Scott Simkus plays Strat-o-Matic with Negro Leaguers for Slate
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Scott Simkus plays Strat-o-Matic with Negro Leaguers for Slate “Single!" he shouts. “Game over! Ruth beats Dihigo!” Ruth also homers off Satchel Paige in the game--and it’s a marker of how iconic those two are that it’s so incredibly easy to picture just how that moment would have looked. Congratulations to Primate Scott Simkus on all the attention he’s been getting for his work on the new Strat-o-Matic set!
Breaking The Geek Color Barrier [Nerds!]
Deadspin —
... to adjust the numbers to major league levels by studying how Negro Leaguers had performed against minor-league teams, Cuban winter league teams, and barnstorming big leaguers. They determined that the quality of play in the Negro Leagues was somewhere between AAA and the majors. Now if only the Negro League cards were able to stay in the same box as the white player cards in Southern households. Negro League Roster Set [Strat-O-Matic] Satchel Paige vs. Babe Ruth [Slate]
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