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Curtis · 07-23-2006, 06:06 PM

I realize this is completely off topic, so feel free to ignore me, but ya'll have got me to reminiscing.

Does anyone remember the old Longball card/board game? It was a contemporary of APBA and Stratomatic but, at least back in the 70s, was superior to both. The fault it had in common with Stratomatic was that, since it was 50/50 whether the results would come from the pitcher's or hitter's card, people who did very little of something (allow homers or walks as a pitcher, or strike out or gdp as a hitter) couldn't be accurately simmed.

Statis-Pro had one neat feature, in that the incidence of when the results came off the pitcher's card varied from 5 in 12 to 10 in 12, depending on how dominant the pitcher was. That accounted for pitchers who did very little of something (and in the most extreme cases, like Bob Gibson's 1.02 ERA year) made the hitters almost irrelevant. In other respects the game was a step down from Longball/Stratomatic. And it made the 'batter's extreme low' situation even worse.

There was a game I saw advertised for a few years (again in the early 70s), but never found for sale, that seemed interesting because you could physically position the fielders. I don't remember what it was called, but as far as I know it was the first game to have park effects.

This is probably the wrong place to post this, but a set of features I'd like to see in OOTP involves more particular placement of fielders. I'd like to be able to shift and guard lines with the outfielders, like you can with the infield. I'd also like the option of playing with five infielders if my pitcher's G/F ratio is 75%, or four outfielders if it's 40%

Apologies to rwd59 for hijacking his thread.

07-23-2006, 06:06 PM	#21
Curtis Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Watertown, New York Posts: 4,567	I realize this is completely off topic, so feel free to ignore me, but ya'll have got me to reminiscing. Does anyone remember the old Longball card/board game? It was a contemporary of APBA and Stratomatic but, at least back in the 70s, was superior to both. The fault it had in common with Stratomatic was that, since it was 50/50 whether the results would come from the pitcher's or hitter's card, people who did very little of something (allow homers or walks as a pitcher, or strike out or gdp as a hitter) couldn't be accurately simmed. Statis-Pro had one neat feature, in that the incidence of when the results came off the pitcher's card varied from 5 in 12 to 10 in 12, depending on how dominant the pitcher was. That accounted for pitchers who did very little of something (and in the most extreme cases, like Bob Gibson's 1.02 ERA year) made the hitters almost irrelevant. In other respects the game was a step down from Longball/Stratomatic. And it made the 'batter's extreme low' situation even worse. There was a game I saw advertised for a few years (again in the early 70s), but never found for sale, that seemed interesting because you could physically position the fielders. I don't remember what it was called, but as far as I know it was the first game to have park effects. This is probably the wrong place to post this, but a set of features I'd like to see in OOTP involves more particular placement of fielders. I'd like to be able to shift and guard lines with the outfielders, like you can with the infield. I'd also like the option of playing with five infielders if my pitcher's G/F ratio is 75%, or four outfielders if it's 40% Apologies to rwd59 for hijacking his thread.