I just happened across this Wisconsin Historical Society page while searching the web. It’s a fluff piece asking media celebrities what their favorite toys were as a child.
Newspaper columnist Doug Moe had a good answer:
I had the APBA baseball game and the Strat-O-Matic football game. They were both great. I spent hours – days, weeks, months, finally years – playing them. There was a science to it. The games used actual players and actual teams, with a player’s ability changing each year based on his statistics from the year before…
I like his ending, too:
Why I quit I can’t remember. Girls or golf, I suspect.
C’mon, Doug… Girls aren’t worth giving up APBA.
