News from APBA Games

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Can you believe it's already June 30th?

Seriously, though, we're more than halfway through the year. Before we know it, it'll be October. Now there's a thought.

I was going to take the mickey out of Atlanta this week, but I'm busy in the warehouse so that's gonna have to wait for next week. Instead, read up on the Convention below, as well as other exciting APBA News items!

Real quick note before we begin: we will be closed this Friday, 3rd July for the Independence Day holiday. We will be closed every Friday in July this year.

Convention Recap

Congrats to Kevin Cluff!

Thanks to everyone who attend the 2015 APBA Convention: it was a great success! Here's the rundown -

Tournament Results

Kevin Cluff's 1928 Yankees def. Billy Bell's 2013 Tigers
We had an outstanding 48 teams competing this year

Home Run Derby Results

Steve Skoff's 2000 Mark McGwire def. Charlie Wilson's 1954 Dusty Rhodes
We had 30 batters competing this year

Trophies

Veryl Lincoln Trophy - Kevin Cluff

Presented to the tournament winner

2015 Rookie of the Year - Billy Bell
2014 Rookie of the Year - Skeet Carr

No, seriously...

Roy Award - Roy Langhans

Presented for outstanding service to the APBA community

Hall of Fame Inductees

Paul McEvoy
Steven Skoff
John Duke

Congratulations to each of the inductees. Thank you for your contributions to our favorite game! And thank you to HOFer Brian Wells for the excellent (and entertaining) inductee introductions.

Special Thanks

APBA would like to thank Steve Skoff, John Cochrane, Greg Barath and Ray Dunlap for presenting APBA Hockey, Soccer and Football at the Convention!

2016 Convention

24-26th June 2016

The Convention will host the finals of the 2016 Football, Soccer and Hockey Tournaments in addition to the entire Baseball Tournament.

Again, thanks to everyone who came out to the Convention - we can't wait to see you all again next year!

Introducing APBA GO!

Calling All App Developers

At the Convention, APBA Games was excited to announce and demonstrate APBA GO (APBA Games Online)! APBA GO will allow players to play the basic baseball game over the internet with players around the country and around the world. The game is currently in an early beta version.

We are looking for developers who would like to work with APBA to create apps for APBA GO. The apps will incorporate micromanagers and add elements to the basic game.

For those interested developers, please send an email to [email protected] with your proposal and curriculum vitae. We would like to know what you've done in the past. At this time, APBA will not accept proposals via phone call - please email.

New Hockey Products

Now Available

APBA is now stocking and shipping the new hockey products. Head on over the online store and pick up your copy of the new APBA Pro Hockey Game, the new Hockey Game Manual (comes with the new version of the game), the 2015 NHL Season card set and the 2015 Stanley Cup card set (comes with the new version of the game).

Baseball Card Sets

What's New? What's Going out of Stock?

We are excited to announce the 2004 card set will now come with master symbols and pitching fatigue ratings. The 900 card set is a reprint, not a reissue. The cards haven't changed, they just have the master symbols and pitching fatigue ratings now printed on them. So, head over to the online store and purchase the 2004 Master Baseball card set! We expect to have these in stock this Thursday, 2nd July.

While you're at it, how about a newly-carded XC set? The 286-card 1998 Baseball XCs card set is now printed on individual cards and is available from the online store for $25. We expect to have these in stock this Thursday, 2nd July.

One of the next sets to be reprinted as a combined master set will be the 2002 season. But, we still have 3 base sets remaining. These 600-card sets will cost $40 as they do not come with the XBs. So if you'd like the remaining 2002 Basic Baseball base card sets, snap 'em up quickly. Because there's only three left, and once they're gone, they're gone! This will be first come-first served.

Veryl Lincoln (1945-2015)

Thank you to everyone for the encouraging and uplifting memories of Veryl. He was missed at the Convention this year, but each year we will celebrate his contributions to the game and celebrate his life through the Veryl Lincoln Trophy, presented to the tournament winner.

If you would like, you can view his obituary online and donate to the Wounded Warriors Project in his memory.

If you have a question about your order or if APBA has made a mistake, please contact us at 1-800-334-2722 or [email protected]. Remember all prices listed do not include shipping and handling charges.