Strat-O-Matic Club Members, Players To Participate in ‘Strat Takeover’ of Union Square Mets-Themed Activities, Retail, Event Space All Day; Founder Hal Richman Scheduled to Appear; Strat Plays off 1986 vs. 2025 Mets Series
GLEN HEAD, N.Y., and NEW YORK, May 2, 2025—Strat-O-Matic, the market leader in sports simulations, and Mets House N.Y.C., the Union Square, Manhattan space with Mets- and baseball-themed special events, family activities, merchandise and more, are excited to announce that this Sunday, May 4, will “take over” the location from 11 a.m through the afternoon for open Strat-O-Matic play, prize giveaways, meet-and-greets with Strat-O-Matic founder Hal Richman and other staff, and more.
Strat-O-Matic Clubs, which for over two years have been operating across the nation, and other avid and new Strat-O-Matic players, will be participating in the celebration of their favorite game. There will be a selection of Mets and other Strat-O-Matic teams for players of all levels to play, as well as the new Baseball MAX online version and Baseball Express for kids available for free play. Players are encouraged to bring their own favorite teams as well.
And just how good is this year’s Mets team compared to the great squads of the past? Strat-O-Matic simulated a seven-game series between the 2025 Mets and the best team ever to take the field in Queens, the 1986 Mets. Ray Knight hit .375 and Mookie Wilson and Keith Hernandez both hit .333 as the ‘86 squad won in seven, rallying for two in the bottom of the 10th to win, 4-3, in the decisive contest, on a game-tying error by Luisangel Acuña on a grounder by Kevin Mitchell followed by Knight’s run-scoring single for the walk-off win.
There is no admission or game fee on Sunday, just a great opportunity for Mets and other baseball fans to meet other Strat-O-Matic players, get up games with new friends and even stay to watch the television coverage of the Mets vs. St. Louis on the big screen on Sunday afternoon.
Interested fans can contact stratclub@strat-o-matic.com if they want to match up with other players beforehand, or just walk-in and grab an available seat on Sunday.
About Strat-O-Matic
Strat-O-Matic was invented by 11-year-old Hal Richman in his bedroom in Great Neck, N.Y. in 1948 as a result of his frustration with the statistical randomness of other baseball board games. He discovered that the statistical predictability of dice would give his game the realism he craved. Over the next decade, he perfected the game at summer camp and then as a student at Bucknell University. After producing All-Star sets in 1961 and ‘62, he parlayed a $5,000 loan from his father (and made a deal that if it didn’t work out he would work for his father’s insurance company) into the original 1962 Strat-O-Matic Baseball season game. Needless to say, Hal never had to take a job with his father.
Strat-O-Matic, based in Glen Head, NY and on the Internet at www.strat-o-matic.com, manufactures the top selling sports board games and realism/stats sports digital games. The Company publishes baseball, football, basketball and hockey games to play both on and off your computer and mobile screens. “Strat-O” games are known throughout the sports community for their statistical realism and accuracy. The Company has the world’s greatest sports game stat libraries with top-of-the-line seasons dating back to the early 1900’s. At the start of the 2016 MLB season, Strat-O-Matic introduced Baseball Daily, its first product featuring digital player cards that update every day to reflect real life current player performance as the season progresses.
The Company has a loyal celebrity following including a bevy of sports broadcasters such as Bob Costas, Jon Miller, Tim Kurkjian and Dan Shulman, former MLB’ers Keith Hernandez, Doug Glanville and Cal Ripken Jr., and sports super fans including Drew Carey, Ben Bernanke, Bryant Gumbel, Spike Lee and Tim Robbins. More information is available at: www.strat-o-matic.com.
