While many of us are preparing to draft in leagues with other dingy old men, Brian Cavanaugh wrote me with another fantastic story. He’s bringing APBA into the schools.
“Had our draft today for the inaugural C.W.Henry Elementary School APBA League and was lucky enough to land the first overall pick via lottery. Using the 2011 cards (the ones donated by John Herson) I took Halladay in the first and Price in the second. We finish up our rosters Thursday and start play next week….I’ll keep you updated.”
Later, he went on to say:
“I’m really excited and hopeful. The group of kids (6th-8th graders) are really excited and were totally into the draft, we ended up stayin a 1/2 hour later than planned. I will definitely keep you updated with the proceedings. I can’t remember who was #5 but I remember the top 3. I took Halladay at 1, Pujols went #2 and Josh Hamilton at #3. We are only using the playoff teams. It’s gonna be fun!!!!”
You might remember Brian as the one who formed the Bridesburg Boys and Girls Club Baseball League a couple years back. Seems to me that he’s a one man force to change the demographic age of the APBA base. I’m all for it! Great job!
But Brian, I’m curious. Do the girls enjoy APBA Sports as much as the boys?
The school that i teach at offers alot of teacher run clubs and afterschool programs. Our staff is very involved with the student body. There wasn’t much interest among the female population at my school. A few asked but when they found out it wasn’t a physical baseball game they backed out. The Philadelphia school district has cut athletics at the middle school level which in turn pulled the plug on all of the schools sports teams including my baseball team. I figured this would be a way to fill that void and to just spread the game to another audience. our season opens this Tuesday.