Almost the Easiest World Series Contest on the Web -- The Winners

Well hell I have to say I'm glad to see that game 7 was a real chess match. I didn't see Hudson only lasting 1 2/3 innings, but after Bumgarner came in I think it was over for the Royals. Anywho...

Congratulations to Paul Hadsall who writes the great blog Paul's Random Baseball Stuff.
Paul was the only person to correctly pick that the Giants would win the World Series.  And honestly that's the whole contest.  Here's Paul's winning entry.

Paul Hadsall - San Francisco over Detroit, 5 games, 6 HRs, pimped

Here is what a winning entry and all the correct tie breakers are

Giants over Royals, 7 games, 5 home runs.


But it's always nice when we don't have to go to the tie breakers.  And we had a great turn out this year.  43 people signed up without even knowing what I was giving away! Suckers.  Last year we had 30 entries, 2012 we had only 12, frowny face, and for the inaugural contest way back in 2011 we had 21, so a great turn out this year for sure.  I'm hoping for over 50 entries next year and hopefully I won't be in the throws of new baby, home renovation, work distopia and be able to assemble a great prize package for my 5th contest.

We had a great match up going into the World Series with 5 players making it to the final round, but only two really in contention and if the Royals had won, Jupiterhill would have correctly predicted the winner and the match up and the correct amount of homers.

So congrats to Paul, who's a Mets fan and will be getting a nice little Mets bonus in with his other prizes.  

But I know you're all waiting for the door prize drawing.  I had a nice box set of 1991 Score Rookies that contained a sweet Tim McIntosh rookie card.  I also have other stuff to include in the package, but I'll let that be a surprise to the winner.  

So I entered all 43 people into a list randomizer over at Random.org.  If you promoted the contest you got an extra entry.  I randomized the list 3 times and here are the results.

Congratulations to Nick from Dime Boxes - The Low End Baseball Card Collector's Journey. 

And thanks again everybody who entered. 

Almost the Easiest World Series Contest on the Web IV - It's almost over...

Could be over tonight, who knows?  Looked like Kansas City was going to roll over the Giants, but wow has the momentum shifted. And holy crap has Bumgarner put up a couple gems.

Anywho it was pointed out after my last contest post that there were really only two people left, even if 5 qualified for the final round and that's because Paul was the only one to pick the Giants and Jupiterhill was the only one to pick the Royals opponent correctly.  It'll be interesting to see how all the stats line up with it's all said and done.

Up for grabs was some great mid-nineties box sets, a couple relics and autos and of course the most coveted prize of all ...

The ATEWSCOTW4 certification of awesomeness.

Here were the final five's picks


Josh D. - Royals over Dodgers. 7 games. 6 HRs

Jeff S - KC Royals over Pirates in 7 games, 5 HRs. pimped

Paul Hadsall - San Francisco over Detroit, 5 games, 6 HRs, pimped

Jupiterhill -  Royals over the Giants in 6 games, with 5 homers.

Fuji - Royals over Dodgers, 6 games, 8 home runs

And I'll have the door prize drawing later as well.

Thanks everybody enjoy the game(s).

cb out

Almost the Easiest World Series Contest on the Web 4 - World Series Round

Well I got to see zero games in the league championships, but I've been checking box scores.

Out of 14 contestants we're down to 5.  Four picking the Royals and only one person picked the Giants to win it all.

Here are the picks going into the championship series.


John Hazen - Baltimore over the Nats 7 games 8 homeruns

hiflew - Orioles over the Cardinals in 6 games. 9 HRs.

Josh D. - Royals over Dodgers. 7 games. 6 HRs

Jeff S - KC Royals over Pirates in 7 games, 5 HRs. pimped

Red Cardboard - Cardinals over Orioles, 5 games, 5 HRs

Ryan H - Orioles over Pirates in 6 games with 9 homers

Paul Hadsall - San Francisco over Detroit, 5 games, 6 HRs, pimped

Jupiterhill -  Royals over the Giants in 6 games, with 5 homers.

Superduperman99 - Cardinals over Royals in 6 and 6 Home Runs

dgao - Cardinals over Angels in 6 games. 7 home runs.

Fuji - Royals over Dodgers, 6 games, 8 home runs

Praline - Orioles over Giants 7 homers, 6 games

Mets Cardboard - Orioles over Dodgers, 6 games, 13 home runs

Wilson - Baltimore over San Francisco, 6 games, 10 HR, pimped


And since we have the Giants and Royals in the World Series why not sweeten the pot with a couple cards from each team.

Unfortunately my secret stash is a little short on great Giants and Royals cards, but I did manage to find a couple cool cards.  First up is the Steve Holm Auto.  Steve didn't have a very long career with the Giants or a very good one, but he does have this auto from 2009 Upper Deck.

