…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…
One of the trades I made in my league last week was a first. It was made over Facebook. It’s interesting to list all the different methods and mediums used to facilitate an APBA trade. Here are all the ones, I can boast: Phone The preferred method for years…
Yesterday, I posted some photos of last weekend’s Illowa APBA League postseason play. Today, I continue with photos of last weekend’s draft and beyond. One note before I continue… I had a thought today. If any of you are interested in sharing photos of your league’s convention or get-togethers, feel…
This past weekend, the Illowa APBA League had their World Series and Draft Convention. Always considered the highlight of the year, this weekend was no exception. The guys at the IAL have gotten used to me snapping photos at these weekends. I believe it gives us one more way of…
In the Illowa APBA League, I’ve gone months without making a trade for the upcoming 2011 season. Then within the last 48 hours, I’ve made two deals. It kinda happens that way sometimes. It just snowballs. Trade #1 I trade Casey McGehee and Mike Cameron to the Moline Upperdeckers for…
Not too long ago, I did a loose replay of the 1984 NL playoffs with my buddy Brando. So my curiosity was piqued when I ran across this replay by Jim Dietz of the 1984 NL and AL seasons and postseason over at BoardGameGeek. I was even more interested when…
I received some good news from Brian Cavanaugh who organized the kids from the Bridesburg (PA) Boys and Girls Club into the Bridesburg Boys And Girls Club Summer Baseball League: I got permission from the boys and girls club to take some kids to convention for a day trip.…
This month is a very special in my league. On every other month, when the 28th day of the month comes around, it’s due day. That’s the day our stats are due to our commissioner. Not February. This month is, I guess, our off-season. But that doesn’t mean we’re not…
APBA has now been taking pre-orders for its new Pro Soccer Board Game for some time. APBA President Marc Rinaldi made the rules available in pdf form for the game which is due out very soon. I enjoy watching soccer on occasion but don’t really follow the game. If you…
Steve Stein wrote this article about the 2011 Transcontinental Baseball League draft. It’s actually quite an enjoyable read, in my opinion. It includes analysis of the pre-draft situation not to mention the drama that surrounds a league draft. Thanks, Steve! For a couple of months now, the hot topic in…