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Just A Bit Outside - August 25

Welcome to our August contest: "Just A Bit Outside."

The contest is simple: Before each game you have to guess two things:

1) Number of called balls thrown by the opposing team

2) Number of walks issued to the Dodgers (yes, intentional walks count)

No multiple guesses on the number of balls; it is OK, however, to have multiple guesses on the number of walks. Only guesses in that day's contest thread, posted before game time, will count.

We ran this contest in May, so if you want an example of how it works, here is an example.

The person who has the most wins at the end of August will win their choice of Bluetopia on DVD, a 2009 Dodger Media Guide, or a copy of "100 Things Dodgers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die" by Jon Weisman.

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Date Winner Guess Actual
August 1 DonovanNeb 44 balls / 3 walks 38 balls / 2 walks
August 2 Tripon 65 balls / 5 walks 67 balls / 4 walks
August 3 DonovanNeb (2) 47 balls / 4 walks 41 balls / 1 walks
August 4 Boulder Dodger 63 balls / 5 walks 63 balls / 5 walks
August 5 matthewmafa 47 balls / 3 walks 43 balls / 2 walks
August 6 Tripon (2) 59 balls / 5 walks 59 balls / 3 walks
August 7 no winner ----- 80 balls / 7 walks
August 8 shaqfor3 67 balls / 3 walks 67 balls / 5 walks
August 9 Talka1ot 48 balls / 3 walks 49 balls / 2 walks
August 10 shaqfor3 (2) 61 balls / 4 walks 61 balls / 4 walks
August 11 shaqfor3 (3) 66 balls / 5 walks 69 balls / 5 walks
August 12 matthewmafa (2) 45 balls / 1 walk 48 balls / 1 walk
August 14 Boulder Dodger (2) 48 balls / 3 walks 48 balls / 3 walks
August 15 Bluetrek 68 balls / 5 walks 69 balls / 5 walks
August 16 Ollie 54 balls / 3 walks 55 balls / 2 walks
August 17 bucknellbruin 42 balls / 3 walks 42 balls / 1 walks
August 18 mwhite06 49 balls / 3 walks 46 balls / 4 walks
August 19 Ollie (2) 50 balls / 3 walks 54 balls / 2 walks
August 20 matthewmafa (3) 49 balls / 3 walks 50 balls / 2 walks
August 21 bucknellbruin (2) 46 balls / 4 walks 46 balls / 2 walks
August 22 mwhite06 (2) 38 balls / 2 walks 38 balls / 1 walk
August 23 El Lay Dave 48 balls / 3 walks 49 balls / 2 walks

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