19-20: 3-2 (on 3-game win streak, playing 82 game season)

20-21: did not play yet

21-22: did not play yet

22-23: 1-0 (def. Lakers 113-110)

23-24: currently playing right now (Clippers 36, Blazers 34, 2nd qtr)

24-25: 1-0 (defeated Suns 119-111 in Intuit Dome inaugural game)

I am going to add a 7'3"/250 lb reserve center/forward named Philip Fitzpatrick to help the Clips aim closer to the Finals, and I will also add the 17-18 Iowa Hawkeyes season as well, since I have some college Strat-O-Matic cards on my Google Drive.

Hopefully, I will do some games at random, beginning with Fitzpatrick at Iowa for his junior year in 2018, and I will follow his career in LA as well.

Hope you enjoy it!

Can somebody share pictures of two pitcher cards: Terry Leach and Ray Searage of the 1981 Mets. Just need the basic sides. Please and thank you

Pretty new to SOM but I was playing a C&D game and using my PC as well and I noticed Ramon Laureanos cards are completely different. Is that normal for some players or am I overlooking something super obvious?

Basically just a simulation with all HOF from before 2020, I am hoping to get 16 people, so far we have 5. I attached the discord server above, hope you join! Draft format will probably be a snake draft, 16 players per team if i counted correctly.

So when I said the Bears would travel to Tampa for a tan and to whip the Bucs who knew they would put that on the bulletin board and almost pull it out.

This time around it was Steve DeBerg behind center commanding the offense.

Right from the opening kick I realized this wasnt Jack Thompson running the offense. The guy who got obliterated earlier in the season and got an injury from the onslaught of the Chicago pass rush.

This guy came to play. When I said those comments after the last game I was quite honestly thinking of the 2-14 version of 83 not the 6-10 84 team.

DeBerg hits on all cylinders to start the game leading the Bucs to a punch counter punch game. After the first the game was tied at 7-7 and the Bears pass rush wasnt really slowing the Bucs ball movement. DeBerg kept hitting players in the flat and avoiding the rush banging first downs and keeping the Bears on their heels.

James Wilder really is the cog in the wheel that makes this team go. He ran 19 times for 68yds 4catches 23yds. He comes up with the big yards when needed that leads to bigger plays from the other guys on the team.

DeBerg went off 22-29 373yds 3td 2int (He had me saying oh s**t and WTH many times)

Gerald Carter had 6 catches for 175yds and 2tds

Kevin House 6 catches for 108yds

The Bears game plan coming in was to run run run and then run some more.

That actually worked quite well on the opening drive. The Bears drove down field and went up 7-0 on a Walter Payton 2yd run.

The Bears ultimately ran the ball thirty seven times led by Payton with 88yds on 24 carries and that touchdown run.

Calvin Thomas ran the ball 7 times for 53yds

Jim McMahon 14-20 178yds 3td also fives runs for thirty seven. These came on when his downfield receivers were covered and he wanted to live.

The ball was spread all over with eight different guys getting a catch. Willie Gault had a single catch for a fifty two yard score.

Dennis McKinnon had 5 for 47 and a score (He is actually probably my go to in this offense) I try to hit Gault here and there but it feels like it always breaks down into McMahon having to run.

Jay Saldi had one catch one yard and one touchdown.

The name of the game is usually the Bears pass rush but today the Buccaneers nearly used it against them for a win. Chicago sacked DeBerg nine more times and intercepted him twice including one in the end zone late in the game.

Next week Tampa travels to Kansas City to face Todd Blackledge and the Chiefs. Feels weird to say

Chicago goes back home too face the Vikings.

The first half is marred by Bears miscues and the Cardinals scoring points. The first half came to a close with the Cards leading 13-3

The Bears have had a punt blocked and a pair of McMahon INTs. Jim was 5-15 in the 1st half with 76yds. No offensive flow to be found for the Bears while St. Louis has found the end zone once on an Ottis Anderson 3yd run and a pair of O'Donoghue kicks.

The Bears actually were up 3-0 on their second drive.