I couldn't find any autos for the Royals in my stash, but I did find a nice Mike Sweeney relic from the 2003 Finest set.  Sweeny had a nice long career in the Major and spent 12 years with the Royals. Mike ended his career in 2011 by signing a one day contract so he could end his career as a Royal after playing with the Athletics, Mariners and Phillies.

 Another fun fact about Mike Sweeny is that I am exactly 2 days older than him.

I also plan on added some cards to the winners favorite team and the same for the door prize winner.

Alright here are the final 5.  Good luck guys.




Josh D. - Royals over Dodgers. 7 games. 6 HRs

Jeff S - KC Royals over Pirates in 7 games, 5 HRs. pimped

Paul Hadsall - San Francisco over Detroit, 5 games, 6 HRs, pimped

Jupiterhill -  Royals over the Giants in 6 games, with 5 homers.

Fuji - Royals over Dodgers, 6 games, 8 home runs

Almost the Easiest World Series Contest on the Web - The culling.

Wow what a great start to the playoffs.  Some epic games and epic meltdowns, but at least it made for some entertaining baseball for a guy who has no vested interest in any of the teams.  That being said I was able to pull out a few of the prizes I'm giving away for the winner of the contest.  I'll most likely add a few more when I find them.  But up first are two great mid-90's Pinnacle sets.  I picked these up from Bosco's warehouse sale late last year and have been saving them especially for this contest.  They have some great names in the sets and of course they are packaged to look like condom boxes.

Well we lost about 3/4 of your field with the wild card game and divisional series.  When the smoked cleared we had 14 left and we have at least one pick for all 4 of the final teams.  So at least someone will have correctly picked the winner of the World Series!!

Alex Markle - Dodgers over Angels, 6 games, 9 homers.

Greg Zakwin - Dodgers over Angels,  7 Games, 7 homers

defgav - Detroit over St Louis, 5 games, 12 HRs, pimped

JediJeff - Nats over the Orioles in 6 games - 7 dingers

Need More Cardboard -  Nationals over Tigers in 5, 8 homers

night owl - DODGERS over Tigers, 6 games. 9 home runs.

Corky - The Angels over the Dodgers in 6 games with 7 homers, pimped

Daniel Wilson - Detroit over Dodgers, 7 games, 8 home runs

Play at the Plate - Dodgers over Orioles in 6 games 13 homers.

Matthew Scott - Nationals over Tigers in 7 games. 7 homeruns.

John Hazen - Baltimore over the Nats 7 games 8 homeruns

Al Kawamoto - Detroit over Washington 6 games 9 HR

Nachos Grande - Dodgers over Orioles in 5 games. 8 HRs

hiflew - Orioles over the Cardinals in 6 games. 9 HRs.

Tony L.- Dodgers over Orioles, 7 games, 8 homeruns. pimped

The Lost Collector - A's over Nats, 6 games, 6 homers.

Josh D. - Royals over Dodgers. 7 games. 6 HRs

The Angels In Order - Angels over Nationals, 6 games, 4 HR.

Jeff S - KC Royals over Pirates in 7 games, 5 HRs. pimped

AdamE - Nats over Tigers - 6 games - 4 HRs

Steve D. - Dodgers over Tigers, 6 games, 8 home runs

Nick - A's over Dodgers, 7 games, 11 HRs

Red Cardboard - Cardinals over Orioles, 5 games, 5 HRs

Keith G - Angels over Nationals in 7 games 10 HRs. pimped

Marcus - Nats over Angels, 6 games, 6 homers.

Richard Nebe Jr - Nats over the O's in 6 with 8 homers, pimped

Ryan H - Orioles over Pirates in 6 games with 9 homers

yokonashiwa - Dodgers over the Angels in 7 games with 13 home runs

CaptKirk42 - Nationals over Angels in 6 games 12 Homers.

Brad's Blog - Tiger over nationals, 5 games, 10 homers,

mmosley - Nationals over Tigers, 6 games, 5 HR

Paul Hadsall - San Francisco over Detroit, 5 games, 6 HRs, pimped

Jupiterhill -  Royals over the Giants in 6 games, with 5 homers.

RAZ - Tigers over Giants in 6, with 10 home runs.

Dan - Nationals over Angels, 5 games, 4 home runs

Superduperman99 - Cardinals over Royals in 6 and 6 Home Runs

Shane Kroeker - Dodgers over Tigers in 7 games. 10 home runs

dgao - Cardinals over Angels in 6 games. 7 home runs.

irondequoit36 - Dodgers over Orioles , 5 games 11 home runs .

