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Amazin' Avenue Swag Contest: May Results

Congratulations to Sesmus, the winner of the Amazin' Avenue Swag Contest for May! And, thanks to my woeful lack of foresight, I get to ship his swag all the way to Finland!

For those of you who are new to the site or who still don't know what the deal is, all of the information about the contest can be found in the left sidebar under "AA SWAG CONTEST". There you will find a link to the current game, the current month's scoreboard, and the contest rules. If you have any questions about the contest I ask that you read over the rules first. If anything is still unclear after reading them then by all means fire away.

For winning the May contest, Sesmus claimed -- among several options -- the The New York Mets: Greatest Games of Shea Stadium, which is a six-disc collection featuring six of the greatest games ever played at Shea Stadium in their entirety. This includes Game 4 of the 1969 World Series, Game 3 of the 1986 NLCS, Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, Game 5 of the 1999 NLCS, the first game after 9/11, and a walk-off victory against the Yankees in 2006.

Having won a month, Sesmus is not eligible to win another monthly contest this season. If the Mets are fortunate enough to make the postseason we will have some sort of playoff contest, so he would be eligible for any prizes there. Also, there's a chance to win a prize every single game for racking up a perfect 100 on that day's contest, so he (or any other monthly winner) could still cash in there. It's not easy to score perfectly; you have to get all five questions right, including nailing the pitcher's game score right on the nose. However, this is a neat way for past winners to keep playing and for folks who missed a few games or joined the monthly contest too late to participate and still win a prize even if they are too far behind to win the monthly contest.

Here are the top ten scores for the month of May:

AA User April Score
Sesmus 952
simons 898
anonymous 890
IanB in MD 832
Sireric 805
mmxii 593
metslaw 574
ams258 475
gogomets 466
kingcritical 465

The full May scoreboard can be found here. You may notice the occasional duplicate entry because some folks have filled in forms using different e-mail addresses. As a reminder, the scores for the month are aggregated by username and e-mail, so make sure you use the same ones every day. Also, make sure the e-mail address you use matches the one you signed up with here on AA.

Thanks again to everyone who participated this month. I think we all had a lot of fun, and hopefully it made the games and the game chatters here a little more interesting. Here's to more fun and even more participation in June.

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Dag

Congrats Sesmus. I was doing well there for a while, but I got killed by the Atlanta trip (and Memorial Day weekend.)

by IanB in MD on Jun 3, 2008 10:23 AM EDT reply actions  

Hello folks!

I surprised even myself for winning this contest. Sorry I haven’t been too active around here, but a regular 7pm game starts at 2am over here. So I haven’t been around to comment on the game threads. I have read through most of the threads afterward anyway.

Yes, I’m in Finland. My knowledge of baseball comes mostly from playing fantasy baseball and reading blogs like this and other game sites. There isn’t much baseball coverage over here. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to come over in the near future and see a real game.

by Sesmus on Jun 3, 2008 11:06 AM EDT reply actions  

swag question

when do you put up the new swag? how much time before game time do you put up the link? thanks!

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jun 3, 2008 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions  

The game form

It’s usually available at least a few hours before game time.

by Eric Simon on Jun 4, 2008 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions  

Wow, that's awesome

I wondered why I haven’t seen your name much. You’re very devoted!

Fight J-Roll the A-Holl!

by Prince on Jun 3, 2008 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

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