After flailing away for nearly 50 years of replays, I have finally adopted a simple way to track consecutive game hitting streaks. It’s so simple that I cannot believe I didn’t figure it out sooner. And, like everything else I have used in replays, I borrowed this from one of…
Minnie Minoso was the Latin Jackie Robinson. He was the first Afro-Latino in the big leagues and was a hero to Hall of Fame players like Orlando Cepeda, Tony Perez, and Roberto Clemente. But, he also is an inspiration to current stars like Alexi Ramirez and Jose Abreu. Minoso’s…
Jim Fraasch sends an update on last weekend’s Neil Ess Memorial Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament-X but please check out all the updated details on his awesome site, Jim’s APBA Barn. TCABT-X: October 6th, 2018 Tournament Participants: 30 TCABT-X Champion: Gary Borthwick, 1998 Yankees (this is Gary’s first TCABT Championship)…
On the weekend of October 5-7, 2018, the Illowa APBA League held its annual All-Star Game and associated festivities in Downers Grove, Illinois. Friday night was the highlight. The City Boys division defeated the Country Gents division by the score of 7-2. The game was never really close. Thanks to…
He was known as ”Canada’s Babe Ruth” and the ”Woodstock Wonder.” Every year since 1984, the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame gives out an award to a Canadian player “judged to have excelled in individual achievement and team contribution while adhering to the highest ideals of the game of baseball.”…
Willie Mays was the greatest center fielder ever. The statistics, even the new-fangled advanced ones, back this up. Willie Mays was the ultimate five-tool player. He consistently hit with power and for a good average. He had an excellent throwing arm and could track down fly balls as well as…
This weekend is the Illowa APBA League’s All-Star Game. A 10-team basic league, the IAL has been in existence since 1975. Each year, we all get together to play our best players. This year’s event will take place in Downers Grove, Illinois. It’s the Country Gents vs. City Boys. The…
A-Rod. What’s there to say? Oh, so much. You should have been a no-brainer, first-ballot Hall of Famer…but then you had to go and cheat. What will become of your legacy? Only time will tell. If you just look at Alex Rodriguez’s statistics and accomplishments, you’ll find yourself in baseball…
This would be probably one of the strangest Monday submissions. it’s 1945 Kelly Callaghan, mother of Casey Candaele. She is the player they based the movie League of their own on. However, there were obviously a fair amount of historical inaccuracies and changes for the movie. She didn’t play for…
If I spoke in Rickey Henderson’s style, I might say, Kevin Weber’s favorite player growing up was Rickey Henderson. Kevin first liked Reggie Jackson but then Kevin liked Rickey best. When Henderson came on the scene in the early 1980s, I was drawn to his style and charisma. I started…