A jackpot awaits this season’s top playoff outsider

If the I-75 League season ended today, the happiest team in the league would be… the Superior Titans. That’s because they’d be the best team not to make the playoffs, thus earning them the first choice in the 2013 draft, and making them the presumptive owner of baseball’s most exciting prospect, Bryce Harper. Harper has [...]

Sneak preview of range ratings begins Monday

If you’ve never bothered creating a Twitter account, based on the logic, “What would I use that for?” — well, Strat is now giving you a reason. The fielding range ratings will be released in full in mid-December as they usually are, but starting Monday, they’re also going to release a couple of tidbits every [...]

Meet the new managers: John Renbarger

John Renbarger, manager of the expansion Iowa Swirling Cyclones, was born one month after the I-75 League celebrated its 10th anniversary. Still a student at Iowa State, where he is majoring in chemical engineering, John displaces Dan Wilson as the youngest manager in the league, but in so doing becomes the second second-generation manager in [...]

Meet the new managers: Ken Crawford

Ken Crawford has dubbed his team the Michigan Moneyballers, but does he subscribe to the Moneyball principles? That remains to be seen, but the Ohio native did earn a living as a financial consultant before semi-retiring in 2011 to spend more time learning how to play Strat.  You will recall that he shared managerial duties [...]

Hear highlights of Dave LaMont’s USC-Colorado call

If you weren’t able to catch the play-by-play work of Springfield manager Dave LaMont on Friday night, as he called Matt Barkley’s school-record-breaking six-TD passing performance in USC’s win over Colorado, enjoy these video highlights with Dave’s call as they happened (click the image above). To keep up with Homer’s Odyssey, check out his upcoming schedule [...]

Warhawks, Clips lead way with three Silver Sluggers each

Don’t look for offensive powerhouse Wisconsin to cool off much in the 2012 season. The Warhawks boast three Silver Slugger honorees who will return to their lineup next season, tying Applegate for tops in the league. First baseman Prince Fielder, second baseman Robinson Cano and outfielder Ryan Braun were honored Wednesday night with Silver Sluggers, reflective [...]

Margaritaville can flash some golden leather

The Margaritaville Volcanoes are still playing for I-75 League hardware, but their players are leading the way when it comes to on-the-field honors for defensive excellence in 2011. Three Volcanoes — Matt Wieters, Joey Votto and Brandon Phillips — earned Gold Gloves Tuesday night, and with them a treasured ’1′ defensive rating on next year’s [...]

Where in the world is Homer LaMont?

Our very own Dave LaMont will be broadcasting major college football action nearly every weekend this fall, and then transitioning to college basketball after that. Click here for a map that will show you where you can find him.

Strat to hit the silver screen; who should play you?

They’re making a movie about Strat, and of course any documentary about Strat-O-Matic would surely feature the Foremost Strat-O-Matic Brains in the Country, the second-longest-running league (that we know of) in the USA at 31 years. Casting for the film is already underway, with two notable actors already believed to be in the running for [...]

Meet Phil Roselli, manager, Chatfield Chimeras

Phil Roselli weighs in with his managerial profile, in which we learn the significance of his team name, the significance of a box of thin mints and the one trade he wishes he could have back. Or not. With that comes this reminder — check  your own profile page, and if it needs some updating, [...]

Strat-O-Matic celebrates 50th anniversary

Check out the story in today’s USA TODAY about the celebration and how the board game came into being, with a nice photo of inventor Hal Richman.

What should it say on your Strat tombstone?

After seeing countless gb (X) rolls to my 2 at ss and my 2 at 2b go through for hits this year, I call first dibs on “SINGLE PAST THE DIVING FIELDER!” as my Strat epitaph. Which phrase commonly associated with Strat-O-Matic or the I-75 League should appear on your tombstone?

Strasburg takes an ‘L’ despite ‘best outing, by far’

That’s according to Nationals’ TV analyst Rob Dibble, who noted that in Strasburg’s fourth start, Wednesday against the Kansas City Royals, Strasburg consistently worked out of  jams despite allowing nine hits in six innings of work (while fanning nine). Strasburg threw 95 pitches, 75 for strikes, without walking a batter. Dibble noted that the Royals [...]

Eyewitness report: Stephen Strasburg

OK, so I got my first firsthand observation of Stephen Strasburg Friday night, checking out his second start at Nationals Park as he took the mound against the Chicago White Sox. He’s pretty amazing. The guy can throw, like, four pitches for strikes. Besides his blazing fastball, he’s got this changeup that somehow manages to [...]

Trivia question

Quick — name the rookie right-hander who has won his first two starts, allowing just seven hits in 13 innings pitched, posting a sub-3.00 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP? Hint: He’s not Stephen Strasburg.

Not illegal, but… unethical?

When the White Sox’s Gordon Beckham tried (unsuccessfully) to lay down a bunt in the eighth inning of a game Sunday night as Cubs pitcher Ted Lilly was hurling a no-hitter, some questioned whether Beckham was violating one of baseball’s unwritten rules. What about unwritten rules in the I-75 league? Are there any? Steve Hart [...]

How would you rank these recent rookies?

It’s been a big month for debuts of rookies not named Strasburg who also might be hot commodities come draft time in March. Have you got your eye on any of these guys? * Carlos Santana, C, Indians. Debuted Friday night against Washington, going 0-for-3 with a walk. Switch-hitter, 24, was hitting .316 at Triple-A with [...]

McAfee and Strat aren’t playing nicely together

If you are running McAfee as your anti-virus software, you’ve probably noticed a slowness when launching  your Strat game in that it can take a minute or more to launch. Well, with McAfee’s latest upgrade, it now takes 10-15 minutes to launch, according to some users in the Strat forum. Fortunately, there is a workaround, [...]

Analyze this: Who’s your trusted source?

Steve Hart wants to know, which baseball analysis product do you use, and what do you get out of it? Among those he suggests: Baseball Prospectus website, Baseball Prospectus book, Ron Shandler’s Baseball Forecaster, Lamanna’s publications, Stratogists’s Rookie Review.

Never seen Hal Richman?

Get ready to completely change your perception of Strat founder Hal Richman. I did, after watching this video of his appearance on Fox Business News.  He also drops one interesting bit of news, that Strat is working on a way to download in-season stats and play with current year data instead of always depending on [...]