ATG new cards batch #4 drops Thu., 12/15

[PotKettleBlack]

Soriano's season for the Nationals.

Only 40 2b, 40 HR 40 SB season EVER.

[fraank123]

if possible it would be nice to see other choices for Harry Heilmann besides the 1925:
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[size=7]Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BA OBP SLG OPS
1921 149 602 237 43 14 19 139 .394 .444 .606 1.051
1923 144 524 211 44 11 18 115 .403 .481 .632 1.113

1927 141 505 201 50 9 14 120 .398 .475 .616 1.091[/size:8342c16706][/size]

[bernieh]

Hey everybody!

I have to kick off Teaser Season for this batch with an important preface, to have you fully understand what's going on behind the scenes here.

Strat-O-Matic Co. has entered their big development push leading up to the launch of version 17 of their CD-ROM Baseball game due out in early 2012, so they don't have the time to deliver new cards to us for the online game. They did give us a bigger batch earlier, so I do have a reserve stash, but to be honest, they're getting less and less exciting as I deal out the fun ones to you each month.

Thus I've been trying to be resourceful and improvise, scavenging around in our other sets (most particularly FantaSim) to see what cards I can poach from them. The upside is I'm able to be a bit more nimble, targeting specific requests I've been hearing from you guys, and turning them around more quickly.

The downside is that [i:244b809cb1]FantaSim is an old game[/i:244b809cb1], and the cards I mine from it are not necessarily the most recent cards that Strat-O-Matic has produced. In some cases, SOM has since produced a true Super-Advanced set of cards for the season in question, and in some other cases, they've since updated their process of computer-processing non-SA cards for us. In any case, for example, I know for a fact that the cards below for Arky Vaughan and Nap Lajoie that I've mined from FantaSim are NOT the same as the ones most recently available in the CD-ROM game.

They're STILL Arky Vaughan 1935 and Nap Lajoie 1901, though, and are the ones that have been powering FantaSim for all these years. And they're the only ones that I can present to you at this time. I only hesitate because from what I can tell, this version of Arky Vaughan has significantly more HR power than the one I see in the CD-ROM game. I'm guessing that the majority of you don't mind [i:244b809cb1]that[/i:244b809cb1] much, as long as he's Arky Vaughan. It should be made clear that we've introduced a lot of OTHER cards in ATG that were taken straight from FantaSim. But if there is considerable opinion that I should NOT add these cards at this time, I'll listen.

Anyway, all that said, without further ado:

[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/stratomatic/marketing/atg6/teasers/arky_vaughan_1935.gif][img:244b809cb1]http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/stratomatic/marketing/atg6/teasers/arky_vaughan_1935.gif[/img:244b809cb1][/url]

[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/stratomatic/marketing/atg6/teasers/nap_lajoie_1901.gif][img:244b809cb1]http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/stratomatic/marketing/atg6/teasers/nap_lajoie_1901.gif[/img:244b809cb1][/url]

[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/stratomatic/marketing/atg6/teasers/nolan_ryan_1987.gif][img:244b809cb1]http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/stratomatic/marketing/atg6/teasers/nolan_ryan_1987.gif[/img:244b809cb1][/url]

[url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/stratomatic/marketing/atg6/teasers/hal_newhouser_1946.gif][img:244b809cb1]http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/stratomatic/marketing/atg6/teasers/hal_newhouser_1946.gif[/img:244b809cb1][/url]

[Roosky]

I vote a big yes on using these cards!! We can switch them to the super advanced if som makes them available to you.

[doug_tucker10]

Yes from me..so are Vaughan and Lajoie's latest going to be our first ATG 20M cards..yowsers!

Thanks for new adds Bernie...

[2cityfan]

Wow, now that he is usable with a range of 2, he should be one of the top SS.. he will hit like Joe Dimaggio at SS..

[fraank123]

Awesome, obviously thanks for the arky and nap cards and especially thanks for finally adding a newhouser card that is worth using as a starter. a great game just keeps getting better and better thanks to your efforts

[nels52]

Wow, and I thought guys were torn over Lajoie because his injury risk before! These are some absolutely huge cards!

Thanks for all the hard and great work you do Bernie,

nels

[modmark46]

NICE! Thanks, Bernie. :D

[WeatherNut]

Well, Vaughan and Lajoie go right to the top of the SS and 2B price pile.

WN