Clogging The Bases - All-Star Game Edition
by Eric Stephen on Jul 13, 2009 10:16 AM PDT
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Welcome to our July contest, "Clogging The Bases."
The contest is about total bases for both teams in each Dodger game, and the All-Star Game. For each game, you have to guess two things:
1) Combined Total Bases From Both Teams, including singles, doubles (2 bases), triples (3 bases), homers (4 bases), walks (1 base), HBP (1 base), and net stolen bases (SB - CS, 1 base)
2) First player to score a run in the game
As an example, the June 30th Dodgers/Rockies game featured 5 singles, 2 homers, 3 walks, and one net stolen base, so the number of total bases was 17. This was an extraordinarily low number. The first player to score was Hawpe.
The most important thing is to guess the correct number of total bases. There cannot be multiple guesses of the same total bases.
The next most important thing is to guess the first player to score a run. There can be multiple guesses of the same player, but no identical guesses with the same total bases and player.
In case of a tie of total bases with no correct player scoring, under beats over.
If there is nobody within 10 total bases of the actual total, yet someone picks the correct player to score the first run of the game, that person will win.
If there is nobody within 10 total bases of the actual total, and nobody picks the correct player to score the first run of the game, nobody wins.
Only guesses in this thread will count, and they must be received before the first pitch of the game.
Here are the lineups for the All-Star Game. Complete rosters are here. First pitch is Tuesday at roughly just after 5pm:
| National |
American | |||
| SS | H.Ramirez | RF | Ichiro |
|
| 2B | Utley | SS | Jeter | |
| 1B | Pujols | C | Mauer | |
| RF | Braun | 1B | Teixeira |
|
| LF | Ibañez | LF | Bay | |
| 3B | Wright | CF | Hamilton | |
| CF | Victorino | 3B | ||
| C | Molina | 2B | Hill | |
| P | Lincecum |
P | Halladay | |
The person who has the most wins at the end of June will win their choice of Bluetopia on DVD, a 2009 Dodger Media Guide, a copy of "100 Things Dodgers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die" by Jon Weisman, or a 2009 Topps Dodgers' team baseball card set!
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| Date | Winner | Guess | Actual |
| July 1 |
court168627 | 23/Barmes |
16/Martin |
| July 3 | Ollie | 28/Hudson | 29/Furcal |
| July 4 | bucknellbruin | 27/Furcal | 27/Manny |
| July 5 | no winner | n/a | 58/Ethier |
| July 7 | court168627 (2) | 33/Ethier | 33/Martin |
| July 8 | bucknellbruin (2) |
38/Manny | 38/Hudson |
| July 9 | Craig88USC | 42/Furcal | 47/Furcal |
| July 10 | Alex L | 49/Furcal | 59/Ethier |
| July 11 | El Lay Dave | 37/Castro | 38/Counsell |
| July 12 | Bernadette P | 33/Manny | 43/Furcal |
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was the first game this month in which the Dodgers didn’t score first. The offense has really been great.
by Eric Stephen on Jul 13, 2009 11:42 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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wright
I'm nobody's fool, least of all yours
by BoulderDodger on Jul 13, 2009 11:56 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm full of errors today :(
but it has been changed now! :)
by Eric Stephen on Jul 13, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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No one.
One batter reaches on catcher’s interference, another on an error by Shane Victorino, a third on an HBP. Game called a tie by Bud Selig after both teams run out of pitchers after 20 innings at 2:25 A.M., and all position players refuse to risk their arms in an exhibition game. The AL is awarded home field advantage for the World Series because the Yankees or Red Sox have a good chance of being in it. Charlie Manuel and Joe Torre fall asleep leaned against each other in the top of the 18th.
by David Young on Jul 13, 2009 3:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
holy crap
wow i actually won! :) im excited, gotta tell hubby… i’ll brag.. altho i wasnt really close lol…
by BernadetteP on Jul 14, 2009 3:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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