Issue #6 - October 2013
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Strat-o-matic Conventions - Early History -
The 1977 Convention
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(compiled by Wolfman Shapiro with help from
Mike Kane & Gary Losey and a republishing of the
articles about the Convention from the 1977 Editions
of the Strat-o-matic Review)
Notes from the Wolfman:
- Well in our first five issues of this newsletter we have reported so far the
first two conventions directly held by the Strat-o-matic Review and the
Strat-o-matic Game company and followed by our rag-tag
group of devoted gamers trying out our first three conventions. With the success
of our first conventions and since we already had our club setup
at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana,
Illinois,
we had everything we needed to
do our 4th convention as people were
still counting on us and it had become a yearly happening. A
chance to visit with Strat family.
So please
find within this article, how the 1977 Convention took place. As
I shared in my comments over past issues our
newsletter, now more than ever, these early conventions are
serving as the impetus to inspire us to do the
on-line convention we are planning for this month (October 2013).
We wanted to offer the same type of tournament for this month's
convention as we did back in the early years but to do so would
require our participants to use Skype with the printed cards and
either people didn't have the cards or know how to play Strat
with Skype. So for our first annual on-line convention we won't
be able to do this but if you read the update page we have added
to this month's newsletter you will see a revolutionary method
we are going to use suggested by Jack our technical support
person. we will be offering will be a recreation
for how we use to run the baseball tournaments back then.
Anyway, as we prepare for the new, we hope
you are enjoying the re-telling of these early days, a time when
I had no idea of where my life would take me after I graduated
college which happened in 1977 as soon after the convention of
this year I became a working man. However the professional world
did not stop my determination to continue the conventions and
neither did it stop our solid group of supporters based out of
Chicago.
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This
card is a combination of work done
by Dennis
Conception in the CBA who put
my face on an old
Chicago Cub player
(I am a big Cub Fan) and a
member
of our newsletter placed the photo into
a
playing card. But I am a "SOM Fanatic!" |
(Here is a
re-printed from my earlier webpage of how the 1977 Convention
came to be:)
The Same group of friends, based out
of Chicago, with the help of my good Bob Anderson and also Dale Barnes
who you recall won an elementary base tournament were the key helpers
for this year. We definitely continued to work together as a team to
make this convention another big success. A friend from NY (Hiram)
provided for us our trophies this year. This time we had almost 200
people attend, although not everyone who came was a gamer.
We used all the same facilities as we
had done in former years, using our club status at the University of
Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL, to reserve them. Cheap dorm rooms for
people to stay in and the use of the ballroom at the Student Union. This
was starting to become like a family reunion if you were, as many
friends from around the country would return to not just try to become
the next national champion of their game but just to see good friends.
Because in the long run, really what Strat is about besides the love of
playing the games is the people you know who you become close to.
As we have done before, thanks to the coverage of the convention via the
"SOM Review", the history and stories from these early meetings is
preserved as we hope to do and continue with the new conventions that
will start this month. But I can tell from reading the reports
from 1977, that the hard work to do the conventions was beginning to
show and even though I was only 22 in 1977 (ah those were the days),
still it took a lot of hard work and planning to make these powerful
gatherings flow like clockwork!! |
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Once
again, I would like to acknowledge the help of Mike Kane and Gary Losey,
for providing the scanned copies of the SOM Review articles that discussed the
6th Annual Strat-o-matic Convention which is what
you will discover on this page
of the October (2013) newsletter. As I mentioned in Issue #1, these reports
that are appearing in our newsletter are entirely based upon the ones
I published on my personal website as I was
considering to write a book about Strat-o-matic in 2006 which
didn't pan out. So enjoy this report
of what the happenings at the 1977 convention as it was
extraordinary as we crowned all new champions.
(Will you be the Champion of the
1st Annual SOM On-line Baseball Convention??)
Wolfman Shapiro
1977 SOM Convention
Champaign-Urbana, IL (July)
(Great Attendance
- New Directions to explore in the Future)
The 1977 Convention continued to grow and we
saw even more people come to participate with us. Many former
champions joined us at this convention although none of them were able to
repeat. Steve Dempsey took a shot at an unprecedented third time to be
the Elementary Baseball B Champion but was unable to do so.
