If you’ve been waiting to step up to a guitar you’ll actually want to pick up every day, this is a nice time to do it. The ...

Strat-O-Matic is a board game with dice, cards and charts. At first glance, it looks like a math teacher tried to spruce up the multiplication tables with baseball references. There is a card for the ...

The Patriots quarterback has ripped off three straight completions against my Bengals defense. To counter, I shift into a four-man front and send Carlos Dunlap on a blitz. The ball is snapped and ...

Why do all we sports fans think we can be general managers? Because we’ve done it in fantasy land, the analytical world of sports that’s proven to be more realistic and influential on real GMs than ...

John Brogan was introduced to Strat-O-Matic Baseball by his two older brothers. He was 8 years old, it was the early 1980s, and sports simulation games were all the rage. Brogan immediately became ...

Quick: Name an American product that's had a worldwide impact, is more popular than ever, yet still looks the same as it did when it was introduced more than a half-century ago? Here's a hint: It ...

The Fender Stratocaster is ubiquitous in the rock guitar world for a reason. The Strat has been an American icon since the 1950s, and it's the instrument of choice for countless rock n' roll pioneers ...

Ask any non-musician to draw a guitar and chances are they’ll come up with the iconic double-cut shape of a Stratocaster. Possibly the most popular musical instrument of all time, Leo Fender’s ...