CONTEST WINNER ANNOUNCED!

The MLB regular season has concluded and the first ever 16-team playoff is about to get underway. At the start of the MLB restart, I posted the contest asking fellow bloggers to predict all 12 playoff teams. Then, within a week, the MLB announced the expanded playoff format with 16 teams and we had to do it all over again.

That was a rocky start, however we had 16 different contestants enter which was a terrific turnout. There was also a lot of fear that the MLB season wouldn't make it to completion, so the fact that we're at this point and ready for postseason baseball is a big win for all.

So, without further ado, let's see the results! 

(The picture below has all the picks, click to enlarge).

Congrats to Fuji at The Chronicles of Fuji for correctly picking a whopping 14 out of 16 playoff teams correctly!  Fuji - this is pretty damn impressive. Congratulations on the win, this will be headed your way:

I hope you end up with a Jasson Dominguez autograph! Please email me your address.

Some key takeaways from the contest:

• The team that was incorrectly chosen most frequently was the Angels, who were selected by 15 of the 16 participants.
• The team that made the playoffs but was chosen the least frequently was Toronto, who was selected by only 2 of 16 participants. 
• The AL East was correctly predicted by 14 of 15 participants
• Two contests chose the Pirates to make the playoffs which I appreciate but also makes me curious what year you think we're living in..?

Thanks to everyone for your participation. I had a ton of fun hosting this and I think I'd like do something similar to this again next season. Now let's sit back and enjoy the playoffs!

CONTEST WINNER - ANNOUNCED!

A big thank you to everyone who participated in my second ever contest!

This contest had less entries than my first, with exactly 40 entries - still a very nice number.

I'd also like to extend an even bigger thank you to those who promoted or "pimped" the contest on their blogs. I'm still quite new to the blogosphere and it means a lot to me that everyone is willing to spread the word.

Quick reminder, here's what's on the line...

I threw all entries into random.org, and randomized 14 times as promised. Here are the results:

Congratulations to Andrew over at Need More Cardboard on the win! Andrew, shoot me your address at nsbell440@gmail.com. I should be able to get your cards out this week!

Thanks again to everyone for your participation. Overall, I received a good amount of positive feedback for a football card giveaway. That may be the subject of next months contest...

Congrats Andrew!

CONTEST WINNER - ANNOUNCED!

First off I'd like to extend a HUGE thank you to everyone who participated in my first ever contest!! I had exactly 60 entries, which is way more than I could have ever hoped for. I'd also like to extend an even bigger thank you to those who promoted or "pimped" the contest on their own blogs. I'm still quite new to the blogosphere and it means a lot to me that everyone was willing to spread the word.

Quick reminder, here's what's on the line...

I threw all 60 entries into random.org and shuffled twice- a nice, simple number. So without further ado, here are the results:

And there you have it! Please join me in giving a big congratulations to Chunter! 

Chunter's a collector that I hadn't previously connected with. He runs two blogs - A Pack To Be Named Later and Chipp 'n' Dale. He's also on Twitter, @wordriht. Chunter- please shoot me your address at nsbell440@gmail.com.

As for my feelings on this contest, it was everything I had hoped it would be. As far as entries, there was basically an equal number from both the blog and from Twitter. Becuase of the success of the contest, I'll definitely hold more in the future. One change I'd like to make is stick to one media outlet per contest, to reward my blog followers and Twitter followers separately. 

Again, thanks to all who participated and congrats to Chunter! For those who didn't win, fear not- there are more contests on the Big 44 Horizon!