1) SUPPORT FOR DOUBLE-DUTY PLAYERS HAS BEEN ADDED – On rare occasion a player will receive two cards for one team in Strat-O-Matic, a batting card and a pitching card. We call these players "Double-Duty" players in honor of Negro League legend Double Duty Radcliffe. Supporting a player who has two cards was a significant challenge to program. Adding this support affected code throughout the entire program including the Eligible Players Screen, the Pre-game Setup Window, the Lineup Screen, Extensive Game Play changes, Team and Player Stats packages, etc. As an example of the types of changes that were made, all batting stats for a double-duty player will now appear in their batting totals in the stats package. Previously his batting stats would have been split between his batting totals (when using his hitting card) and the generic “ALL PITCHERS” category in the batting statistics reports (when using his Pitcher’s Hitting card).

 

2) SOCIAL MEDIA – TWITTER AND FACEBOOK SUPPORT HAVE BEEN ADDED – Share your Strat-O-Matic Exploits with the world! You can post a Social Media message directly from the League Manager using the "File / Post to Twitter-Facebook" command. In addition, if you select the appropriate Miscellaneous Options the game will automatically generate a message at the start and/or end of each manual game that you can post.

 

 3) UPnP SUPPORT – An option has been added to use Universal Plug and Play (UPnP), if it is available with your router. If your hardware supports UPnP it will make Netplay easier to setup.

 

 4) SUPPORT HAS BEEN ADDED FOR A NEW SADV RELIEF PITCHER FATIGUE RULE – This rule prevents relievers from returning too soon after pitching a large number of innings. Here is the text of the rule (which is rule 27.65 in the board game)- If a reliever pitches 2 or more innings above his relief fatigue rating then he must rest one day before his next appearance. If he pitches 3 or more innings above his relief fatigue rating then he must rest two days before his next appearance. If a relief pitcher is used without this proper amount of rest, consider him fatigued for the entire relief outing.

 

 5) BOX SCORES – Now list 2-out RBIs.

 

 6) CHECK LEAGUE DATABASE – This new function on the League menu checks and optionally rebuilds the league database should it ever get corrupted.

 

 7) LEAGUE LEADERS – The League Leaders report now shows traded player’s current team codes instead of asterisks. For example, a traded player who is currently on Cincinnati will have "CIN" and the team code instead of "***".

 

 8) AUTOPLAY NOW FASTER – Autoplay speed has been improved since V15.

 

 9) CUT-OFF RULE PLAY-BY-PLAY – Improved play-by-play on the cut-off play as it relates to throwing errors when the ball was cut off.

 

10) COMPUTER MANAGER – The Computer Manager has been changed so that it now recalculates whether or not to hold the runners and how to position the infield defense whenever a substitution is made. This will make for more realistic strategy when the offensive manager pinch-hits or pinch runs.

 

11) IMPROVED GAME STORIES – The game stories on the box score have been improved — many new phrases have been added. This will make the game stories more unique and varied.

 

12) SAC BUNT DESCRIPTIONS IMPROVED – Improved dialog and play-by-play text for sacrifice bunts. The text "lead runner" has been replaced with "runner trying for 2nd base" (for example) which helps avoid confusion when there is also a runner on third base.

 

13) MVP AWARD – The MVP Award voting has been adjusted so that it more realistically reflected the chance for a Starting Pitcher to win the award.

 

14) SQUEEZE PLAY IMPROVEMENTS – Reworked the Squeeze Play strategy chart when the winning run is on third base so that all plays now occur at home plate. In these situations readings of SPEED, SAC, and BAD always result in plays at the plate.

 

15) BOX SCORE IMPROVEMENT – The "scoresheet" heading and data is now only shown when an associated scoresheet is going to be displayed.

 

16) END OF GAME PLAY-BY-PLAY – Added code and play-by-play text to improve the end-of-game play-by-play presentation.

 

17) RARE PLAYS – Improved the play-by-play for certain rare plays to make it more situation-aware.

 

18) CD-ROM NO LONGER NEEDED! – The CD-ROM no longer needs to be inserted in order to Install Rosters.

 

19) BUGS FIXED

·      If a number of manual games were played consecutively without shutting down the program there was a bug that could result in the disappearance of games off the schedule.

·      Use of Auto Batch Report Creation was also resulting in the loss of games from the schedule under certain circumstances.

