Editor’s note: Tournament games are played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. The designated hitter is also being used for all games. After blowing a three-run advantage, the Chicago White Sox bounced back to win the game in the squad’s opener of the 1977 Tournament. The White Sox defeated the Oakland A’s 8-6 at Comiskey Park […]
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Editor’s note: Tournament games are played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. The designated hitter is also being used for all games. Willie McCovey was the hero as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Detroit Tigers 4-3 in the opening game of the 1977 Tournament at Candlestick Park. With San Francisco trailing by a run in […]
Reggie Jackson‘s three-homer game in the 1977 World Series for the New York Yankees became an ironic moment in baseball history. How will Jackson and his teammates perform in a one-and-done bracket challenge featuring all 26 teams in a 1977 Strat-o-Matic Tournament? The Yankees were one of three teams to win over 100 games that […]
Editor’s Note: For this cards and dice simulation, the 1967 six-team set of football cards released by the company will be used. The six teams are the Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Rams, Baltimore Colts, Oakland Raiders and New York Jets. MIAMI — The Oakland Raiders made a statement for the American Football League […]
Editor’s Note: For this cards and dice simulation, the 1967 six-team set of football cards released by the company will be used. The six teams are the Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Rams, Baltimore Colts, Oakland Raiders and New York Jets. GREEN BAY, Wisc. – A grinding ground attack by Green Bay was too […]
Editor’s Note: For this cards and dice simulation, the 1967 six-team set of football cards released by the company will be used. The six teams are the Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Rams, Baltimore Colts, Oakland Raiders and New York Jets. NEW YORK – It may not have been easy for Oakland, but the […]
Editor’s Note: For this cards and dice simulation, the 1967 six-team set of football cards released by the company will be used. The six teams are the Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Rams, Baltimore Colts, Oakland Raiders and New York Jets. GREEN BAY, Wisc. – Green Bay will now welcome Dallas to Lambeau […]
Editor’s Note: For this cards and dice simulation, the 1967 six-team set of football cards released by the company will be used. The six teams are the Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Rams, Baltimore Colts, Oakland Raiders and New York Jets. BALTIMORE, Md. – Two touchdowns in the first quarter made the difference […]
After the Strat-O-Matic company started baseball in the early 1960s, football was part of the natural progression in the later in the decade. Basketball and hockey would come along during the 1970s. For this cards and dice simulation, the 1967 six-team set of football cards released by the company will be used. The six teams […]
Editor’s note: Tournament games are played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. Stan Lopata must have been wearing a Superman costume under his Philadelphia uniform. Lopata’s three home runs led the Phillies to a 6-5 extra-inning victory over the New York Giants in the championship contest of the 1955 Tournament at the Polo Grounds. In the […]