Vol. IV, Issue #7 - November 2016

** Strat Wise - Part VIII**
(by Marc Wasserman, Commissioner of the Cyber Baseball Association {CBA} )

(Note from the Wolfman: - For those of you who have been following our newsletter, you are already familiar with the column called "Commissioner's Corner written by Marc Wasserman, the commissioner of the CBA as he has discussed his experiences and insights about being a commissioner of a Strat-o-matic baseball league. Marc is of course in charge of our Ultimate Strat Baseball Youtube video channel, so this articles covers some off the latest videos we have added recently to our Ultimate Strat Baseball Youtube video channel including two special videos in mid-December.  Stay tuned as Marc will return in future issues with more of his latest ideas and perspectives on the game we love.)

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Strat Wise - Part VIII
(The latest and greatest new videos
on the USBN Youtube video channel)

[ For this month I wanted to share with all our members the latest new videos that have been added to our USBN video channel on Youtube.  I am updating this page in December, as both the Wolfman and myself have added special year of the end videos for our members as we complete our 4th year of existence.  So when you have time over the holidays, check out some of the more than 70 videos we have on our channel, you won't be sorry as they cover a wide range of aspects of Strat-o-matic Baseball. See you here again at Strat Wise --  Marc Wass, coordinator for the USBN Youtube Video Channel.]

 

 

Lastest Videos added to the Ultimate Strat Baseball Channel

From: Strat-O-Matic Delaware
(thanks to Chris at this channel for allowing us to share these videos, to view more videos at Strat-o-matic Delaware head over to:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn_7kbP3FuZCsmY7aRuk8PQ )

How to Play Strat-o-matic Baseball
to view this video on our Youtube Channel go to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WBJJwDu4h0

This video is produced by Chris of the Strat-o-matic Delaware channel and is another
great video which describes how to play SOM Baseball.

BallScore: Enter Your Roster and Lineup
To view this video on our Youtube channel go to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMLvZZoV_uQ&list=PLTzs3t_dkxU4_fFl3ipye-JeWxXgoweB4

Another video from Chris which demonstrates how to enter your roster and create lineups for your SOM Baseball Games using a free program called BallScore by Ballstat which can also be used to digitally keep scores of your games (seems to help with dice and cards based games) - this software is also used by Earl at Tabletop Baseball (see below). To watch how to download this software - Earl shows you at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqsllLSITFU

(Note: also this program has every roster from the late 1880's to 2008 that you
can download into the game, teams later than 2008, you must enter manually)

Tabletop Baseball Channel

We have spoken about Earl Shamblin before, aka Mr 'Tabletop Baseball' in our last issue, we have added two more interesting videos from Mr. Tabletop. To view all the great videos that Earl shares on his channel go to:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL2h7-gq6_mt0or7MvvooHw

Strat-o-matic Hall Of Fame Tournament Finals
To view this video on the Ultimate Strat Baseball Channel go to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asxbXwW-1_8

This Video features the best vintage teams from Strat-o-matic past in a tournament to decide which Strat-o-matic team is best.

Strat-o-matic Game honoring the Movie "1961"
(about the NY Yankees and Roger Maris hitting 61 HRs)
To view this video on our Youtube channel go to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwKnqgiBf3c

This video honors the movie 1961 from the perspective of Strat-o-matic Baseball -- another entertaining video by Earl which we recommend you check out when you have time.

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The Wolfman Returns with Holiday Greetings and Stories (Dec. 2016)
(also a focus on his childhood team, the Cubbies winning a championship)

To view this video on our Youtube channel go to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOAJtE1UNS8

The Wolfman, our behind-the-scenes editor, occasionally comes out on Video to share some of his thoughts and stories.  Part of his goal for this video was just to thank all of you for being our member and support our newsletter during this 4th year of our existence as the year 2016 is coming to a close. Also, to wish everyone happy holidays.  He of course, being born in Chicago, discusses his beloved Cubbies winning their championship and his experience guiding this team in Baseball Daily and talks about a few other ideas as we prepare for 2017.  Watch out for his Jewish Joke at the end however ...

Marc Wasserman for Commissioner's Corner Video (Dec. 2016)
(Strat-o-matic Leagues and the New Infield Shift Rule)

To view this video on our Youtube channel go to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTNFE3ikk0k

In this video, I discuss Strat-o-matic Leagues and the New Infield Shift Rules that the game company just announced. Here we (Ultimate Strat Baseball) take a brief look at the reactions to this new rule for setting up the new strategy done in MLB for "Infield Shifts". As the spokesmen for Commissioners' Corner, I also look at ways to motivate your Strat-o-matic league members during our off season while we wait for the game company to release their new cards and computer seasons.

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As always, the key to remember dear members is that you can find some great information and insights how to play the game we love on Youtube including on our unique channel as well.  To check all the amazing videos we have to share with our members on the USBN Video channel, as always, go to:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC93h4fGGI7ibBUuTxrwDrzw

As always, your feedback is very welcome, feel free to email your comments to: marc.wass@ultimatestratbaseball.com

Peace, and health to all.

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)
 

♦  RETURN TO NEWSLETTER MAIN PAGE

♦  STRAT THOUGHTS with BRUCE BUNDY, after a long absence we have the mind of Bruce Bundy as he shares with our members over 30 formulas used to build the cards, that he is known for throughout SOM Baseball and a special comment about Baseball Daily.

♦  ARTICLE with DOUG BRUNET -- USAGE 4.2, this is Doug's second contribution to our newsletter delaying with the challenges of player's usage within a league.  Doug is very well known to the coordinators of this newsletter as a member of the draft league they are in and what can be said about Doug's observations of the game and how to organize key stats is he is very thorough. This article should help any member who is in a league where the usage of your players is regulated.

♦  SOM BASEBALL LEAGUE REPORT with WOLFMAN SHAPIRO -- the editor of "The Ultimate Strat Newsletter" and 2012 CBA Champion, talks to members of various Strat-o-matic Baseball Leagues that he has discovered on the internet about the history of their league and their experiences. We speak to another commissioner of a Retro League. To read this interview, click on the link below:

INTERVIEW with JIM MURPHY, Commissioner of OSBL, P-XII (Computer/Netplay)
 

♦  ARTICLE with WOLFMAN SHAPIRO (linked with Baseball Daily), This the Wolfman's fourth and final report about the new "Baseball Daily" game play with SOM Baseball as he finished managing the 2016 Chicago Cubs day by day. He shows you his results through the end of the season and give an analysis linked to the Cubs how they really played throughout the year on the road to their World Series Championship, the first in 108 years, the end of the curse.

♦  ARTICLE with GLENN WHEELER, Glenn is the commissioner of NASOMA, and has been a very supportive member of our newsletter, who we have spoken to before about his league. He returns this month with a special article about "Why Do We Play this Game (Strat Baseball)".  Probably many of you will totally resonate with what Glenn has to say!

♦  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.

♦  BOOKS TO DIE FOR and Become a BASEBALL GURU -- This page 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 Baseball Game and Game Company's history.  We have a special arrangement with Acta Sports, who is a publisher of a number of great baseball books (including Bill James Handbooks) to offer for our members a 10% discount. We will continue to add more books to this page in the future as we uncover other gems our members should know about.