September 19, 2017 

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Good afternoon,

What is better or worse?  A long winning streak or a long losing streak before the playoffs.  What is the longest APBA winning streak you have managed?  What is the longest losing season?

NEW MEMBERS TO THE APBA COMMUNITY 
Please welcome the following new members to the APBA community. New members are folks who have recently made their first purchase of APBA products. If you know them or live in the same area, please reach out to them.

JOEL KUPFERSMID  STOW, OH
ROB WHITE  FORT COLLINS, CO
CHRIS WEBER  OCEANSIDE, CA
BRYAN JEWEL  VINCENNES IN
DWAN VENTRESCA  METAIRIE LA
SCOTT HAMILTON  SIMPSONVILLE, SC
JOHN ROBERTS  MILWAUKEE, WI
DANNY JOHNSON  PITTSBURGH, PA
PHILIP LYCURGUS  BARRINGTON, RI

Several of you have asked for the new members contact info.  In this day and age, we can't do that.  But we will send your contact information to them if you ask us to.

NEW SETS
One  new set today:
Baseball Great Teams of the Past Vol.5. Twenty of the greatest teams of the 21st Century. Check out the lineup sheet here.

Remember we released the following sets last week.
Great Teams of the Past Volume 4 for APBA Baseball is now available. Check out the lineup sheet here.

The lists of current card sets available for each sport APBA offers can be found here.

2017 COLLEGE FOOTBALL CONFERENCE SETS  We will be offering the 2017 ACC and Big Ten conference sets this year. Each set will be a jumbo set of approximately 65 to 70 players per team.  The ACC set will include Notre Dame.   Thank you all who responded to our requests.  These two conferences got enough commitments to justify making the investment in time and money to produce these sets.  Even if you did not commit to purchasing one of these sets you will be still be able to order one when they are available. 
 
TOURNAMENT NEWS

(Editors note our Tournament director is playing hurt.  He is traveling this week and is facing shoulder surgery in the next few months. )

Ron Emch's Toledo Glass City Tournament was held this past weekend but results were unavailable at press time as I had to submit early this week due to business travel to Denver. I expect to report the tournament results in next week's report. There are four tournaments scheduled in October; The APBA Wisconsin Baseball Tournament in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin on October 7th, The Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament in Maple Grove, Minnesota on October 7th, The Capital of the Confederacy Tournament in Richmond, Virginia on October 14th, and The RollAPBAlooza Baseball Tournament in Davenport, Florida on October 28th. I wish all tournaments the best and all players the best of luck and enjoyment. We also announced the July 7, 2018 Linda B. Schulz Memorial APBA Baseball Tournament in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania this week based on requests.
 
The APBA Regional Tournament schedule through July 2018 is as follows:
 
Saturday September 16, 2017 - 3rd Toledo Glass City APBA Baseball Tournament, Toledo, Ohio.  Contact Ron Emch at rjce@emcher.com 
 
Saturday October 7, 2017 - APBA Wisconsin Baseball Tournament, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.  Contact Kurt Bergland at bergland.kurt@yahoo.com or call Kurt at 262-955-9135.  Theme is the 1960's.
 
Saturday October 7, 2017 - The Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament, Maple Grove, Minnesota.  Contact Jim Fraasch at jwfraasch@mchsi.com.
 
Saturday October 14, 2017 - The Capital of the Confederacy Tournament, Richmond, Virginia.  Contact Jim Saska at jamessaska@gmail.com or call 804-629-5307 
 
Saturday October 28, 2017 - RollAPBAlooza Baseball Tournament, Davenport, Florida.  Contact Tony Stevens at AandTStevens@gmail.com or call 352-600-0974 
 
Saturday November 11, 2017 - Chicagoland Fall APBA Baseball Tournament, Comfort Inn O'Hara in Des Plains, Illinois.  Contact Rob Spatz at robspatz@gmail.com. The tournament theme is 2000 through 2016. 
 
Saturday and Sunday January 27-28, 2018 - APBA Master Game Baseball Tournament,  Fairlawn Heights, Ohio a superb of Akron, Ohio.  Contact Bill Lilley at  Caseybillymickey@gmail.com or call 330-801-3613.
 
Saturday March 3, 2018 - The 4th Annual Greater Michigan APBA Baseball Tournament (GMABT), Jackson, Michigan.  Contact Rich Zawadzki at  pastorichz@gmail.com.
 
Saturday July 7, 2018 - The 4th Annual Linda B. Schulz Memorial APBA Baseball Tournament, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania. Contact Ken Schulz at  schulzka02@gmail.com.
 
If your tournament is not mentioned above and you are planning a Regional APBA Tournament please forward me your tournament and contact information at  apba66nyslp@yahoo.com and I will be sure to promote your event in APBA's company electronic newsletter.  Remember all APBA game tournaments are welcome.
 
