7th Inning Stretch with Scott Fragale - Thursday, May 14, 2009

Beat The Blogger Picks
Posted by Tuff Stuff

I've decided to double the weekly prize (signed 8-by-10 photo) for this week. And to be fair, if anybody posted a perfect score (which would be 8 with the matchups that were eliminated) last week, you will still receive your prize, you will just need to send me your original post for verification. We will again try and get the number of particpants to more than 300 so we can give away the Chipper Jones signed jersey and the first week we do, the jersey will go to the one lucky winner of that week.

I try and get the matchups posted early in the week so more people can get involved in the contest. I also try and get the best prizes available so we can try and recruit more people to play. Unfortunately, neither resulted in us getting enough contestants to give away the Chipper Jones signed jersey like I was hoping. I realize that by recruiting more people your odds of winning decrease, but a 1-in-300 chance of winning an item valued at nearly $500 is pretty good odds where I come from. So, let's give it another try this week and send out e-mails to all your friends and relatives that wouldn't mind winning a great prize and let's reach our goal and make one lucky player a big-time winner. Send your e-mails along with this link http://blog.tuffstuff.com/7thinning/ to make it easy for the newcomers to get in the mix and we'll see how many new recruits we can get.

Remember, two signed photos to this week's winner or one lucky person will receive the signed Chipper Jones jersey. All you have to do is Beat the Blogger and post the high score for the week. Here's the Blogger's picks. Good luck.

This week's Matchups are as follows:
Saturday
MLB
N.Y. Mets at San Francisco: Which team will have more combined stolen bases? (SF)
L.A. Dodgers at Florida: Which set of innings will produce the most combined runs? 1-3, 4-6 or 7-9? (4-6)
Colorado at Pittsburgh: Which team will have more combined 2Bs?(Rockies)
Baltimore at Kansas City: Will any player on either team collect 4 or more hits? Yes or No (No)
Sunday
Cincinnati at San Diego: Which pitching staff will record more strikeouts? (SD)
Chicago White Sox at Toronto: Which team will commit more errors? (Chicago)
Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees: Which team will win? (Twins)
Arizona at Atlanta: Which team will win? (Atlanta)
NASCAR
Sprint Cup All-Star Race: Which duo will combined to post the best finishing spots? (Jeff Gordon/Jimmie Johnson) or (Carl Edwards/Kyle Busch) Edwards/Busch)
PGA Tour Golf
What will the winner's final total be: 17 under or higher or 18 under or lower? (18 under or lower)
Spread the word and good luck.

Thursday, May 14, 2009 7:57:23 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

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Not So Deep Thoughts: The 2009 MLB "Way Too Soon Awards"
Posted by Tuff Stuff

I realize the MLB season is only 20 percent complete and the whole marathon not a sprint contention that people love to toss around at this time of the year still applies, but after a quick review of the standings and statistical leaders, I thought it might be time to hand out the "Way Too Soon" Awards for the 2009 season.

While some of these winners could go the way of Mark McGwire and completely fall off the surface of the universe by season's end, many will be there for the duration and their early season heroics should be noticed.

Best Player In The Game (Still): The award goes to Albert Pujols. Unless he suffers a major injury or is somehow connected to steroid use (a strong possibility considering the times we live in), King Albert will likely go down as one of the best players to ever suit up. Batting .328 and leading the National League in HRs and RBIs, Pujols continues to amaze me. Still not sure why more pitchers don't walk him and take their chances with the likes of Ryan Ludwick and Chris Duncan, but let's hope it stays that way forever because Pujols is simply fun to watch.

Best Young Player In the Game: The award goes to Tampa's Evan 154,8201,Longoria121.jpg

Longoria. No Sophomore Slump in sight for Longoria, who, if he keeps up his current pace will have the media cranking out the Triple Crown chatter any day now. Longoria is leading the Majors with 45 RBIs, is secnd in the AL with 11 HRs and is batting a sizzling .362, which is good enough for fifth. I'm fairly certain I won't see another Triple Crown winner in my lifetime but that won't stop the Jason Stark's of the world from talking about how Yaz won the triple crown three decades earlier.