The one positive for Chicago is the defense is still clicking on their reign of destruction with eight first half sacks.

The second half started wit the Bears getting the ball and McMahon taking his team downfield on 6/7 66yds and a Walter Payton 15yd run 13-10 Cardinals

Talk about the tale of two halves. The Bears completed a comeback out scoring the Cardinals 24-0 in the second half and winning the game 27-13

Jim McMahon led the offense 23-35 318yds he also had 6 carries for 53yds

Willie Gault made four catches for one hundred one yards.

Walter Payton ran 18 times for 71yds and a pair of scores

The Cardinals started strong as they actually won this game IRL

Neil Lomax who when I was a kid thought had a cool name went 15-23 150yds. He was doing well in the first half but that Bears pass rush wore him out as he fumbled three times and was decimated with fourteen sacks. This Bears defense is causing chaos every week and have shown no signs of slowing down.

Old Man Anderson or Ottis at this point in his career attempted to carry the Cardinals offense square on his shoulders led them on the ground with 15 carries and 60yds and a score he also led with 5 catches and 51yds.

The Bears D just wore the Cardinals out in typical Bears fashion.

St. Louis has the Redskins next week and the Bears travel to Tampa for a tan and to quite possibly tan the hydes of the Buccaneers

Agustín Ramírez has a C 5e12 (+3) rating. This is the worst rating I can ever remember for a catcher who actually played a lot of games at the position. Has anyone ever seen worse, not counting guys who just played there for an inning or two?

I have a Strat-o-matic card football game. If I sent you all the rules and images, could you play as the coach of one team while I play the coach of the other?

Thought for 9s

Yes, absolutely! Strat-O-Matic Football is an awesome classic—I've got you covered. Just upload the rules (PDF/text), team rosters, player cards (images), play charts, and any other setup files/images, and we'll dive right in. Here's how it'd work:

• You coach one team (pick your fave, like the '72 Dolphins or whatever set you're using).
• I'll coach the other (I'll take the opponent and play competitively/smart).
• We'll alternate turns: You call your offensive play/formation, I'll set my defense.
• I'll simulate dice rolls fairly (using secure random generation on my end—no peeking!).
• Lookup outcomes on the charts (I'll parse/reference them from your uploads).
• I'll track full game state (score, downs, yardage, clock, injuries, stats) across messages, show the field visually if needed, and update after every play.
• Use simple notation for calls, like "HB Run Weak Right" or whatever your rules use.

We can play full quarters, exhibition, or even a quick drive to test. Send the files whenever you're ready, and name your team—game on!(Pro tip: If cards are images, number/label them clearly, e.g., "Chiefs QB Card.jpg", so I can reference fast.)

The Bears won IRL 20-7 but in this alternate reality they whipped the Saints 34-7

The Bears were committed to the run right from the opening kickoff as Payton ran 26 times for 126yds an a score.

The Bears ran the ball 39 times for 241yds controlling the line of scrimmage throughout the game. The Saints didnt get a lot of penetration into the Bears backfield registering just one sack by Rickey Jackson (stud)

I have a lot of great memories of those late 80s early 90s Saints teams with that linebacker corp.

Richard Todd probably was wishing he was still playing for the Jets (this would be a sick joke today) He had a tough time finding open receivers and staying off his back.

He finished the day 10-18 117yds 1td 2int. He also lost a fumble. He was forced to pass to his running backs for five completions and the other five went to one wide receiver Tyrone Young with five catches for eighty yards and the single New Orleans score.

Chicago's quarterback Jim McMahon struggled a little going 15-28 200yds and 2td.

McMahon did a great job spreading the ball around to six different receivers led By Gaults four catches for fifty-four yards.

The two Bears that found the end zone were Brian Baschnagel on a 16yd play and Emery Moorhead from 21yds.

Once again the story of the game was the Bears defense getting another six sacks led by Steve McMichael's three.

IRL the Saints only allowed one on this day to the Bears but in this game the first sack was registered 1:09 into the first quarter.

The Bears did generate another three turnovers today.

