Craig Ball writes to plug his league, the Matt Kading Memorial APBA League. His update has a bit of bittersweet touch. The league’s name is derived from a manager who was killed serving his country in Iraq. Every league has its issues but something like this puts everything into perspective. …
Our Illowa APBA League season has finally come to end. On Sunday, Brando and I finished our nine game series. My Twin City Thunderchickens had gotten to a good 3-1 start the weekend before against Brando’s Rising Bamm! Beanos. Appropriately, we played his home games at his house. For my…
Probably most leagues have finished up their 2008 season. Not the IAL. We’re in our last month, fighting out the last playoff spots. Not me though… my Twin City Thunderchickens went into the month of January tied for last place with the Chicago Highlanders with an ugly 60-93 record. As…
John Briggs emailed us about his 15 team mail league, the Roberto Clemente Memorial Baseball Association. The RCMBA has been around a spell, since 1975. Six of the 15 teams in the league are based in Pennsylvania or Ohio with others in NY, KY, MI, FL, MD and even as…
Just try to tell me that the person who built these ice fishing houses (on Medicine Lake , MN) doesn’t play APBA. If not, it’s quite a coincidence. Then again, if he were an APBA fan, I suppose he would have made them all sixes. You can read about the…
The correct Willie Bloomquist card With every APBA card set, us APBA fans find anomalies and strangeness and wonder, “Will APBA correct this on their error list?”. So far with the 2008 baseball card set, APBA hasn’t corrected any cards with the exception of one… Seattle Mariner Willie…
Ok, here’s a league with a grade A website. The Mid-West Baseball League, mostly based out of the US Midwest, has one of the most complete and flashiest web sites I’ve seen for an APBA league. The MWBL league database goes back to 1997. They’ve documented their stats, awards, league…
Tim from Chicago sent me an email today saying he’s going to be in a tournament using seasons from 1975-2008. Long story short, he’d like to know if there is a database or listing of grade A pitchers by year. I’m pretty sure the Ed Zack book documents this but…
Here’s something to get you thinking. Name the player and year this card belongs to. I’ve blanked out the name, birth date and birthplace. I’ll give you no hints yet other than that this player is a starter and you have most likely know who he his. No doubt, seasoned…
Opening Day won’t be here for another three months but since the 2008 cards and disks are out, APBA league play and replays can now commence. In that spirit, here are links to some past (dare I call them historical?) articles on the game of APBA in the mainstream press. …