On a personal note, at this time in my life,
I had just graduated the University and to be honest, after doing four
conventions, I was really hoping someone else would set up and guide the
next ones. We weren't sure (since we wouldn't be attending the U. of
I. anymore) if we could still use the facilities at the university for
future conferences but I will wait to discuss this on the report for the '78
Convention (in the next issue). Again, we had some discussions with good friends who
lived outside
of Illinois about doing several regional tournaments in the same year. I really thought this
would happen based upon the enthusiasm we received from some of the people
we spoke to who joined us in Champaign-Urbana this year.
Of course we were very grateful to the
editors of the SOM Review for continuing to let their readers know about our
events and we sure would have liked to have had someone from the Game
Company come to join us (or I would have love to see my old friends the
editor of the Review) -- but we understood that they all were pretty busy
and of course the game company was continuing to expand into new games around this
time as well. But as the organizers, we were happy because the
people coming to the conventions were enjoying themselves even though
unfortunately the time for us to be with our S-O-M family was always too
short. Again, please find below some of the articles in the S-O-M
Review which discussed our convention and events around it -- enjoy!!!
EARLY ANNOUNCEMENTS
ABOUT THE 1977 SOM CONVENTION
IN THE SOM REVIEW....
MARCH
ISSUE, 1977
Sixth National
S-O-M Convention Planned
Early spring howlings from Rick (Wolfman) Shapiro indicate
that the Sixth Annual S-O-M National Convention will be a summer happening
come August 5-7. Again the site will be Champaign-Urbane, IL, at the
college campus.
Five tournaments will again be staged, according to
Wolfman: Elementary Baseball A (1905-1957) and B (1960-76), Advanced
Football, Advanced Baseball and Super Advanced Football. Play will
commence Friday, with the finals slate for Sunday. A bowling and hockey
tournament are also planned.
Entry fee for the three-day S-O-M fun bash will be a
nominal $3.00.
Shapiro, who has shouldered most of the responsibility for the
organization and running off of past tournaments, is asking for help this
time around. He would like two people (with organizational talents and
plenty of patience) to contact him immediately at: xxxxxxx, U.R.H. Urbane,
IL xxxxx. Furthermore all mail correspondence relating to the convention
will be handled by Dale Barnes (xxxxxx, Park Forest, IL xxxxx). Any
correspondence needing an answer should include a SASE.
JUNE
ISSUE,
1977
Convention Update!
Illinois U. Campus Again Site
They'll be rollin' dice in numbers ranging from 100 to
150 people come the end of July this summer. The mass rattling of the
cubes will signal the start of another national Strat-O-Matic Convention
at Champaign-Urbana on the university of Illinois campus.
Rick Shapiro and Dales Barnes have already mapped out most of the plans
for the summer gathering, which will begin on July 29 and conclude on
Sunday, July 31. In the meantime, of course, there will be tournaments
(plus trophies provided by Hiram A. Raldiris of New York) galore.
Two elementary baseball and one advanced football tournament will
kickoff the schedule on the 29th, with advanced baseball and super
advanced football beginning the next day. Flyers (included with
S-O-M's June mailing) will soon be out to further update you on the
convention happenings.
Dale Barnes is handling all correspondence relating to the convention.
He can be reached at xxxxx St., Park Forest, IL xxxxx. If planning on
attending, enclose a $3.00 entry fee and your choice of the tournaments
(one per day) you wish to participate in. Send Barnes a SASE and he will
send back an
entry card and times of the tournaments. Additional details (a map of the
campus), routes to the campus, recreational activities, etc., will also be
provided by Barnes.
Early arrivals can hit Conventiontown on Tuesday, July 26. Tourney
officials will be there beginning on Wednesday. So, if you already haven't
set those dates aside, plan on doing so and joining in the summer S-O-M
fun frolic.
JULY ISSUE, 1977
July 29-31 At Champaign-Urbana
National Convention Coming Your Way
Strat-O-Matic games will again hit the halls of higher learning soon.
Although it may appear to the uninformed to be a convention of Las
Vegas-bound gamers, perhaps tuning up for some high-stakes rolling in the
city of "Neon Lights," in reality it will be the fourth annual S-O-M
Convention, as staged by the S-0-M Game Club at the Champaign-Urbana
campus at the University of Illinois.
Plenty of familiar faces and names in the S-O-M world will be
descending on Urbana for the July 29-31 convention. Robert Henry of
Detroit will be on the scene with his huge baseball card collection; past
tournament champions such as Mike Ericksen, Steve Dempsey and Dale Barnes
will be defending honors won in recent years; and gamers from far-flung places throughout the U.S., perhaps Canada, will be there -- simply
because they enjoyed themselves so much at other conventions.
