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Good Afternoon,
NEW PRODUCTS
Click on the above link to purchase this set or to review the list of players. The last member of the United States team will NOT be selected until Monday. APBA will send you the 24th player card and the 2016 Ryder Cup envelope as soon as this card is printed.
PRINTER MADE A MISTAKE SALE
The printer sent us 1963 basic baseball instead of 1963 master baseball cards. The 1963 basic sets are available for $20 plus shipping. You can only order this set via an email to custsupp@apbagames.com.
2015 PRO FOOTBALL CARD SET NEWS
We are reviewing another version of the printer files. I changed the preparation process this year in order to produce more different football card sets annually. I made the decision to stick to this new process. It has taken us longer than I thought but it is better for our football fans long terms. Your credit cards will be charged when the product is shipped to APBA.
If you have any comments about this process, please wait until the cards are delivered before sending them.
OBSERVATIONS
All you Yankee haters can thank me for giving them the kiss of death by mentioning them last week.
Bad week for the NFL. New England wins on the road without Brady and Jimmy Garoppolo against Miami. Whatever New England is doing, they (team organization etc) are the best in the NFL. New England must feel that they are playing with house money these next two weeks. Most thought the best they would do is 2 and 2 in Brady's absence.
Potential bad news for USA Hockey. The USA is upset by Team Europe. Team USA must beat Canada tonight to avoid not advancing to the medal round.
The Atlanta airways are already talking about the final four college football teams. Since the service academies are undefeated, they are again this weeks finalists along with the 101st Airborne Division (My dad's unit in World War II and the Korea War):
-Army
-Navy
-Air Force, and
-101st Airborne Division.
2016 HOCKEY WORLD CUP SET.
APBA GO NEWS
APBA will be phasing out the
apbabaseball.com site - this site provided some added league play features to APBA Baseball for Windows multi-user leagues. During this transition period, only minimal support will be offered (server reboots).
APBA is beta testing APBA Games Online (APBAGO). All
apbabaseball.com
user accounts will be transfered o
ver to APBAGO with free credits awarded equal to the amount of any out-of-pocket purchases made on
apbabaseball.com
(regardless of whether
the token(s) were used or not).
Here are the key dates:
- Week of Oct 3rd, 2016: all
apbabaseball.com user accounts (and appropriate credits) are created in APBAGO (please email custsupp@apbagames.com by Sept 30th if you wish to opt out of this option).
From October 2016 to October 2017, existing
apbabaseball.com users can continue to use the web site with minimal support.
TOURNAMENT NEWS
Regional Tournaments continue to spring up and prosper and as such we have listed APBA tournaments at the company's web page at
www.apbagames.com under the "What's New" section. APBA Baseball Tournaments remaining this Fall include the following:
October 1, 2016 - Neil Ess Memorial Twin Cities Tournament (Minneapolis, Mn) - Facebook contact: Craig Christian or Jim Fraasch at
jwfraasch@ens.net
November 12, 2016 - Chicagoland Tournament (Chicago, Illinois) - Contact: Rob Spatz at
Robspatz@gmail.com
A newly announced tournament this week is the APBA Wisconsin Tournament which is scheduled for Saturday February 4, 2017 at the Wauwatosa Public Library. Please contact Kurt Bergland at
berglund.kurt@yahoo.com or at 272-955-9135 for information and or registration. Information is also a available under the Regional Tournament folder at Delphi's APBA Between the Lines site.
There is also a correction this week. If you need to contact Ken Schulz. His correct e-mail is
schulzka02@gmail.com. Ken is the Director of the Linda B. Schulz Memorial Tournament (Pittsburgh, Pa) which is next scheduled for July 8, 2017.
If you have a Regional Tournament not mentioned above please contact me at
apba66nyslp@yahoo.com with tournament and contact information at and I will be sure to promote your event in APBA's company electronic newsletter. Remember all APBA game tournaments are welcome. Have a great week everyone and enjoy rolling those bones.
On the home page under what's new is a link to the APBA Baseball tournament schedule
APBA ON THE PITCH
I wanted a soccer spot in the newsletter. Here it is:
The APBA Soccer Premier League (ASPL) is preparing to begin its second season! The trade window is open until September 26th, then the ten league managers will be required to cut their rosters down to 17 players before the Incoming Player and Waiver Drafts. Managers with English Premier League players who have transferred during the prior year for more than £10 million will be rewarded compensatory picks in the draft. Good luck on your second season, managers!
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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.
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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 the Sports Illustrated article for the final week of the season
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.
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APBA GOLF - NEW GOLF COURSE
BLUEGRASS IS NOW AVAILABLE
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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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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| 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.
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custsupp@apbagames.com. Remember all prices listed do not include shipping and handling
charges.
Thank you for your support of APBA.
Sincerely,
John Herson
APBA Games
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