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Who's
Who - Celebrities Among APBA Devotees
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What started
as a teenager's fascination with baseball in 1931 has grown into
legions of faithful - and famous - players. Many world leaders,
world-class athletes, Hollywood legends and baseball's immortal
scribes describe themselves as ardent fans of the game.
President George Bush began playing APBA when he started his political
career as a Congressman from Texas. His sons George W. and Jeb
joined in on some heated family showdowns. In fact, the APBA Game
Company regularly received holiday cards from the Bush family.
Other political
leaders who played the game to either escape the rigors of their
duties or to further refine their political strategy skills include
Ed Koch, an affable former mayor of New York, and David Eisenhower,
grandson of President Eisenhower and son-in-law of another president,
Richard Nixon.
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The Bush Family |
Curt Schilling
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Hollywood
embraced the game over the years: Danny Kaye, Ray Goulding (Bob
and Ray comedy team), Fred Grandy (Love Boat's Gopher), Jeff Daniels
and All In the Family director Bud Yorkin are just a few who have
contacted us.
Of course, athletes have found APBA further hones their baseball
skills. Major league greats of yesteryear and today have picked
up the game, including; Joe Torre, Curt Schilling, Jim Kaat, Dave
Magadan, Maury Wills, Jim Sundberg, Harmon Killebrew, Jeff Burroughs,
Frank Lucchesi, Leo Durocher, Woody Woodard and many more.
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Dave
Kindred and John Rawlings, columnist and editor, respectively, of
The Sporting News; Frank Deford, one of the nation's top
baseball writers and regular in Sports Illustrated; Alison
Gordon, baseball's first female beat writer; and sportcaster Brent
Musberger all credit APBA as an inspiration for their love of the
game. And within the sports collectibles hobby, there's T.S. O'Connell
from Krause Publications (who actually visited Seitz's home in 1979),
and the Beckett Publications gang, including Tom Layber, Mike Payne,
Rich Klein and Brad Grmela.
Although we're sure there are countless more who've "loaded up an
APBA shaker," these are some of the famous people who have publicly
admitted their love for the game from the worlds of politics, sports,
and entertainment. If you know of any others, let us know. |
Jeff Daniels |
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