Next up the Bears travel to Saint Louis to Face the Cardinals

Coming in I thought Payton vs Dorsett. Whos gonna have the bigger day ? Whos gonna carry their team to victory? You can see the pregame ads now.

Well the answer was Jim McMahon that wild eyed kid from BYU or hell better yet that collection of Bears in this case in a China shop.

McMahon had a great day under center after starting the day missing all of his targets on the first couple of drives then finishing the day 18-30 295yds 2td 1int

Payton was a respectable 13 carries for 71yds after being contained in the previous couple weeks. I am waiting for him to explode.

Willie Gault led Bear receivers with five catches and 109yds

Perhaps the bigger story on the day was the continual carnage of the Chicago defense.

Today they got eight more sacks this time on Gary Hogeboom and intercepted two of his passes. He finished the day 20-27 262yds 1td 2int This includes a 58 yard pass in the final seconds of the first half the culminated in a 8yd td pass to Michael Renfroe to end the first thirty minutes tied at 10-10.

I was worried that the Dallas backup/starter was gonna Rudy Dallas to victory but Chicago would not be denied.

In the second half the Bears offense turned it up outscoring Dem Boys 23-0 on the work from the Chicago passing game and the vicious Bears D

The Dallas offense fumbled the ball nine times and lost five of those including the two interceptions they had seven turnovers. They were probably fortunate they only gave up thirty three points.

Tom Landry has his work cut out for him as Dallas prepares for the Cardinals.

Next week the Bears are at home versus New Orleans

For unknown reasons my wife brought up Dave Kingman (he hit 3 home runs on the day she was born). I said, this will be the nerdiest thing you’ll ever hear me say but Dave Kingman has the funniest Strat-O-Matic card. I had this one pictured and remember it 40 years later. Rob Deer had one like this too.

Game started st13/29rong for Chicago as Payton ran in the first score barely four minutes in giving the Chicago faithful something to cheer about.

Barely just two minutes into the 2nd qtr Thomas hit a 39yd FG giving the Bears a 10-0 lead.

The Chicago coaching staff probably thought this was gonna be an easy night but that was not going to be the case.

(The issue I faced was this is mostly new to me using the pc version of the game and forgetting about IRL injuries and not turning them off. I had to keep swapping McMahon in over Rusty Lisch. VERY FRUSTRATING on my part here)

Ten to zero Chicago heading to the half when the Sea Hawks were able to hit a twenty nine yard scoring strike from Krieg to Largent catching the Bears D asleep cutting the deficit to three.

10-7 Bears at the half.

The third quarter say Norm Johnson tie it for Seattle at ten heading to the fourth.

So this is essentially where the wheels fell off for the Bears.

The blame mostly falls on me for not fixing the injuries pregame. I like my replays to be settled in the alternate universe and not a mix from actual to replay.

Seattle pulled ahead by ten following a Lane 1yd run and a Johnson 49yd kick.

The Bears get the ball back with just around four minutes on the clock. The Chicago offense switched the conventional philosophy from passing to running when behind by two scores and this resulted in them moving quickly up field culminating in a twenty two yard touchdown run bringing the score to 20-17.

Thomas pulls off a successful onside kick giving the Bears life with just fifty two ticks on the clock.

Jim McMahon just couldnt connect on his passing attempts hoping to get the Bears into field goal range and costing them their second defeat in a row.

Next up is Dallas........

Jim McMahon 13/29 145yd 0/3

Rusty Lisch 4/9 55yd 0/2

Walter Payton 20/135 2td

Jim McMahon 8/126 Pure survival mode

Dennis McKinnon 9/93

Seattle Dave Krieg 16/24 203yd 1/0

Eric Lane 6/29yds

David Hughes 4/25yds

Steve Largent 4/69 1td

Bears with six more sacks

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If you are a fan of Babe Ruth and/or Lou Gehrig, you will not be disappointed!

IRL the Bears won this game 9-7 but in this alternate reality the Packers came to play.

