Opening Day won’t be here for another three months but since the 2008 cards and disks are out, APBA league play and replays can now commence.
In that spirit, here are links to some past (dare I call them historical?) articles on the game of APBA in the mainstream press. Thanks to Teddy Ballgame (who must have been busy on Google) who passed them on to me.
APBA’s Baseball Game Keeps Getting Better
by H.P. Rosenberg of metbaseball.com. From September 2007, published on the Flushing University website and includes an interview with APBA Game Company’s Marc Rinaldi and Veryl Lincoln
from August 2001 by Bob Herzog of New York Newsday and republished on APBA’s website.
and this one goes waaay back:
Apba Is The Name, Baseball Is The Game, And Obsession Is The Result
from 1980 by Franz Lidz of Sports Illustrated. Yes, this is from the Seitz era.
Seitz, who originated the formulas used to make up the player cards, is a fallible god. “Customers write in to argue about performance ratings,” he says. “They take it personally. They think they know more about the game than I do.” The letters go unanswered.
Enjoy!