Fuji - Royals over Dodgers, 6 games, 8 home runs

Praline - Orioles over Giants 7 homers, 6 games

Mets Cardboard - Orioles over Dodgers, 6 games, 13 home runs

Wilson - Baltimore over San Francisco, 6 games, 10 HR, pimped

I also pulled this out to start the door prize pool.  A cool Score box set of 1991 Rookies.  Sure you probably won't recognize any of the names. But you get 40 glossy players cards and 5 magic motion trivia cards, oh those classic Score magic motion cards, so annoying.

Here is a list of the final 14. Like I said all 4 final teams are picked at least once.  

John Hazen - Baltimore over the Nats 7 games 8 homeruns

hiflew - Orioles over the Cardinals in 6 games. 9 HRs.

Josh D. - Royals over Dodgers. 7 games. 6 HRs

Jeff S - KC Royals over Pirates in 7 games, 5 HRs. pimped

Red Cardboard - Cardinals over Orioles, 5 games, 5 HRs

Ryan H - Orioles over Pirates in 6 games with 9 homers

Paul Hadsall - San Francisco over Detroit, 5 games, 6 HRs, pimped

Jupiterhill -  Royals over the Giants in 6 games, with 5 homers.

Superduperman99 - Cardinals over Royals in 6 and 6 Home Runs

dgao - Cardinals over Angels in 6 games. 7 home runs.

Fuji - Royals over Dodgers, 6 games, 8 home runs

Praline - Orioles over Giants 7 homers, 6 games

Mets Cardboard - Orioles over Dodgers, 6 games, 13 home runs

Wilson - Baltimore over San Francisco, 6 games, 10 HR, pimped

Thanks again for everyone who entered and who promoted the contest.  Good luck.

Almost the Easiest World Series Contest on the Web Official Entries Post

Wow I'm way behind. I blame my last work trip.  Being stuck in a remote Alaska village for a week didn't help me get this contest back on track.

 First I want to thank everyone who entered. By my count we had 43!! That's a great turn out and probably my best yet, especially when I didn't even tell you what you could win.  Well on that note, I still haven't found time to dig out the prizes, so you'll have to wait another day or so.  Also being so far behind we're already on the League Championships and sadly when I was working up this post noticed that most of the field is already gone.  I was kind of pulling for the Dodgers, but what can you do those Cardinals are a comeback team.

OK so this post will serve as the official entries post. If you notice I made a mistake let me know, I did just cut and pasted your entries, so they should be right. Also if you promoted the contest and don't see a pimped by your entry let me know so you get your bonus entry into the door prize drawing.

Official Entries -

Alex Markle - Dodgers over Angels, 6 games, 9 homers.

Greg Zakwin - Dodgers over Angels,  7 Games, 7 homers

defgav - Detroit over St Louis, 5 games, 12 HRs, pimped

JediJeff - Nats over the Orioles in 6 games - 7 dingers

Need More Cardboard -  Nationals over Tigers in 5, 8 homers

night owl - DODGERS over Tigers, 6 games. 9 home runs.

Corky - The Angels over the Dodgers in 6 games with 7 homers, pimped

Daniel Wilson - Detroit over Dodgers, 7 games, 8 home runs

Play at the Plate - Dodgers over Orioles in 6 games 13 homers.

Matthew Scott - Nationals over Tigers in 7 games. 7 homeruns.

John Hazen - Baltimore over the Nats 7 games 8 homeruns

Al Kawamoto - Detroit over Washington 6 games 9 HR

Nachos Grande - Dodgers over Orioles in 5 games. 8 HRs

hiflew - Orioles over the Cardinals in 6 games. 9 HRs.

Tony L.- Dodgers over Orioles, 7 games, 8 homeruns. pimped

The Lost Collector - A's over Nats, 6 games, 6 homers.

Josh D. - Royals over Dodgers. 7 games. 6 HRs

The Angels In Order - Angels over Nationals, 6 games, 4 HR.

Jeff S - KC Royals over Pirates in 7 games, 5 HRs. pimped

AdamE - Nats over Tigers - 6 games - 4 HRs

Steve D. - Dodgers over Tigers, 6 games, 8 home runs

Nick - A's over Dodgers, 7 games, 11 HRs

Red Cardboard - Cardinals over Orioles, 5 games, 5 HRs

Keith G - Angels over Nationals in 7 games 10 HRs. pimped

Marcus - Nats over Angels, 6 games, 6 homers.

Richard Nebe Jr - Nats over the O's in 6 with 8 homers, pimped

Ryan H - Orioles over Pirates in 6 games with 9 homers

yokonashiwa - Dodgers over the Angels in 7 games with 13 home runs

CaptKirk42 - Nationals over Angels in 6 games 12 Homers.

