I drafted Mark Buehrle in the IAL for my Chicago Champions, not only because he pitches for my real life favorite major league team, the White Sox, but also because he’s good, doesn’t have overpowering stuff, but moves the ball around & uses his cutter to get guys out. He’s also an Aries, my sign, [...]
I did a short post on Albert Pujols on The Baseball Zealot on how well he’s done this year in the majors with the bases loaded. It’s nothing short of amazing.
For those who haven’t noticed, Albert Pujols has done amazingly well with the bases loaded this year. Here are his stats with three runners on.
At [...]
I was a bit sad to hear about the passing of ex-MLB reliever Dave Smith who succumbed to a heart attack at the young age of 53. From all accounts, he was a kind and laid back guy. His death, however, has a special meaning for me APBA-wise. Dave Smith was the very first player [...]
A quick plug for my other blog The Baseball Zealot. Over the winter, we’re busy profiling the twenty-some Hall of Fame candidates up for selection plus giving our opinion whether they deserve the nod. We’re about halfway done now.
Here is the entry point for the HOF ‘09 series.
For the old time leaguers out there, [...]
I drafted Greg Maddux based on a D-Y card he earned with the Chicago Cubs based on his 1987 season. It turned out to be one of the best picks I’ve ever made. I needed Maddux to make 42 starts (we allow D’s to double their limits) in his first IAL campaign, 4-15 & a [...]
Last year I traded Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Nick Swisher. Let me introduce myself, I’m Tedd Mallasch, aka Teddy Ballgame, and I’ve been managing the Chicago Champions of the Illowa APBA League, a diceball league, for nearly 35 years. I’m also a White Sox fan, John Brandeberry, the manager [...]
A quick plug for my other blog, The Baseball Zealot.
My co-hort, Teddy Ballgame promises he’ll write some for The APBA Blog soon but he’s currently in Arizona watching some Arizona Fall League games (the lucky bum).
He’s been writing daily updates on The Baseball Zealot.
You can read them here.
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