Issue #7 - December 2013
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Stratogists.com 9th Annual Rookie Review
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(This article
is submitted by Mike SanClemente the founder of
Stratogists.com, which is a
group of MLB and Strat-o-matic Gamer Consultants who not only
produce the annual "Rookie Review",
about new young players coming up into the majors, but also
offer advice on SOM Baseball strategy
and insights into MLB and its players. In this article, Mike
provides for our members some
more views of the upcoming "9th Annual Rookie Review coming out very
soon!")
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ORDER YOUR COPY(S) NOW
at a
very very special holiday discount
Normal Price $15.99, Ultimate Strat Members:
$12.99
(To order the "2014 Rookie Review" by itself click below)
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(Notes from the Wolfman:
Mike and Stratogists.com were one of the first SOM
Baseball based organiza-tions to embrace our newsletter.
We interviewed Mike in January, Part II of our first
issue, you might recall if you were with us then. We
recommend you read Mike's interview from earlier this
year to learn more about Stratogists.com. We also are
honored that Mike allowed our newsletter to make
available to our members this special Review at a
discount. )
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Mike
SanClemente,
founder of Stratogists.com |
The
9th annual Rookie Review will be ready definitely
before Christmas which is almost here.
What is the Rookie Review?
It’s an analysis of every baseball player expected to be
carded this year who was not carded last year. This
season, that’s about 250 players.
Included is a letter grade which forecasts a player’s
future value, a prediction for what kind of player he’ll
be 4 years out (#2 starter, utility infielder, etc.),
and up to a paragraph evaluating a player’s overall
talent & potential.
In past years, I’ve
heard that the Review has helped gamers make efficient
draft choices, such as reaping the rewards of drafting
some players earlier than one’s peers would expect (Asdrubal
Cabrera & Nelson Cruz for one manager years ago).
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Also, for
other players it may help you to be conservative and avoid
overdrafting (in last year’s Review we advised caution, to not
overdraft Dallas Keuchel and Rob Brantly, both of whom were
unimpressive in 2013).
Here are
some examples from this year’s Review:
Right now we are also revealing our top 40 rookies day-by-day on
Twitter & Facebook.
Thanks,
Mike SanClemente
www.Stratogists.com
Additional Notes via the
Wolfman: We have shared
before in our earlier bulletins that Mike is allowing the
Ultimate Strat Baseball Newsletter to offer the "Review" at a
discount. If the "Review" looks interesting, we have a special
page we have shared before where you can read more about the
"Review" and also how for a few dollars more, you can also
purchase the "Bundy 2013 SOM Projection Sheets". To view this
page see:
http://www.ultimatestratbaseball.com/Stratogist-Rookie-Review-Dec2013.htm
To
read our interview with Mike SanClemente in January 2013, take a
pek at:
http://www.ultimatestratbaseball.com/USBN-1-2013/mikesanclemente-Jan2013.htm
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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 JAMES
WILLIAMS,
retired
Sales Director of Strat-o-matic
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INTERVIEW with STEVE
BARKAN,
R&D Baseball and Hockey Depts at Strat-O-Matic Media LLC
(interview done by Bruce Bundy, Dec 1st, 2013)
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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",
photos linked with SOM and a brief
discussion about the 2013 SOM Projection Sheets)
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EARLY SOM
CONVENTIONS COLUMN with WOLFMAN SHAPIRO --
editor of
"The Ultimate Strat Newsletter" and 2012 CBA Champion.
Wolfman takes us back in
this article to the seventh national Strat-o-matic
Convention in 1978 held in Champaign-Urbana, IL, at the
University of Illinois as the Wolfman and his buddies organize
their fifth convention. Wolfman will be
our guide through the first nine conventions happening through 1980
of which he was present at each one. This particular column now
moves into the 1974-1980
era when the conventions moved to Illinois. We will continue to share one new convention in
each future issue till all of these early conventions are published.
Also as an inspiration for the SOM On-line Baseball Convention
this month.
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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 the Strat Alliance and beginning
to introduce to our members some of the SOM Baseball Leagues
that exist.
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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.
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