I’m already tossing & turning about the upcoming IAL Rookie Draft, which isn’t until March, 2010. The upcoming crop of rookies seem to be a very good one, with five B starters, a A&C* relief pitcher, a star catcher, thirdbaseman, & shortstop available, along with four fulltime outfielders (one may be moving to 2B). What [...]
October baseball, ya gotta love it! MLB is down to four teams standing, two from LA, one from NY, and then there’s the defending champion team from Philadelphia. There is a big contrast played between games on the east coast and those played in sunny California. The Angels have had to battle the elements as [...]
I drafted Mark Buehrle in the IAL for my Chicago Champions, not only because he pitches for my real life favorite major league team, the White Sox, but also because he’s good, doesn’t have overpowering stuff, but moves the ball around & uses his cutter to get guys out. He’s also an Aries, my sign, [...]
The Illowa APBA League had last year’s playoffs & World Series, along with the rookie draft, and opening of the new season (30 games per team) in Naperville Illinois in March. Then most teams played an in area series (9 games) in April. This past weekend was the league’s May Champaign Illinois get together where [...]
Early in the 2009-10 season the Chicago Champions, of the Illowa APBA League, will reach 3,000 wins (34 to go) and 2,500 losses (17 to go).Â
I actually joined the IAL in the league’s 2nd year, so I still have a 98-75 personal record to reach those milestones. Hopefully I’ll reach the 3,000 win plateau this [...]
Despite the fact the Chicago Champions finished the regular season with 98 wins, in first place, they are not resting on their laurels. Trades on happen in the offseason, after the World Series, before the first dice of the new season hit the table. IAL’s Playoffs, World Series, & Draft weekend will take place the [...]
After an off day yesterday, it was time to resume our last series of the year on the last day of January. Time for a couple quickies before Mgr. Lucas needed to go to church. Jake Peavy bested his old team in the opener of the final three games. Jake went the distance, allowing only [...]
Northside Hitmen bats remained relatively silent as the two teams entered into their 2nd third of this nine game series. There was a 4th inning four run outburst against Greg Maddux, which tied the game at four, the Hitmen runs came courtesy of two two-run blasts one by Hunter “Under Pants” Pence & the other monster [...]
CLuke & I were scheduled to play the first half of our last series Wednesday night, I know the results are to be to the president by today, but that’s not going to happen. I was surprised to receive a call from CLuke on my cell, even more surprising, the call was from his home [...]
I drafted Greg Maddux based on a D-Y card he earned with the Chicago Cubs based on his 1987 season. It turned out to be one of the best picks I’ve ever made. I needed Maddux to make 42 starts (we allow D’s to double their limits) in his first IAL campaign, 4-15 & a [...]
