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MY REPLAY PAGEStrat-O-Matic and Brian's Ballpark CodesI use the Original Strat-O-Matic code as a base for all my parks to easily locate a park: EX#1; A picture added of Camden Yards (BP01) from the year 2000+ will be coded as BP101,A picture from 1992 will be labeled BP901, the 9 representing the decade of the 90's. Additionals pictures would be BP201,301,401,501,601,701,801. NOTICE!!!I have Found these parks from Numerous places on the internet or have created them from scratch myself. I have also edited them to fit into the Color Ballpark and Old-Timer Disks that SOM offers and the.LOC files that come with the game, so they match up nicely.

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Strat-O-Matic basic version batter and pitcher cards from their baseball game

Strat-O-Matic is a gamecompany based in Glen Head, New York, that develops and publishes sports simulation games. It produces tabletop baseball, American football, basketball, and ice hockey simulations, as well as personal computer adaptations of each, but it is primarily known for its baseball game.

History[edit]

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Strat-O-Matic began as a company in 1961, when Hal Richman, a Bucknell Universitymathematics student, began selling an early version of his baseball tabletop game out of his basement, buying advertising space in Sports Illustrated to aid sales. Richman lost money until 1963, when his decision to release a game containing one card for each player in Major League Baseball resulted in greatly increased sales. Richman later released a football game in 1968, an 'advanced' baseball game in 1972, a basketball game in 1973, and a hockey game in 1978.

Strat-O-Matic's statistical research and game development methods are implemented with the intent of replicating athletes' abilities as accurately as possible, giving the gamer the feel of making managerial decisions.

In February 2011, Strat-O-Matic celebrated its 50th anniversary with an opening day event at the Community Church of New York. This was a change from the normal opening day festivities of fans lining up outside the company's headquarters in Glen Head to pick up their new baseball products. At this event, over 500 people attended and heard from panelists including Doug Glanville, Rick Peterson and STATS, Inc. founder John Dewan.[1]

In March 2011, Richman was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[2]

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How it works[edit]

In a Strat-O-Matic game, each athlete is represented by a player card, on which are printed various ratings and result tables for dice rolls. A player, who may play solitaire or against another player, is in charge of making strategic and personnel decisions for his/her team, while determining the results of his/her decisions by cross-referencing dice rolls with a system of printed charts and tables.(The basic scheme may be understood in connection with the adjoining images, representing the baseball game. One die selects which column is used on either the batter or the pitcher card, while the other two dice specify the outcome within the column.)

The results on the player cards are determined by a combination of the respective athlete's real-life statistics for the previous year and (mostly in the case of the baseball game) independent research of news articles and scouting reports. All Strat-O-Matic games offer a 'basic', 'advanced', and 'super-advanced' version; the more advanced versions give more strategic options to players while taking into account additional nuances of an athlete's abilities (e.g., in baseball, differences in hitting vs. left-handed or right-handed pitchers). The computer adaptations essentially rely on the same algorithms as the tabletop games, but they have the additional advantages of faster play and statistics compilation.

When the new Strat-O-Matic baseball cards are released each year in late January or early February -- an event that hundreds of players commemorate by showing up in the cold at the company's headquarters—controversy soon follows over the deservedness of such statistics. One such instance occurred in January 2008 when David Alan Tieche filibustered outside of the Glen Head headquarters for 42 hours in protest over Alex Rodriguez's card rankings being inflated due to steroid use.[3]

Additionally, there also is an Internet version of the Strat-O-Matic Baseball game.[4] This was formerly hosted by The Sporting News, and is now hosted by the Strat-O-Matic Company.

Influence[edit]

Strat-O-Matic games are generally recognized as very influential; they have been played by a wide variety of sports fans, including professional athletes themselves.

Former major leaguer Doug Glanville is an avid Strat-O-Matic player and advocate of the company,[5] and his ex-teammate and noted gamer Curt Schilling also plays.[6] Former New York Mets teammates Keith Hernandez[7] and Lenny Dykstra also have proclaimed their devotion. After homering in the ninth inning of Game 3 of the 1986 National League Championship Series, Dykstra said that the last time he had done such a thing was when he played Strat-O-Matic against his brother.[8]

Broadcaster Bob Costas often played Strat-O-Matic in his youth, and credits the game with teaching him about baseball, for instance the importance of on-base percentage and slugging percentage. Author Buzz Bissinger says that 'Strat-O-Matic changed my life.'[9]

Games of Strat-O-Matic were shown being played in the Spike Lee film Crooklyn.

Computer sports game designers and producers such as Trip Hawkins[9] and Richard Hilleman have been lifelong Strat-O-Matic players, indirectly influencing the development of rival computer baseball simulation games. In the book Magic the Gathering: The Pocket Players' Guide, it was mentioned that Strat-O-Matic was a strong influence in the game design work of Richard Garfield.[10]

C.B.A. Strat-o-matic league was established in 1997 as an international strat-o-matic baseball computer league one of many that provide competition for gamers cba-som.com

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References[edit]

  1. ^'SOM 50th Anniversary - Updated 2/11/11 Final Update! Schedule Included the Strat-O-Matic Game Co'. Strat-o-matic.com. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
  2. ^'Mesler inducted into Jewish shrine'. The Buffalo News. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
  3. ^Manly, Lorne (2006-01-13). 'Strat-O-Matic, the Throwback, Endures the Era of the X-Boxes'. The New York Times. ISSN0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
  4. ^'Homepage the Strat-O-Matic Game Co'. Sporting News. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
  5. ^'Doug on 'Strat-O-Matic''. Doug Glanville. 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
  6. ^'Mariner Fan? Bored? Miss Incomparable Despondency?'. Lookout Landing. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
  7. ^'The story of Strat-O-Matic and its founder, Hal Richman - Joe Lemire - SI.com'. Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 2011-02-10. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
  8. ^Simon, Mark. 'This date in '86: Len Dykstra's HR - Mets Blog - ESPN New York'. Espn.go.com. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
  9. ^ ab'The story of Strat-O-Matic and its founder, Hal Richman - Joe Lemire - SI.com'. Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 2011-02-10. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
  10. ^'The Creation of Magic: The Gathering : Daily MTG : Magic: The Gathering'. Wizards.com. 2013-03-12. Retrieved 2013-11-10.

External links[edit]

  • Bernstein, James (October 26, 2009). 'Glen Head store's new game highlights Negro League'. Newsday. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
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