News from APBA Games

August 23, 2016

Good afternoon,

No comments about swimmers in Rio losing Speedo endorsements. Truth can be stranger than fiction. On to baseball in Cincinnati, when I first saw the score I thought tough day for LA's kickers three missed extra points. But then I saw it was a baseball score. Seven home runs by one team in one game! Has anyone out there had a similar experience with APBA?

What is more impressive Brandon Crawford's seven hits in one game or a team hitting seven home runs in one game?

APBA received a generous donation of APBA Baseball cards and accessories from Arnold Hart. Here is a picture of Arnold's collection.
Thank you Arnold.

The complete 32 team 2015 NFL depth chart is now available.
The next step is to review the 2015 football card files, correct and make additional cards where necessary.

We are now accepting pre-orders for the 2015 Pro football sets.

One new product this week:
2010 Master Baseball Card set

I want to make this newsletter more about the readers. For that reason I asked Randy Coryer to become the tournament guru.

"With the recent interest in APBA baseball regional tournaments, John approached me to see if I would be interested in helping to promote existing tournaments, foster the introduction of new tournaments, and grow these events with the vision of a national tournament. Naturally, I accepted the challenge. My name is Randy Coryer, a 46-year APBA player, and you can contact me at apba66nyslp@yahoo.com. The first thing I did with assistance from Kevin Cluff was to place a "Regional Tournament" folder in APBA Between the Lines on the Delphi forum. On a go forward basis I would like all tournament-related postings to be posted in this folder. It will centralize information for all those involved and interested. The next thing I did was talk to some tournament directors to gain a better understanding of their events. In closing this initial write-up I would like to share some upcoming tournament Information:

August 27, 2016 - Toledo's Glass City Tournament - Facebook contact: Ron Emch

October 1, 2016 - Neil Ess Memorial Twin Cities Tournament - Facebook contact: Craig Christian

October 15, 2016 - Capital of the Confederacy - Contact: jamessaska@gmail.com

March 4, 2017 - Greater Michigan Tournament - Facebook contact: Pastor Rich Zawadzki

July 8, 2017 - Linda B. Schulz Memorial (Pittsburgh) Tournament - Facebook contact: Ken Schulz

June 27, 2020 - The Cherry APBA Baseball Tournament Roll-Away by the Bay - Facebook contact: Shawn Baker

Tournaments under Consideration - Empire-Garden State Tournament - Details forthcoming

If you have a Regional Tournament (all APBA sports are welcome) not mentioned above please contact me with tournament and contact information at apba66nyslp@yahoo.com and I will be sure to promote your event in APBA's company electronic newsletter. As one of my friend's says "Life is nice when rolling dice."

I'm also looking for league news to publish in the newsletter.

Steve Skoff is doing it again. Steve has started "Hockey Night in Hershey. Here is Steve's description:

"Welcome to my new posting, Hockey Night in Hershey.

This concept is borrowed from Roy Langhans and his legendary APBA baseball Game of the Day post. This is intended as both an homage to Roy's GoD and as a means to continue my quest to get everyone to discover APBA hockey, which is a FANTASTIC game. Roy has graciously given me his blessing to borrow his idea, and it was Roy who suggested the title Hockey Night in Hershey, which I love (I am an ex-player, a longtime coach, and I reside in Hershey, so the name is perfect). I intend to play and post a random matchup of APBA hockey teams on a weekly basis, while I continue to play and post other projects, like my current 1984 Stanley Cup playoffs replay.

First, a little bit of touting of my adopted home, as the rationale of why the moniker is perfect for a hockey project. The Hershey Bears are one of the most-storied franchises in professional hockey. Established by Milton Hershey himself, in 1932, the Bears have been a member of the American Hockey League (AHL) since 1938, making the Bears the longest continually operating AHL member club still playing in its original city. They played at the historic Hersheypark Arena from 1938 until 2002 and now play in the state-of-the-art Giant Center, built next door to Hersheypark. The Bears have won 11 Calder Cups, awarded to the AHL champion, most recently in 2010. They are currently the AHL affiliate of the NHL's Washington Capitals.

