Mike’s annual predictions are out!
Commish Mike Bunch has come out with his annual APBA card predictions for IAL players. They’re posted over at The APBA Blog.
2012 Illowa APBA League All-Star teams announced
The Country Gents Manager: Marcus Bunch Starters G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB HBP AVG SLG OBP Team Kemp, M. 95 367 59 114 12 8 15 71 33 80 37 2 .311 .510 .371 BB Cabrera, A. 92 362 67 105 26 2 15 …
Upperdecker bats wake up
The Upperdecker played the Bamm Beanos and T-Chicks two weeks ago and the dice were amazing. We went 7-2 against John outscoring the Beanos 69-33 and 6-3 against Tom outscoring the T-Chicks 59-30. The 13-5 record was good enough to win the handmade ceramic dice cup John made which will …
How Does APBA Know???
Chicago Champions outfielder Grady Sizemore had a turn back the clock kind of day in a recent game against the Three Rivers Gamblers. It was the last of five games played in Three Rivers Stadium, the lineup card featured Sizemore batting eighth for the visiting Champs. Up stepped Grady in …
Game 69 – A Heartbreaker
The Chicago Champions played games forty through sixty-three in Champaign. That left a six game SKYPE series against the Illowa APBA League reigning Champs, the Green Rock Bombers. With Papa Bunch’s work schedule and my funn schedule, our series was setup to play Friday June 29th. Of course I knew, …
Streaky Champs Continue Trend
The Chicago Champions were pitted against the Kentucky Kernels in May. Chicago sleepwalked through the first three games, losing all three by a combined score of 14 to 3. After dropping the first two contests, the Champions decided to shake things up by playing their kids versus Hiroki Kuroda. Kuroda …
AROD Belts Number 600
Alex Rodriguez ended last season sitting at 599. So it was only a matter of time for the slugger to belt number 600. That time came in the 7th inning of game #2, facing Rising Bamm Beanos rookie righthander Ivan Nova. It was a solo shot, which put the Chicago …
Bunch’s Bombers claim 2011 IAL Championship
Congratulations to Mike Bunch and the Green Rock Bombers! The Bombers won a very exciting 2011 IAL World Series against Don Smith’s Molly Putts Marauders in a series that went six games. Some of us half-jokingly tease that for those of us not in the postseason, the playoffs and World …
IAL Draft & Trade Review Rebuttal by Mike Bunch
Rebuttal to Tedd’s Draft and Trade Review I think Hellickson is a lot better than you are giving him credit. That “B Z” will be there for about 10 years or more. The rating of the secondbaseman in the draft is a little off. Here is how I see them. …
2012 IAL DRAFT & TRADE REVIEW
2012 IAL ROOKIE DRAFT REVIEW 1) TWIN CITY THUNDERCHICKENS: Jeremy Hellickson P: This young righthander throws four pitches for strikes. He is a pitcher, in every sense of the word. Posting numbers that resulted in a B-Z grade. His best pitch is his changeup. Still I am not a …