APBA Stadium

vonryan · 09-30-2004, 06:40 AM

Anyone remember this one ? Photo taken from the APBA Board game. I use this for all my stadiums. You can add each teams logo to this photo like they do with the undeck circles.Enjoy

jmm8356 · 09-30-2004, 08:38 AM

Kinda kewl... 'cept I don't think I ever used the game board while rolling out APBA games.

I do recognize it though. Well done.

Malleus Dei · 09-30-2004, 10:16 AM

That brings back some old memories.

Tib · 09-30-2004, 12:42 PM

If that ain't the quintessential "Up With People" baseball diamond, I don't know what is.

Eugene Church · 10-01-2004, 10:04 AM

I remember playing APBA in 1953...on rainy days when we couldn't go to the playground and play "Scrub" or "Screen Ball"...two games we created when we didn't have enough players to play a complete game with two full teams.

In Screen Ball we had to have 4-6 players. We would bat from second base toward the backstop/screen. There would be a pitcher on the mound and 1 or 2 fielders just in front of the backstop/screen. If the defense did not cleanly catch the ball, the batter got on on an error...if the ball got past the fielders and hit the screen on the ground, it was a single...the screen had 3 levels...if you hit hit it in the air to the first level, it was a double...to the middle level, a triple...and to the top level, a home run. But if you hit over the top level, it was all 3 outs and the inning was over. If you hit a ball that would have been to the left or right of the screen/backstop, it was foul and an out.

In Scrub, you needed a minimum of three players...a batter, pitcher and leftfielder. The pitcher would be the umpire and make the call if it was a hit or not. If your ball was caught in the air, you were out and the pitcher would go bat, the outfielder to pitch and the batter would go to leftfield. As more players joined the game, we would add positions...shortstop next, then catcher, centerfield, third base and finally second base and rightfield. If you hit it where there was no player, you were out. As long as the batter did not make an out, he continued to bat. When we had enough players to man all 9 positions, the extra players would be batters and we would actually run the bases then...just like a real game.

We also played Whiffle Ball and Cork Ball.

In the afternoon around 4 pm we would play for Crawford or Galvez Park teams in the Mobile Recreation Department leagues.

At night we played for Central Baptist in the Church League...some of us 15 and older also played for the Men's team in the Church League...but they wouldn't us start even though we were better than many of the old codgers.

After the Church League game, we would head over to Hartwell Field, home of the Mobile Bears of the Southen Association, on our bicycles...we rode all over town on them...this was a day and time when it was safe for young kids to be on the streets...even at night. After the 7 inning the gates would be opened and you could get in free.

It was a great time to be alive. If we didn't have a game, at night we would go see the Mobile Bears in the grand old Southern Association and they would play the Atlanta Crackers, New Orleans Pelicans, Chattanooga Lookouts, Little Rock Travelers, Memphis Chicks, Nashville Vols and Birmingham Barons. When the Bears were out of town, we would go to sleep listening to the radio...to Jack Bitterman on WABB as he recreated the game in the studio (we thought it was live...it never occurred to us that the incessant clicking in the background was the teletype machine)...or we listened to the St. Louis Cardinals and Harry Caray on KMOX.

Life doesn't get any better than that...but OOTPB thankfully brings back a little bit of it to my life.

Thank you, Markus.

09-30-2004, 06:40 AM	#1
vonryan Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: May 2004 Location: NewJersey Posts: 39	APBA Stadium Anyone remember this one ? Photo taken from the APBA Board game. I use this for all my stadiums. You can add each teams logo to this photo like they do with the undeck circles.Enjoy Attached Images __________________ When you think you found answers...Thats when the questions change !!! Last edited by vonryan; 09-30-2004 at 06:43 AM.

09-30-2004, 08:38 AM	#2
jmm8356 All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lafayette IN (by way of Tonawanda NY) Posts: 1,673	Kinda kewl... 'cept I don't think I ever used the game board while rolling out APBA games. I do recognize it though. Well done. __________________ Jeremy from Tonawanda --- Go Cubbies! --- Unofficial Theta Tester(tm) "Oh, we got both kinds. We got country and western!" From OOTP 6: Designated for Assignment FAQ (Includes both problems and solutions! Ooooo! )

09-30-2004, 12:42 PM	#4
Tib All Star Reserve Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Paso Robles, CA Posts: 995	If that ain't the quintessential "Up With People" baseball diamond, I don't know what is.

10-01-2004, 10:04 AM	#5
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,239	I remember playing APBA in 1953...on rainy days when we couldn't go to the playground and play "Scrub" or "Screen Ball"...two games we created when we didn't have enough players to play a complete game with two full teams. In Screen Ball we had to have 4-6 players. We would bat from second base toward the backstop/screen. There would be a pitcher on the mound and 1 or 2 fielders just in front of the backstop/screen. If the defense did not cleanly catch the ball, the batter got on on an error...if the ball got past the fielders and hit the screen on the ground, it was a single...the screen had 3 levels...if you hit hit it in the air to the first level, it was a double...to the middle level, a triple...and to the top level, a home run. But if you hit over the top level, it was all 3 outs and the inning was over. If you hit a ball that would have been to the left or right of the screen/backstop, it was foul and an out. In Scrub, you needed a minimum of three players...a batter, pitcher and leftfielder. The pitcher would be the umpire and make the call if it was a hit or not. If your ball was caught in the air, you were out and the pitcher would go bat, the outfielder to pitch and the batter would go to leftfield. As more players joined the game, we would add positions...shortstop next, then catcher, centerfield, third base and finally second base and rightfield. If you hit it where there was no player, you were out. As long as the batter did not make an out, he continued to bat. When we had enough players to man all 9 positions, the extra players would be batters and we would actually run the bases then...just like a real game. We also played Whiffle Ball and Cork Ball. In the afternoon around 4 pm we would play for Crawford or Galvez Park teams in the Mobile Recreation Department leagues. At night we played for Central Baptist in the Church League...some of us 15 and older also played for the Men's team in the Church League...but they wouldn't us start even though we were better than many of the old codgers. After the Church League game, we would head over to Hartwell Field, home of the Mobile Bears of the Southen Association, on our bicycles...we rode all over town on them...this was a day and time when it was safe for young kids to be on the streets...even at night. After the 7 inning the gates would be opened and you could get in free. It was a great time to be alive. If we didn't have a game, at night we would go see the Mobile Bears in the grand old Southern Association and they would play the Atlanta Crackers, New Orleans Pelicans, Chattanooga Lookouts, Little Rock Travelers, Memphis Chicks, Nashville Vols and Birmingham Barons. When the Bears were out of town, we would go to sleep listening to the radio...to Jack Bitterman on WABB as he recreated the game in the studio (we thought it was live...it never occurred to us that the incessant clicking in the background was the teletype machine)...or we listened to the St. Louis Cardinals and Harry Caray on KMOX. Life doesn't get any better than that...but OOTPB thankfully brings back a little bit of it to my life. Thank you, Markus.