| THE SABR-ZINE |  |
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| SABR Member Lead Consultant on New Strat-O-Matic Negro League Game |
| By Susan Petrone |
SABR member Scott Simkus served as lead consultant to the Strat-O-Matic Company in the development of the new Strat-O-Matic Negro League All-Stars game--the first true baseball simulation game ever dedicated to the greats of the Negro Leagues.
“This game is 10 years in the making,” says Strat-O-Matic President Hal Richman. “I knew this was an important game to produce, but because the data we needed was not available, I could not put out a product under the Strato name. When I met Scott Simkus and found out he had access to more than 3,000 Negro League box scores, I knew we could unlock the mysteries of translating Negro League performance into a Major League context and create a game that was realistic enough to carry the Strat-O-Matic name.”
Strat-O-Matic Negro League All-Stars will be available on Nov. 1, 2009 on both CD and as a traditional Strato dice game. It includes 103 of the greatest players in Negro League baseball history including Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige, "Cool Papa" Bell, Chino Smith, Ray Dandridge, Martin Dihigo, Rube Foster, John Beckwith, Buck O’Neil, and many more. The set brings to life every Negro League player inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, well-known players who were candidates for the Hall during the special election of 2006, plus a few special players recognized by the Cuban and Mexican Halls of Fame.
For more details, please visit the Strat-O-Matic website.
| | Created On: 2009-10-20 |
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