By the 2000s, Tom Glavine lost his hit numbers he had in the early 90s not to mention his “Gretzky” nickname (bestowed because he was pretty good at hockey… good enough to be picked in the fourth round in the NHL draft). But he did picked up a couple of…
Now that I’ve gotten around to updating the Illowa APBA League website, I figured it’s time to brag about my own league. The IAL is in its 33rd season and we enjoy a rich history. First the sordid details: League Name Illowa APBA League Contact Person Thomas Nelshoppen League Website…
I blogged about this a while back on The Baseball Zealot but it’s worth a mention here. For those who are both APBA players and fans of college baseball (I fit both categories… Go Illini!!), you might be interested in Steve Guthrie’s NCAA Baseball Cards web site. Using Brian Davis’…
There are a few ways APBA keeper leagues can determine draft order for rookie drafts. Depending on how it’s done, it can emphasize league parity or competition. I thought I’d run through the methods our league (the Illowa APBA League) has tried (or considered trying) throughout our history with…
This week’s APBA Card of the Week is 1953 Al Kaline (reprint). This was Kaline’s rookie year playing for the Detroit Tigers and even judging by his card you can tell it made from a small sample size. Year Tm G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS…
I got the APBA Game Co. monthly eNewsletter today. Highlighting their communiqué was the announcement that we can pre-order Pro Hockey Board Game. I’m not a huge hockey fan (but I’ve been known to watch a game or two) and I’ve never played APBA Hockey. That said, when I was…
Steve Liles contacts us from back East about the Patriot League. An interesting facet about this Virginia-based, master game league is the salary structure they use which also implements the salary cap. Here’s the scoop on the Patriot League: League Name Patriot League Contact Person Steve Liles Sport Baseball #…
At the last Illowa APBA League All-Star weekend, fellow manager, CLuke told me of this cool website he ran across that makes available team rosters, transactions, lineups and pitching rotations for pretty much every year of modern baseball. He said he used it to help with his 1959 APBA replay.…
I always enjoy seeing APBA mentioned in the news media even if it’s just briefly. First, any PR for the game is good, in my opinion. Second, it’s interesting to see which sportswriters/athletes have played or encountered the game. This time it’s Tim Griffin who interestingly covers college football for…
Seamheads.com has a book review of "The Eastern Colored League" by David Lawrence and Dom Denaro. I haven’t read the book but it has an APBA twist to it. The monograph project started with the authors wanting to improve upon the APBA set of 20 Greatest Negro League Teams…