You gotta understand their logic. One guy, Steve Barkan, does all the
work. In his 'spare' time. He would rather do a season that he hasn't done
before, especially one with only 16 teams playing 154 games each. That's 1232
games he has to examine in great detail. A modern season with 24 teams playing
162 games makes for 1944 games he has to cull through. Now does it make sense?

--
Dean Amrhein.

Life's a joke. Get it?

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From: Gary Kirchherr <erie@...>
> At 12:17 PM -0700 3/19/07, Eric Lutzker wrote:
>
> >hi- hope this question doesn't go too far over well worn territory. but
> >i just purchased 1966 on ebay and was pleasantly surprised to see both
> >advanced and super-advanced features (plus of course newer perforated
> >cards) but looking for 1969 and 1970 on ebay and the strat website. i
> >only see used original cards (on ebay, nothing from strat) that i'm not
> >even sure have anything but basic. i know that they've been very slowly
> >and scattershot updating cardsets to super-advanced (i see they just
> >did 1971...can you tell i'm an o's fan?) but i presume they haven't
> >gotten to 69 or 70 yet. (a shame, they're both fantastic seasons) so do
> >69 and 70 even have the advanced lefty-righty breeakdown or what? and
> >have they ever been repreinted at all? lots of questions asked all
> >willy-nilly. sorry. thanks in advance. -eric
>
> Hi, Eric,
>
> Buying used Strat seasons on eBay can be tricky for just the reasons
> you cited. You have to be careful that you get the features you're
> expecting. The pre-1971 season sets you see on eBay can be the
> basic-only originals, or, if it was a season that was re-released, it
> can be an advanced or super-advanced set.
>
> When Strat first started re-releasing sets about 20 years ago, the
> most recent season it did was 1970, the last season for which Strat
> released cards in basic-only format. But the re-release is *not*
> super-advanced, which didn't exist yet. Those cards are set up for
> advanced, resembling the original-season sets from 1977-1986. All the
> super-advanced features from the perforated sets are absent. But at
> least the advanced-game re-releases have the fielding "e" ratings
> (unlike the original 1971-76 advanced seasons) and catcher's throwing
> arms (unlike the original 1971 advanced-season set). The 1961, 1968
> and 1969 seasons were re-released this way too, and probably others.
> In fact, some gamers have clamored for a re-re-release of 1961, with
> super-advanced features. Don't hold your breath waiting for that.
>
> I know this is confusing. I can tell you that the game company is no
> longer selling any of its re-released sets that aren't set up for
> super-advanced play. So if the set you see on eBay isn't in Strat's
> brochure, the eBay item doesn't have super-advanced features -- and
> perhaps not even advanced ones.
>
> Contrary to what you said in your post, Strat is *not* in the process
> of updating all its old sets in super-advanced format. In fact, the
> 1971 season re-release was the first in years in which Strat
> re-released a season that it originally released with advanced
> features. Strat's policy had been that it wanted to stick to past
> seasons that didn't exist in any form, explaining that 1970s seasons
> with advanced features were already "available." Many customers,
> including me, have chastised that thinking. It was ridiculous to say
> that the 1970s seasons were "available" when a full used set, if you
> could find one, cost hundreds of dollars. Since so many of Strat's
> customers now are nostalgic middle-aged guys who wanted a
> super-advanced set from the 1970s, with 1971 topping the wish list,
> the game company finally relented; the 1971 season re-release is the
> result. Next year, Strat will go back to publishing nonexistent
> seasons (1951). The game company has said it will reproduce more '70s
> season based on how well the 1971 season sells. We'll see.
>
> I hope this answers your questions. Let us know if it doesn't. :-)
>
> -Gary




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