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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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APBA Baseball 1993 Player Cards - Complete Set (2007 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1994 Extra Player Cards (1994 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 1996 Player Cards - Complete Set

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APBA Baseball 1997 Additional Player Cards - Complete Set

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APBA Baseball 2001 Player Cards - Complete Set (2016 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 2002 Player Cards - Complete Set (2003 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 2003 Player Cards - Complete Set (2017 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 2004 Player Cards - Complete Set (2015 Printing)

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APBA Baseball 2018 Finalists Player Cards

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APBA Baseball 2019 Player Cards - Complete Set

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APBA Baseball 2021 Player Cards - Complete Set

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APBA Baseball 2022 Player Cards - Complete Set

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APBA Baseball 50th Anniversary Player Cards - Complete Set

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APBA Baseball All-Timers 3 Post-Expansion Master Card Set

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APBA Baseball Board Set (1958/59 Edition)

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APBA Baseball Board Set (1959/60 Edition)

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APBA Baseball Board Set (1960-1984 Editions)

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APBA Baseball Cards - 1927 Yankees

APBA Baseball Cards - 1927 Yankees

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APBA Baseball Decade Set 1930s

APBA Baseball Decade Set 1930s

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APBA Baseball Game (1961 Teams)

APBA Baseball Game (1961 Teams)

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APBA Baseball Game (2006 Edition)

APBA Baseball Game (2006 Edition)

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APBA Baseball Game (2011 Edition)

APBA Baseball Game (2011 Edition)

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APBA Baseball Great Teams of the Past

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APBA Baseball Player Cards - 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates

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APBA Baseball Player Cards - 1950 Philadelphia Phillies

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APBA Baseball Player Cards - 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers

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APBA Baseball Player Cards - 1951 New York Giants

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APBA Baseball Player Cards - 1961 Cincinati Reds

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APBA Baseball Player Cards - 1961 New York Yankees

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APBA Baseball Player Cards - 1972 Oakland Athletics

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APBA Baseball Record Sheet Pad

APBA Baseball Record Sheet Pad

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APBA Baseball Rulebook (2011 Edition)

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APBA Baseball World Series Game

APBA Baseball World Series Game

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APBA Basketball (ABA 1974-75)

APBA Basketball (ABA 1974-75)

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APBA Basketball 1971-72 Player Cards

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APBA Basketball 1979-80 Player Cards

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APBA Basketball 1982-83 Player Cards

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APBA Basketball 1986-87 Player Cards

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APBA Basketball Championship Playoff Player Cards

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APBA BAT3 Pre-Expansion Master Card Set

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APBA College Football 2018 Championship Teams

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APBA Compendium

APBA Compendium

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APBA Computer Baseball 5.75

APBA Computer Baseball 5.75

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APBA Football 1957 Player Cards (1959 Printing)

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APBA Football 1966 AFL Player Cards (1968 Printing)

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APBA Football 1967 AFL Player Cards (1969 Printing)

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APBA Football 1969 AFL Player Cards (1971 Printing)

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APBA Football 1971 Player Cards (1973 Printing)

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APBA Football 1972 Player Cards (3rd Printing)

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APBA Football 1973 NFC Player Cards (1975 Printing)

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APBA Football 1976 NFC Player Cards (1978 Printing)

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APBA Football 1983 Player Cards (2021 Printing)

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APBA Football 1984 Player Cards - Partial Set (1986 Printing)

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APBA Football 1985 Player Cards (1986 Edition)

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APBA Football 1988 Player Cards (1989 Printing)

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APBA Football 1992 Player Cards

APBA Football 1992 Player Cards

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APBA Football 1993 Player Cards

APBA Football 1993 Player Cards

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APBA Football 1994 Player Cards

APBA Football 1994 Player Cards

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APBA Football 1997 Player Cards

APBA Football 1997 Player Cards

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APBA Football 2000 Player Cards

APBA Football 2000 Player Cards

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