We’re going back to 1930 for this week’s MCM (that year’s such a good source). This time, it’s Albert “Buz” Phillips, a D pitcher for the Phillies. He ranks up there as one of the best. In his short time in 1930, Phillips managed 6 hits in 13 at-bats. …
I just want to give people heads up that if you want to get the discounted registration fee for the 2012 APBA convention, April 30 is the deadline. Starting May 1st, the fee goes from $75 to $85. According to the convention website cancellation can be made up to June…
I forget how many this is now, fourth? You can see all the results I have posted so far here. I didn’t think that this section, Buying, Selling and Collecting would THAT interesting but it turned out to be one the more intriguing sections. No doubt, Mr Herson will be…
2012 IAL ROOKIE DRAFT REVIEW 1) TWIN CITY THUNDERCHICKENS: Jeremy Hellickson P: This young righthander throws four pitches for strikes. He is a pitcher, in every sense of the word. Posting numbers that resulted in a B-Z grade. His best pitch is his changeup. Still I am not a…
This is the fourth in the series of results of my Great APBA Fan Survey. You can check out the results of the first three here. Checking my spreadsheet, I think I have enough material for two more articles after this one (wow, lots of interesting stuff!). Today, I’m looking…
Don Smith about to announce his draft choice Pitchers Jeremy Hellickson and Michael Pineda were the top two picks in the Illowa APBA League draft held last weekend in Downers Grove, Illinois. Forty-three rookies were chosen in six rounds and two players were kept on the roster uncarded (Stephen Strasburg…
This is third post of my series revealing the results of the Great APBA Fan Survey. In the first post, I looked at general demographics and in the second, I focused on what games we play. Today, it’s all about “how” we play the game of APBA. In general,…
Congrats to Commish Mike Bunch and his Green Rock Bombers, the newest Illowa APBA League champion! It was an interesting and exciting postseason for the IAL. The home crowd was not happy. In all ten games of the playoffs, the visiting team won. The visitor winning streak continued for three…
Just got into town for the Illowa APBA League draft weekend. Party indeed.
Yesterday, I started off by getting a sense of who APBA players were from a demographic standpoint. Today, I’m focusing on what games we play. I’m actually breaking up the the “Playing the Game” survey section into a couple articles (I’ll post the rest of the results of that section…