"One of the things which indicates we are doing a good job (running the
conventions) is that those people who have attended earlier conventions,
come back," points out Rick (Wolfman) Shapiro, who organized and helped
run off the previous successful national S-O-M gatherings that were held
at Urbana.
"This is the ultimate thing one can do in Strato and we are concerned
that everyone enjoy themselves. It is a time to meet people from all over
the country, see old friends, or make new ones," adds Shapiro.
Over 100 people are expected. In addition to the past champs,
convention organizers are looking for the Sherman brothers, Ed and Seth,
to motor in from New York state and perhaps bring along Tom Nelson,
another former football champion; Stan Awtrey to make the long haul from
Atlanta, GA; and a flock of mid-western gamers to all participate in the
fun and frolicking.
CONVENTION SCHEDULE
Shapiro sends out an S.O.S. that help is needed for running the Friday
portion of the tournament. Dale Barnes of Park Forest, IL, is taking over
most of the duties performed by Shapiro in the past (the Wolfman wants his
S-O-M dice to 'howl' more than in the past when he was too busy running
the convention and had little time to participate in the tournaments).
So, if interested in lending a hand, contact Barnes at
xxxxxx, Park Forest, IL xxxxx. If no volunteers? Shapiro says he will come
out of his brief retirement,
Bob Andersen will actually be running the tournaments on
Saturday, with Hiram Raldiris of New York supplying the trophies that will
go to the winners in the five categories.
Conventioneers, for a $3.00 entry fee, will be allowed to
participate in two of the following: advanced baseball or super advanced
football (pick one), or elementary baseball 1905-57, elementary baseball
1960-76 and advanced football [pick one]. This format will prevent the
tourneys from running too long and participants--the successful
ones--being forced to drop out of some because of overlapping.
More activity will be available in the form of a bowling
tournament, an electric hockey tournament, perhaps some basketball, as
well as the opportunity to buy and sell S-O-M cards and teams, and to just
sit and chat with and meet other gaming enthusiasts.
FLYER DESCRIBES DETAILS
Many of you have probably already received a flyer in the
mail that describes the upcoming convention, shows memorable moments from
past years, and has a coupon for you to fill in if planning on attending
this year's convention. The coupon (or entry blank) should be sent to
Barnes (coupon includes your name, address, zip and two tournaments you
choose to participate in). Include a stamped, self-addressed envelope so
Barnes can send back a receipt card and the times your tournaments start.
Remember: July 29-31, at Champaign-Urbana, U. of Illinois.
S-O-M fun
time.
BE THERE!
Shapiro's address is: Rick Shapiro, xxxxxxx, U.R.H., Urbana, IL xxxxx
[217-xxx-xxxx].
Devoted exclusively to
the
Strat-O-Matic
game
fans,
with
the consent of the
Strat-O-Matic Game Co. |
STRAT-O-MATIC
REVIEW
Vol.. VII-7 October 1977 50¢
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1977 S-O-M Convention Best Ever
Well over 100 gamers, including many past
champions, descended on Champaign-Urbana, IL, the latter part of July for
the fourth straight summer-time convention put on by Rick (Wolfman)
Shapiro. Close to 200 people took part in the festivities in some
capacity, either as tournament hopefuls, parents, girl friends, wives, or
just the curious.
As usual, Tom Nelson and Ed & Seth Sherman from New York were the first to
arrive, pulling in a full week before tournament play commenced. In all,
California, Missouri, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota,
Florida, Georgia, New York, Tennessee, South Carolina and Canada were the
states (or
countries) represented by the turnout.
Past champions back look to pick off more honors were Fred Floreth (adv.
baseball, 1974), Bob Anderson (elem. basell, 1974), Steve Dempseny (ele.
baseball-B, 1975 & 1976), Tom Nelson (adv. football, 1975), Paul Boetto
(adv. basell, 1976), Dale Barnes (elem. baseball-A, 1975), Austin Weeces (elem.
baseball, 1976), Mike Ericksen (adv. baseball, 1975), Steve Rigdon (adv.
football, 1976), plus four female contestants also participated -- the
most ever.
