the scoop on the Patriot League:

Steve Liles says:

The Patriot League is face-to-face basic dice game using master game pitching numbers, lefty-righty factors, and a variation of the base stealing. We have a salary cap and a salary structure based on BA and HRs and pitcher rating. Each manager keeps 12 players from a base team (e.g. Yankees) and drafts 13 players from teams not being used, staying within the salary cap. We have playoffs and a World Series. We’re always looking for new managers in the Hampton Roads area.

Maybe we’ll convince Steve or someone else at the Patriot League to write an article on how they do the salary structure.  That might be an interesting read.

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