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For 60 years APBA has been the unchallenged King of quality sports simulation products. APBA dates back to the 1930s and a bunch of high-school buddies in Lancaster, PA. The boys played a baseball simulation game invented by one of them, Dick Seitz. His game was loosely based on an old tabletop baseball game called National Pastime. But unlike any previous board game, it combined the randomness of dice with the on-field performances of individual players. The boys called themselves the American Professional Baseball Association. That appellation soon was whittled down to its essential form: APBA. So while APBA is still an acronym for that first baseball simulation league, the word has taken on a meaning of its own. The game is APBA, and the word is pronounced “App’Bah” – a term as slick and condensed as the game. Seitz’s original game went with him to war in the 1940’s. He printed player cards on his own printing press, typed out play charts and played APBA with three comrades in the barracks at Fort Eustis, VA. After the war, Seitz worked as secretary to Lancaster’s mayor and a purchaser for a trucking company, all the while refining APBA and playing the game with a league of friends. The plot twist that took APBA from a handmade diversion to a nationwide phenomenon comes courtesy of the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies. The Whiz Kids captured the fancy of Seitz and his wife, Jean, and got them so baseball crazy that they resurrected the game. It played so smoothly that in 1951, Seitz decided to share his creation. The original game offered 20 player cards for each of the 16 major league teams and two play charts. The whole shebang set you back $10. The 150 games sold encouraged Seitz that there was a market for his game so he produced new versions annually from 1952-56. That steady increase in sales encouraged Seitz to quit his job in 1957 to make APBA a career. Year by year, APBA’s fan base grew. As more gamers played exponentially more games, innovations like dual pitcher ratings and double hitting columns were incorporated – but innovations were allowed only to a point. APBA has always trod a fine line between realism and playability, and Seitz stood resolute against wrinkles or gimmicks that would add a smidgen of realism to the game at a cost of five minutes more per played game. As a result, the APBA baseball game played today is not much different than the 1957 version – one played millions of times by players worldwide. APBA changes with the times not only by changing, but by the rolls of the dice.

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2017 Ladies Golf Set

2017 Ladies Golf Set

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2020 FedEx Top 30 Golfers

2020 FedEx Top 30 Golfers

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All-Time-Greats Card Set (2013 Edition)

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All-Time-Greats Card Set (2018 Edition)

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Amateur Golf Set

Amateur Golf Set

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APBA American Saddle Racing Game (1969 Season)

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APBA American Saddle Racing Game (1971 Season)

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APBA American Saddle Racing Game (1973 Season)

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APBA American Saddle Racing Game (1974 Season)

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APBA American Saddle Racing Game (1981 Season)

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APBA American Saddle Racing Game (1984 Season)

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APBA American Saddle Racing Miscellaneous Cards Collection - 24 Horses!

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APBA Baseball (1959 Edition)

APBA Baseball (1959 Edition)

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APBA Baseball (1975 Edition)

APBA Baseball (1975 Edition)

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APBA Baseball (1978 Edition)

APBA Baseball (1978 Edition)

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APBA Baseball (1980 Edition)

APBA Baseball (1980 Edition)

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APBA Baseball (1982 Edition)

APBA Baseball (1982 Edition)

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APBA Baseball (1988 Edition)

APBA Baseball (1988 Edition)

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APBA Baseball (1993 Edition)

APBA Baseball (1993 Edition)

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APBA Baseball (1995 Edition)

APBA Baseball (1995 Edition)

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APBA Baseball (1996 Edition)

APBA Baseball (1996 Edition)

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APBA Baseball (2011 Edition)

APBA Baseball (2011 Edition)

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APBA Baseball (2014 Edition)

APBA Baseball (2014 Edition)

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APBA Baseball 1904 Player Cards - Complete Set (2013 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1905 Player Cards - Complete Set (2017 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1911 Player Cards - Complete Set (1983 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1917 Player Cards - Complete Set

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APBA Baseball 1918 Player Cards - Complete Set

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APBA Baseball 1927 Player Cards - Complete Set (1998 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1940 Additional Player Cards

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APBA Baseball 1944 Player Cards - Complete Set (2004 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1945 Player Cards - Complete Set (1996 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1957 Player Cards - Complete Set (1994 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1958 Player Cards - Complete Set (1959 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1959 Player Cards - Complete Set (1991 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1960 Player Cards - Complete Set (2006 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1962 Player Cards - Complete Set (1989 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1963 Player Cards - Complete Set (1964 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1964 Player Cards - Complete Set (2006 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1964 Player Cards - Complete Set (2016 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1965 Player Cards - Complete Set (1966 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1965 Player Cards - Complete Set (1993 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1965 Player Cards - Complete Set (2015 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1966 Player Cards - Complete Set (1974 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1966 Player Cards - Complete Set (1993 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1967 Player Cards - Complete Set (1968 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1967 Player Cards - Complete Set (1990 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1968 Player Cards - Complete Set (1994 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1968 Player Cards - National League Set (1969 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1970 Player Cards - Complete Set, Mixed (1971 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1971 Player Cards - Complete Set (2004 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1973 Player Cards - Complete Set (1994 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1974 Player Cards - Complete Set (1998 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1975 Player Cards - Complete Set (2020 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1976 Extra Player Cards (1977 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1977 Player Cards - Complete Set (2006 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1980 Player Cards - Complete Set (1995 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1985 Extra Player Cards (1986 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1989 Extra Player Cards (1990 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1990 Player Cards - Partial Set

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