Best Pitcher In The Game: Nothing new to report here, Roy Halladay is the best pitcher in baseball and has been for quite some time. Because Halladay has pitched on a medicore team that resides north of the border he hasn't received the fanfare of Johan Santana or CC Sabathia, but this guy is really good and should get the recognition he deserves now that the Jays are playing good ball. Halladay is 4-0 with a 2.25 ERA with one complete game in his last four starts and has a MLB best seven wins already.

Best Young Pitcher In The Game: Hands down, Kansas City's Zack Greinke gets the nod in this one. With four complete games, a microscopic 0.59 ERA and a 6-1 record, Greinke is good, really good, and people are starting to take notice. The Royals are no longer the AL doormat they used to be and Greinke is a major factor in their resurgence.

Best Free Agent Signing: The Nationals have been and will likely continue to be the brunt of many jokes but you've got to tip your hat to their front office for going out and signing Adam Dunn when few others came a calling. The 29-year-old slugger was relatively cheap at $8 million per year and apparently has learned how to hit for average now which makes him even more of a bargain. Dunn is batting .313 (64 points higher than his career average), has blasted 11 HRs, has cut down on his strikeouts and is drawing more walks these days. I wouldn't expect the average to remain over .300 all season but stranger things have happened.

Worst Free Agent Signing: This one was easy and it made me giggle a little just thinking about it. The winner, or in this case, loser is Mark Teixeira of the New York Yankees. It just didn't seem like Teixeira was a good fit in the Big Apple right from the get go and the Big Texy appears to be feeling the pressure of the $21 million/year contract he signed at the plate. While I do think he'll eventually get things turned around and post some decent power numbers, I expect him to receive a lot more Bronx cheers than curtain calls. Teixeira does have seven HRs but his .191 average and .418 slugging percentage isn't exactly what Yankee fans were hoping to get when they dished out the big dollars in teh offseason .

I'll check back and dish out some new awards in a couple months. In the meantime, make a comment and post your award winners. Whether you agree or disagree, we want your feedback.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:10:59 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

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Beat The Blogger Matchups
Posted by Tuff Stuff

One of the tough parts about setting up the weekly matchups early in the week is that factors can arise prior to gameday that eliminate some of those matchups. That was the case this week, as three matchups were scratched, two because of injury and another was a push (tie). We also had a glitch on our site late last week so I believe some of the posts made later in the week may have been lost. So because of all the various issues, I've decided to double the weekly prize (signed 8-by-10 photo) for this week. And to be fair, if anybody posted a perfect score (which would be 8 with the matchups that were eliminated) last week, you will still receive your prize, you will just need to send me your original post for verification. We will again try and get the number of particpants to more than 300 so we can give away the Chipper Jones signed jersey and the first week we do, the jersey will go to the one lucky winner of that week.

I try and get the matchups posted early in the week so more people can get involved in the contest. I also try and get the best prizes available so we can try and recruit more people to play. Unfortunately, neither resulted in us getting enough contestants to give away the Chipper Jones signed jersey like I was hoping. I realize that by recruiting more people your odds of winning decrease, but a 1-in-300 chance of winning an item valued at nearly $500 is pretty good odds where I come from. So, let's give it another try this week and send out e-mails to all your friends and relatives that wouldn't mind winning a great prize and let's reach our goal and make one lucky player a big-time winner. Send your e-mails along with this link http://blog.tuffstuff.com/7thinning/ to make it easy for the newcomers to get in the mix and we'll see how many new recruits we can get.

This week's Matchups are as follows:
Saturday
MLB
N.Y. Mets at San Francisco: Which team will have more combined stolen bases?
L.A. Dodgers at Florida: Which set of innings will produce the most combined runs? 1-3, 4-6 or 7-9?
Colorado at Pittsburgh: Which team will have more combined 2Bs?
Baltimore at Kansas City: Will any player on either team collect 4 or more hits? Yes or No
Sunday
Cincinnati at San Diego: Which pitching staff will record more strikeouts?
Chicago White Sox at Toronto: Which team will commit more errors?
Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees: Which team will win?
Arizona at Atlanta: Which team will win?
NASCAR
Sprint Cup All-Star Race: Which duo will combined to post the best finishing spots? (Jeff Gordon/Jimmie Johnson) or (Carl Edwards/Kyle Busch)
PGA Tour Golf
What will the winner's final total be: 17 under or higher or 18 under or lower?
Spread the word and good luck.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 2:07:29 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

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Beat The Blogger Matchups
Posted by Tuff Stuff

Unfortunately, we fell well short of the 300 (80 contestants) participants needed to give away the Chipper Jones signed jersey, so we'll load up 10 new macthups and try again this week. If everybody that played this last week can recruit four new players, we'll give the jersey away to this week's winner so spread the word about Beat the Blogger so we can reach our goal.