Many people, in addition to Shapiro, worked in front and behind the scene
to make the
convention another success. Barnes handled the mail, bought the trophies
and took
the pictures (see later below); Tom Nelson and Brad Furst helped compose
the football rules; Robert Henry donated teams as door prizes; Hiram
Raldiris also helped with the trophies, and Bob Anderson and Fred Floreth
helped run the tournaments.
PARADE OF CHAMPIONS
Here are the tournaments and ultimate
winners:
ADVANCED FOOTBALL - Ed Sherman
('67 Rams) won out over 20 other gamers
defeating Tom Nelson ('68 Chiefs) in the final, 17-6. Remember, teams are
switched at halftime, negating the effect of a powerful team meeting a
sub-parone.
In the semi's, Sherman defeated Mike Quinn ('72 Minnesota), 53-7, and
Nelson topped Steve Rigdon ('70 Lions), 41-24.
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ED SHERMAN (LEFT),
TOM NELSON (RIGHT)
Finished 1-2, in Advanced Football |
DALE BARNES (LEFT),
JOHNNIE BRANIGAN (RIGHT)
Runnerup, winner Elem. Baseball A |
ELEMENTARY
BASEBALL - A (1905-57) - Johnnie Branigan ('40 Reds)
defeated
Dale Barnes ('24 Senators) in the final round, 7-5 in runs (teams are
switched in
the two game round). Both finalists incidentally, were from Park Forest,
IL.
ELEMENTARY BASEBALL - B (1960-76)
- Steve Dempsey, bidding for his third straight win, fell in the fourth
round. Bob Cyphers ('74 Angels) edged Bob Galvin ('71 Orioles) in the
finals, 10-8, after trailing at one point by six runs.
SUPER ADVANCED FOOTBALL - First
time (we held this) tourney, with 18 entered. Furst ('75 Oilers) bowed to
Mike Dunn ('76 Colts) in final, 27-24, as Quinn, using Houston in the
second half, scored all of his points in that half. Unbelievably,
Houston outpointed the Colts by a 51-0 margin. Dan Pastorini wound up
going 28 for
52 for 340 yards and three TDs.
ADVANCED BASEBALL - As usual,
had the biggest turnout (80). Almost all the former champs entered this
tournament. Byrd Schrock ('76 Astros) and Dave Brown ('76 Twins), a pair
of newcomers, met in the finals, with Schrock taking an 8-6 overall
decision.
Shapiro, who has worked tirelessly putting
on the last four tournaments (see Nov. Review below) saids that
plans are in the work for regional as well as national conventions next
year.
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BOB CYPHERS
(Elem. Baseball) |
MIKE DUNN
(Super Adv. Football) |
BYRD SCHROCK
Advanced Baseball King
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Strat-O-Matic
game
fans,
with
the consent of the
Strat-O-Matic Game Co. |
STRAT-O-MATIC
REVIEW
Vol.. VII-8
November 1977 50¢
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Would Like to See Regional S-O-M Conventions
Rick (Wolfman) Shapiro has a Dream
Rick (Wolfman) Shapiro, after four straight national convention
successes, is stepping down. At the conclusion of this summer's convention
in
Champaign-Urbana, IL, he announced that it was the last one he would be
running.
But, don't for a moment think the Wolfman is riding off into the sunset
(he prefers a full moon), leaving his Strat-O-Matic gaming and
conventions behind him. "My role now becomes (one of) a convention
coordinator," says Shapiro. "My goal is to see that there will be more
than
one convention for the summer of 1978.
"I have talked to some friends and it is possible we may have four regional
conventions, with the one in the Midwest as a tournament of champions."
The grandiose plan, as Shapiro and others see it, would include regional
conventions at the following sites: (in parenthesis are names and
addresses of
people who may run such regional gatherings; if interested in
participating,
please contact them)
* At Champaign-Urbana, IL, or Terre Haute, IN (Rick Shapiro, xxxx, Skokie,
IL xxxxx).
* At Atlanta, GA (Stan Awtrey, xxxxx, Park Forest, GA).
* At New York or New Jersey (Tom Nelson, xxxxx, Springfield Gardens, NY
xxxxx).
* At California (Brad Furst, Jolon, CA).
"Our plan," continues Shapiro, "is to have all three conventions hold the
same type of tournaments and use the same rules, and pool the money we
collect to reimburse the champions of the non-Midwest conventions for
travel
expenses to attend the Illinois-Indiana one.
