February 12-17

The middle part of the week was unremarkable, Jenny and I had lunch on Wednesday and again on Friday because Saturday figured to be busy for me. There is a very popular tabletop baseball game called APBA, it has been on the market since 1951 and was produced and headquartered here in Lancaster for close to sixty years. Several years ago the company moved to Georgia but the game itself is as popular as ever. Back in 1977 a group of my friends formed a league, I played in it for the first six years it existed. Over the years the membership has changed greatly but there are still three of the originals still involved: Tom Doran, Woody Kleinhaus and league commissioner Phil Zangari. Every year the league holds its preseason entry draft, if I'm available I attend and serve as moderator since I'm recognized as a friend of the league. The draft was on Saturday morning at 10:00 but it was closer to 11:00 before we got started because of a lengthy rules proposal/discussion. There was an added wrinkle involved since one of the managers could not be there, we had him set up via text messaging and he made his picks through me. I was actually looking through the player cards and keeping him abreast on who was available, it took me back to when I played and made my selections for my roster. There are times I regret not playing anymore but finding the time to play at certain times of the year would be a problem, the league plays a 138-game schedule and runs virtually year-round. The proceedings finally wound down around 2:30 or so, I had a late lunch/early supper and called it a day. Take care, thanks for reading.