According to Rod Caborn, the 2018 Orlando APBA League (OAPBA) is now over. The year was dominated by Altamonte Springs’ Jonathan Stillwell (right) and his Otters. Helped by Cy Young winner Jacob deGrom, the Otters won both halves of the 2018 season with a combined 50-30 record. Joey Votto of…
This submission comes from a Facebook post by Wisconsin Tournament organizer Kurt Bergland who is selling some of his APBA collection. The 1987 Milwaukee Brewers are on his selling list and of course, Paul Molitor is a top player on that team. Despite playing just 118 games, “Paulie” led the…
In a perfect world, Willie McCovey’s career would have ended after his stellar 1977 season or after a World Series title for the San Francisco Giants. Instead, it ended at the All-Star break in 1980. My first connection with McCovey came in 1981 when I bought his 1977 Topps…
The baseball was hit hard by the death of Willie “Stretch” McCovey this past week. As I have been replaying the 1966 National League these past few years, his death made me pause to think just a little more than most would. While his 1966 season was probably not his…
My friend (and APBA Blog contributor) Scott Fennessy emailed me with a question a couple days ago: Hi Tom, I’m starting to work on the next Windows season 2011. I want to try and use actual lineups for all the CPU teams and use my own for the Cubs. Where…
GF Korreck hosted a well-run inaugural Furniture City APBA Tournament. The tournament was held at Legends Sports and Games in Grand Rapids, Michigan, which is a sports cards, gaming cards, and sports memorabilia store. Eighteen managers rolled games throughout the day surrounded by beautiful memorabilia. After eight games of…
The rise and fall of J.R. Richard is one of baseball’s greatest tragedies. From his humble beginnings as a high school phenom to his final games in the 1980 season, Richard was always entertaining. James Rodney Richard was a legendary scholastic athlete in Louisiana. In his high school baseball career, he…
If you missed it, here is the 1961 AL summary and here is the 1961 NL summary. On to the postseason! Game 1 Reds 4 Yankees 1 This was a pretty solid pitching duel between Jim O’Toole and Whitey Ford. Both teams got off to good starts, and after one…
Update: the Challenge is now closed for further entries. A winner will be announced soon! How many of you remember the APBA Journal’s annual contest in which APBA fans would guess the grades of pitchers from that current year? That was a quite a popular thing and I know a…
The Boston Red Sox fans have a lot to be happy about. Sunday, their team has won the Major League Baseball World Series against a tough Dodgers team. That topped a fantastic season in which they won 108 regular season games over an equally impressive Yankees team. So I’m going…