The venue has been reserved. The rules are in place. The trophy has been ordered and is on its way.
The best part…we now have fifteen participants who have committed to the Prairieland APBA Baseball Tournament which will take place at the Hampton Inn in Urbana, Illinois on April 16th. It’s not too late to enter though. If you want to join us, the organizers are making one last push to get others to participate.
If you’re interested, just choose any team that did NOT win 100 games in real life and let me know by sending me an email or joining the Facebook event.
We already have a great crew coming. Some participants are coming as far as Michigan and Nebraska. Here is the PABT lineup as of today…
| Manager | Team |
| Dick Butler | 1908 Chicago Cubs |
| Lew Ramey | 1908 New York Giants |
| John Roels | 1920 Cleveland Indians |
| Thomas Nelshoppen | 1930 New York Giants |
| G.F. Korreck | 1930 St. Louis Cardinals |
| Jim Welch | 1941 Boston Red Sox |
| Bob Eller | 1948 Cleveland Indians |
| Eric Berg | 1969 Minnesota Twins |
| Lance Freezeland | 1977 LA Dodgers |
| Doug Bedell | 1981 Montreal Expos |
| Dave Sachs | 1982 Milwaukee Brewers |
| Joe Schall | 2001 St Louis Cardinals |
| John Kalous | 2015 Houston Astros |
| Dave Rueck | 2015 Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Thomas Fulton | 2015 Toronto Blue Jays |
We are nailing down the details for the tournament now. You can find the rules and info for the tournament here. The organizers plan to start announcing the divisions for the tournament by the end of next week so pick your teams soon!
The organizers of PABT are Eric Berg, Thomas Fulton, Dave Rueck and myself and we are all very excited about this. We can’t wait to be rolling. It will be Tom Fulton’s first competitive tournament and his excitement is contagious. It was Tom’s original idea to have a tournament in Central Illinois and it is soon to coming to fruition.
Hope to see you there!
