With a wide array of sports to pick this past week, it all came down to the tiebreaker to find our winner. The Blogger posted a respectable total of 7 and several others topped him with 8, but it was Lukas Mitchell walking away with the weekly prize based on his tiebreaker prediction of 11 runs in the Yankees-Red Sox game. Congrats to Lukas and good luck to all this week.
Lukas Beat the Blogger, Can you?
Last week's winning picks are posted below and this week's picks will be posted Monday p.m. Good luck and spread the word on the contest before there is no more contest. THIS MEANS YOU, SEE BELOW FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
Copy and paste our link and send it to your friends on Facebook, Twitter and anywhere else so they can be a part of the action and we can boost our total list of contestants, http://blog.tuffstuff.com/7thinning/
With the number of weekly participants slipping a bit the last few weeks I'm making a call to action to all of our regulars to do some recruiting. While more people means more work for the Blogger and more people for the Blogger to go up against, I welcome the challenge and offer this challenge to you: If each player can recruit 10 new players and we can boost the total to 200 or more, I'll triple the weekly prize. So spread the word about the contest to all your co-workers, family and friends and meet that goal and boost the prize.
Copy and paste our link and send it to your friends so they can be a part of the action, http://blog.tuffstuff.com/7thinning/
This week's winners are posted below so check to see how you fared against the field.
While I enjoy giving prizes to several people vs. having just one weekly winner, from
this point forward contestants will be asked to provide a tie-breaker on the week's last game so we narrow our winner down to one. Contestants will now be asked to predict the total score from the last game on the list and the closest to the actual score will be deemed the winner).
I'll also require contestants to post their e-mail address with their picks so I can track down the winners easier.
For those unfamiliar with the Beat the Blogger contest, the idea is simple. The Blogger posts 10 matchups each week and then selects his choices for the winners of those matchups. Contestants enter the Beat the Blogger contest by clicking on the “Comment” section below the post with the matchups and then select their own 10 winners.
You can also designate one of your picks as a “Doubler” and you will receive an extra point if you're correct so don't forget to designate your “Doubler” pick and increase your chances of winning. If you Beat The Blogger's total and post the high score for the week, you win. The regular weekly prize is an authentic signed 8-by-10 color photo of stars such as LaDainian Tomlinson, Drew Brees, Marshall Faulk, Santonio Holmes, Gale Sayers, Catfish Hunter and many more. From time to time, the Blogger will sweeten the pot for the weekly contest so look for special prize packages.
This week's matchups
Saturday & Sunday, April 10, 11
NBA Basketball
Boston at Milwaukee
San Antonio at Denver
Orlando at Cleveland
Portland at LA Lakers
Houston at Phoenix
MLB
Minnesota at Chicago White Sox
Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati
St. Louis at Milwaukee
LA Dodgers at Florida
Atlanta at San Francisco
Tiebreaker: Total runs in Atlanta/SF game ( )
April 10 & 11
NBA
1-Milwaukee
2-Denver
3-Orlando
4-Lakers-(doubler)
5-Houston
MLB
1-Chi.White Sox
2-Cubs
3-Milwaukee
