I just happened across this Wisconsin Historical Society page while searching the web. It’s a fluff piece asking media celebrities what their favorite toys were as a child. Newspaper columnist Doug Moe had a good answer: I had the APBA baseball game and the Strat-O-Matic football game. They were both…
After Doug Burg and I were finishing up with his APBA Fan Profile I did of him, we talked over email about his APBA Baseball Card 12 List. I offered to host the “12 List” on The APBA Blog servers to reach a wider audience and Doug thought that was…
This should bring back some memories from a couple years ago… Geoffrey Giordano found this video gem and posted it to his APBA Football Facebook page. It’s the New York Times coverage of the 2009 APBA Convention. YouTube link Featured in the report are interviews with Marc Rinaldi, Lynne…
Name: Doug Burg League: Yesterday APBA Baseball League Claim to Fame: Maintains the APBA 12 Publication List Doug Burg has a few good reasons to be known in the APBA community. One, he is the commissioner of the Yesterday APBA Baseball League. In its 11th year now, YABL is one…
Paul Dylan over at One for Five is already thinking about his endeavor to organize his APBA Soccer league. He’s giving it lots of thought and has posted a manifesto of a successful league. In my opinion, it’s not specific to any sport and can be applied to any APBA…
I like this Roy Campanella card. This particular one comes from APBA’s 1953 reprint set which was published in 1985. In addition to the power (1-1-5-6) and the all-around hitting (55-7), he’s got that nasty Catcher (9). I think that’s what puts it over the top for me. If that…
If you haven’t seen it yet (and you have an account on Facebook), check out the APBA Game Company’s new Facebook page. I personally like the new look. Recent entries on the page have photos of boxes of card sets ready to be shipped out. Nice touch. It seems CEO…
It’s not often that one can say that history is being made in the realm of APBA Leagues. However according to Paul Dylan who blogs over at One for Five, he is organizing the very first known APBA Soccer draft league. Paul says: “I am excited to announce the forthcoming…
With the disk out and the cards shipping, I had this idea of writing this article on drafting in APBA Leagues . I emailed fellow IAL manager Tedd M (aka Teddy Ballgame) and asked him for some quick draft tip suggestions. By the next day, Teddy had practically written the…
I’m excited about this week’s Monster Card Monday. Not only is it the first one of 2012 (and we haven’t had one for two weeks) but it comes from the new 1966 card set I just bought. I focused my search for the MCM on the National League since I…