Brad's Blog - Tiger over nationals, 5 games, 10 homers,

mmosley - Nationals over Tigers, 6 games, 5 HR

Paul Hadsall - San Francisco over Detroit, 5 games, 6 HRs, pimped

Jupiterhill -  Royals over the Giants in 6 games, with 5 homers.

RAZ - Tigers over Giants in 6, with 10 home runs.

Dan - Nationals over Angels, 5 games, 4 home runs

Superduperman99 - Cardinals over Royals in 6 and 6 Home Runs

Shane Kroeker - Dodgers over Tigers in 7 games. 10 home runs

dgao - Cardinals over Angels in 6 games. 7 home runs.

irondequoit36 - Dodgers over Orioles , 5 games 11 home runs .

Fuji - Royals over Dodgers, 6 games, 8 home runs

Praline - Orioles over Giants 7 homers, 6 games

Mets Cardboard - Orioles over Dodgers, 6 games, 13 home runs

Wilson - Baltimore over San Francisco, 6 games, 10 HR, pimped

I'll should have an update post later tonight or sometime tomorrow.

Thanks again.

Almost the Easiest World Series Contest on the Web IV - Final reminder, I promise

Alright last reminder I promise.  Contest ends tomorrow at noon my time. That would be 4 pm eastern. I might still be out in the middle of nowhere, can't say, these reminders were scheduled days ago knowing I'd be gone on a work trip.

For all the details and to enter GO HERE.

And thanks for making another great contest.

Almost the Easiest World Series Contest on the Web - Almost Final reminder post

Yeah another reminder, but I'm gone and I don't want you all to forget.  Still plenty of time to enter, but the deadline is fast approaching.  You have until Sunday Oct 5th at Noon Alaska time, 4pm EST to get your pick in.

And don't forget to promote the contest on your blog if you have one for a bonus entry into the door prize drawing.

GO HERE TO ENTER.

Almost the Easiest World Series Contest on the Web - 2nd Reminder

I know these aren't real posts and I'm not really here I'm out in the remote Alaska village of Cold Bay, but I still want you to get in on my contest. I promise cool, at least cool to me, prizes and I've decided if we get at least 40, I would love 50, but I'll take 40 entries I'll throw in something else cool.  Don't forget to pimp the contest for an added bonus entry into the door prize.

GO HERE TO ENTER.

Almost the Easiest World Series Contest on the Web IV - 1st reminder

Don't forget my annual World Series contest going on if you haven't signed up already!  And don't forget to pimp the contest for an extra entry into the door prize drawing.

Don't leave your guess on this post GO HERE to enter or click the link on the sidebar!! Hurry you have until Sunday Oct 5th, Noon Alaska time, 4pm EST.

Almost the Easiest World Series Contest on the Web 4!!! Official entry post

Wow seems like the Summer just flew by.  And while I've had a hard time finding time and things to post about it's still contest time.  The end of summer means baseball playoffs and that can only mean one thing, the Collector's Crack 4th Annual Almost the Easiest World Series Contest on the Web!!!



Been a wild year in both leagues. My team spent 150 days in first place this year and didn't make the playoffs.


No change in the contest.  Same rules apply.  I just want you to tell me who's going to win the World Series.  But of course more than one person might pick the right team, so we have to have some tie breaks.  So for tie breakers I want you to tell me who the opponent is, how many games in the series, and total home runs hit during the series, both teams.

So your entry should look something like this


Detroit over St Louis, 5 games, 12 HRs.

Pretty straight forward right?  So what will you win?  Well I've been socking away great stuff all year The winner will receive a great prize package,  plus I'll probably throw in a some cards from your favorite team.  I'll post more on the prizes later after I dig them out.

But wait that's not all.  I will be doing a door prize again just for entering everyone is in.  And if you happen to have a blog and want to promote my contest you will receive an extra entry.  The list will be entered into Random.com's list randomizer and randomized 3 times.

Alright well I have to leave town for one more work trip.  I should be back by Oct 6th. I'm opening the contest from now till next Sunday noon Alaska time, 4pm on the East coast.  That being said I know that there are still the one game wild cards and by Sunday there will already been two divisional playoff games, so you're more than welcome to wait till later in the week to make a guess.

Here are the teams to choose from.

American League
Baltimore Orioles
Detroit Tigers
Kansas City Royals
LA Angels
Oakland Athletics

National League
Washington Nationals
St Louis Cardinals
Pittsburgh Pirates
LA Dodgers
San Francisco Giants

So get guessing. Don't forget to leave a link to your blog if you promoted the contest for your extra entry into the door prize.