I’ve just added the November 14th Chicago World Series Tournament to The APBA Blog’s Tournament calendar. Doug Schuyler is adding a theme this time. It will be Totally Retro! By that, all managers will have to choose teams from the 1970s and 1980s. He’s encouraging folks to dress the part too!
Rules will be similar to previous tournaments (you’ll find them somewhere in this post). One change… a 25-man roster. If you have a 20-man roster on your team, Doug says “too bad”. A tough guy, that Doug.
It hasn’t taken long for people to sign up. So far, 19 have committed. I got an email from Tom C. who lives in the area. He asked if he could just come and watch since he hasn’t played much face-to-face APBA. I told him he was more than welcome to come by. To me, these tournaments are just as much about meeting fellow APBA players as they are competing in games. However, I DID tell him the story about Scott Fennessy who won the November 2013 Tournament after not 
playing F-T-F APBA for quite a long time.
As for me, I’ll be taking the 1979 KC Royals. I’m hoping George Brett, Willie Wilson and Darrell Porter (and don’t forget Jamie Quirk!) will swing enough for me to have some fun.
I’m looking forward to this! These tourneys are a lot of fun. I wasn’t at the last one but from Scott’s report and everything I saw on Facebook, it only seems to be getting more fun.
See you all in November!
