i gathered that one reason, as time went on, that he didn't want to explain the name was because he started producing football games as well as baseball (and, of course, other sports as well, eventually) and "baseball" was in the APBA name. I got the impression back when I published the Journal that the further away from Lancaster that people were, the more likely they were to pronounce it Ay-Pee-Bee-Ay. But I think a whole lot more people pronounce it APP-buh than APP-bah.
i gathered that one reason, as time went on, that he didn't want to explain the name was because he started producing football games as well as baseball (and, of course, other sports as well, eventually) and "baseball" was in the APBA name. I got the impression back when I published the Journal that the further away from Lancaster that people were, the more likely they were to pronounce it Ay-Pee-Bee-Ay. But I think a whole lot more people pronounce it APP-buh than APP-bah.