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Originally Posted by Bronx Bomber 15
I caught the APBA bug myself around 2000, then free time got less and less and so did my APBA play, though I did manage a few really good sims. I'd like to get into it again at some point.
I'm pretty lucky I suppose: my Mrs. complains about my attention to boxing but lives with it. I still picture the day I come home and find my DVD recorders and discs out on the front lawn.  |
APBA had a boxing game??? If the Trunzos were involved, it had to be better than Realistic Pro Boxing, or whatever it was (I still have it in a closet).Are the '62 Mets the Strat-O-Matic baseball games Mel Turnbow?
Never played Strat-O-Matic.myself Was an APBA guy for both football and baseball as well as the Boxing Board Game, that the Trunzos were involved with.
Bear
Oops, I tried to reply to Bear's post but got hooked to Bronx Bomber's. My neophyte status is showing through!
The Mets were far worse than Mel Turnbow, in my humble opinion. I think there were about 40 top teams from the decades through the mid-60s in the Strat-o pool, and they threw in the original Mets (who my buddy loved). The staff aces were Roger Craig, Al Jackson and Jay Hook (on the 61 Reds featured in Jim Brosnan's book), who each lost at least 19 games, but they were the aces and pitched more than the others!
Choo-Choo Coleman was one of their main catchers, though their main duty was to tally runs, not catch pitches. Frank Thomas, of Kenyan Cheeta fame in his uni, slugged about 20 homers, Richie Ashburn hit about 300, Joe Christopher may have been an outfielder, Rod Kanehl was their utility infielder, and their anchor was Marvelous Marv Throneberry, who hit about 300 and fielded the same!
I could be off on some of these stats, but I think I am close. To think they topped my Birds 7 years later!