Haven't done any of the side bet prizes for July, but will take care of that this week. The Hit Streak Contest, 2014 August Edition will open up on Friday August 1st.
Basic rules- pick a player, if he gets a hit, you are good. If for whatever reason he doesn't get a hit that day, you will get a strike. This time around, we will go with three strikes and you are out, rather than one and done. And there will be no minimum number of games needed to be played to win. Once you have selected a player, you can not choose him again. Your pick must be made prior to the FIRST GAME of the day. Pretty basic stuff.
Twists this time around:
1 - mentioned above - once you get a third strike, you are eliminated rather than one and done.
2 - I am hosting a side contest for those interested. I am participating in the contest and anyone who would like to challenge me is welcome. If you are interested in the challenge, just note it with your first pick. If you beat me, you can pick any card off of my Blog Tradelist as a prize (GU's/Autos etc. not included). If I beat you, I get to pick any card off your Trade Page. Max Value of $5 card. The side contest is COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY.
**Please edit your initial post with your picks**
**Please include the players team name with your pick**CAN NOT EMPHASIZE THIS ONE ENOUGH!!!!
Bumping up the prizes again this year.
The winner of the contest will get to choose one card from the A list, one card from the B list and one card from the C list:
A LIST:
2005 DONRUSS CLASSICS: AMBIORIX BURGOS ROYALS/750
2004 DONRUSS ELITE IAN SNELL/750 PIRATES
B LIST:
DONTRELLE WILLIS:07 Artifacts Artifacts Apparel/199 MARLINS
2007 Goudey VLADIMIR GUERRERO ANGELS
C LIST:
Michael Young:07 Ultimate Collection Ultimate Star Materials
ROCCO BALDELLI:06 UD Artifacts AL ARTIFACTS/250 DEVIL RAYS
We had 18 paticipants last month, would love to see even more this time around.
Good luck - the contest officially starts Friday, August 1st.
And, as promised, I have decided to take the game up a notch for the participants. Since this is a hit streak contest, time to honor the two longest on record in MLB. Anyone who goes 45 games without missing will get a Pete Rose AU card and anyone who can go 57 games will get a Joe DiMaggio card (I probably can't afford an AU card, but will get you something nice). I will carry it month to month, so mm1sub has a three game streak going, everyone else will start at zero. Longest "streak" last month was 7 games, so lets see if the milestone numbers can be achieved this month.
Game 1 - Melky Cabrera - Blue Jays
Game 2 - Miguel Cabrera - Tigers
Game 3 - Dee Gordon - Dodgers **STRIKE 1**
Game 4 - Ian Kinsler - Tigers
Game 5 - Adam Eaton - White Sox **STRIKE 2**
Game 6 - Mike Trout - Angels
Basic rules- pick a player, if he gets a hit, you are good. If for whatever reason he doesn't get a hit that day, you will get a strike. This time around, we will go with three strikes and you are out, rather than one and done. And there will be no minimum number of games needed to be played to win. Once you have selected a player, you can not choose him again. Your pick must be made prior to the FIRST GAME of the day. Pretty basic stuff.
Twists this time around:
1 - mentioned above - once you get a third strike, you are eliminated rather than one and done.
2 - I am hosting a side contest for those interested. I am participating in the contest and anyone who would like to challenge me is welcome. If you are interested in the challenge, just note it with your first pick. If you beat me, you can pick any card off of my Blog Tradelist as a prize (GU's/Autos etc. not included). If I beat you, I get to pick any card off your Trade Page. Max Value of $5 card. The side contest is COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY.
**Please edit your initial post with your picks**
**Please include the players team name with your pick**CAN NOT EMPHASIZE THIS ONE ENOUGH!!!!
Bumping up the prizes again this year.
The winner of the contest will get to choose one card from the A list, one card from the B list and one card from the C list:
A LIST:
2005 DONRUSS CLASSICS: AMBIORIX BURGOS ROYALS/750
2004 DONRUSS ELITE IAN SNELL/750 PIRATES
B LIST:
DONTRELLE WILLIS:07 Artifacts Artifacts Apparel/199 MARLINS
2007 Goudey VLADIMIR GUERRERO ANGELS
C LIST:
Michael Young:07 Ultimate Collection Ultimate Star Materials
ROCCO BALDELLI:06 UD Artifacts AL ARTIFACTS/250 DEVIL RAYS
We had 18 paticipants last month, would love to see even more this time around.
Good luck - the contest officially starts Friday, August 1st.
And, as promised, I have decided to take the game up a notch for the participants. Since this is a hit streak contest, time to honor the two longest on record in MLB. Anyone who goes 45 games without missing will get a Pete Rose AU card and anyone who can go 57 games will get a Joe DiMaggio card (I probably can't afford an AU card, but will get you something nice). I will carry it month to month, so mm1sub has a three game streak going, everyone else will start at zero. Longest "streak" last month was 7 games, so lets see if the milestone numbers can be achieved this month.
Game 1 - Melky Cabrera - Blue Jays
Game 2 - Miguel Cabrera - Tigers
Game 3 - Dee Gordon - Dodgers **STRIKE 1**
Game 4 - Ian Kinsler - Tigers
Game 5 - Adam Eaton - White Sox **STRIKE 2**
Game 6 - Mike Trout - Angels
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