Depending on the team, Opening Day for MLB fans normally takes place at the end of March or early April. For fans of Strat-O-Matic Baseball, however, Opening Day happens in mid-February. This year the big event unfurled on Feb. 16 at the strategic tabletop game’s headquarters in Glen Head, N.Y.
“We had another fantastic Opening Day,” said John Garcia, chief content officer at Strat-O-Matic. “Over 200 fanatics came out to get their new cards [for the 2023 MLB season] and join in the celebration.”
Garcia said the “season opener” is “always my favorite day of the year.”
This time around they also held their second annual Hall of Fame induction, which included former MLB star Keith Hernandez, a longtime Strat-O-Matic player. Hernandez, the 1979 NL MVP
