My goal for this tournament was not only to add to the impressive roster of almost two dozen fan-held APBA tournaments being held nationwide on an annual basis, but to create content that filters out beyond the the sports gaming community to the legions of sports fans - particular those who fondly recall the golden ages of Major League Baseball and other pro sports. 8, 2022, this event has already set a precedent, with a member of the operating committee of our APBA Baseball gang proceeding to organize an October event at the baseball hall for October for Plaay! Games.ĪPBA Baseball games in the gift shop of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, on March 31, 2023. Looking on at the table are Roy Langhans in white sweater (APBA Hall of Fame Class of 2001) and Bill Blair (Class of 2012). The 14-player tournament took place in the first-floor learning center at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. Ryan’s 2020 Braves overcame a late 2-0 deficit against Skoff’s 1911 Giants, forcing extra innings before a steal-home score clinched the victory. Skoff (APBA Hall of Fame Class of 2015) is a three-time APBA national champ, while Ryan (Class of 2021) has run the Charlie Fouche memorial APBA Baseball tournament in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Steve Skoff, left, and Steve Ryan bump fists after Ryan’s 3-2 come-from-behind victory in the first cards-and-dice championship held inside the Baseball Hall of Fame. And in the single-game championship, down 2-0 in the ninth, Steve and his Braves again rose to the occasion: Tying the game 2-2 against Steve Skoff’s (Class of 2015) 1911 Giants, Steve - with a runner on second in the 10 th - nailed a steal-home double to prevail, 3-2. In the semis, Steve downed Dom Provisiero (Class of 2009) and his 1958 Yankees in a back-and-forth battle. In the divisional round, down 9-0 in the bottom of the eighth, Steve racked up 10 runs to defeat Roy Langhans (Class of 2001) and his mighty 1905 Giants. Fittingly, APBA Hall of Famer Steve Ryan and his 2020 Braves won the title in spectacular fashion, piloting his Braves through a gamut of fellow APBA Hall of Famers.
This inaugural, invitation-only event set a significant precedent: It is the first-ever tabletop game tournament held inside the Baseball Hall of Fame. The APBA community and the broader tabletop sports game community achieved a milestone on Apthe same day George Plimpton’s famous fable of Sidd Finch was published in Sports Illustrated in 1985 - as 14 tabletop gamers converged inside the learning center of the “Cathedral of Cooperstown.” What’s better than bringing your Baseball Hall of Fame heroes to life with a statistically accurate tabletop sports game? Bringing them to life inside the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
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