This has been a busy week in the APBA community (and I will get that soon) but let me tell you about fun meeting I had last week. My wife and I took our daughter to her new college in Massachusetts for freshman orientation. From Illinois to New England, it…
Of the thirty-three Hall of Famers I’ve had the privilege to see play in person, I saw Alan Trammell play the most. When I think of Alan Trammell, three things immediately pop into my mind: class, consistency, and professionalism. From 1977-1995 with Lou Whitaker, Alan Trammell was part of…
Some players are like shooting-stars, springing on the scene for a season or two and then disappearing into obscurity. Each generation of baseball seems to have a handful of such players: Lyman Bostock, J.R. Richard, Mark Fidrych, Bo Jackson, Dwight Golden, Mo Vaughn, Mark Prior, and Josh Hamilton are a few…
This comes from Kevin Burghardt… yeah, the cap guy who loves 70’s baseball. While there certainly may be an abundance of them out there, I can’t recall off hand seeing shortstops rated (S) in speed. This is the reason I did a double take when checking (Roger) Metzger’s speed rating during…
Darren and Ken Schulz (shown right) sent in an update for the upcoming Linda B. Schulz Memorial APBA Baseball Tournament. It’s hard to believe that it’s the fourth tournament in Slippery Rock, PA! Forty participants will gather for fun and APBA on July 7, 2018. As APBA tournaments near their…
The Chicago Cubs were ahead for just one at bat in their June 19th doubleheader against the Houston Astros but they made it count. Game 1 Going into the 9th inning in Game 1, the Northsiders were down 4-0 thanks to a brilliant effort by Astros hurler Miguel Cuellar. Miggy…
In our mind’s eye, the enduring image of Tom Seaver is one of the hard-throwing right hander in the uniform of the New York Mets, for whom Seaver won 198 games during his career. While fans vividly remember Seaver’s glory days with the Mets, particularly his wonderful 1969 season…
According to the APBA Newsletter, a total of 65 APBA fans attended the 2018 National APBA Convention in Alpharetta, Georgia on June 21-24. A LOT of congratulations are in order. Tourney winners First, it seems like the Wells Dynasty is alive kicking. Greg Wells won the APBA Baseball tourney with…
Another feature of the Fielding Range Chart is speeding up the identification of catcher’s wild throws on safe steals. Rather than flip through the pages to see if a catcher’s throw found its way into center field, use this feature on the chart to see if there even is a…
I almost didn’t make to the Illowa APBA League weekend last Friday. Between transportation issues and an anniversary on Sunday (our 29th!), it just didn’t seem like it was going to happen. But thanks to Rob Moore, I was able to ride along with him and Scott Fennessy from Chicago…