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02-01-2017, 02:07 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NE Ohio
Posts: 16,487
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APBA/Strat-O-Matic
I suspect quite a few on year played one, or both, back in the day. For me, I played APBA Baseball but Strat-O-Matic for football and horse racing.
What, if any, did you play?
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02-01-2017, 02:24 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: South Jersey
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My brother and I played APBA Baseball, Valuist. Back in the 1960's - I wish I could remember more about the game other than that we were into it for sure. 
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02-01-2017, 08:16 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Diez meses en Port St. Lucie, FL; two months in the Dominican Republic
Posts: 4,355
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Start o matic baseball all the way.Praying that the dice would hit the 1-2 or 1-12 combo which just about guaranteed a home run, unless you were a no power banjo hitter. 
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02-01-2017, 09:10 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 2,472
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Strat-o-matic baseball and football. APBA golf. Never lost with Craig Wood. Good times.
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02-01-2017, 09:17 AM
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C'est Tout
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Cajunland
Posts: 13,272
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Never played Strat-O-Matic as a kid...was too busy playing a dice & cards game called Superstar Baseball.
Absolutely loved it
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02-01-2017, 09:24 AM
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Just Deplorable
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lebanon, Ohio
Posts: 8,068
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Sports Illustrated came out with a series of dice-controlled games around 1970 that took up most of my game-playing time. I had golf, football, and horse-racing; a friend had baseball, I'm pretty sure.
And there was a series of games where the action was plotted with a grease pencil on a folding plastic board that could be easily cleared...I want to say 3M created those, but that's really testing the memory banks.
Doh, now I'm gonna have to go down in the basement and dig around some.
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02-01-2017, 11:35 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Behind the Pine Curtain
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Over forty years ago, Extra Innings...by jack cavanaugh. Statistically the most accurate game at that time.
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02-01-2017, 11:50 AM
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Just another Facist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Now in Houston
Posts: 52,817
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by PhantomOnTour
Never played Strat-O-Matic as a kid...was too busy playing a dice & cards game called Superstar Baseball.
Absolutely loved it
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Actually played this while working Nuke security as a rotating fire team member while in the Air Force.
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02-01-2017, 11:57 AM
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C'est Tout
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Cajunland
Posts: 13,272
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Originally Posted by JustRalph
Actually played this while working Nuke security as a rotating fire team member while in the Air Force.
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Yes, finally! Someone else has heard of this game...it made me a baseball historian after reading the back of each player's card.
Got to know about guys like Harry Heilmann and Bucketfoot Al Simmons.
Practically had most guys' lifetime stats memorized
I would play that game today if I had a copy of it 
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02-01-2017, 12:06 PM
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Buckle Up
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 10,614
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Originally Posted by PhantomOnTour
Yes, finally! Someone else has heard of this game...it made me a baseball historian after reading the back of each player's card.
Got to know about guys like Harry Heilmann and Bucketfoot Al Simmons.
Practically had most guys' lifetime stats memorized
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/SUPERSTAR-BA...kAAOSwjDZYi7iA
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02-01-2017, 12:18 PM
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C'est Tout
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Cajunland
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Originally Posted by ReplayRandall
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Whoa...there it is.
Sadly the listing literally ended 3mins before I saw this 
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02-01-2017, 06:33 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 1,450
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I played APBA. I actually created my own APBA-like football game.
When i was younger, I was addicted to Red Barber Baseball.
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02-04-2017, 09:03 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Queens, New York
Posts: 2,269
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Strat baseball and strat hockey....great memories!
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02-04-2017, 01:36 PM
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Bombardier
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 4,043
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I played tabletop baseball exclusively. No football, basketball, etc. After trying a variety of the games during my youth I eventually settled on Statis Pro Major League Baseball. I found it to be the most fun to play and, although I cannot prove it, I found it to be the most statistically sound game. A good friend of mine and I still play it from time to time. There is even an online version available, which I have not yet tried (not enough hours in the day).
http://www.statisprobaseballonline.com/
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