There will be World Series baseball in New York courtesy of NYBD. Each year I conduct a sim series using the software of Strat-O-Matic, a game that I have been playing since 1987. Starting tomorrow morning, we will recap what I hope to be an epic 7-game series between the 2009 Yankees and the 1973 [...]

Had this interesting song sent to me by Dominic Doyle, who use to play Strat-O-Matic as a kid. One of the funny lines is “I guess it looked like we were square, but we were really having too much fun that we didn’t care.” Take a listen at DomTones.com There are two other songs there [...]

We capped off the three day All Star Break last night with a fun project here at NYBD: The Strat-O-Matic NYBD  All Star Game between the Mets and Yankees. The players were selected by the fans as they voted for various individual player seasons between 1962-2009. You can check out the starting lineup and rosters [...]

The votes are in, the lineup is chosen, and the day is here. Tonight at 7pm the Strat-O-Matic All Star Game on NYBD will take place at the new Yankee Stadium. You can hear the play by play live on Blog Talk Radio. The Mets will be managed by Davey Johnson and the Yankees by [...]

Tonight is the 2010 MLB All Star Game, but tommorow, Wednesday July 14th, is the NYBD Strat-O-Matic All Star Game. You voted on players individual season at each position from 1962-2009 to determine the starting lineup. You can see the final rosters below. I chose the relievers and bench players. A total of 20 players [...]

There are still some close races. The managers, Yankees starting catcher, Mets LF, and DH all are very much in play. Be heard and vote for the NYBD Strat-O-Matic All Stars. The game will be played live on Blog Talk Radio a week from tomorrow! Voting ends at midnight tonight.

This one is the final vote (all polls close on Wednesday night at midnight) Select who you want to manage the NYBD Strat-O-Matic All Star Team. Don’t think it matters? The simulation will take that managers tendency into consideration for in game X’s and O’s so choose wisely! Yankees Vote: NYBD Strat-O-Matic Yanks All Star [...]

Doc Gooden Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS CG SHO IP H ER HR BB SO ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 1985 20 24 4 .857 1.53 35 35 16 8 276.2 198 47 13 69 268 229 0.965 6.4 0.4 2.2 8.7 W L W-L% ERA G GS CG SHO IP [...]

Ron Guidry Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS CG SHO IP H ER HR BB SO ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 1978 27 25 3 .893 1.74 35 35 16 9 273.2 187 53 13 72 248 208 0.946 6.1 0.4 2.4 8.2 Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 7/5/2010. Mel [...]

Don Baylor Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 1983 34 144 597 534 82 162 33 3 21 85 17 7 40 53 .303 .361 .494 .856 138 Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 7/1/2010. Danny Tartabull Year Age G [...]

Darryl Strawberry Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 1987 25 154 640 532 108 151 32 5 39 104 36 12 97 122 .284 .398 .583 .981 162 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO [...]

Reggie Jackson Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 1980 34 143 601 514 94 154 22 4 41 111 1 2 83 122 .300 .398 .597 .995 172 Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 6/29/2010. Paul O’ Neill Year Age [...]

Carlos Beltran Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 2006 29 140 617 510 127 140 38 1 41 116 18 3 95 99 .275 .388 .594 .982 150 Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 6/28/2010. Lance Johnson Year Age G [...]

Mickey Mantle Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 1964 32 143 567 465 92 141 25 2 35 111 6 3 99 102 .303 .423 .591 1.015 178 Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 6/28/2010. Rickey Henderson Year Age G [...]

Kevin McReynolds Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 1988 28 147 600 552 82 159 30 2 27 99 21 0 38 56 .288 .336 .496 .832 142 Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 6/28/2010. Bernard Gilkey Year Age G [...]