Origin Story
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The Origin Story
Welcome to the official home of the
Joseph Nasta Jr. Memorial Strat-O-Matic League (JNJSOM)
The Joseph Nasta, Jr. Memorial Strat-O-Matic League was founded in 2015. The league commissioner and host are Kevin S. Nasta (also the owner of the Jersey Shore Surge). The JNJSOM is a face-to-face board game style format, using variations of advanced & super-advanced rules, along with some twists of our own.
Nasta is a veteran of Strat-O-Matic playing in a league for the 1st time back in 1989, when he was the manager of the San Diego Padres as part of the George Johnson Strat-O-Matic League (GJSOM). All games are being played in Staten Island, NY from 1989-1992.
In 1993 Nasta took over the league changing its name to the Todt Hill Strat-O-Matic League (THSOM) until its name changed in 1995. That season it became the Mickey Mantle Memorial Strat-O-Matic League (MMMSOM). From 1995-2005 the MMMSOM played its games in Staten Island, NY. The league played its final season in 2005.
After a move to the shores of New Jersey, Nasta decided it was long enough to stay without Strat-o-Matic in his life. In 2015, Nasta re-found a league in the honor of his late father, the JNJSOM. All games are now played in Keyport, NJ, and at times virtually. The Joseph Nasta Jr. Memorial Strat-O-Matic League or JNJSOM is a division of Damage Athletics © 2023
If you would like to be part of the JNJSOM email us at jnjsom.commish@gmail.com.
We welcome all experienced and inexperienced players to inquire. We have expanded the league each year since 2016. We are all friends & family and will treat everyone in that same manner. We do post-game BBQs. pool parties, league-building trips, and more. We also do the annual drive to Glen Head, NY to pick up the set in person.
Here's Your Chance To Join The JNJSOM!
ATTENTION FELLOW STRAT ATTICS!
The JNJSOM (Joseph Nasta Jr Memorial Strat-O-Matic League) a face-to-face league is currently taking applications/inquiries for expansion teams for the 2023 (MLB)/2024 (SOM) season. Our annual draft is in January of every new year, with the season starting in March. We go and pick the set up in person, and have the set separated all on the same day. Copies of the league cards are made and either mailed or delivered to the managers.
We play a 66-game season every year depending on schedule availability. We usually meet once a month to play 6 games, with the exception of 2 playing months where we play 9 games. All stats are recapped by the league commissioner and posted on our website leaguelineup.com/jnjsom. Score sheets are scanned and placed in our league Google Drive for everyone's viewing convenience. Our league is CUSTOM. We've adapted rules from Advanced & Super Advanced. We do NOT use weather or stadium effects. But we do use the Super Advanced fielding chart as well as custom fielding charts for other situations. We do NOT use holding-on ratings for pitchers, and catchers as we just use stealing ratings and catcher's arms.
We are a 10-team league and would like to expand to 12. We play in Central Jersey and have players from Hudson County, NY, Long Island, NY, Staten Island, NY, Florida, and New Jersey. We do offer the ability to play virtually in situations that are extreme to avoid any forfeitures. We play on Saturdays at 9 a.m. EST at least once a month.
You can click above Pages > Expansion Franchise Application or you can email us at jnjsom.commish@gmail.com
