Tim McCarver provides color commentary in one dimension while at the same time he goes 2 for 4 with a triple and double in another. Pretty meta. Last night, I visited my friend, John “Brando” Brandeberry to play some APBA while we watched the World Series. We played enough of…
The latest APBA Newsletter was just released. Some good information and some pretty upbeat stuff to be quite honest. Here are some highlights from the newsletter: Baseball “APBA now offers all of the 20th and 21st century major league baseball seasons. The 1902 season is now available as either a…
Now that the MLB season is over, many of us are crunching some of the 2013 stats. John Briggs is making it easy for those of us replayers and league members who are sticklers for the details by breaking down the pitchers’ starting and relief innings. He sent me the…
Who’s going to the Chicagoland APBA World Series Tournament in November? I will. For those interested, here are the pertinent details from co-organizer Doug Schuyler: Saturday, November 16th Woodstock, IL 9 AM to 5 PM If you haven’t read my interview of Doug, he gives a pretty good overview of…
I’m only a week and a half into my 1966 replay and I’ve already noticed a mistake. It’s not a huge mistake and nothing I’ll lose sleep over but I had to come up with a solution for it. To put it simply, pitcher Billy Hoeft appeared in a game…
With my vacation over, I’ve been turning my eye towards my 1966 replay lately. After playing a week or two early this spring, work got busy so it was put on hiatus. Now with more time, I’m thinking of picking it back up again. Two nights ago, I spent some…
A few months ago, I started seeing links to Shawn Baier’s blog, “The Boys of Summer”, pop up every few days on Facebook. Now, I make a point of visiting there often. Shawn has been a lifetime baseball fan and as well as a lifetime APBA fan, too. Among other…
Indeed, APBA drafts are in full swing. The Transcontinental Baseball League hasn’t had theirs yet but (it’s scheduled for February 9th) their managers are getting into the mood by posting previews and pre-analysis. They are interesting and not without a touch of humor. To get a feel for things, here…
As I mentioned on The APBA Blog Facebook page, I’m bringing back the APBA Fan Profile series. It took a little hiatus but since it was pretty popular, you’ll start seeing more of them this year. First up is Rich Zawadzki aka ‘Pastor Rich’. Those of you who frequent the…
As he does from time to time, APBA Company CEO John Herson answered a few questions for The APBA Blog. In this interview, there’s a focus on the latest changes within APBA in the last year or so. Mr. Herson talks to us about the APBA Company’s online presence and…