In three weeks, the Illowa APBA League will convene for its annual All-Star Game. Votes have been cast and the ballots have been tabulated. We now have the starting lineup for the City Boys and the Country Gents. League voting is done by a simple ranked 5-3-1 weighted voting method…
When I was a kid, I would get old time baseball cards from the store. Do they still have those? They of course, included players like Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Joe DiMaggio. I pored over the bios and stats written on the back of these cards.
The UAL is getting ready for the waiver draft and the start of the season with the 2023 cards. My team, the Kerry Highlanders is in for an awful season.
Scott Fennessy passed on a monster card of a player I had barely heard of and I’m not sure why. I’m pretty well versed in baseball history but he really didn’t cross my radar.
This past week, I played our commissioner for the Illowa League August series. Let’s just say it didn’t go as planned.
You know you do it. I know you do it. Everyone does it. A mock draft – what else would I be talking about? I wondered how my mock draft compared to our actual draft.
Frequent contributor Don George emailed me about his latest project, Nolan Ryan in 1979. I love Ryan and am a 1970s baseball fan so this is up my alley. Don gave a recap of his project… Nolan Ryan led the 1979 Angels to an additional three wins in the replay…
This Monday, we are blessed with a card that comes from Pastor Rich who keeps an eye out for monster cards for The APBA Blog. You’ve seen his 1929 card. You’ve seen his 1930 card. Now, you get to see Aloysius Simmons’ 1931.
At first glance at 1983 Dickie Thon’s stats, you wouldn’t think he wouldn’t think he would have a monster card. However, he seems to do everything right and not have any weak spots.
APBA dice, and that shaker, are evil. No, I don’t mean when you are down by one, needing a win to make the playoffs. Winning run is at bat and you roll.