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NFT: Strat-O-Matic to simulate the baseball season daily

Jints in Carolina : 3/26/2020 9:04 am
Can't wait to see how Mookie Betts will perform atop the Dodgers lineup? Or how Gerrit Cole fares with the Yankees?

Baseball fans who had their dreams of opening day shattered by the delayed start to the season will be able to get a little bit of that magic back, thanks to the folks at Strat-O-Matic.

The legendary board game company has announced it will be simulating the 2020 MLB season, beginning on the schedule's original opening day, March 26.

Using its unique player ratings and its Baseball Daily game, Strat-O-Matic will play each of the MLB games on that day's schedule and unveil the scores, stats and key game highlights at 2 p.m. ET.

“Like all baseball fans, we are disappointed that the season won’t be starting on time, but we hope this day-by-day simulation will provide a fun, viable substitute for the time being,” said Strat-O-Matic founder Hal Richman.

Fans, former players and media members will be asked to help select the teams' pitching rotations and lineups, the company says. The results will be promoted on its website, strat-o-matic.com, and its various social media platforms.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2020/03/19/2020-mlb-season-strat-o-matic-simulation/2880901001/?fbclid=IwAR3JsDx9XDvfvy__qF1PqsRNvm9SltXsgOmGZ-lAguoNM1HgNrMlZgMGGSM - ( New Window )
I have loved Strat since I was a kid  
Jints in Carolina : 3/26/2020 9:05 am : link
I look forward to this. A nice distraction from what is going on in the world.
Strat-O-Matic  
johnnyb : 3/26/2020 9:25 am : link
baseball and football were my two favorite games as a kid- after Monopoly.

Mt friends and I would play for hours upon hours, setting up leagues and playing seasons. I still have my games from the late 1970s.
Do any of you guys play in their online SOM  
mfsd : 3/26/2020 9:27 am : link
baseball leagues? I have for a few years, it’s a lot of fun
RE: Do any of you guys play in their online SOM  
Jints in Carolina : 3/26/2020 9:31 am : link
In comment 14850126 mfsd said:
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baseball leagues? I have for a few years, it’s a lot of fun


Can you tell me more about that?
RE: RE: Do any of you guys play in their online SOM  
mfsd : 3/26/2020 9:44 am : link
In comment 14850133 Jints in Carolina said:
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baseball leagues? I have for a few years, it’s a lot of fun



Can you tell me more about that?


They have a pretty robust online setup. You pay a fee for a team, usually $20 for a season, with discounts for multiple seasons.

You choose from a variety of different league options - 2019, 90s, 80s, 70s, 60s, all time greats, etc.

Leagues are 12 or 24 teams. 2 draft options: Option 1, live draft (which is infrequent, bc you’re usually playing against managers from around the country, hard to make timing work), or Option 2, you fill out a draft card with your desired players, and the computer matches it up against other teams draft cards and calculates who gets who.

There’s a free agent waiver period, then league starts and the computer plays a 3 game series against a different opponent every night. You set lineups, rotation, assign bullpen roles, and can set strategy with things like pinch hitter preferences, aggressive or conservative baserunning, etc.

I usually play the 1980s version, as that’s the era from when I still have the back of baseball cards burned into memory. Got my butt kicked by experienced managers for a few seasons, but have won a few championships the last couple years too

There’s more to it, you can check out Strat-O-Matic online to read more about it. I enjoy it, basically spend 15 minutes every morning checking how my team did, making lineup changes, free agent pickups, etc.

Fun outlet for any old stat geeks like me!
Loved Start-O-Matic as a kid  
US1 Giants : 3/26/2020 9:58 am : link
it used past season stats and was fun. Later discovered Scoresheet Baseball which simulates with current season stats and found it more challenging because it is using the current season.
My dad and I used to play  
Aaroninma : 3/26/2020 9:59 am : link
He was really into it for a while. Would do whole baseball and football seasons and kept a binder with stats.

He had a football one where he would write postgame writeups for each game like a small newspaper article.

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Jints in Carolina : 3/26/2020 10:29 am : link
In comment 14850150 mfsd said:
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baseball leagues? I have for a few years, it’s a lot of fun



Can you tell me more about that?



They have a pretty robust online setup. You pay a fee for a team, usually $20 for a season, with discounts for multiple seasons.

You choose from a variety of different league options - 2019, 90s, 80s, 70s, 60s, all time greats, etc.

