As some of you may have heard, the Blogger was able to get a hold of a great, authentic MLB jersey signed by 2008 NL batting champion and future HOFer Chipper Jones (estimated value:$425) and he would love to give it away to one lucky Beat The Blogger winner so he's putting out the following challenge to you: Spread the word about the contest to your friends, family, co-workers or basically anybody with access to a computer, and if we can recruit enough entrants to push the weekly total over the 300 mark, the Chipper Jones jersey will then be given to the weekly winner during that week. If everyone of our regular players can get 5 new players on board, we'll make our goal and the jersey will become available.

Until we reach that total, we we'll continue to give away authentic signed 8-by-10 color photos featuring athletes such as LaDainian Tomlinson, Marshall Faulk, Drew Brees and Super Bowl MVP Santonio Holmes, among others. Of course to win any of the great weekly prizes you must first Beat The Blogger and post the highest score for the week.
This week's Beat The Blogger matchups are MLB heavy because of the uncertain matchups involving teams in the NBA and NHL Playoffs but we did manage to break up it up a little by adding one NHL wager and one NASCAR pick in the mix. As always good luck and don't forget to designate your "Doubler" pick on the matchup you are most confident in to receive an extra point if you pick correctly.

Here are the official matchups for this week. Make sure you get your picks posted 1/2 hour before the start of the first game on Saturday to be eligible to win. For those unfamiliar with the Beat the Blogger contest, the idea is simple: Select your winners and post them under the matchups post you see here. If you can Beat The Blogger's score (Blogger picks posted on Thursday) and post the highest total for the week, you win an authentic signed 8-by-10 color photo. If nobody beats the Blogger's total for the week, the prize doubles and we try again the following week. It's just that easy so join in on the fun because there's no better place to win great sports memorabilia than on www.tuffstuff.com. If you would like a chance to win those same photos every day, click here and play our Daily Sweepstakes. Good luck.

Saturday
MLB
Cleveland vs. Detroit: More combined runs in innings 1-3, 4-6 or 7-9?
N.Y. Mets vs. Philadelphia: Which pitching staff will combined for more strikeouts?
Oakland vs. Seattle: Which team will win?
Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh: Combined 5 runs or less or 6 or more?
Houston vs. Atlanta: Which team will win?
Boston vs. Tampa Bay: Which team will combine for more doubles?
Sunday
Florida vs. Chicago Cubs: Which team will hit more home runs?
Arizona vs. Milwaukee: More combined stolen bases?
NASCAR
Who will win this week's Sprint Cup Series race in Richmond: Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson or the rest of the field?
NHL
Anaheim vs. Detroit: Which team will win?