Steve Skoff, an APBA Hall of Famer, 2-time National Convention Champion, and Director of the APBA Hockey Tournament, joined John to update us on this year's APBA Hockey Tournament. Since the age of seven Steve has laced up his skates to play hockey but as years have pasted his focus is now coaching youth hockey and playing APBA Hockey. Steve will again serve as this year's APBA Hockey Tournament Director. This is the third year of the tournament which this year will expand to hopefully 16 teams. As of press time 13 teams have registered with the deadline of Monday March 26th at 8:00 am.
To register contact the game company atleaving your name and two team selections. The past two championship teams, the 1983-1984 Edmonton Oilers and the 1976-1977 Montreal Canadians are ineligible. The finals will be played at the National Convention in Alpharetta, Georgia on June 21st through 24th. I want to thank Steve for his commitment to APBA and the community and will see he and his wife Jennifer (who plays APBA Bowling) in Alpharetta. Great job as always Steve!
All teams must have regular season winning percentage less than.500. Please put your APBA Go username in your team description. Random Seeding.
John's second guest was Jeremy Buehler. Jeremy updated us on APBA Go.
Jeremy stated that they received a couple hundred responses to the December survey. The survey identified a need for a more efficient customer support and custom line-ups. A custom line-up feature has been added to the game (2 per customer per team). The team have also improved the efficiency of customer support as this is information lifeline to communicate issues, concerns, and desires.
Jeremy also stated that the APBA GO forum application launched on Tuesday March 20th. This application is looking to expand and improve communications in the APBA community. Jeremy also noted improvements have been made in the crediting of saves, pitcher grade changes, internet explorer versus Edge, and server optimization enhancements. Jeremy closed by stressing that they cannot improve the game unless users REPORT, REPORT, REPORT.
Communication and patience is key to improving and expanding features in the application. I want to thank Jeremy for providing us an update on APBA Go and the improvements being made. Please remember to try APBA GO as it is free with a couple of teams to wet your APBAtite. Great job on the APBA Go update Jeremy! League Opening - The O.Z.
League, an APBA Baseball group created in 1982, is looking for a N.J. Addition to their league. They currently have 12 teams of which 3 hail from Jersey so getting another would give them the opportunity to create a N.J. They play a mixture of BBW, MG, and the hybrid Paul Marino Boards. They were featured in the N.Y.
Daily News in 1988 and play 162 games from February to October. Their draft is held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Ronkonkoma every February. If you are interested send an e-mail to Dom at. APBA MLB Opening - APBA MLB (BBW, 14 teams, continuous ownership, currently 2017 disk) is looking for a manager in their 13th season. They play from April through October. The Annual Draft also includes players who changed leagues in the previous major league season, such as J.D.
Martinez and Yu Darvish this past season. They limit position players to actual games played and pitchers to innings and starts. The league plays a 162 game season with DH, 40 man rosters, 7 team American League, 7 team National League, and interleague play. Please e-mail Duane atfor a rules page or questions. The league is very well organized and operated and has very good people involved, some of them friends for 35+ years.
The International Master APBA League Opening - The IMAL, in it's 7th season, is looking for a manager of their 2017 Championship winning team. The league is a C&D based league, there are only 8 teams in the league. Most of the members are living in Southern California and play some of their games FTF. The IMAL uses the Master Game with modifications and the CMBA Pitching System.
They have a 108 game schedule. This year's draft starts in March and the season around the beginning of April. They only use the 30-man National League rosters from the current APBA season.
There is a 3-tier draft, Auction (player's coming from the AL), Free Agent, and finally a Waiver Draft. If interested or for more information, please contact David Breeden at. This author (Randy Coryer) is also extremely excited, and a bit uneasy, this week as I retire on Friday March 30th after working 34 years for Bechtel Plant Machinery Incorporated in the defense of our great country the United States of America; the greatest nation in the world. I look forward to my continued communications with all of you in the APBA community and with John Herson CEO and President of the APBA Game Company; but also the increased time that I will have for APBA gaming. May all your rolls be 66's. (Editor Well Done Randy. Enjoy this new chapter in your life.