Leagues are 12 or 24 teams. 2 draft options: Option 1, live draft (which is infrequent, bc you’re usually playing against managers from around the country, hard to make timing work), or Option 2, you fill out a draft card with your desired players, and the computer matches it up against other teams draft cards and calculates who gets who.

There’s a free agent waiver period, then league starts and the computer plays a 3 game series against a different opponent every night. You set lineups, rotation, assign bullpen roles, and can set strategy with things like pinch hitter preferences, aggressive or conservative baserunning, etc.

I usually play the 1980s version, as that’s the era from when I still have the back of baseball cards burned into memory. Got my butt kicked by experienced managers for a few seasons, but have won a few championships the last couple years too

There’s more to it, you can check out Strat-O-Matic online to read more about it. I enjoy it, basically spend 15 minutes every morning checking how my team did, making lineup changes, free agent pickups, etc.

Fun outlet for any old stat geeks like me!


nice!
Does it take injuries into consideration?  
Steve L : 3/26/2020 10:31 am : link
Just curious.
RE: Does it take injuries into consideration?  
mfsd : 3/26/2020 10:37 am : link
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Just curious.


For the online game, yes, and I assume the 2020 simulation will as well.

Each players cards has a “roll” that results in an injury. The length of injury is generally based on how many plate appearances/innings pitched a player had the prior season.

For example, a guy with 300 plate appearances is twice as likely to get injured, and for twice as long, as a guy with 600 plate appearances.

As for the 2020 simulation, I wonder if they will factor in things like whether currently injured guys can start the season if it started today (looking at you, Judge and Stanton)
Never played strat-o-matic  
dune69 : 3/26/2020 10:44 am : link
but as a kid I played a lot of APBA in baseball and football. Lots of fun and good for learning history of players.
What a fun idea...  
Chris in Philly : 3/26/2020 10:44 am : link
That’s great.
I played the entire  
Dave on the UWS : 3/26/2020 10:49 am : link
Mets ‘73 season, the one with all the injuries. They finished 83-79 won the division by 1 game and lost in the NLCS. Jon Matlack won like 23 games that year. I’ll never forget it.
I played the entire  
Dave on the UWS : 3/26/2020 10:49 am : link
Mets ‘73 season, the one with all the injuries. They finished 83-79 won the division by 1 game and lost in the NLCS. Jon Matlack won like 23 games that year. I’ll never forget it.
RE: Do any of you guys play in their online SOM  
Gatorade Dunk : 3/26/2020 10:57 am : link
In comment 14850126 mfsd said:
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baseball leagues? I have for a few years, it’s a lot of fun

Yeah, I've been playing online since they were hosted by Sporting News and now still on their own hosted 365 platform.

Baseball is a lot of fun - especially the ATG series (although the mystery cards are lame, IMO). Football isn't quite as enjoyable, IMO. It just doesn't translate as well.
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jpkmets : 3/26/2020 10:58 am : link
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baseball leagues? I have for a few years, it’s a lot of fun



Can you tell me more about that?



They have a pretty robust online setup. You pay a fee for a team, usually $20 for a season, with discounts for multiple seasons.

You choose from a variety of different league options - 2019, 90s, 80s, 70s, 60s, all time greats, etc.

Leagues are 12 or 24 teams. 2 draft options: Option 1, live draft (which is infrequent, bc you’re usually playing against managers from around the country, hard to make timing work), or Option 2, you fill out a draft card with your desired players, and the computer matches it up against other teams draft cards and calculates who gets who.

There’s a free agent waiver period, then league starts and the computer plays a 3 game series against a different opponent every night. You set lineups, rotation, assign bullpen roles, and can set strategy with things like pinch hitter preferences, aggressive or conservative baserunning, etc.

I usually play the 1980s version, as that’s the era from when I still have the back of baseball cards burned into memory. Got my butt kicked by experienced managers for a few seasons, but have won a few championships the last couple years too

There’s more to it, you can check out Strat-O-Matic online to read more about it. I enjoy it, basically spend 15 minutes every morning checking how my team did, making lineup changes, free agent pickups, etc.

Fun outlet for any old stat geeks like me!



nice!


