Baseball is on the table even as snow flies at annual Stratcon

 Bob L’Heureux, center, of Scarborough plays Todd Sterling of Virginia during a game of Strat-O-Matic baseball at Maine Stratcon XIII on Saturday at the Residence Inn By Marriott in Bath. Sterling won 4-3 and 10-1 to eliminate L’Heureux in the playoffs. (Daryn Slover/Staff Photographer) View 7 photos BATH — Outside, it’s snowing. Inside a conference room at the Residence Inn, Aramis Ramirez is hitting dingers. “Yes! Another one!,” yells Dustin Anderson, as he high-fives his father, Joel, his co-manager of the Maldives Maulers. This is Stratcon XIII, a midwinter love letter to baseball and fellowship. If you’re not familiar with Strat-O-Matic Baseball, think Dungeons and Dragons with real baseball players. Every player is represented on a card that simulates his strengths and weaknesses. Each at-bat is decided by a roll of dice. Baseball fans have been playing Strat-O-Matic since the early 1960s. They wait for the release of the previous season’s cards every February. For a lot of fans, holding the sheets of new cards is as much a harbinger of the upcoming season as spring training. [](https://www.pressherald.com/author/travis-lazarczyk/) Related [More commentary from Travis Lazarczyk](https://www.pressherald.com/author/travis-lazarczyk/) The 18.... --- *Note: This is a summarized excerpt. Click the source link above to read the full story.*