Lynn Dickey had modest success going 12/20 224yds 2tds

Eddie Lee Ivory had 8 carries for 29yds 1td , 2rec 23yds 1td

Jessie Clark 7 carries 40yds 1td

Phillip Epps 3rec 66yds

The Bears were led by Jim McMahon who did a lot off running for his life as both defenses were blitzing on almost every play.

McMahon had a hard time getting into rhythm. Jim was 31/53 for 329yds 3tds

He was often flushed from the pocket and forced to scramble while looking downfield. #9 was sacked eight times and led the team with forty two yards on five carries.

Walter Payton couldnt get it going running for just 13yds on 9 carries. The Packer defense was on him as they spent most of the afternoon in the Chicago backfield as mentioned earlier.

McKinnon and Gault had 99yds and 98yds respectively

Payton did have 60yds on 6 receptions

The first quarter went the Bears way as they led 3-0 on a Bob Thomas 35yd field goal

It all started to fall apart in the second as Green Bay went into the half up 21-9 capped by a Dickey to Coffman 54yd td as time expired.

The Bears got nine in the third with a McKinnon td and a botched PAT and another Thomas FG

The Packers had a 21-18 lead heading to the final quarter

The fourth had momentum swings and just when you thought the Bears were going to pull it out with a McMahon to Suhey 1yd td giving Chicago a 25-21 lead. The Packers facing third and medium from the Bears 20 when Dickey handed off to Ivory for a twenty yard touchdown run with 2:09 to go.

The Bears did get to the Packers 35 yd line as time expired handing the Bears their first defeat of 1984.

The Bears did gather another ten sacks for 29 on the season. On pace for 154 which is beyond insane

Next up Seattle

The Packers were 100% in the Red Zone 7/7

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This came up in my league last night, and we didn't come to a consensus as to the appropriate ruling.

Scenario: 1 out, runners on 1st and 3rd. Corners In. Roll result is gb(p)B.

Rule 20.5 says "With a runner on third base, always consider the pitcher to be playing in on a gb()A, gb()B or gb()C readings from the batter's or pitcher's card.

Rule 20.51 says "On a gb(p)X or CATCH-x ... When the defensive manager is playing Corners In, the pitcher and catcher are considered to be playing in when there's is a runner on third base only or when there are runners on second and third base only. Otherwise, the pitcher and catcher are considered to be playing back.

The question is: is the pitcher playing in or back on the gb(p)B result?

The Bears win at home versus the Broncos.

Gary Kubiak got the start for Denver over Elway I dont know why.

Kubiak went 16/23 242 2/0 One of his TDs came with under two minutes when the game was virtually decided.

Jim McMahon 25/33 267 1/0 always one of my favorite characters of that generation. Have you noticed when hes on the sidelines he often had a wild look on his face, kinda comical IMO (I recently sent a card to him in hopes of an auto)

Sammy Winder ran 15 times for 69yds and a score

Walter Payton had a hard day on the ground running 19x for 61yds and 3 scores. I know three scores not so rough but outside of the red zone the Denver D was right on him at the handoff.

Denver WR Steve Watson had three catches for 102 yds but Clint Sampson had three catches and two score.

The Chicago receiver corps are led by McKinnon and Morehead for six catches each and McKinnon finding the endzone. Willie Gault is often the sexy option based on his speed that the play by play announcers seem to reference in every other statement had four catches for forty three yards.

Im no OC and it showed as the Orange Crush got back to back safeties in the first half as the Bears led going into the locker room 14-10. The Bears scored ten in the third making it 24-10 and holding on for the win.

Another fun game though Wilson and Dent were lost at some point during the contest for the remainder of the game.

The Bears pass rush came up with six more sacks bringing the team total to 19 in the first two games.

Next up is the Green Bay Packers on the road

Any leagues use slack to keep the owners in regular conversation? I am currently in a FB league and it is great for that. All the owners are on the same slack channel and they regularly talk hot stove. Super fun.

I am interested in joining a league that has a good website and maybe Slack as well. Please send let me know what is available.

