My brother and I started playing it around 1965, or so, and it was the most realistic baseball game I've ever seen. We still have most of the cards from the seasons from 1965 until around sometime in the late 1980's or early 1990's, or so. When I first started playing WIS I wondered if maybe they'd made this game around the A.P.B.A game (I'm convinced now they haven't, but that's a whole other topic). If you've had experiences with the game, I'd like to know though.

My brother and I started playing it around 1965, or so, and it was the most realistic baseball game I've ever seen. We still have most of the cards from the seasons from 1965 until around sometime in the late 1980's or early 1990's, or so. When I first started playing WIS I wondered if maybe they'd made this game around the A.P.B.A game (I'm convinced now they haven't, but that's a whole other topic). If you've had experiences with the game, I'd like to know though.

Played for many years, starting in 1980.  Still have a pretty extensive collection of cards.  The computer version was pretty good too.

Please remove all grizz lee wun posts.....pet peeve. Thanks!

Posted by grizzly_one on 10/21/2011 5:17:00 PM (view original):
And please remove the periods. It's NOT Ay Pee Bee Ay it"s Ap Buh....Just a pet peeve.

APBA

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APBA

(pronounced "APP-bah") is a game company located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was created in 1951 by J. Richard Seitz. The game company on their official website states that the letters stood for "American Professional Baseball Association" which was the name of a boyhood league Mr. Seitz participated in with his friends

Francis Rose has taken over APBA, since the original company folded. He posts stuff for sale on EBay, and you can probably find him there. He has a mailing list, if you want regular updates on what's available. He's putting out new games, not just recycling the old stuff.

I loved APBA, but have "graduated" to a Strat-O-Matic league just because I haven't found any APBA players in my neighborhood.

The thing I always liked the best about it was what the key numbers were always the same, so that a big dice roll had immediate impact; whereas, in Strat, you constantly have to check the charts to determine the outcomes. APBA plays about twice as fast, too.

The APBA company is still alive and well (www.apbagames.com). I believe Francis Rose took over the APBA Journal, not the game company itself, though he now makes and sells products compatible with both the board and computer versions of the game.

I played APBA a ton during the 70's.    Loved it.  

They are moving (have moved, perhaps?) their headquarters from Lancaster, PA to Georgia. Some of my fondest childhood memories involve driving to the APBA factory store to purchase a new set of cards. They also have (or at least had) Football, Basketball, Hockey, Golf, and Horseracing games in addition to Baseball.

Played in college in the late '50s. The freshman statistician flunked out of school. My roommate & I used to wake up in the middle of the night to trade players. 

I actually had the football game.   Was fun but not near as realistic as the baseball.