Hugh Brown writes The APBA Blog about his league simply called the APBA League (or A.P.B.A.L. for short). The A.P.B.A.L. has been around for a good long time, 1960 to be specific. Their website claims (and as far I know, I can’t dispute them) they are “the world’s oldest face-to-face APBA baseball league”.
I was obviously drawn to their History Page. I liked the way they divided that page up into three “eras” much like you see pro baseball history texts you would find in the bookstore. They describe in detail their “Formative Years”, “The Expansion Years” and The Modern Era”. Very clever. It makes me want to do that for our league. Check that… It makes me want to get someone ELSE to do that for our league (I’m busy enough).
The rest of the A.P.B.A.L. web site is very well put together as well. Details on managers, All-star games, records are all there. Nice job, Hugh.
In Hugh’s words:
The A.P.B.A.L. was founded in 1960 and has played annually since 1973. Originally a face-to-face dice league, it moved to a BBW format this year. Unlike most APBA leagues that have been created in order to replay specific seasons or to afford the league’s managers some player continuity, the APBAL has allowed its participants an opportunity to manage a variety of teams against well balanced competition.
The details on the A.P.B.A.L.:
League Name |
APBA League (A.P.B.A.L.) |
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| Contact Person | Hugh Brown | ||
| League Website | apbal.net | ||
| Sport | Baseball | ||
| # of teams | 10 | ||
| Year of inception | 1960 | ||
| Basic/Master/Computer/ Combination |
Computer | ||
| Out of the box or with modifications? |
with modifications | ||
| Geographic location | U.S. (based in Utah) |
thanks to Hugh for informing us on A.P.B.A.L.!
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