I did a double take when doing some Mother’s Day shopping for wife last week. I saw this design on a gift card. Alas, it’s not for APBA’s Baseball for Windows. I was just shopping at Bath and Body Works. Come to think of it, some their scents…
Last month, our league had our yearly draft together in the Chicago area. As usual, we also played the first the 30 games of the season. At least we tried. Todd our manager from Pittsburgh just couldn’t make it to Illinois this year. “It’s too faarrr”, he said (I kid……
I see a lot of APBA entries on Ebay but this one really caught my eye. Assuming it is legit and all, it would be a real catch. It’s an original 1953 APBA baseball game with the cards. It appears to be slightly used (there’s some writing on the boards…
Last night, I posted a link to a column in the Parkersburg News and Sentinel by Kerry Patrick who reported that his APBA Wintertime Fun League (AWFL) was gearing up for their 2011 draft. I contacted Kerry and asked how the AWFL draft went. In true reporter’s fashion, Kerry wrote…
Just a few days ago, Kerry Patrick of the Parkersburg (WV) News and Sentinel wrote a column on the APBA Wintertime Fun League (AWFL). AWFL was just heading into their draft as Patrick wrote his column on April 1. Is Posey the next Johnny Bench or is he the…
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…
I read with interest a post on the APBA forums about the revisions that the APBA baseball boards have gone throughout the years. The original post was in 2004 but forum readers are so interested in the topic that they have been discussing the the same topic to this day.…
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…
For those interested, I’ve posted the 2011 rookie draft that the Illowa APBA League did last weekend. Here is the first round: Round One Player 1 Bombers Posey, B. 2 Marauders Heyward, J. 3 Gamblers Stanton, M. 4 T-Chicks Strasburg, S. 5 Upperdeckers Walker, N. 6 Highlanders Santana, C.…
…but maybe you’ll find them interesting, anyway. 1. Over at The Baseball Zealot, I interviewed Chicago-based baseball artist Grant Smith. He’s got some great baseball paintings and even sold some of them to Johnny Damon (he writes about it in the interview). If you want to check his work out…