·      Use of Auto Batch Reports was preventing more than one game from running in autoplay for some leagues.

·      On occasion the eligible list of players was being overwritten before Netplay games.

·      For playoff games, starting pitchers were not being selected according to the computer manager rotations.

·      When restoring saved games or using the delete last play the pitcher’s allowable pitch count was sometimes incorrect.

·       When attempting to get a lead and a pickoff attempt was the result the play by play didn’t mention that a pickoff had been attempted.

·      The Export Statistics function was not exporting stats for all players.

·      The Encyclopedia’s Pitcher Register was only showing the data for one pitcher.

·       Web Builder was not working properly for players whose name is hyphenated (the team would not display).

·      The Game Story would sometimes say that a runner on 3rd stole home when in fact he scored on an error by the catcher when trying to throw out the runner on 1st stealing 2nd.

·      Fixed crash that occurred when restoring saved game files.

·      Fixed a problem with the cut-off rule where an error could occur after the winning run had already scored.

·      Added code to prevent Game Files and Subset Files from being exported to invalid directories (they cannot be exported to the Export, Exported, or Subsets folders).

·      Fixed a problem in the All Star Game creation that was leaving the top vote-getting pitcher off of the team.

·      If a team played less than 162 games in real-life their actual to-date record was showing more games then they played in the League Standings report at year’s end.

·       If the first batter a reliever faced reached base on a Strikeout plus Wild Pitch (or Passed Ball) then you could not remove the reliever until that reliever faced another batter.

·      On base runner interference (G1-RP on Super-Advanced fielding chart) the base runners on 2nd and 3rd were moving up but this was incorrect – they should stay on their base.

·      Changed the Save Chat Dialog in Netplay to say "Save" instead of "Open".

·      The Update Player dialog has been improved so that it doesn’t exit if a player update is invalid. Instead the dialog stays open allowing you to fix the problem.

·      Long install pathnames were causing crashes when restoring a league.

 

20) SUPPORT FOR NEW SEASONS – Support for the new 2010, Baseball Hall of Fame 2010, Baseball Heroes, 1876, 1880, 1885, and 1893 seasons has been added.

 

21) BALLPARK PHOTOS

·      4 New ballparks pictures – Minnesota (day and night), Seattle (day and night)

·      36 new ballpark entry pictures – Baltimore-7, Houston-1, Los Angeles(AL)-5, Minnesota-7, San Francisco-6, Seattle-3, Texas-2, Washington-5

 

22) ROSTER IMPROVEMENTS AND CORRECTIONS   

An amazing effort by the ROSTER CORRECTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TEAM brings you these upgraded rosters. Each of these seasons had their Computer Manager listings corrected, and their Starter Schedules verified and corrected as needed. Not only that, but they also have provided an enormous service to the Strat community by making available Actual Pitcher Batting Cards for all seasons. In addition, each season had other changes as described in this list:

·      All the 19th Century sets on V 16 are As Played !!!

·      1877 Lineup file added; Transaction file improved; Edited names; Edited some CM and Options settings

·       1878 Lineup file added; Transaction file improved; Edited names; Edited some CM and Options settings

·      1879 Edited names; Edited some CM and Options settings

·      1882 Lineup file added; Transaction file improved; Edited some CM and Options settings

·      1883 Lineup file added; Transaction file improved; Edited some CM and Options settings

·      1886 Added game to NL schedule; Edited names; DH settings removed; Edited some CM and Options settings

·      1887 Lineup file added; Transaction file improved; Edited names; Corrected some BK and WP ratings; Edited some CM and Options settings

·      1888 Lineup file added; Transaction file improved; Edited names; Corrected some BK and WP ratings; Edited some CM and Options settings

·      1889 Edited names; Edited some CM and Options settings

·      1890 Edited names; Edited some CM and Options settings

·      1894 Edited names; Edited some CM and Options settings

·      1895 Edited names; Edited some CM and Options settings

·      1896 Edited some CM and Options settings

·      1897 Edited some CM and Options settings

·      1898 Edited some CM and Options settings

·      1899 Edited some CM and Options settings

·      1900 Added the American League ! (*Technically a minor league*), set up for AP; Edited names; Edited some Options settings

·      1920U Added 30 new PHC; Edited some CM settings and default lineups; Edited names; Read file added