"We would know more about this in December, and, hopefully, flyers will be
sent in January. In any case, there will be at least one more convention
in
Illinois-Indiana, so don't worry."
MORE HELP NEEDED
Shapiro says the plan above is not the "final word", however, if there is
anyone else who is interested in organizing such a convention, send him
a SASE, and he'll pass along his (Shapiro's) experiences for you.
Shapiro stresses, in particular, that the best place to hold such a
convention
is at a college that has dorms. Also, the morepeople included in the
organization
and the running off of a tournament, the more smoothly events will
transpire.
Shapiro, who shouldered almost total responsibility in the beginning (for
the
conventions), found the job to be more than one man could handle
satisfactorily.
The last couple of conventions have witnessed many others pitching in and
giving
the Wolfman a helping hand.
BASEBALL RULES DESCRIBED
For those thinking of holding such a tournament, but unaware of the rules
of play,
here is a sample from the baseball rules used at the Champaign-Urbana
Convention.
Note, in particular, that the teams are switched in a two-game series and
that the
winning team (manager) is the one (the person) with the most accumulative
runs.
Hence, you could lose the opener, 3-1, using Houston against Cincinnati
with the
'76 cards, but then pound out a 10-2 win the Reds in the second game and
thus
win the series by a 11-5 run margin.
Here are the baseball rules, as used at Champaign-Urbana in 1977:
1. There will be no DH or catcher's throwing rating (unless both managers
agree to use them and are using teams from 1973-76).
2. There will be no injuries.
3. No pitcher maybe used more then a total of nine innings in both games.
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Runner-UP in the
Super Advanced Football tournament in '77,
Brad Furst wants to
conduct his own regional
tourney in California
for New Year |
4. You (as manager) must use a three-man rotation (pitching) for both of
your teams during the entire tournament. This rotation works by rounds.
For a starting pitcher to be able to start, he must have two rounds of
rest.
After switching teams, your opponent may start any eligible pitcher,
including
the same one you used in the first game. This is so everything is
completely equal.
Also notice that this is the only exception to rule No. 3 above. If you
have to use
your second team, you will always continue your rotation for your first
team (people
bring two teams in case they have both selected the same team for their
first choice
team) the next time you use that team and the same is true if you have to
use your
second choice team more than once as well.
5. A starting pitcher many not be removed before the 7th inning unless he
is tired,
given up four earned runs, is behind by three or more runs (innings 1-4)
or any
runs in innings 5-6. If in innings 5-6, your pitcher has given up three
earned
runs and the game is within one run either way and your opponent is
threatening
to score, you may remove him. |
6. A player may not play any position other than what is stated on his
card.
7. All 1973-76 American League pitchers are "1" hitters. No player who has
less
than 150 plate appearances (at bats & walks) listed on his card, may
start. He
can be used to pinch-hit at any time or as a defensive replacement in the
7th
inning or later.
8. An "out-3" on the fielder's chart means advancement of the lead runner
only on
the completion of a double play.
9. You may use any system for split numbers. We suggest a 20-sided die, or Brayn Baker's
three-die split number system that has been listed frequently in the
Review.
10. Catcher's holding ratings will be:
1-Catcher (-5); 2-Catcher (-4);
3-Catcher (-3); 4-Catcher(-2).
11. Cut off throws: If you go after a lead runner trying to
advance an
additional base, regardless if he's safe or out, all trailing runners
advance an
additional base. To prevent the trail runners from moving, all you have to
do is
allow the lead runner to advance without selecting a split card, and a
cut-off (throw)
is assumed.
Hopefully, within the next couple of months, rules for football (are you
listening, Tom Nelson
and Brad Furst?) can be printed too. Meanwhile, if you want to run a
regional convention, the
time to start organizing is now. Also, please remember that a good site,
one with lodging that
is local or in close proximity, is the No. 1 priority.
(Notes from the Wolfman 2006: Well,
where and when the 1978 convention would be held we were not sure.
We would have to do some juggling to be able to use the University of
Illinois again since we had graduated or would we offer the convention
in Indiana via some good friends there. On a personal note, I
really wanted to turn over the running of the convention to someone else
-- it is difficult to really enjoy your own tourney if you are involved
in the organization. And finally, would there be the regional
tournaments we hoped to offer? Well, to find out the answers to
these questions and see who was crowned the national champions in 1978,
you will have to wait for our next report.)
