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.
