For those who were in the league with him, my father, Allen Ringland, passed away last week. He was Champion in 1990 and loved the league and the members in it, but was never fond of computers. As his eyesight and patience with computers waned, he decided to get out a few years ago. He loved baseball and gaming and began playing APBA in 1955. He used to replay the AL each year and kept volumes of statistics to go with it. In fact, I learned to read on APBA boards that he modified for me. In fact, his love of gaming and being around it my whole life were the reasons why I wanted to join ARBA in 1985 when Don Edwards mentioned it to me. Once we went PBM, he was in. When my parents divorced, I stayed with my father. You better believe a lot of APBA baseball and football games were played between us and his friends at that dining room table. I was depressed after the divorce, and he knew the one thing that would cheer me up, a trip to Tiger Stadium to see Mark Fidrych pitch. It was the best weekend of my life. When I wanted to spend a month traveling and visiting as many ballparks as possible, he was in. When I wanted to go to Spring break and watch the Tigers, he was in. In fact, I still try to go every Spring with my family. He was as good of a man and as baseball crazy as you can be, LOL. He will be missed.
I'm really sorry to hear about your loss, but thanks for sharing those wonderful memories. I certainly enjoyed getting to know Art in his long ARBA tenure. It's great when baseball craziness runs in the family.
Warren, I'm so sorry to hear of Al's passing. He was a valued member of ARBA and will be missed. I have fond memories of meeting your dad at one of our face to face meetings. He was a unique individual and a serious Tiger fan. Good luck trying to pry one of his precious tiger players from him in a trade. His managerial skills were solid even if his penmanship was atrocious.
