On the Between the Lines forum, APBA fans are chomping at the bit waiting for any news of delivery of the 2011 baseball disk. I just checked the multiple threads devoted to the topic. No news yet.
Actually, there is one tiny bit of release news. CEO John Herson has announced on the forum that the 2011 Baseball card set are scheduled to be shipped early next month:
“It is expected that we will start to ship the 2011 baseball cards on the first Saturday in January.”
Not in time for Christmas but hey, any day the cards arrive is Christmas, right?
Meanwhile, while everyone is geared up for the 2011 disk, I’m looking towards the past. The year 1966 to be specific. I was thinking of starting up a season replay of a team from the 60s and had my eye on the ‘66 Cubs. The Cubs went 59-103 that year behind a pretty decent offense and hard luck starters Dick Ellsworth and Ken Holtzman. Ellsworth went 8-22 with a 3.98 ERA and Holtz was 11-16 with a 3.79 mark.
Call it the “103 replay”. My goal is to see if I can improve Chicago’s record from that year. More on that later, I’m sure. I’ve just ordered the cards.
Finally, I got an email from Jim Shaw today that made me smile. It came with the subject line “Hedge Fund CEOs who love apba”.
“Just to let you know I am an avid fan. We play in the office every morning @6am (I am the CEO so it’s allowed!) and every evening @6pm. We have a league only with BATS stars.”
Remember, guys. Let the boss win :)
Update: LOL, as soon as I checked BTL after I posted this, people are posting grades from the disk.
The disk has arrived!
