Nobody knows Monster Cards like Pastor Rich Zawadzki. He sent me this 1922 Ken Williams card. Williams was one of rare AL sluggers in the 1920s who managed to hit more homers than Babe Ruth (Bob Meusel also accomplished that feat in 1925). With 39 in 1922, he was only…
While the Illowa APBA League was drafting and playing last weekend, the Transcontinental Baseball League were busy building up their teams for the 2020 season. They held their 2020 draft on the same weekend as the IAL. And once again, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was the top choice. I have mentioned…
This past weekend, the Illowa APBA League crowned the 2019 champion after a hard fought postseason. Rob Moore and his Chicago Highlanders emerged the victor, defeating Thomas Nelshoppen’s Twin City Thunderchickens in a memorable World Series. Think about the importance that baseball historians place on Bill Mazeroski’s game-winning homerun in…
After this weekend’s Illowa APBA League’ Draft weekend, my fellow co-Manager of the Year (yes, that was a feeble attempt to subtly brag) Marcus Bunch asked me if I have ever featured Todd Helton’s 2001 card on Monster Card Monday. No, I hadn’t! And what a card it is! For…
Chris compiled some good info on pitching last week. Here is a continuation of the discussion… On Grading Approaches There are five viable generations (or four and one major sub-category) of grades for the National Pastime-APBA game, of which the Skeetersoft boards are certainly a derivative. 1. The APBA grades,…
Thanks to Dom Provisiero for sending the results of the O.Z. League draft results. Dom tells me that the O.Z. League drafted on February 8th. Here are the top ten players who were selected: 1. ZEPHYRS Pete Alonso 2. KNIGHTS Mike Soroka 3. GAMBLERS Gavin Lux 4. DRAGONS Dakota Hudson…
In a couple days, the Illowa APBA League will convene for the biggest weekend of their year. During the process, we will play out the 2019 playoffs and World Series and follow it up with the 2020 IAL draft. With our teams intact, we will then proceed to start the…
No doubt, it’s draft season in a lot of APBA baseball league right now. I posted about the NAPBA League’s draft which saw Fernando Tatis Jr. go #1. Not so with the Roberto Clemente Memorial Baseball Association. John Briggs hailed me to let me know that they completed their draft…
I’m hearing this second hand but news of the 2020 NAPBA rookie draft reached my phone this morning. Rumor has it that the top five picks of the Minneapolis-based NAPBA League draft went as follows: Fernando Tatis Jr. Pete Alonso Yordan Alvarez Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Chris Paddack This is relevant…
Chris Williams shares what information he’s collected about APBA with TAB readers! Q. Certain Board sets contain a Master Game Pitching Grade Conversion Chart. However, they’re based on the old pitching conversion scheme, i.e., 1-5 = D, instead of 1-4 = D. How do you use this and other pitching…