Some time back, I got into a pleasant chat over email with John Herson, CEO of the APBA Game Company. I took a chance and asked if he would be willing to engage in a Q&A interview for The APBA Blog. He not only readily agreed but even suggested that…
APBA Blog reader Mike Burger has just gotten his APBA Pro Soccer Board Game. I coaxed him to do a review of the game for this site after he had played a few soccer games and gotten a good feel for the game. Thanks to Mike for giving us his…
Our season has pretty much ended in the Illowa APBA League. We still have a few have a few minor and not so minor details to take care of. The last electronic newsletter hasn’t come out, we’ll need to vote on our All-League team and most importantly, the playoffs and…
O.Z. League manager Dom Provisiero and I have been in contact the past few weeks on the issue of keeping historical stats and other relevant for leagues. This has been an interest of mine for a while so I thought I’d share my thoughts. Accumulating the Data Documenting your…
In the spirit of the season, five things APBA-related that I’m genuinely thankful. 1. Albert Pujols Yeah, Albert Pujols. As a Cub fan, I’ll admit it. Somewhere out there on the interwebs, there’s even a picture of me in a Pujols jersey. Here’s why. Six years ago, I had…
At the last Illowa APBA League All-Star weekend, fellow manager, CLuke told me of this cool website he ran across that makes available team rosters, transactions, lineups and pitching rotations for pretty much every year of modern baseball. He said he used it to help with his 1959 APBA replay.…