You are always welcome at Alpharetta.). This is the tentative schedule for the 2018 APBA Convention at Alpharetta Georgia starting on Thursday June 21st ending on Sunday June 24th.Before the actual convention starts, the opening rounds of the football, hockey and soccer tournaments will be played. In addition, the opening rounds of the Negro League Baseball APBA GO tournament will be played. Rules for the Negro League tournament will be forthcoming. This tournament is limited to 20 (twenty managers) Teams will be randomly assigned.
It is not a requirement but I would like to have the managers of the teams in the semi-finals in Alpharetta for the semis and finals.You can registered by sending an email to [email protected] expressing your interest to manage a team. The first twenty emails received get a team.Thursday June 21st (all activities are the Hilton Garden hotel unless indicated otherwise). 11:00 am Finals of the Negro League Baseball APBA GO tournament.AFTERNOON 1:30 - 5:00 Game demonstrations (small group demonstrations on how to play APBA Football, Soccer, Golf, Hockey and APBA GO).
These sessions will repeat at 2:45 and 4:00. Each session is one hour. Get an up-close tutorial on these other games. Expand your APBA experience.EVENING7:00 A NIGHT AT THE RACES.Using the APBA Horse Racing game, we are having a night at the races. This will a multi-race card with the final race - a race of the evenings winners.Sometime on Thursday we will record an APBA Roundtable discussion for This Week in APBA (TWIA).Friday June 22ndMORNING 9:00 Opening welcome9:30 to 11:30 Innovation sessions11:30 to 1:30 last chance to register at the APBA offices and purchase product.AFTERNOON 1:30 to 3:30 FIFTH ANNUAL APBA HOME RUN DERBY4:00 to 5:00 Questions and answersThe par three golf tournament runs from 9 am to 4 pm on Friday.
Golfers will be provided for you. Freeciv browser. I encourage everyone to play in this tournament.EVENING6:30-8:00 Dinner including awards ceremony hosted by Greg Wells.Discussion of the baseball tournament rules.Submit teams and rosters to tournament director by 9:00The restrictions on pre-1950 teams has been lifted for this year. Thank you Paul.Saturday June 23rd9:00 am to? APBA Baseball tournament. Completion of pool play and best of three quarterfinals. Each team plays ten games of pool play. Teams are assigned to a team randomly.Saturday lunch is included in your convention fee.Sunday June 24thMorning Semi-finals and Finals.Trophy presentationSafe travels home.How much is all this fun going to cost?
Don't know yet. I'm still waiting for the hotel to finalize its cost. They have promised me it will be this week. Check the store for more information.
Your fee includes the convention T-shirt, Friday dinner and Saturday lunch and four days of conference rooms for us.If you have never been to a convention, check us out. You can come just for Thursday for the tutorials at no charge.You can also attended the Friday sessions. We will offer a Friday night dinner only option.
That price will be announced at the same time as the convention price.People tell me I don't know if I'm good enough. All these folks are better players than me. One of the managers, last year only owned the four teams that came with the basic game. He is coming back.There were several young boys, pre-teens, the defending home run champ is ten years old.There are women managers. One made it to the semi-finals last year. One manager's new wife played her first APBA baseball game at the tournament last year.If you have an interest in APBA, come to Alpharetta. Renew old friendships.
Make new friends. This is a family reunion with people you like.
You will not be sorry that you came.
Welcome to APBA GO Baseball Home Run Derby, the fun way to get to know APBA GO Baseball!The original APBA Home Run Derby was played using dice and player cards, and originated in the 1950s. Today, the board game is played every year at the APBA convention, giving all attendees the chance to experience the APBA baseball system.The APBA GO Home Run Derby takes the action to your favorite iOS device, where you can roll the dice and take your favorite player to victory!How it WorksThe APBA GO Baseball version of the Home Run Derby pits two heavy hitters against each other over nine innings. In this version, you can play as Mike Trout or Ted Williams.The objective is to hit as many home runs as possible.Dice are rolled and a player card is consulted to determine the result of each pitch. Each player has a different card and different roll results.A results table is consulted for the outcome. A pitch can lead to a home run, another pitch, or an out.
When three outs are reached, the player’s turn is over.If you visit the APBA headquarters in Alpharetta, Georgia, you can unlock a third mystery player!