On a personal note, my favorite arena ever, as a player or a coach, is Hersheypark Arena. "The Old Barn," as it is known affectionately by the locals, just oozes history at every turn. Stepping on that ice for practices or onto the benches for games brings a feeling that you are some place special, and you can almost hear the roar from a ghost crowd cheering on a long-faded hockey legend. No less an authority than the late, great Gordie Howe has said of Hershey:

"Everybody who is anybody in hockey has played in Hershey." -Gordie Howe"

2015 FOOTBALL

You can pre-order this season here.

The 2015 Pro football depth charts are now available.

The 2015 National Championship set is now available. As well, the basic football game now includes 2015 Carolina, Denver, Alabama and Clemson teams. The 2015 Super Bowl and National Championship game sets are now available.

There will be a 2015 Pro football game set and a 2015 New Year's 6 College set. We are still considering other 2015 college football sets.

We will offer the same two types of sets: Regular and Jumbo.

1967 [2R] BASEBALL

SEASON IS NOW AVAILABLE

The 1967 (2R) baseball card set and season for APBA Baseball 5.75 are now available. This is a brand new set. Every player was carded and is included in this set.

This was the season of the great American League pennant race with the Red Sox prevailing behind Yaz, Jim Lonborg and Dick Williams. This is one of the greatest pennant races of all times. The following articles do a much better job than we can describing it.

Here is a Sports Illustrated article at the mid point of the season.

Here is the Sports Illustrated article for the final week of the season

This is a great season to manage. A five team pennant race! A Triple Crown winner. Tom Seaver and Rod Carew were Rookies of the year.

Buy the set here for $54.
Check out the lineup here.

1999 MASTER BASEBALL CARD SET IS NOW AVAILABLE.

This 900 card set includes two of the great teams of the late 1990s and early 2000s. The New York Yankees swept their second consecutive World Series extending the Yankees consecutive World Series games won to 12. The streak would eventually end at 14 but the Yankees would still win their third consecutive World Series.

The other team is the Atlanta Braves. This was the Braves' third World Series appearance in five seasons and fifth in seven seasons. The Braves led the majors with 103 games. Arizona in its second season won 100 games to win its division. Each of the four NL playoff teams won at least 97 games.

How good a manager are you? Can you lead the Braves to the title? Can you manage Boston to the AL crown? Or do you want to manage the Yankees? The Yankees are a great team. The emphasis is on team and not a team of superstars. Can you handle the pressure of New York to manage the Yankees to successfully defend their World Series crown? Can you lead a second year expansion team to 100 wins.

Buy the set here and check out the lineup sheet.

APBA GOLF - NEW GOLF COURSE
BLUEGRASS IS NOW AVAILABLE

B LUEGRASS is periodically host to one of the majors. It is noted for its tiered greens and deep greenside bunkers. This course is a par 71 playing at 7,466 yards.

Bring Bluegrass home.

1999 WOMENS MASTER GOLF CARD SET

Karrie Webb was the top golfer with 6 wins but Julie Inkster was not far behind with 5 wins and Se Ri Pak had 4 wins. Annika Sorenstam was quickly moving up the ladder and had 2 wins.

Here is the list of golfers in this set.

APBA SOCCER 2015-16 SEASON SETS AVAILABLE

2015-16 PREMIER LEAGUE

Leicester City is the story!! The 5,000 to 1 long shots. A year removed from possible relegation, win the Premier League. How good a manager are you? Can you duplicate manager Claudio Ranieri's league title? Buy this set and find out. Can you get Manchester United back to the Champions League?

Will Chelsea perfom better for you than Jose Mourinho? Now you can find out. Can you prevent New Castle, Norwich City or Aston Villa from being relegated?