·      1924U Added 2 new PHC; Edited some CM settings

·      1927U Added correct PHC set with 13 new cards; Edited names; Edited some CM settings

·      1930U Added Hold ratings; Edited some CM settings and default lineups; Edited names; Improved PBP

·      1931U Added AP Lineups, Transactions, and Starter Schedules; PBP improved; Edited names; Edited some CM settings; Added Read file

·      1932U Added 10 new PHC; Edited some CM settings; Edited names; Improved PBP

·      1933U Added AP Lineups, Transactions, and Starter Schedules; Added 9 new PHC; Edited some CM settings and default lineups; Edited names; Improved PB

·      1934U Added 19 new PHC; Edited some CM settings and default lineups; Edited names; Read file added

·      1935U Added complete PHC set; Edited some CM settings and default lineups; Edited names; Improved PBP

·      1936U Added 15 new PHC; Added BON Ford card; Improved lineup and transaction files; PBP improved; Edited names; Edited some CM settings; Added Read file

·      1937U Added AP Lineups, Transactions, and Starter Schedules; Added complete AL PHC; Edited names; Edited some CM settings; Read file added     

·      1938U Added AP Lineups, Transactions, and Starter Schedules; Added complete new AL and 6 new NL PHC; Improved PBP; Edited names; Edited some CM settings

·      1939U Added complete AL PHC; Transaction files improved; Improved PBP; Edited names; Edited some CM settings

·      1940U Added AP Lineups, Transactions, and Starter Schedules; Edited names; Edited some CM settings

·      1941U Added 23 new PHC; Improved lineup and transaction files; Edited some CM settings; Edited E-0 ratings; Added Read file

·      1948U Added 37 new PHC; Improved lineup and transaction files; Improved PBP; Edited some CM settings

·      1949U Added 33 new PHC; Added lineup file; Improved transaction file; Improved PBP; Edited some CM settings

·      1950U Extra player cards now based on actual splits; Added complete PHC set; Redone NL steal ratings now reflect actual caught stealing; Added Hold ratings; Improved Lineup and Transaction files; Edited NL caught stealing stats; Edited names; Edited some CM settings

·      1951U Improved Lineup and Transaction files; Edited names

·      1953U Added AP Lineups, Transactions, and Starter Schedules; Added complete AL and 4 new NL PHC; Added NYN Dark and PIN Hall cards; Edited some CM settings; Added Read file

·      1954U Improved Lineup files; Edited names; Edited some CM settings

·      1955U Improved Lineup and Transaction files; Edited names; Edited some CM settings

·      1956U Improved Lineup files; Edited names; Edited some CM settings

·      1957U Improved Lineup files; Edited names; Edited some CM settings     

·      1959U Improved Lineup files; Edited names; Edited some CM settings

·      1962U Corrected some cards; Edited names; Edited some CM settings

·      1965U Edited names; Edited some CM settings

·      1967U Corrected T-0 ratings for a few catchers; Edited names

·      1968U Edited names; Edited some CM settings; Added CHA Held SS rating

·      1975U Edited names; Edited some CM settings

·      1977U Corrected some cards and ratings; Edited names; Added Read file

·      1981U Extra player cards now based on actual splits; Added complete PHC set; Edited names; Edited some CM settings; Added Read file

·      1984U Added Hold ratings for NL; Edited names; Edited some CM settings

·      1990U Corrected Hold ratings (PHN, PIN, SDN, SFN, SLN); Improved PBP; Edited names

·      2003U Corrected BOA Garciaparra and CIN Freel Steal letter ratings; PIN Bay’s injury rating; Added Read file

·      2006U Corrected WAN Ortiz and BOA Johnson cards, and Corrected AP files for Johnson

·      2008U Debuts Multi-card AP set; Added KCA Tupman and TOA Luna; Added PBP; Edited some CM settings including TOA Halladay for Slow Hook; Edited some names; Added Read file

·      2009U Debuts Multi-card AP set; Added Read file

 

23) PLAY-BY-PLAY IMPROVEMENTS 

·      The nickname file has been expanded yet again by our nickname guru Ren Petrie — there are over 600 new player specific play-by-plays that mention player’s nicknames, including the Negro League players’ nicknames!

·      All 30 teams files edited and updated for 2010 season. Note: this requires the purchase of the optional team specific play-by-play disk.