Draft
A little birdie told me the draft goes: ThunderChickens, Kernels, UpperDeckers, Bombers, Hitmen, Highlanders, Gamblers, Marauders, BammBeanos, Champions.
A little birdie told me the draft goes: ThunderChickens, Kernels, UpperDeckers, Bombers, Hitmen, Highlanders, Gamblers, Marauders, BammBeanos, Champions.
The final series of the year for the Twin Cities Thunderchickens was a bittersweet one. We had to say farewell to a good friend. It was Tom Glavine’s last series in the Illowa APBA League. Fortunately, he gave us a good show to watch. In three appearances against the …
Chicago Highlanders RP Ryan Madson, P Jim Johnson for Kentucky Kernels 3B Michael Young and the KK 6th round draft pick Molly Putts Marauders IF Alexei Ramirez, RP Huston Street for Moline Upperdeckers OF Vernon Wells, IF Jeff Keppinger Chicago Highlanders 3B Adrian Beltre for Three Rivers Gamblers P Scott …
The Highlanders and Gamblers have announced a major trade: the Gamblers receive Adrian Beltre and the Highlanders get Scott Kazmir. Adrian Beltre has been a fixture at the hot corner for the Highlanders since being drafted in 1999. He was one of the slew of slick-fielding thirdbasemen that the team …
I’ll post some updates on the Highlander-Gamblers series, as it has playoff implications. We started at 1 pm, and the Gamblers took game 1; the Highlanders have since taken games 2, 3, and 4. I’ll post updates in the comments!
Mike has sent us updated 2010 IAL team rosters for the league (as of Jan 7). Here is the download link for the Excel file. thanks Mike!
The end of this season is really shaping up to be a down-to-the-wire affair. 5 games separate 2nd place from 6th place, with 5 teams fighting for 3 spots – the Champions have first place wrapped up. The Gamblers have 82 wins, the Bamm Beanos 81, the Marauders 80, the …
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everybody! December had the 2 series for the Gamblers – the Kernels and the Hitmen. First up were the Keith Smith and the Kernels. The Gamblers came out of the gate hitting scoring twice in the first and once in each of the …
Larry Walker played for 3 teams over his 16-year IAL career, hitting .291 with a .377 OBA and .554 SLG. The only player who played longer and slugged higher was Barry Bonds, and only 4 players played longer and had a better on-base. He hit 407 homer, drove in …
Although we had an eight game lead on first place, with 18 games to play, anything can happen, so we were wary as Rob Moore brought his Highlanders to town. Luck was on our side as the Champs jumped out to a 2-0 series lead, then dropped the next two, …