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.

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.

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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