That’s fantastic. If any BBI’rs want to do a league while we weather the storm, I’m down!
I'm in....  
rnargi : 3/26/2020 11:02 am : link
...sounds like fun. If someone sets it up, my email is rnargi@hotmail.com
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mfsd : 3/26/2020 11:36 am : link
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...sounds like fun. If someone sets it up, my email is rnargi@hotmail.com


I'd love to do it - let's see if we get more people interested
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Gatorade Dunk : 3/26/2020 11:53 am : link
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...sounds like fun. If someone sets it up, my email is rnargi@hotmail.com



I'd love to do it - let's see if we get more people interested

I'd be in for sure.
Love this  
weeg in the bronx : 3/26/2020 12:04 pm : link
ultimate baseball geek game.
Baseball is my love...and I've never played Strat-o-matic  
Matt M. : 3/26/2020 2:57 pm : link
My parents bought me a knock off (maybe by milton bradley) so I played that. It had 2 all star teams of cards, including pitchers, even though they didn't factor in to the game. The set was from about 1983, so it always bugged me that Don Mattingly was not included. I recall breaking the teams up and playing 7 game (then more) series, while keeping stats.
Here we go  
Matt M. : 3/26/2020 2:59 pm : link
Championship Baseball by Milton Bradley. I don't know if there were other versions, but this was the exact one.
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From 1984  
Matt M. : 3/26/2020 3:01 pm : link
must have 1983 stats.
RE: Here we go  
BigBlueShock : 3/26/2020 3:09 pm : link
In comment 14850582 Matt M. said:
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Championship Baseball by Milton Bradley. I don't know if there were other versions, but this was the exact one. Link - ( New Window )

I had that exact same game! Haha!
I’ve never done Strat O Matic  
BigBlueShock : 3/26/2020 3:14 pm : link
But if someone is starting a league, I’d love to give it a shot too. Looks fun
I would play in a league  
Jints in Carolina : 3/26/2020 3:19 pm : link
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Here is the recap and attached is the box score for the Yankees  
Jints in Carolina : 3/26/2020 3:30 pm : link
We friggin lost LOL

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26,715 fans watched an exciting game at Camden Yards. The Baltimore club
topped the New York (AL) club by the slimmest of margins, 3 to 2.

Baltimore came up with 2 runs in the 7th inning. Both teams ended up with 8
hits on the afternoon. The winning pitcher was Miguel Castro(1-0) who
allowed no runs in 1 inning. Castro was helped out by Mychal Givens who
recorded his 1st save. Adam Ottavino(0-1) was charged with the loss in
relief.





https://2020seasonsim.s3.amazonaws.com/March26th/NYY%40BAL.htm - ( New Window )
And even in Strat we cannot escape injuries  
Jints in Carolina : 3/26/2020 3:33 pm : link
Sanchez out 2 games
Nice  
BigBlueShock : 3/26/2020 3:38 pm : link
Gleyber with a HR and a double. Ottavino with a sterling 27.00 era to start the season after Cole pitched 6 strong innings with 9 Ks
RE: RE: Do any of you guys play in their online SOM  
mfsd : 3/26/2020 3:43 pm : link
In comment 14850256 Gatorade Dunk said:
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baseball leagues? I have for a few years, it’s a lot of fun


Yeah, I've been playing online since they were hosted by Sporting News and now still on their own hosted 365 platform.

Baseball is a lot of fun - especially the ATG series (although the mystery cards are lame, IMO). Football isn't quite as enjoyable, IMO. It just doesn't translate as well.


Nice what's your handle on there? Mine is cslaw3239.

I actually prefer the mystery card games, it's frustrating but IMO also an equalizer for everyone - not matter how good a manager is, you're subject to the luck of the draw with your mystery cards.

I agree about football, I've looked at it but can't get myself to commit to a season
RE: RE: RE: Do any of you guys play in their online SOM  
Gatorade Dunk : 3/27/2020 8:51 am : link
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baseball leagues? I have for a few years, it’s a lot of fun


Yeah, I've been playing online since they were hosted by Sporting News and now still on their own hosted 365 platform.

Baseball is a lot of fun - especially the ATG series (although the mystery cards are lame, IMO). Football isn't quite as enjoyable, IMO. It just doesn't translate as well.



Nice what's your handle on there? Mine is cslaw3239.

I actually prefer the mystery card games, it's frustrating but IMO also an equalizer for everyone - not matter how good a manager is, you're subject to the luck of the draw with your mystery cards.

I agree about football, I've looked at it but can't get myself to commit to a season

Just sent you a PM on the SOM board (which I honestly didn't even realize still existed until this morning).
Ok so who wants to do this then?  
BigBlueShock : 3/27/2020 7:00 pm : link
If we can get 12 committed I can set up a BBI league. I’ve never done Strat O Matic but I’ll give it a shot. Looks like they have a special going on for 14.95 each. You get a second team free with that but not sure that would apply to this league. You can use ithe second team on your own.
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