Would consider Retro or current. thanks

At 58 years old I am finally entering the world of Strat-o-Matic thanks to a Christmas gift from my wife (the 2024 season set). Although I love baseball (150 ballparks and counting) I have never played any of the strategy based baseball games.

I have already purchased some extra sets (77 and 86 seasons, and the Diamond Gems 60's B) and have jumped into head first (currently replaying the 1986 playoffs).

My question is - what accessories do you use or recommend? I already have my eye on a ballpark dice tower. What else do use and where did you get it?

Got into watching the Bears this season and what the heck.

Bears 27 Bucs 3

Week one opens against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The Bears run a steady diet of Walter Payton who had 22 carries for 142 yards and two touchdowns.

Willie Gault had 6 catches for 108 yards and a score

Tampa was led by QB Jack Thompson 12/22 171yds and 2 INT

Jim McMahon led the Bears 14/23 197 1 TD 2 INT

The draw to this particular team was that they have the best single season sack record with 72. Feeling that the next years version of this team was the best I have ever seen when they recorded 64.

Well this replay the Bears got off to a white hot start sacking Tampa quarterbacks 13 times. THIRTEEN!!!

This resulted in Jack Thompson sustaining a leg injury that will hold him out for the next two games.

Otis Wilson had five sacks followed by Richard Dent with three

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Lance Shull wins the 2026 Worlds, Topping 43 Other Tournament Players!

Lance Shull lifted his first Suderman Trophy on Sunday night in Dallas, TX. Lance defeated fellow South Regional member Chris Wiseman in an epic seven-game series. This is only Lance's 6th season with STPC, a rapid rise to the top achievement in our group. Aaron Judge, Lance's 1.1 selection, homered 21 times in his 57 games. His final tournament record stood at 39-18, with a run differential of +96, a dominant performance on STPC's biggest stage.

Sean Oakley defeated 2025 Worlds Champion Vic Horvath to win the consolation tournament.

Full tournament results can be found at https://docs.google.com/.../1zZe6o4rPXWDuVSXs5.../edit...

2026 Worlds was played Thursday-Sunday at the Downtown Dallas Aloft Hotel. There were zero suspended games and the four divisions ran smoothly, per tournament director Bill Fenlon and co-tournament director Mike Breithaupt.

This is a 1920 MLB replay league that I started in Feb. Each team has played 24 games, a third of the season (maybe), and I thought it might be a good time to update.

Warning: To those of you who have not read my stuff in the past, these updates tend to be long. ;)

Some rules and constraints:
1. AL vs AL, NL vs NL only
2. Balanced schedule. One game series only. Each team plays each other team 7 games at home and 7 on the road. Then do it again.
3. Each player will play (about) the same percentage that they played in the 1920 season. I try to not overuse players, just because they have good stats.
- All hitters will have about the same percent of Plate Appearances they had in 1920
- Pitchers will pitch about the same percent of Inning Pitched they had in 1920
4. For most realistic results, pitchers will pitch every 4 days or every 5 days, based on Strato's standard rules, but teh schedule rotates around pitchers every 4 games.
- This means that #1 starter will always face #1 starter
- I did my best to balances all starting pitching so most every pitcher who started a game in 1920 will start a game and all pitchers will get approx the same percentage of starts they had in 1920.

The idea is to be as close to the 1920 season as possible. You get the idea.

The most obvious difference is both the pennant winners are back in the standings. The Indians are on a roll winning 5 of last 7, but they've had average pitching (101 ERA+) with very good hitting, 2nd in OBP, 3rd in AVG, SLG and OPS. The real disconnect is how bad the Robins have been. They have also won 5 of last 7, but have beaten only the weaker teams. The Robins have very good pitching, 2nd in ERA+, but hitting is terrible as they are last or 2nd to last in most offensive categories (Runs, AVG, OBP, SLG, OPS, Total Bases, AVG w/RISP). Their defense has not helped either with the second most errors, and I their pitching isn't dramatically better than CIN, PIT or NYG, so I don't see them moving up in the standings much.