APBA LEAGUE INFORMATION
 
I am pleased to report that this column has assisted leagues in finding new managers to fill open vacancies in their leagues.  I hope this continues to be a valuable service to the APBA community.  Openings or individuals looking for leagues are as follows this week:
 
HITBL League Opening - The Hang In There Baseball League is looking for 3 managers.  The HITBL is a 37-year old, 20-team basic game mail league with some innovations.  Features: 6 team playoffs, realistic player usage limits, first round draft lottery for non-playoff teams, league history and stats back to 1983, HITBL HOF, 35-man rosters, 8-round draft in February, season runs March thru September, great bunch of managers, average  tenure 15+ years, lots of trades. Must be able to use Excel and meet deadlines.   Please contact Mark at mfitzkee@ptd.net if interested.       
 
CMBA League Opening - Central Massachusetts Baseball Association is a face-to-face Master Game league in the Central Massachusetts/Worcester area.  Currently a 10-team league, playing a 80-game season, usually every 3rd Saturday afternoon/evening, we've been around since the 1970s, and have made several innovative enhancements to the game (for example pitching grades), and have had many notable APBA managers.  It's a keeper league, using the new card sets.  If interested, please contact Rich Lundin at spdrcr1987@aol.com.
 
ABL League Opening - The American Baseball League (ABL) is looking to add one or two managers for their 2018 season. The ABL has been in existence since 1982.  It is a face-to-face basic game (w/ modifications) league. If you live in the Butler County, Ohio area and are interested, send an e-mail to gregsch4867@gmail.com.
 
MDTL League Opening - The MDTL is in it's 45th season. We have one manager that has announced that he is leaving the league at seasons end due to time constraints. We also just had another manager pass away after a long illness. Therefore, we are looking for replacement managers to take over the ownership of these two fine franchises. Players on the teams include Murphy, Odor, Belt, and Lester on one team. The other team includes Bradley Jr., G Sanchez, Donaldson, and Grienke. The league is a 20 team league with 25 man rosters. We use the basic boards with a few modifications. We also use the basic pitching grades. This is a very solid league with a competitive but friendly membership. If you are interested in joining our league please email me at  riggsk@juno.com with your gaming history and any questions you may have.
 
League Openings - A face-to-face Master Game league in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area is advertising for new managers in a well-established league.  The 12-team league, playing a 99-game season mostly on "League Nights" in one of the manager's homes, has been in existence since the early 1970s and has included notable managers, such as Thatcher Longstreth and David Eisenhower.  Most of the managers live along the "Main Line", though one commutes from Reading and another lives in southern New Jersey.  In addition to the 12 active teams, there are 2 inactive teams that are available to new managers.  It is a keeper league, using the new card sets.  Draft occurs in late January (probably later next year), and the season begins shortly thereafter, winding up in October with playoffs and "World Series".  If interested, please contact Dusty Welsh at  fwelsh@mail.med.upenn.edu.
 
Looking for a League - To all MAINE-iacs: Looking to form or play in an existing league. I desire cards & dice face-to-face play. Winter league to pass the time with some baseball.  Contact Dr. Bill in Dresden, Maine 04342 or e-mail  thethrillofthegrass@yahoo.com.
 
Looking for a League - Timothy Zack (Yes the brother of APBA HOFer Ed Zack) is retired and looking to participate in a F-T-F League in Western New York.  You can contact Tim attimothyzack2011@gmail.com or call him at 716-472-9781.
 
Looking for a League - Mark Dergarabedian looking to find a face to face league to play in; master baseball, master football or master golf.  Mark lives in Sammamish, Washington; a suburb of Seattle.  Mark would even would form a league if there is enough interest.  Mark can be contacted at  dergar66@gmail.com or at 425-891-3354.
 
I hope this column is bringing many APBA players together be it in regional tournaments or league play.  Please let me know if you make a connection so I can remove your advertisement from the League Information section of the newsletter.  Everyone have a great week.

2018 CONVENTION NEWS
If you have ever thought about attending a convention, add it to your bucket list.  The 2018 Convention will begin Thursday morning June 21st at 10:00 AM.  Hope to see you all there.

You can now reserve your hotel room for next year's convention.  I strongly recommend reserving your room as soon as possible.  The hotel hosts several travel baseball and softball teams this same weekend.  This year we used our entire allocation of rooms plus some.  The sooner you reserve your room, the sooner we can get add additional rooms to the APBA block.  We are working to get more rooms for Wednesday night at a special APBA rate.  The rate will be higher than the weekend rate but lower than the regular week day rate.

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Sincerely,

John Herson
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