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The Boston Globe - "Players can't always swing a major change"
By Gordon Edes, Globe Staff, 12/17/2000

... And fans of realistic baseball board games, the ones that allow you to manage real teams based on their statistical performance, will be happy to hear that APBA, one of the originals (and in this opinion the best), has dusted off its 50-year-old game under new ownership and is offering a vastly spruced-up edition while adding two versions for kids 4 and up (APBA Superstars) and kids 7 and up (APBA All-Star). Previously available only by mail order, the game is now being sold in game and hobby shops. There's also a computer version. Just don't expect to find Brian Daubach on the Red Sox. Because it's licensed by the players' union and he was once a replacement player, Daubach doesn't exist, just as he's not included in video games licensed by the MLBPA. But believe me: Pedro rules. I played a Sox-Indians game in which Pedro struck out 16. Their phone number: 800-334-2722...

 

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