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 4 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.

To enter our Daily Sweepstakes and have another chance to win some great sports memorabilia every day, click here.

This week's matchups:
Saturday
MLB
1. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee: Which pitcher will record more strikeouts: Dempster (Chicago) or Gallardo (Milwaukee)?
2. Kansas City at LA Angels: Which team will have more 2Bs.
3. Tampa Bay at Boston: Who will have more stolen bases? Carl Crawford (TB) or Dustin Pedroia and Jacoby Ellsbury (Boston).
4. St. Louis at Cincinnati: Which team will win?
NBA
5. Denver Nuggets at Dallas Mavericks: Which team will win?
6. Cleveland at Atlanta: Who will have more points? LeBron James (Cleveland) or Joe Johnson and Marvin Williams (Atlanta).
Sunday
NBA
7. L.A. Lakers at Houston: Which total will be higher? Kobe Bryant's points (LA) or Yao Ming's points and rebounds.
8. Boston at Orlando: Which will be the higher total: Ray Allen's made 3-pointers or Dwight Howard's blocked shots.
NHL
9. Who will win: Chicago Blackhawks or Vancouver Canucks?
GOLF
10. How many balls will find the water on the island green 17th hole during this week's Player's Championship Tournament? 40 or more or 39 or less
Good Luck

Wednesday, May 06, 2009 2:22:59 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

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Not So Deep Thoughts:Tiger, LeBron and some horse
Posted by Tuff Stuff

While I didn't get a chance to witness as much as I would've liked to, I did manage to cram in some sports viewing this past weekend and noticed a few things in doing so.

One of the unusual things I noticed was that from time to time, even the great Tiger Woods can seem somewhat ordinary. Woods trailed 3rd-round leader Sean O'Hair by two strokes heading into the final day and all the talk in the media was focused on Tiger making a charge on Sunday and stealing the show in typical Tiger fashion. Then, when Tiger scuffled around and finished two strokes behind O'Hair after the final 18 holes, the

commentators began to ask what is wrong with Tiger? Why was there no Sunday charge? Why didn't he shoot 66 and cruise to a 4-5 stroke victory? Is his knee bothering him again? Did he come back to soon?

The reason he didn't rally for his 67th PGA Tour win was because, this just in, Tiger Woods is human. Plain and simply. No need to question his health. No need to question if he's lost his killer instinct. Even the great ones fail from time to time and let's not forget that Tiger has finished in the Top-10 in everyone of the stroke play events he's played in since ACL surgery. Not bad for a guy who's lost his killer instinct and his health.

Another major factor in Tiger appearing to be less dominant than in year's past is that there is a strong contingent of young players emerging these days. Guys like O'Hair, Anthony Kim, Nick Watney, Lucas Glover, John Merrick and others, who all hit it as far, if not farther, than Tiger and have pattered their swings to replicate Tiger's, which makes it tough for the now, 33-year-old to dominate with the next generation of golfing phenoms. But before you start thinking Tiger's best days are in the rear view, remember that most golfers typically play their best between the ages of 30 and 40. And despite what some have uttered in recent weks, Tiger isn't like most golfers, so I would plan on many more years of domination before we start to see a regression.

I also had a chance to see the Kentucky Derby over the weekend and was reminded how as a youngster, it sure seemed as though horse racing and specifically the Kentucky Derby, used to be a much bigger draw than it is in today's sports landscape. Not exactly sure why that is. Maybe it's the fact that there hasn't been a Triple Crown winner since Affirmed pulled off the feat in 1978. Or maybe because Horse Racing is such a high-brow "sport" and most of us blue-collar types can't relate to it. Not really sure, I just know that sitting down in front of the TV for the "most exciting two minutes in sports" was must-see TV back in the day and it's anything but these days.

