THE SOMBILLA

The SOMBILLA (Strat-O-Matic Baseball Ivy League League - Advanced) is an eight-team face-to face Strat-O-Matic draft league based in Greater Boston. The league plays a 56-game schedule from November through February, using the previous year's cards. The Playoffs and World Series are held in March, and the annual meeting and draft is late March or early April. The SOMBILLA's 46^th season began November 2^nd.

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Draft March 28, 2026
2025-2026 season - League Leaders, All stats, Second half schedule
Pre-season issue - featuring the league's predictions!
2025 Summer Newsletter - Post-season wrap-up, meeting minutes, all-new studies and more!

Rosters

The SOMBILLA archives :

Year by year standings, stats and summaries from 1979-2020 (including Twits Notes, the world’s first blog);
League Records;
Strat-O-Matic and SOMBILLA studies;
Robin and Arnie's Interview with FanGraphs Podcast 11/6/2018 ; SOMBILLA featured in the Boston Globe, 2012; Interview with Ultimate Strat Baseball, 2016
Stories and articles from the SOMBILLA newsletter , including " Gamer introduces future wife to S-O-M Baseball on first date" (as published in the Strat-O-Matic Review December 1985), "The Tale of a Tournament Championship" (May 1987)

Bylaws and rules
Free agent/rookie drafts: 2025, 2024,2023,2022, 2021
Drafts and analysis 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 , 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 , 2001 , 2000 , 1999 , 1998 , 1997 , 1996 , 1995 , 1994 , 1993 , 1985

Here are some other related links:

The official Strat-O-Matic home page - direct from the creator's office
NBC sports MLB player news
Strat-O-Matic Fan Forum
Somworld - Great Strat-O-Matic website
Questions? Comments? Criticisms? Send an e-mail to Arnie Pollinger at arniep@verizon.net