This satirical piece on The Sportsman’s Daily about a boy finding a dice baseball game in his dad’s attic is a somewhat funny in a bittersweet way for us APBA fans.
“It was kind of cute for a while,” said Jose. “It brought back some terrific memories like trading Jimmy “Toy Cannon” Wynn over to Buddy Muldoon’s team for Lee May, Joe Rudi and a pitcher to be named later. It was nice seeing the old double fours being rolled for a homer again, but now Pedro’s got his friends here all damn day long. I hear the comments. ‘Pedro, your father was around when Vic Davalillo was playing? Wow, he’s old.’ The little f—-rs. I’ll show them who’s old.”
Funny or no?
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That’s good! Does anyone remember an article in SPORT magazine in the 70′s called “Cutthroat Baseball”? It was a great story about some guys drinking beer and playing APBA. I was a kid when it was published and I have searched (unsuccessfully) for it on line. Does anyone here on the Blog have that issue?
I found the issue on Ebay but unfortunately the bidding just ended.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200565886570
Man that’s it! I would like to find a copy or at least a photocopy of that article. Have you ever read it, Zealot?
never read it but sure sounds interesting. if you really want to, I bet there is some way you could contact the buyer on Ebay and make an offer.
I couldn’t find a buyer listed.. maybe someone over on the forum would know where to find it?….
I actually HAVE that article, taken from that issue. It’s a great, irreverent read by Roger Director, even though the two major characters love the 2 teams I absolutely loathed when this artiicle came out (Yankees and Reds). I pull it from its manila envelope and re-read it every couple of years, kind of like my copy of Universal Baseball Association, J. Henry Waugh, Proprietor by Robert Coover.