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Homerun Derby Prediction Contest

We'll have a game thread tonight for the homerun derby, and a mini (un)secret swag contest to go along with it. Leave your guesses in the comments:

Goal: Predict the winner (player) of tonight's homerun derby
Tiebreak #1: Homeruns in the final round by the winner
Tiebreak #2: Homeruns hit in the final round by the loser

Obviously, you have to get the Goal correct for either of the tiebreaks to matter. No credit is given for the tiebreaks if you don't actually guess the correct winner. Entries will only be accepted up until 8pm EDT tonight. Good luck!

The contestants are:

American League

Evan Longoria
Justin Morneau
Josh Hamilton
Grady Sizemore

National League

Lance Berkman
Ryan Braun
Dan Uggla
Chase Utley

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Josh Hamilton

Tiebreak #1: 5

Tiebreak #2: 3

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Jul 14, 2008 3:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Chase Utley

Tiebreak #1: 8

Tiebreak #2: 3

by teexxrecks on Jul 14, 2008 3:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Answers

Champion of Home Run Hitting Contest: Berkman
Tiebreaker 1: 6
Tiebreaker 2: 3

by Shomov on Jul 14, 2008 3:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Justin Morneau

tiebreaker 1: 7

tiebreaker 2: 5

by jnt34 on Jul 14, 2008 4:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Grady Sizemore

Tiebreaker 1 – 6
Tiebreaker 2 – 5

by ams258 on Jul 14, 2008 4:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

wow, six entries and six different answers.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Jul 14, 2008 4:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

This means...

...no one knows. Doncha love flyin’ blind?

by IanB in MD on Jul 14, 2008 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

HR DERBY

Hamilton

TB #1: 8

TB #2: 6

by whynot on Jul 14, 2008 4:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Chase Utley

Winner: Chase Utley

Tie Break #1: 7

Tie Break #2: 6

by IanB in MD on Jul 14, 2008 4:33 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

But hey, really...

...this contest is great, but what is the current swag contecst scoreboard lookin’ like?

by IanB in MD on Jul 14, 2008 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah

I want to see how much ass I’m kicking this month.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Jul 14, 2008 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No kidding

I was ahead at last count, and I think I’ve done OK accept for the Win Shares which have exceeded my guesses a bunch.

by IanB in MD on Jul 14, 2008 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

HR Derby

Dan Uggla

TB#1 – 8
TB#2 – 5

by Reg Dunlop on Jul 14, 2008 4:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

HR Derby

Winner: Josh Hamilton

TB 1: 4
TB 2: 3

by Fucilli5 on Jul 14, 2008 4:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Josh Hamilton

T1 = 9
T2 = 5

"It's Father's Day today at Shea, so to all you fathers out there, Happy Birthday." -- Ralph Kiner

by dissento on Jul 14, 2008 4:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Chase Utley

TB #1: 8

TB #2: 4

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Jul 14, 2008 5:14 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Sizemore

1st tiebreaker: 8
2nd tiebreaker: 4

by BobbyV_Incognito on Jul 14, 2008 6:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

winner: Ryan Braun

Tiebreaker #1: 6
Tiebreaker #2: 4

Vote change: DePodesta/Acta in 2009!!!

by Greenpoint Ian on Jul 14, 2008 6:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

OK

Everyone who didn’t pick Hamilton can go to bed.

Vote change: DePodesta/Acta in 2009!!!

by Greenpoint Ian on Jul 14, 2008 9:53 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

woops

i totally misread the tiebreakers. i thought it was homers by winner in first round, homers by winner in second round.

whatever, hamilton could hit 11 in the final round i guess

by JohnPeterson on Jul 14, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Prediction

I’m gonna say Morneau wins it, but only after Josh Hamilton breaks the home run record and knocks a few off the back wall of Yankee Stadium. Long shot, I know. Just a SWAG.

The 2008 NY Mets: Reyes singles. Castillo infield single. Wright walks. Beltran lines out. ZaBlanc bitches. Delgado strikes out. Reyes picked off third. Fans boo. Padres win 2-1.

by ZaBlanc on Jul 15, 2008 12:17 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

And the winner is...

who?

"It's Father's Day today at Shea, so to all you fathers out there, Happy Birthday." -- Ralph Kiner

by dissento on Jul 15, 2008 12:14 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

looks like jnt34

He’s the only one who picked Morneau.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Jul 15, 2008 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yea

He basically signed up an account just to enter. He’s a Sawx fan.

by Eric Simon on Jul 18, 2008 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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