4-Dodgers
5-San Francisco-7 total runs
simoneb1965@yahoo.com
Sat/Sun 04/10 & 11
NBA
-Boston
-Denver-(Doubler)
-Cleveland
-Lakers
-Phoenix
MLB
-Minnesota
-Reds
-Cards
-Florida
-Atlanta
Tie Breaker 6 total runs in Atl./S.F. game
martymet1@yahoo.com
Scott…sorry I’ve missed the last couple of weeks…but I’m back now…
NBA Basketball
Boston at Milwaukee
Denver
Cleveland
LA Lakers (DOUBLER)
Phoenix
MLB
Minnesota
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis
LA Dodgers
San Francisco
Tiebreaker: Total runs in Atlanta/SF game (8)
NBA
BOSTON (DOUBLER)
DENVER
ORLANDO
LA LAKERS
PHOENIX
MLB
MINN
CHICAGO
STL CARDS
LA DODGERS
ATLANTA
8
NBA
BOSTON
SAN ANTONIO
CLEVELAND
LA LAKERS DOUBLER
PHOENIX
MLB
CHI SOX
CHI CUBS
STL CARDS
LA DODGERS
SAN FRAN GIANTS
TOTAL RUNS 9
NBA Basketball
Boston at Milwaukee (boston)
San Antonio at Denver (san antonio)
Orlando at Cleveland (cleveland)
Portland at LA Lakers (lakers)
Houston at Phoenix (phoenix)
MLB
Minnesota at Chicago White Sox (white sox)
Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati (reds)
St. Louis at Milwaukee (cardinals)
LA Dodgers at Florida (dodgers)
Atlanta at San Francisco (giants)(doubler)
Tiebreaker: Total runs in Atlanta/SF game (5)
sportykerrin@yahoo.com
1. Boston
2. Denver
3. Cleveland
4. LA Lakers, doubler
5. Phoenix
6. Chicago White Sox
7. Chicago Cubs
8. Milwaukee
9. LA Dodgers
10. Atlanta
Tiebreaker: Total runs in Atlanta/SF game (9)
Boston
Denver
Cleveland
LA Lakers
Phoenix
Chicago
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis
LA Dodgers
Atlanta Braves (doubler) (11 runs)
Milwaukee
San Antonio
Orlando
Portland
Houston (doubler)
Minnesota
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Florida
Atlanta (8)
This week’s matchups
Saturday & Sunday, April 10, 11
NBA Basketball
Boston at Milwaukee (Boston) (Doubler)
San Antonio at Denver (San Antonio)
Orlando at Cleveland (Cleveland)
Portland at LA Lakers (LA Lakers)
Houston at Phoenix (Houston)
MLB
Minnesota at Chicago White Sox (Minnesota)
Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati (Chicago Cubs)
St. Louis at Milwaukee (Milwaukee)
LA Dodgers at Florida (LA Dodgers)
Atlanta at San Francisco (San Francisco)
Tiebreaker: Total runs in Atlanta/SF game (7)
NBA Basketball
MilwaukeE
San Antonio
Orlando
PortLAND
Phoenix
MLB
Chicago White Sox
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis DOUBLER
LA DodgeRS
San Francisco
Tiebreaker: Total runs in Atlanta/SF game 8
STEVE EMERICK
SJEMERICK@AOL.COM
NBA Basketball
Boston
Denver
Orlando
LA Lakers
Phoenix
MLB
Chicago White Sox
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis
Florida
Atlanta
Tiebreaker: Total runs in Atlanta/SF game (9)
I forgot to mark my DOUBLER.
NBA Basketball
Boston
Denver
Orlando – DOUBLER
LA Lakers
Phoenix
MLB
Chicago White Sox
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis
Florida
Atlanta
Tiebreaker: Total runs in Atlanta/SF game (9)
Saturday & Sunday, April 10, 11
NBA Basketball
Boston at Milwaukee (Boston)
San Antonio at Denver (Denver)
Orlando at Cleveland (Cleveland)
Portland at LA Lakers (LA Lakers)(Doubler)
Houston at Phoenix (Phoenix)
MLB
Minnesota at Chicago White Sox (Chicago)
Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati (Cincinnati)
St. Louis at Milwaukee (St. Louis)
LA Dodgers at Florida (Florida)
Atlanta at San Francisco (San Francisco)
Tiebreaker: Total runs in Atlanta/SF game (7)
klabansky@hotmail.com
MILWAUKEE
DENVER
CLEVELAND
LAKERS…DOUBLER
PHOENIX
MINNESOTA
CINCY
ST. LOUIS
FLORIDA
ATLANTA
7
knewt2007@yahoo.com