1986 Take Two Game link
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:00 pm1986: Take Two
Our preseason coverage site for our official re-creation of the 1986 baseball season is now live at:
[url]http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/[/url]
To remind you what this is all about, we'll be replaying the 1986 season, game by game, using the SOM Online engine, with 26 prominent members of the media/baseball world managing the original rosters through the original schedule. Basically, we want to see if we can repeat history, or better yet, rewrite it. What's even cooler is that we'll be covering the season as if it were 1986 all over again, with new content written by our managers, AND actual articles from the original Sporting News magazine from 1986, as if they were hot off the presses.
Why are we doing this? Besides the fact that it'll be a heck of a fun time, we'd simply like to bring a lot more attention to Strat-O-Matic and hopefully infuse our community with new managers. With the talent that we have slated to manage the 26 teams (including one current and one former Major Leaguer, prominent radio hosts, and popular writers), we think that just about anyone who's interested in baseball will be talking about us this offseason.
Note that esteemed SOM Online managers wjanssen and Sykes25 are representing the community as the managers of the A's and Padres, respectively. They will be bringing their seasoned SOM talents to the party, as well as providing running commentary throughout the season.
We hope that you'll find this project as fascinating as we do. To all of you in the community inclined to pitch in, I invite you to 1) comment on the articles from the 1986 Sporting News magazine that you find interesting (we'll be posting new ones everyday during the preseason!), and 2) post your own blog entries about anything related to the '86 season or this replay (go to http://www.sportingnews.com/blog to start your blog if you haven't already), and tag your entries 1986strat to get them to show up automatically on the front page of the coverage site under the "Community" section!
Thanks!
Bernie
Our preseason coverage site for our official re-creation of the 1986 baseball season is now live at:
[url]http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/[/url]
To remind you what this is all about, we'll be replaying the 1986 season, game by game, using the SOM Online engine, with 26 prominent members of the media/baseball world managing the original rosters through the original schedule. Basically, we want to see if we can repeat history, or better yet, rewrite it. What's even cooler is that we'll be covering the season as if it were 1986 all over again, with new content written by our managers, AND actual articles from the original Sporting News magazine from 1986, as if they were hot off the presses.
Why are we doing this? Besides the fact that it'll be a heck of a fun time, we'd simply like to bring a lot more attention to Strat-O-Matic and hopefully infuse our community with new managers. With the talent that we have slated to manage the 26 teams (including one current and one former Major Leaguer, prominent radio hosts, and popular writers), we think that just about anyone who's interested in baseball will be talking about us this offseason.
Note that esteemed SOM Online managers wjanssen and Sykes25 are representing the community as the managers of the A's and Padres, respectively. They will be bringing their seasoned SOM talents to the party, as well as providing running commentary throughout the season.
We hope that you'll find this project as fascinating as we do. To all of you in the community inclined to pitch in, I invite you to 1) comment on the articles from the 1986 Sporting News magazine that you find interesting (we'll be posting new ones everyday during the preseason!), and 2) post your own blog entries about anything related to the '86 season or this replay (go to http://www.sportingnews.com/blog to start your blog if you haven't already), and tag your entries 1986strat to get them to show up automatically on the front page of the coverage site under the "Community" section!
Thanks!
Bernie