“You can Do it in Your Own Home!”, it proudly states.
The wording and format in this ad seems somewhat archaic perhaps. Yet at the same time, I can sense the pride that Dick Seitz had in his product. So much so that he wanted to go into detail on how to play the game (“you coach the runners” and “you set your infield “deep” or “in”.)
I note that it has the James St. address (before the Millersville Rd location that I’m so familiar).
Thanks to John Heneghan from Naperville, IL for passing on this gem!
This is exactly the kind of ad that snared me back in the day. I remember ads in the back of Sport Magazine and Street and Smith’s -“You Be The Manager!”
This is exactly (just with different names) what got me to beg my parents to buy me this game in 1981.
That’s the ad that got me hooked. Got APBA for Christmas in 1961. Played like a maniac in high school instead of studying. After not playing through my college years, which is why I probably got through, started playing again in 1978 and been playing ever since.
Take note of the different spellings of Looie and Luis.