Spring training is right around the corner and one of the rites of late winter, for many sports gamers, is the annual Opening Day for pick up of the previous season player cards for Strat-O-Matic Baseball! This year is no different as SOM players travel from across the country to get their hands on the full compliment of teams from our national pastime.
Fifty one years after it’s initial release, Strat-O-Matic is still going strong and is the undisputed leader in table top sports simulations!
As you can see below, folks take their SOM Baseball seriously as these gents were waiting in line early this morning to snatch up their preorders. Kudos to people like this for supporting their favorite sports game and a historic company!
Founder/Editor-in-chief of The Gaming Gang website and host of The Gaming Gang Dispatch and other TGG media, Jeff tackles any and all sorts of games but has a special fondness for strategy, conflict sims, and roleplaying games. Plus, he's certainly never at a loss for an opinion...
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I’ve stood on that line in the freezing cold many times! Strat-O-Matic is right here on Long Island and I’ve often made that trip to the North Shore to get those cards hot off the presses. Hermann
You gotta love it!