Since the Cubs only have one player on the All-Star squad and I fear the game will be rather uninteresting (it's in St. Louis, where interesting goes to die), I've decided to hold an All-Star contest.
All you have to do is tell me which team will win the 2009 All-Star Game and which player will be the MVP. In case of a tie, please predict the final score. Closest guess to the actual score will win. That's it. The winner will receive his or her choice of t-shirts from the Bush League Times store. Enter as many times as you'd like by entering your guess in the comments section of this post. You must enter before 6:00pm on July 14th. All guesses after 6pm will not be eligible for prizes.
Winners will be contacted on Wednesday July 15th via email to claim their prize. Good luck to everyone.
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10 comments:
1. National League
2. Albert Pujols
3. 6-2
My t-shirt size is XL
Good luck Anonymous. If you win, just tell me where to drop off the t-shirt. I promise, I won't allow myself to be followed and no cops. Your identity will remain a secret.
1. AM
2. Tim L
3. Who cares about the final score, it's all about the individual performance of the all star. 3-4, 3 runs, 1 rbi and one long fuckin list full of complaints.
My shirt size is a L. If I win, shoot me an email at NoWhiners@fuckyourself.com and we can arrange pickup.
1. American League
2. A-Rod
3. 9-4
I'm an XL, deliver anytime!!
Good luck Niles. It's going to be tough for you, ARod's not even on the roster. You may want to take another crack at this.
Yep, these are my readers. Wait, what? That's taken already?
I'll go with 7-5 AL, with Longoria.
I'm just speculating though so I hope Ken Rosenthal doesn't get mad at me. He's a big fan of Joe Morgan who won't commit to predicting anything.
OK, so let's handicap the event:
Anonymous - Good guesses, but disqualified due to having no known address.
Splitter - Let's give him a typo on the winner and say he meant AL (not AM) then that's a good choice. There are no Tims that I'm aware of in the ASG so he can't win #2 but his final score prediction of 3-4 seems reasonable. Potential for two points here.
3. Straightouttaniles gets a chance for two as well, though he obviously can't win the MVP vote.
4. Dan O'Clock was on the right track until Longoria showed up too hungover to play, so he's just got a shot at 2 of three as well.
Chances are looking good, I'm just going to try making three choices that have a *chance* at winning:
AL 6, NL 3 MVP: Joe Mauer
Alright Longoria is out now, I'll go with Inge to revenge his shutout last night.
I'm almost positive "revenge his shutout" is not English.
So if my calculations are correct, it looks like the Splitter won this contest. I know he had some spelling errors and some of the syntax got messed up but he got the winning team right and was dead-on about the score. It was strange of him to choose Tim Lincecum as his MVP on the losing team but hey, not a bad effort.
Nice job Splitter!!!!!
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