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Final Notes from the Wolfman:
Well,
our conventions were picking up as with each one we had more success and
saw more people attending. I guess we were a little pre-mature hoping to
see multiple tournaments across the US as this did began to happen (as
our friend Larry Braus wrote about in an earlier issue) via the Table
Baseball Association in the 1990's as John Kreuz would tour around the
U.S. and then continued onward through our partners at the Star
Tournament as Hank Smith took up the mantle. Now of course we have a
number of tournaments (pre-dominantly baseball) which are being held
every year. But I guess what we hope could happen with the On-line
Convention this month is that at least, baseball SOM gamers of all
levels will be attracted to the tournaments. There is so much one
can learn from playing the game against others. Even my playing in the
June 2013 Pure Strat Skype Tournament (which I finish my report this
month) I learn some strategies which is helping me during my playoffs
for the CBA (Cyber Baseball Association) which I try to defend my crown
with not as powerful as a team.
So dear readers, we hope you are continuing to enjoy these early reports
especially linked to the 1977 National Convention
as we once again we travel back in time. We were quite surprise by the
increased attendance
in this our fourth attempt so even though we had to do a little extra
work to keep the convention at the University of Illinois, even though
we had graduated. Anyway, we share our great gratitude to those of you
who will join us this month for the On-line Baseball Convention as we
try to create a link with these special times of the past. See you in
the next issue when we not only talk about the 1978 Convention but begin
to report on the 2013 Convention as well.
Contained inside this exciting issue of Ultimate Strat
Baseball Newsletter:
(to view the various interviews, articles, columns and special sections click on
the links {underlined} and this will take you to the appropriate
webpage)
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RETURN TO NEWSLETTER MAIN PAGE
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INTERVIEW with ADAM
ROSEN,
Marketing Director of Strat-o-matic
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INTERVIEW with BUD
PODRAZIK,
Graphic
Artist of SOM Fanatic Logo
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STRAT THOUGHTS with
BRUCE BUNDY,
SOM Gamer, Creator of
Baseball Card Formulas, Baseball Strategy Advisor, Beta Tester
for the Game Company
(Continuation of his column of "Strat Thoughts", this
time about Starters Usage)
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NEVER BEFORE
HAS THIS TOURNAMENT BEEN OFFERED!! by the Strat Alliance
--
A complete discussion about the revolutionary new
convention to be offered in
October offering a unique baseball tournament
that has never been offered before organized by the Strat Alliance of Groups!
Will you be the 1st Champion - this is an On-line Tournament
using Netplay and the 2012 Roster - There is still Space for
you to Join!!
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ARTICLES with
LARRY BRAUS,
newsletter assistant and contributor, three new articles
covering Larry thoughts and experiences with Strat over the
years.
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ARTICLE with WOLFMAN SHAPIRO,
the Wolfman's
performance during the playoffs of the Pure Strat
June Skype Draft Tournament - Part Three of
Three
Parts (Playoff Game Reports)
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COMMISSIONER's CORNER with MARC WASSERMAN --
commissioner of the Cyber Baseball Association (CBA) continues
his column about what it is like to be a League Commissioner.
In this article he focuses upon his first of several parts to
"Take A Closer Look at Your League - The Themes".
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RECOMMEND
ON-LINE SOM RESOURCES
-- On-line Strat-o-matic and Baseball related websites that offer amazing information, special tools and products to improve
your game play
that we strongly recommend. In most cases, we have had personal contact with
these sources who agree with the principle to work together and help promote each other.
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BOOKS TO
DIE FOR and Become a BASEBALL GURU
-- This page
is a new page we are adding for the newsletter that is
specifically about special books we are finding that either will
expand your insights about the game of Baseball, help you in the
creation of your current league teams or with your replays and
learn more about the Strat-o-matic Base Game and Game Company's
history. At the time of the release of this newsletter we
have a special arrangement with Acta Sports to offer our members
a 10% discount. We hope to add more books in the future.
Check out the
new e-book
by the Wolfman
his first SOM Baseball e-book sharing his
secrets for creating a successful team
(for your draft league or tournament,
click on the cover to read more and
be one of the first to get a copy!)
In Celebration of the
SOM On-line Baseball Convention
Wolfman is offering his
e-book
by donation through October!!
To
Learn more about the SOM On-line Baseball Convention
(sponsored by the Strat Alliance, October 2013)
http://www.stratalliance.info
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