There’s no doubt, Stray Corrado has done the impossible. He’s improved on perfection. The much heralded update to his Mid-West Baseball League’s website has been unveiled and indeed, it is a site to behold. When Stray told me he was going to redesign the site, I told him it would…
by Craig Small Pairing 5: Tiger Woods and Ken Venturi The putting was atrocious in this pairing which only makes Woods’ final score all the more incredible. Woods missed putts from 11, 4, 4, 7, 6, 8, and 8 feet and still, incredibly, shot a 68. His iron play was…
What’s this, a football Monster Card?? It’s been a while I’ve played an APBA Football game. When I was really into it though, guess who was the premiere running back of the era? That’s right, Walter Payton. That’s his 1977 APBA card you see above. When I was a kid,…
The APBA Company came out with their newsletter yesterday. Golf fans should take note. The highlight article features a free download of the 2012 Ryder Cup golf set. This set includes 24 golfers who are participating this year. Here is the link to download the card set in pdf form. …
Dice shakers… most of us who play the tabletop version of APBA use them. However, I’m wondering how many of us use the APBA-issued yellow dice shakers that come with the game. Do any of you roll with different shakers or cups or perhaps modify the APBA shakers somehow? Perhaps…
Paul Dylan from One for Five brings up a poignant matter. It was twenty years ago today when Dick Seitz, founder of the APBA Game Company, passed on. Maybe it’s me being old but it seems so much longer ago. Some of us hard core APBA fans probably give Dick…
I love these kinds of APBA stories. Stray Corrado points out that in his Mid-West Baseball League, Derek Jeter is only 80 hits away from 3000 for his career in league play. That’s pretty amazing if you think about it. It’s a testament to Jeter. To accomplish 2920 hits in…
by Craig Small Sorry I’ve been away so long but I had an incredibly busy week last week. This week I am on vacation and will be jumping back into the golf tournament with both feet. I’m half-way through the opening round and wanted to give you a quick update.…
Sometimes, a big event in your APBA replay is too good not to share with others. Such is the case with Mel M. who writes to tell us about his 1967 Master Game baseball replay. Mel writes: Hi Tom, I’m still plugging away with my 1967 MG replay. I’ve played…