Chip writes in to inform us how the 2011 American Baseball League draft went. The ABL is a keeper league using players from the AL East plus Cleveland and Detroit. Chip writes: A very weak year for starting pitching and offense in general, with only 1 “B” SP and 1…
I wonder if Albert Pujols is pretty POed at me right now. Pujols, who is my firstbaseman in the Illowa APBA League, just won the IAL MVP award for 2010. Thing is, I didn’t vote for him. I casted my vote for a write-in, Alex Rodriguez. I’m no fan of…
Over at the Illowa APBA League’s web site, I uploaded an Excel spreadsheet which can be used to keep team’s stats throughout a season. I debated whether there would be interest in it over here at the APBA Blog. Walt Taylor however, thinks it will be very useful for his…
The Illowa APBA League is one month away from our draft weekend. To make things easier for us, I’ve created a “Draft Central” web page. It’s nothing special… it just simply contains links to resources such as eligible rookies, team draft order and the like. Having a “go to” place…
John Briggs from the Roberto Clemente Memorial Baseball Association lets us know how the draft transpired in his league. San Francisco catcher Buster Posey was the number one pick. According to John, the RCMBA drafts carded rookies and non-rostered carded vets. The RCMBA draft lasted 8 rounds. Here is how…
Rod Caborn sends us an update on the 2011 Orlando APBA Association draft which occurred on January 22nd. Pictured above: Walt Taylor (Whatevers) Steven Korb (Turfbeaters) and Dave Larson (Taz Devils) go over their plans at the 2011 OAPBA Draft. The Orlando APBA Association (OAPBA) has moved into its 24th…
APBA Blog reader Steve Stein writes in and tells me that his league’s draft is coming up soon. And like last year, the Transcontinental Baseball League draft will post their draft online so you can ‘watch’ it live. You don’t have to wait, though. If you go to TBL draft…
Couldn’t help but post this… it’s interesting. Today, the Jersey Family Fun web site posted a review of APBA’s SuperStars Baseball Game. It’s a fun read (according to them, SuperStars Baseball is “Kind of like Candyland meets baseball”) especially looking at it from the perspective of us hard core tabletop…
In light of the major snowstorm hitting most of the northern part of the U.S. right about now, I’ll just leave this here: "People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for…
Even though there are still a couple of weeks before pitchers & catchers report for spring training, and an additional month before my beloved Illowa APBA League kicks off its season with playoffs, the World Series, the rookie draft, & the start of another season, I’ve got baseball on the…