I was born there in 1961 (the same year Maris hit 61, so I knew I would be tied to baseball from birth). Todd McFarlane: Well, you’re correct that I am Canadian. Jimsapbabarn question #1: Tell us about your early life, and growing up in Canada? Without a doubt, APBA’s biggest celebrity moving forward into 2016 and beyond is Todd McFarlane … time to ask some questions: We might be at our office working, but APBA is on the mind, and there is nobody around to talk APBA with, as Todd and I were able to do that afternoon.
I quickly got the feeling that Todd is no different than the rest of us. By the end of my visit, we were talking APBA, as Todd was opening an Excel spreadsheet on his PC with his latest 1972 season replay stats, showing me examples of how he tracks and organizes his stats. Todd was aware of this and he made sure he invited my 12 yr old son and I to visit his Tempe, AZ office studio. I was in Arizona in March of 2015 visiting my daughter who attends Grand Canyon University in Phoenix. Of course, “approachable” is selling McFarlane short. Todd’s honest nature when he posts about a game engine topic, or a replay result, shows that he is very approachable on any topic APBA wise, and will even talk shop when it comes to comic books and his company, Image Comics. Todd has posted his own replays, his style of play, his method for keeping stats, and even the fact that he once had to finish one of his games while making a bathroom visit. This is Todd McFarlane who happens to post regularly on the BTL forum, and if you did not realize it was a celebrity behind his Delphi forum name “todddeanmark”, you would tend to think he is just another APBA nut like the rest of us. (Note on the above, Danny Weiser on left, is convention organizer Ben Weiser’s younger brother, seated here with Kevin Hooks, 2nd from right) Kevin Hooks (Morris Thorpe) of the TV show “The White Shadow”, and current television show producer, played APBA, and is actually pictured in the August 1973 APBA Journal issue which covered the first APBA Convention: Actor Jeff Daniels sings “God Bless America” during the seventh-inning stretch at Game 3 of the American League championship series between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees Tuesday, Oct. (Danny Kaye talking ball with Willie Mays)ĪPBA fan and sports writer, Greg Eno, wrote a blog interview he had with actor Jeff Daniels, about playing APBA. Deceased actor, singer, performer, Danny Kaye was mentioned by APBA Game creator, Dick Seitz, as being a regular APBA customer. Celebrities who have been mentioned as APBA fans, might surprise you. When you consider the fact that most of us do not easily admit to strangers or even relatives and friends that we play a dice baseball game using cards and charts, and that we keep score and stats. The mention of “celebrities” playing APBA are relatively scarce over the years, as you might expect.
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