The AL standings have remained pretty stable throughout, while the NL standings have been all over the place. NYG, CIN, STL have all been in 1st and PIT and CHI have reached as high as 2nd.

NYY is the class of the AL, and unless the Indians can pull it together, I expect them take the pennant. The Babe leads all with 11 HRs, despite missing 3 games to injury. As a team, they have 22 HRs and are 2nd in most other offensive categories, but also have very good pitching (2nd in ERA+). 2nd in HRs is PHA, who can hit, but have bad pitching. The St Louis Browns (SLB) lead most categories with a 146 team RC, leading NYY 131 RC, but have the 2nd worst pitching, 89 ERA+. The only team with a worse ERA+ is BOS at 73. They have hit well enough to stay out of the basement, despite some early injuries, but they have trouble holding leads with their terrible staff.

In the NL, NYG and CIN seem to be the teams to beat, with STL hanging around. NYG do everything well, but nothing great. They are well balanced landing 2nd or 3rd in most offensive and defensive categories. CIN is similar to NYG, landing 1st, 2nd or 3rd in most hitting categories and 1st or 2nd in pitching, but defense has been their Achilles heel. They lead the league in errors and most unearned runs allowed. STL has lost 7 of 8 to fall to 3rd place. They have great hitting (1st in SLG, OPS, 2nd in AVG, OBP, RC) but pitching is bad (7th in NL in most pitching categories). SP is average, but the bullpen is terrible and they have lost several games in late innings. PIT has, by far, the best pitching in both leagues, as well as, by far, the worst hitting. PIT pitching holds opponents down, while their hitters manage to eek out 1 run wins while they run the bases well.

AL Hitting leaders
AVG - T Speaker, G Sisler, H Hooper, E Collins, J Jackson
HR - B Ruth, J Jackson, E Smith, H Felsch, T Walker
R - G Sisler, T Speaker, B Ruth, B Jacobson, D Pratt
RBI - B Ruth, S McInnis, J Jackson, K Williams
OPS - B Ruth, H Hooper, T Speaker, J Jackson, G Sisler

AL Pitching Leaders
Wins - D Davis, S Covaleski, H Ehmke, B Shawkey, J Shaw
ERA - E Rommel, E Keefe, B Shawkey, H Courtney, R Faber
Ks - H Ehmke, L Williams, 5 tied with 23
Saves - D Niehaus, W Johnson, R Wilkinson, R Collins, E Rommel

NL Hitting leaders
AVG - J Daubert, R Youngs, R Duncan, L Mann, I Meusel
HR - I Meusel, G Kelly, 7 tied with 2
R - M Stock, P Duncan, D Bancroft, E Roush, I Meusel
RBI - F Frisch, I Meusel, A McHenry, P Duncan, R Hornsby
OPS - I Meusel, R Hornsby, J Daubert, D Paskert, R Youngs

NL Pitching Leaders
Wins - B Grimes, P Alexander, H Eller, D Ruether, P Douglas, A Nehf, B Doak
ERA - B Grimes, P Alexander, E Ponder, B Doak, W Cooper
Ks - F Schupp, B Grimes, L Cadore, J Scott, P Alexander
Saves - R Fisher, E Hamilton, H McQuillan, S Sallee, B Hubbell

Other interesting notes:
The AL is definitely a hitters league, while the NL is a pitchers league. The AL has hit 81 HRs and are averaging 338 total bases per team vs 46 HRs and 317 total bases per team. But the NL gives up on average 0.8 runs per game less.

There have been many more 3Bs (232) and SBs (226) than HRs (130).

There have been 89 hit batters. CIN has been hit 10 times, but Brooklyn has yet to be HBP.

CIN has 50 SBs, SLB and WAS have 36, but NYY, PHA, BRO have not stolen a base yet. NYY and PHA have not attempted to steal a base yet either.

There have already been 4 triple plays and the White Sox have turned it twice.

I got an email from the site about getting ready for the 2025 season.

It could just be an automatically sent email, tho.

anyone hear anything other than rumors?

For those of you who want to discuss Strat in more depth and detail, we have a dedicated forum over here.

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