Get the team rosters and buy this 20 team set. Bring Premier League action home!

2015-16 UEFA

The other new set is the 2015-16 UEFA Championship. This set includes the 16 teams that reached the knockout rounds. For the second time in three years , Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid. This time on penalties. Ronaldo was great with 16 goals leading Real Madrid.

After each round of the knockout games, the field is drawn again. Who knows? In your replay, your favorite teams' draw is favorable and you manage it to the Championship.

This set has 16 (sixteen) of the current best club teams. Check out the teams included in the set. You can also buy the set here.

APBA HOCKEY SETS AVAILABLE

2016 HOCKEY WORLD CUP

This is an eight team tournament beginning next month in Toronto. NHL rules apply to this tournament.

Two intriguing teams are Team Europe, which includes European players whose countries do not have a team in the tournament.

The second team is Team North America. This team is comprised of Canadian and United States players 23 years old and younger. I'm curious how this young team will do against the other veteran laded teams.

With this set, you can have inter squad games to determine your lines, goalie and specialty teams. APBA is excited to present this tournament set to our hockey fans.

You cn bring these players to your home ice here.

2015-16 NHL Season.
Now available the recently completed 2015-16 NHL season. Bring it home to your home rink wherever that is.

This is a competitive season. None of the number one seeds made the conference finals. The coaches of the Stanley Cup finalists were in their first year or first half year with their teams. Washington was the President's Cup winner with 120 points. Pittsburgh eliminated them in the second round in six games.

Penguin GM, Jim Rutherford rolled the dice big time in the off season and during the season with trades, call ups and hiring a new coach. Can you coach the Penguins to the Cup? Or as a die-hard Capital fan do you want to get behind the bench and end Washington's post season heartbreaks?

San Jose's first year coach, Peter DeBoer led San Jose to the Cup finals. Can you push San Jose over the edge to claim the Cup? Would you rather try your hand coaching one of the other playoff teams? Do you want to coach Conner McDavid or Jack Eichel in their rookie season? Buy this set.

Here is the list of players in this set.

1982-83 NHL SEASON

This season is the last hurrah for the great Islanders team and the beginning of the great Gretzky Edmonton teams. The Islanders swept the Oilers for their fourth consecutive Stanley Cup despite finishing second to Philadelphia in the regular season. The Rangers swept the Flyers in a first round upset. This is the first time all seven Canadian teams qualified for the playoffs.

Can you coach the young Oilers to the Stanley Cup starting their run of championships one season earlier? Can you coach Philadelphia to the Cup?

This season is the last season that Carol Vadnais, Serge Savard and Wayne Cashman played. These three gentlemen were the last remaining pre-expansion original six teams players.

Another notable retirement this season was Goalie Jim Rutherford. Yes that Jim Rutherford GM of the Champion Penguins.

Bring the action home. You make all the coaching decisions.

1990-91 NHL SEASON

Another new hockey season! Pittsburgh wins the first of two consecutive Stanley Cups. The President Cup Winner, Blackhawks, fail to advance out of the first round losing to Minnesota. Minnesota had 68 points for the season. The North Stars made it to the Stanley Cup finals beating the Blackhawks with a 106 points and the 105 point St. Louis Blues in the second round. St. Louis was led by Brett Hull's 86 goals. The third highest single season goal total. Gretzky has the first two. This is the second of three consecutive seasons that Hull scored 70 or more goals.

Can you duplicate Bob Gainey's magic touch and coach Minnesota to the Cup finals? Are you a better coach than either Mike Keenan or Brian Sutter and lead the Blackhawks or Blues to the Cup? Are you as good a coach as Bob Johnson - the architect of the Penguins?

Bring this season to your man cave's rink.

2017 APBA Convention

We will be back at the Hilton Gardens again. Rooms at the APBA rate will be available beginning Thursday June 22nd. Watch for further information.

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