Comments on: Happy 50th birthday, Strat-o-Matic

By: sharkbb

sharkbb — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 09:54:52 +0000

I never played Strat O Matic, but I do Get it. I have played the APBA Baseball game since 1985. Happy Birthday Strat O Matic…… What a Great Accomplishment!!

By: spudchukar

spudchukar — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:38:28 +0000

Nothing like getting your star player hurt with the roll of the dice, the generic pitcher’s hitting cards, and AAA base stealers who almost never could be thrown out. The defensive grading was pretty cool. Gotta love those “1″‘s.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:23:35 +0000

My brother and I were total Strat freaks when we were kids. I remember watching Soupy Sales with the sound turned off so we could concentrate on the game. We could play ten games a day if it was snowing or raining. And we lived for that winter morning when the postman brought our new set of updated cards every year.

Batter lines out into doubleplay, runner on second is out….

By: aronmantoo

aronmantoo — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:15:18 +0000

I played a game called Big League Manager which was way more accurate than Strat-O-matic which to me had way to much offense

By: BC

BC — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:44:47 +0000

I played Strato baseball and hockey in the 80′s into the early 90′s. I can’t imagine what Barry Bonds’s cards looked like when he was walking 200 times a year. All I remember is Wade Boggs being a total machine and getting on base like 60 percent of the time – they way overdid it on his card.

By: sdelmonte

sdelmonte — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:02:54 +0000

Here’s to my favorite Strat card, Rob Deer circa 1987. He either struck out, homered or walked. It was always fun to see him come up to the plate.

By: Rosenthals Speling Instrukter

Rosenthals Speling Instrukter — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:57:56 +0000

When I was 5 years old my father bought me Strat-o-Matic. Since I didn’t live in America at the time (Nigeria) it was hard to find kids to play the game with since Nigeria isn’t exactly known for being a baseball crazy country. This game is what helped me fall in love with baseball.