APBA is showing up everywhere

I found this ad for the ABA League on Active Rain, a Real Estate social network site. 
It’s sounds fun..
It concludes:
 
We cap off our Convention on Sunday @the Blue Oyster Diner in Oxford Valley Mall area and our league Commissioner(Jerry) leaves to preach at his church !!!

I’m sure managing an APBA team gives [...]

North East League looking for a skipper

The North East League is running a search for a new manager for an open franchise in their league.  According to contact Dave Studeman, the NEL is the very first play-by-mail simulation league.  They’ve been around for 50 years.  This is their first manager search in 12 years so obviously the NEL is very consistent [...]

10 tips for trading in an APBA league

With the Illowa APBA League’s rookie draft and opening day less than a month away, we’re smack dab in the middle of our trading season.  This is evident by the list of trades that our league has made.  I’ve stayed out of the trading fray so far but once we get together in person, it [...]

The last series of the year means watching the limits

This Saturday will be the last series of the year for my Twin Cities Thunderchickens.  No, I won’t be duking it out for a playoff spot.  We’ve got last place pretty much sewed up, thank you.  But that doesn’t mean there won’t be a little tension when I play the Green Rock Bombers this [...]

IAL playoff races down to the wire

Yes, it’s 15 degrees out there and blowing snow (at least where we’re at… we’re not as lucky as our friends in the OAPBA) but the Illowa APBA League, is finishing up its last month of the season.  As usual, our playoff race is coming down to wire.  we have a ten team and the [...]

From the archives: a 1979 IAL article

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.  [...]

A sneak peek into my ballot for my league’s Hall of Fame

In the Illowa APBA League, it’s time for our annual IAL Hall of Fame vote.  We started our Hall of Fame back in 1996 when IAL legends Mike Schmidt (career numbers 535 HR, 1468 rbi, 1400 runs) and Steve Carlton (214-148, 3.50 ERA, 2506 K) were obvious charter members.
Since then, we’ve inducted 18 more including [...]

Platoon wins 2009 OAPBA championship

Rod Caborn writes in with a 2009 final season update for the Orlando APBA Association:
 
Platoon wins second straight OAPBA championship in 2009
Joe Passiatore earns seventh league title; Platoon beats Beefers in World Series in five
The 2009 OAPBA season featured one of the league’s greatest pennant races between two great teams and a surprise performer [...]

Tips on trading

Advanced Fantasy Baseball has “Ten Fantasy Baseball Trade Secrets”.  It was posted last May and admittedly is geared toward fantasy baseball not APBA.  However, most of the tips still apply. 
Like #9:
 
Concern yourself with the end result more than the price. You may think giving up a certain keeper for a collection of players you [...]

Take a look at Transcontinental Baseball League’s stats archive

Steve Stein lets us know that he’s updated the historical archive of the Transcontinental Baseball League.
 
  
 
Any league that’s been around long enough to say they have a “history” should pat themselves on the back.  Those who had the forethought to keep their history documented and intact for their benefit (and others) earn a gold [...]