The script finally played out in Game 5 as many thought many it would on paper, as the 2009 Yankees hit 3 home runs and drubbed the 1973 Mets 7-0 to take a 3-2 lead in the Sim Series. Jerry Koosman started for the Mets on 3-days rest and his rust showed, giving up runs in [...]

The ’09 Yankees were a batter away from setting up their bullpen bridge and establishing a commanding 3-0 lead in the best of 7 Strat-O-Matic Sim Series. John Milner had other ideas as he hit a 3-run homer off David Robertson in the sixth to tie the game and erase Yankees leads of 5-0 and 8-4. The teams would [...]

Many thought the ’73 Mets were huge underdogs in this series, but through two games they have been right there with the Yankees. The difference is that one big hit. Last night, they may have blown their best chance of making this a series as they left 14 runners on base in a 2-1 loss [...]

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 [...]

Terry Collins return to the bench has been, to quote Freddie Mercury, “no bed of roses, no pleasure cruise.” He’s lost his corner infielders for significant portions of the season, Carlos Beltran, Daniel Murphy, and Jose Reyes will wind up missing a month of games. There have been five points of the season where you waited for this [...]

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 [...]

Yesterday, former big league pitching coach Rick Peterson was on Boomer Esiason’s show on WFAN. When Peterson asked Boomer’s co-host Craig Carton if he plays fantasy baseball this was the response: No, because I am not a loser. Carton went on to say What would you say about a guy that’s 25 years old, alright, who [...]

Chase Utley‘s homer and Cole Hamels complete game gave the 2008 Phillies a 1-0 lead in the best of 7 NYBD Sim Series. Tonight Brett Myers dueled Bobby Ojeda in a classic game that saw the Phillies win in 12 innings 4-2. Chase Utley blasted his second homer in the twelfth of Jesse Orosco to [...]

We kick off the “dog days of August” as I give you a state of the union on New York baseball. Hear my thoughts on A-Rod’s 600th homer, A.J. Burnett’s injury, the Red Sox, and what would make the next six weeks productive for the Mets. Hal Richman, founder of Strat-O-Matic baseball will talk about [...]

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 [...]

Let NYBD Radio be your appetizer to the big Lebron James press conference (well, not so big now that the word is out). Headlining tonight’s show is Mark Simon of ESPN. He will give us a first half breakdown of the Mets and Yankees as we head into the break. We have our own big [...]

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.

As I announced on Sunday’s edition of NYBD radio, we will be having an All Star Game between some of the best players on the Mets and Yankees from 1962 – 2009. Using the Strat-O-Matic software you will be voting on the starting lineup for the NYBD Mets and NYBD Yanks All Stars. I will [...]

As I announced yesterday at our Twitter account NYBD Radio has entered into a partnership with Strat-O-Matic. This is an exciting announcement for me personally since I have been playing SOM for over 20 years. I always tell the story how I got introduced to Strat-O-Matic baseball. When I was a kid I would play [...]