The 2012 Illowa APBA League is finished and the playoff teams are determined. With a 105-57 mark, Todd Ventresca (seen left rolling at the 2012 IAL All-Star Game) and his first place Three Rivers Gamblers will take on fourth place Chicago Champions (87-75) managed by rookie manager, John Heneghan. Second …
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 …
Champions IAL Playoffs & Draft Weekend Left Orlando on a big jet airliner at 8:00 AM, flying SWA to Midway, arrived at the Naperville Best Western after a couple of stops at 1:00 PM. Unpacked my APBA stuff & unwound, laid back & relaxed, and waited for my playoff foe …
The drought is over, the Champs are once again Champions of the IAL. Chicago had won ten championships in the first twenty two years, then there were a dozen years (six years no playoff berth) with no rings. There were only two other years in team history when the Champs …
With the playoffs coming up in March I thought I’d do a playoff preview. The Champions seem to be the clear favorite – but will they close the deal? I’ve looked at run differential, the likely pitching rotations, and if there are any part-timers who look to take a bigger …
