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Cubs WIN! ... and Other Reasons to Relive the 2016 Baseball Season http://www.strat-o-matic.com © 2017 Strat-O-Matic Media, LLC Winter 2017 Pre-orders begin: Jan. 31 Cubs WIN! ... and Opening Day at SOM: Feb. 10 Pre-orders for Opening Day pickup will begin the Other Reasons to same day as all other pre-orders. However, those coming for Opening Day pickup don’t have to rush Relive the 2016 to be among the first to call. Baseball Season The 2016 Major League sea- Promising talents such as An- son has a one-line resume to se- drew Benintendi and Alex Breg- cure its place in baseball history: man debuted late in the season. Cubs Win! On the mound, rookies Mi- That the lovable losers did so chael Fulmer, Kenta Maeda, for the first time in 108 years and Alex Reyes and Colorado fire- did so in an extra-inning Game 7 baller Jon Gray sizzled. after falling behind three games Rookie closers Edwin Diaz to one against Cleveland – the in Seattle and Seung-hwan Oh AL team that had gone the lon- in St. Louis helped make this gest without a World Series title the Year of the Reliever with a Strat-O-Matic Journeys – makes the story line that much record 15,894 innings pitched, sweeter and the what-if replays enough to supply whole seasons with Strat-O-Matic all the more for 11 teams. Baltimore’s Zach into the App Universe irresistable. Britton was 47-for-47 in saves • Card Viewer can test the card viewer before But like a spirited girlfriend with a 0.54 ERA. Mark Melan- product delivery begins at noon. who will drive you crazy in ev- con saved 47 with a 1.64 ERA. • Baseball 365 That setup will take place in ery way imaginable, the 2016 Kenley Jansen had 47 saves, • Basic Baseball a new Strat-O-Matic studio that season was weird and wonder- a 1.83 ERA, a .150 batting av- will be used for YouTube and ful, making it the must-have sea- erage against and struck out Helping gamers play in more other video content in 2017. son for any gamer. 13.6 men per 9 innings. Aroldis places and on more devices, Check out this video introducing 2016 was wonderful: Half Chapman threw 538 pitches of Strat-O-Matic is going mobile the studio. the teams were in playoff con- at least 100 mph, fanning 14 per with three new baseball apps, When downloaded from the tention with just four days left in 9 with a 1.55 ERA. Dellin Be- First up: An already-launched App Store, the Card Viewer will the season. Players hit the sec- tances struck out 15.5 men per 9. free app that lets you draft and be free with access to every card ond-most home runs in history. 2016 was weird: Melancon set up your teams for Baseball made in the careers of the 117 It was sunset for Vin Scully, and Chapman were traded in 365 leagues. Anything you can stars in the original Baseball He- David Ortiz, Mark Teixeira, mid-season. So were three of do for Baseball 365 on the PC roes set. Alex Rodriguez, Prince Fielder, the seven men who hit 40-plus you can do with your app, but For $4.99/month or $49.99/ A.J. Pierzynski and, tragically, homers. In a two-week span, 27 now you can take it with you for year, fans will have access to Jose Fernandez, but also sunrise teams made 35 trades involving instant gratification. every Major League season – a for an exceptionally bright rook- 93 players. In the works: The Card View- bountiful treasure that gamers ie class including position play- The Cardinals finished 17 er App, which offers player card can use in many ways for end- ers Corey Seager, Gary Sanchez, games behind first place and still images of every player for every less fun. Players can be found Trea Turner, Dansby Swanson, almost reached the post-season. season of Major League baseball in searches by name, by team Trevor Story, Ryon Healy, Tim Strikeouts and defensive shifts history. or by season. A search for the Anderson, David Dahl, Tyler Earlybirds at SOM headquar- Naquin and Nomar Mazara. continued on Page 4 ters on Opening Day (Feb. 10) continued on Page 4 Strat-O-Matic News, Winter 2017 Page 2 Strat-O-Matic News, Winter 2011 Page 2 New Strategy Option: Can You Beat the Shift? WhatAs the Major You’ll Leagues’ use ofSee the defensive and shift hasWhat multiplied You’llIf the offense Get has called in “Beat V16 the Shift” Baseball and the play result is a each year in recent seasons, Strat-O-Matic gamers have inquired homerun and the initial 20-sided die roll was a 3 through 8 then the Even after 15 versions, Strat-O-Matic gamers demand an ever-more- The new Super Advanced rule limiting overuse in consecutive how they might adopt the strategy. The game company has the an- play result may be over-ridden. Since the offense has tried to beat the versatile computer baseball game – one even more powerful and even games by relief pitchers will be enforced in V16. swer – an easy-to-use rule that will simulate the way the shift reduces shift by hitting to the opposite side of the field, the batter’s power has easier to use. The forthcoming Version 16 does all of that with many The computer manager is smarter. Now it recalculates whether to batting average against pull-hitters, but backfires against others. been diminished. 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