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Tuesday, April 28, 2015
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So Who's Favorites Have Been Knocked Out of the NBA and NHL Playoffs Already? 

I've admittedly already have a couple.

Serious note: We have some questions from customers regarding the content of our newsletters. Some customers feel that because APBA started as a baseball game company, we should be focusing on baseball. But here's the deal as we see it - we offer every season from 1901 onward in baseball. It's often really difficult to talk up baseball when we don't currently have any new products in that sport. The newsletter is intended to introduce what is going on at the company - and right now the majority of our work is football. In June I'll be focusing on soccer (Women's World Cup), and coming real soon there'll be a heavy emphasis on hockey. We aren't trying to isolate any of our customers, we're just trying to focus on the most exciting new products and announcements. 

However, I do understand that baseball season has just started and everyone currently has baseball fever, so I'll try to make this particular edition of the newsletter as baseball-heavy as possible.

For example:  Jed Lowrie of the Astros hurt his right thumb playing the Padres last night. So he's headed back to Houston to get his thumb examined; he's having an MRI done to check out the extent of the damage on his right thumb. Now, you have to understand, he's headed back to Houston because Houston has the best thumb-MRI technology in the world. That's a (baseball-related) fact.

Or, how about this: Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant almost ended his season early when he was nearly trampled during the 5th inning mascot race at the Great American Ball Park. No, really: there's video proof. However, if you ask me, the best part of the video is how bored and nonchalant the commentator sounds while discussing the near-disaster. 

So, on to more baseball news!
Discover Cards
Change in Credit Card Policy

Before we get to product announcements, APBA Games would like to announce a change in its credit card policy:

Effective May 1st, APBA Games will no longer accept payment via Discover Cards. We will, however, continue to process orders made with Visa and MasterCards. Thank you for your understanding as we implement this policy change.  
XC Card Sets
Additional XC Sets Available as Cards

We now have every XC set from the 2001 season onward (as well as the 1999 season) available in individual card format. That's right! For $33, you can own a set of XC cards from any year between 2001 and 2014 without having to fold and un-fold and tear (and tear-up when you mis-tear) those pesky perforated sheets. We will continue to convert the XC sets in reverse chronological order. 
New Ballpark Disks
New Ballpark Disks for Baseball for Windows

We are pleased to announce two new ballpark disks for our Baseball for Windows game: Angel Stadium of Anaheim and Marlins Park. 

While we have long-offered Anaheim Stadium, Angel Stadium is the renovated version, opened in 1998. Marlins Park is the current Miami stadium, completed in 2012.

We are also excited to announce that we have brought back the original artwork disk for the original Yankee Stadium, as it existed from 1923 to 1973.

But wait: there's more! For the next week (that is, until you receive your next newsletter) all stadium disks are $5 each. That's right! ALL stadium disks are $5. Score!
 
1972 Out of Stock
1972 Completely Out of Stock

In addition to removing the 1972 Baseball card set from stock, we have also removed the 1972 data disk from stock. We will be re-releasing the disk alongside the reissued card set.
2014 Jumbo College Football
2014 Jumbo College Football Set to Be Printed

That's right! You spoke, and we listened. (Okay, you ordered, and we counted... but the result is the same...) We will print and offer the 2014 Jumbo College Football set with all players who played in at least three games carded. This set will be offered in addition to the regular set which will come with the generic cards and rated players. 

Even though we are committed to printing this set, we do encourage you to pre-order your set as soon as possible, as we will not hold a large stock of this set in our warehouse (meaning you may have to wait for enough others to order if we are out-of-stock before we restock the set). 
APBA Polls
What is your favorite APBA card of all time?

As many of you might've guessed, Babe Ruth's 1921 card was the most popular answer (though the 1927 Yankees had the most player cards). But there were some great reasonings for other cards. Let's check some out!

  • 1930 George Puccinelli (St Louis Cardinals/BB) - "First season of the past that I ever bought so there is that. But how can you not like all those 1's!"
  • 2001 Barry Bonds (SF Giants/BB) - "It's almost video game-like!!"
  • 1948 Elmer Angsman (Chicago Cardinals/FB) - "I have completed one replay in my life: a 10 game football league with the old World Championship football teams and the 1948 Chicago Cardinals. The Cardinals bulldozed their way through the playoffs, winning the championship game 47-7 over the 1963 Chicago Bears. Along the way, Angsman rushed for over 200 yards in each playoff game and won playoff MVP. How do I know that this one my favorite? I can still remember his stats 20 years later."
  • 1967 Hank Agurie (Detroit Tigers/BB) - "First card set I owned. First card I saw out of the envelope. Aguirre was my childhood favorite."
  • 1972 Reggie Cleveland (St Louis Cardinals/BB) - "Nickname on card 'Double Cheeseburger'"

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Thank you for your support of APBA.
 
Sincerely,

John Herson
APBA Games
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