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Originally Posted by Ambermonk
Anticipation is half the fun! I remember as a 10 year old when I asked for an APBA Football game for Christmas. My Parents ordered it in November. When it arrived they put it on the dining room table unopened. Every day for 6 weeks I would go into the dining room and stare at the unopened box. I read every label on the box dozens & dozens of times. The anticipation of opening that box is something I'll remember till the day I die!
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Yeah!
I was an APBA baseball fanatic in the 1950's and 1960's. Eight of us in high school had a league that we kept going after graduation (1960) until 1972. Quite a feat with everyone off to different colleges or other endeavors. We took turns running games with updates by mail and crammed LOTS of games in when everyone was home for summers or holidays. We even kept it going when two of us were in the Army (for me, 1966-1969). By 1972 we were down to four and called it quits.
The games were great fun. Manually keeping stats and box scores was a nightmare that we endured. I still have the all the stats we did - yeah, I'm a pack rat.
I never played any simulated baseball again until 2006 when I discovered OOTP on-line leagues. What a joy! Stats kept for you! No dice to roll! Everything viewable on-line!
I'm in two leagues and love them both.
Cheers