In other sports news, LeBron James won his first MVP. Not a big surprise after James finished the season with the most triple-doubles, led the

league in scoring and helped lead the Cavaliers to the best record and the top seed in the East. While I would've voted for James first, Dwyane Wade second and Kobe third, I couldn't help but feel bad for guys like Wade, Dwight Howard and Chris Paul, who despite posting some amazing numbers and nightly Sportscenter highlights, we'll always be playing second fiddle to LeBron. While those guys are incredible in their own right, because this appears to be the beginning of the "LeBron James takes over the world" era, they will always be stuck in the King's shadow. Then just as I start to feel sorry for them, I remembered that those guys make an average of $10 million a year and suddenly the sympathy I felt for them disappears.

Tuesday, May 05, 2009 4:47:39 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

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Beat The Blogger Results
Posted by Tuff Stuff

The Blogger posted a solid total of 8 this week but it wasn't enough to deny "Joann" and "Shannon" the top spot in this week's Beat the Blogger contest. Both ladies missed two questions but by virtue of hitting their "doublers" of taking the field in the NASCAR race, they will both be receiving the weekly prize. Unfortunately, we fell well short of the 300 (80 contestants) participants needed to give away the Chipper Jones signed jersey. If everybody that played this last week can recruit four new players, we'll give the jersey away to this week's winner so spread the word about Beat the Blogger so we can reach our goal.

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.

To enter our Daily Sweepstakes and have another chance to win some great sports memorabilia, click here.

Here's The Blogger's results for the week:
Saturday
MLB
Cleveland vs. Detroit: More combined runs in innings 1-3, 4-6 or 7-9? (4-6)
N.Y. Mets vs. Philadelphia: Which pitching staff will combined for more strikeouts? (Mets)
Oakland vs. Seattle: Which team will win? (Oakland)
Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh: Combined 5 runs or less or 6 or more? (6 or more)
Houston vs. Atlanta: Which team will win? (Houston)
Boston vs. Tampa Bay: Which team will combine for more doubles? (Boston)
Sunday
Florida vs. Chicago Cubs: Which team will hit more home runs? (Chicago)
Arizona vs. Milwaukee: More combined stolen bases? (Arizona)
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? (the field)
NHL
Anaheim vs. Detroit: Which team will win? (Anaheim)

Monday, May 04, 2009 2:47:04 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

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Beat The Blogger Picks
Posted by Tuff Stuff

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.

We still have a few days before this week's deadline and we're off to a good start but it doesn't look like we're going to reach our goal of more than 300 entries in this week's contest. So get out there and start recruiting some new players so we can get past the 300 mark and allow everybody a chance to win the Chipper Jones signed jersey.

To enter our Daily Sweepstakes and have another chance to win some great sports memorabilia, click here.

Here's The Blogger's picks for the week:
Saturday
MLB
Cleveland vs. Detroit: More combined runs in innings 1-3, 4-6 or 7-9? (4-6)
N.Y. Mets vs. Philadelphia: Which pitching staff will combined for more strikeouts? (Mets)
Oakland vs. Seattle: Which team will win? (Seattle)
Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh: Combined 5 runs or less or 6 or more? (6 or more)
Houston vs. Atlanta: Which team will win? (Houston)
Boston vs. Tampa Bay: Which team will combine for more doubles? (Boston)
Sunday
Florida vs. Chicago Cubs: Which team will hit more home runs? (Chicago)
Arizona vs. Milwaukee: More combined stolen bases? (Arizona)
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? (the field)
NHL
Anaheim vs. Detroit: Which team will win? (Detroit, doubler)

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:10:20 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

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Beat The Blogger Matchups
Posted by Tuff Stuff

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?

Tuesday, April 28, 2009 7:46:41 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

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Not So Deep Thoughts: Present But Not Accounted For
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As some of you may know, I attended the Hawaii Trade Conference last week and I came back with a much better idea of how much the economic depression is affecting the industry than before I left.

While the sluggish market has hurt everyone involved in the collectibles industry, it certainly appears as though some have been hurt more than others. If the Trade Conference is any indication and things are as they appear, I predict we may have a new top dawg in the card making business within the next couple years. Upper Deck, Topps, Press Pas TOPPS 4C.jpg

s and the new kids on the block with all the familiar faces, Panini, were all in attendance, but some definitely made more of an impact and impression than others.

