To some, playing in APBA leagues is a purely academic exercise. It’s an effort to win as many games as possible or perhaps to maintain some realism or accuracy in the process. To many others, we see our assembly of cards as a team and ourselves as the general manager and field manager. Sometimes we [...]
The UTABL, a league based in Lancaster, had a little fun on their blog in anticipation of their upcoming weekend get-together held presumably at a cabin . They posted a “Top Ten Cabin Predictions”. Take number 1 for example: 1) Someone will attempt to destroy a set of dice. (Dice take the most abuse [...]
This satirical piece on The Sportsman’s Daily about a boy finding a dice baseball game in his dad’s attic is a somewhat funny in a bittersweet way for us APBA fans. “It was kind of cute for a while,” said Jose. “It brought back some terrific memories like trading Jimmy “Toy Cannon” Wynn over [...]
I ran across this charming piece of Illowa APBA League history and couldn’t pass up the chance to share it. It’s an article written in 1979 for our monthly newsletter. Tedd Mallasch wrote it after winning the league championship that year. Charming because it’s a handwritten note, something we rarely see in these digital days. [...]
Even now, I’m surprised by the stuff I find when I search Google. I was searching on the keywords of our league name, “Illowa APBA League”. Apparently, there’s a Internet startup company called List Company that simply lists corporations and companies throughout the world and categorizes them and gives a quick synopsis of them. They [...]
