For those using MS Excel, l found a handy solution to that nagging problem of computing Games Behind (or Games Back) in your standings. I know I’ve gotten formulas to work in the past but somewhere along the line, they always seem to break down. This one, that I got…
In our Illowa APBA League, Don Smith has established a tradition to remind the rest of us managers how our first round picks are doing in the majors. At various points in the season, he’ll send us stats/status updates on each of our #1 picks. As we are a continuous…
I found this Monster Card in Ed Zack’s Handbook for APBA Baseball Cards and it’s one of the strangest APBA baseball cards issued by the Company. That’s probably due to the nature of the person behind it. Herb Washington wasn’t a hitter. He was one of Charlie Finley’s experiments with…
I just ran across a new site about baseball and APBA I wanted to pass on to everyone. Kenneth Heard is a newspaper reporter and APBA player and he blogs at Love, Life, and APBA Baseball. Heard writes (and does it well) about baseball history, his 1981 replay, and the…
I’m chronicling the exploits of Tyler “51-13” Colvin as he makes it through the 2012 season on my IAL Twin City Thunderchickens. I just finished my April series with the Three Rivers Gamblers over Skype this morning for the Illowa APBA League. And you know what, Tyler Colvin made a…
I’m nearing the end of my run of disclosing the results of The Great APBA Fan Survey I did a couple weeks ago (here are the responses I’ve posted so far). Tonight, I ‘m going to post the answers you gave about how to get more youth involved in the…
I got a very excited Facebook message from Brian Cavanaugh who works with the Bridesburg Boys and Girls Club in the Philadelphia area. “I came home from work today and sitting in my door was a package from APBA. I haven’t ordered anything since last summer so I knew exactly…
I just got an email from Mel M (the one and same who suggested the latest Monster Card Monday). He tells us about a highlight during a ‘72 ‘replay’ he did. Replay is in quotes because it is in reality, not technically a replay. Mel explains: “Apba is selling the…
Today’s Monster Card comes to us from Mel M who suggested a few players. No doubt, we’ll be seeing some of them on future Mondays. Thanks, Mel!! I think Terry Forster of 1972 ranks up there among the upper echelons of APBA Monster Cards. While he certainly wasn’t a full…
I’ve finished totaling Twin City Thunderchicken team stats for the first 24 games of the Illowa APBA League 2012 season. Now, my outfielder Tyler Colvin is a team player and helps the other guys in the clubhouse and occasionally makes a good play in centerfield. At the plate though, he’s…