For example, at a Trade Conference such as this, the card companies are basically there to promote their new products, outline their initiatives for the future, discuss and receive feedback on current issues and to schmooze with the various dealers and distributors on hand. During the four-day event, each card company will typically host/sponsor an event or two, where they toot their own horns a little while creating a buzz for their latest new products or online options. But because of the economy, every one of the companies were forced to curtail their spending for such events and a lot of the frills were eliminated from this year's event all around. Despite the economic crunch, I left the conference feeling like Upper Deck, Press Pass and Panini by Donruss, as I refer to them, had all weathered the storm better than the Topps Co. had.

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While its impossible to gauge a company's financial situation based upon a what you see at four-day Trade Conference, it certainly appears as though the company-wide cutbacks we've all been dealing with have hit the oldest card maker the hardest. Out of respect, I won't go into details that help support my UPPER DECK NEW logo.jpg

point but let's just say, it appeared as though some of the companies spent a lot more time and effort trying to reach out to their customers than some others did. While this could all be misconception on my part or maybe it was just a case of some placing a higher value on the Trade Conference than others, it was clear that not all of the companies on hand came in thinking the event was all that important. And while I wasn't privy to any of the behind-the-scenes wheeling and dealing or one-on-one meetings with the various dealers and distributors, judging by the lack of presentations and the lack of personnel on hand, the Trade Conference appeared to just be an afterthought for some.

I on the other hand, believe that in times like this its even more important to put on a smiling face and put your best foot forward, even if you might be holding back tears on the inside. But hey, that's just me.

Monday, April 27, 2009 9:31:53 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

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Beat The Blogger Results
Posted by Tuff Stuff

Despite some rescheduling of pitchers and some matchups that ended as ties, three different contestants managed to get seven correct answers to tie for the top spot in this week's Beat The Blogger Contest.
Paul Sherman, Michael Mahnke and Martin Sonsky each scored 7 points to tie for the top spot this week and all three will be receiving an authentic signed 8-by-10 photo for their efforts. CHIPPER JONES PHOTO.jpg

Just to clarify, Josh Beckett and A.J. Burnett each had three strikeouts so Question No. 4 was a push; San Francisco pitcher Tim Lincecum was scratched from his scheduled start on Saturday so Question No. 5 was tossed out and neither Philadelphia nor Florida hit a home run in their game so Question No. 7 was also a push. The Blogger was vowed to prepare matchups with less chances of being switched after being posted in an effort to give contestants a shot to answer all 10 questions and post a perfect score of 11 if they can hit on their Doubler so stay tuned.

This week's matchups will be posted later this week and don't forget to start spreading the news about the Beat The Blogger Contest to your friends, family, co-workers and anybody else who likes winning great sports memorabilia for free. If we can push the total number of entries to more than 200 people, The Blogger will swap out the regular weekly prize for an authentic MLB jersey signed by All-Star Chipper Jones of the Atlanta Braves. If all of our regular entrants can recruit 3-5 new contestants, we'll easily go over the 200 minimum requirement and one lucky entry will walk away with a jersey of a likely future Hal of Famer

The rest of last week's matchups went as follows:

Saturday (NBA)

Denver vs. New Orleans More assists: Chauncey Billups or Chris Paul? (Paul)

San Antonio vs. Dallas More 3-pointers (Dallas)

Atlanta vs. Miami More points Joe johnson or Dwyane Wade (Wade)

MLB

NY Yankees vs. Boston More strikeouts AJ Burnett or Josh Beckett (Push)

San Francsico vs. Arizona More strikeouts Tim Lincecum or Max Scherzer (Tossed out, DNP)

Sunday

NASCAR Higher finishing position at Talledaga: Dale Earnhardt Jr or Jeff Gordon (Earnhardt)

MLB Florida vs. Philadelphia More Home runs (Push)

Texas vs Baltimore More total bases: Nick Markakis or Josh Hamilton (Markakis)

Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Winner (Cubs)

Pittsburgh vs. San Diego combined run total: 5 or less or 6 or more (6 or more)

Monday, April 27, 2009 2:41:33 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

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