30-YOC’s Opening Day Contest Winner Is…
YOUNG BLEED
On a night in which pitching ruled, and with a guess of 217 strikeouts, YOUNG BLEED was just 1 strikeout off the actual number of 218. That’s some pretty solid guess work right there!!!
Congratulations to YOUNG BLEED!!!
Here is one more look at the prize:
Thanks to everyone that played in my ‘5th Annual Opening Day Contest’.
The next contest is right around the corner!!!
“Opening Day Contest” – The Players & Their Picks!!!
Thanks to everyone that played – Now, let’s get down to business and ‘PLAY BALL’!!!!!
Here are the players and their picks for my ‘predict the total number of strikeouts’ from Opening Day contest.
| Player | # OF K’s |
| Irondequoit36 | 84 |
| TJ | 99 |
| Daniel W | 104 |
| defgav | 111 |
| Ron | 137 |
| Q | 141 |
| Adam | 144 |
| Al K | 150 |
| Charley8 | 151 |
| Mgrlvr | 156 |
| Tony L | 158 |
| Cub Den | 165 |
| Eric | 170 |
| Stealing Home | 177 |
| PATP | 182 |
| Matt | 187 |
| Greydreamland | 188 |
| Fuji | 192 |
| Petethan | 200 |
| Jeff | 208 |
| connorhoopman (OUT) | 208 |
| Young Bleed | 217 |
| Vic D | 221 |
| AGL | 230 |
| Lost Collector | 240 |
| Hackenbush | 250 |
| Tom S | 260 |
And once again, a peek at the prize:
The player that correctly predicts the number of strikeouts thrown on ‘Opening Day’, without going over, wins this lot of three 214 Topps ‘Opening Day’ packs.
Enjoy the games everyone. The winner will be announced tomorrow!!!
Time To Play ’30-Year Old Cardboards’ 5th Annual ‘Opening Day Contest’!!!
As we all eagerly wait for the 2014 baseball season to begin, I want to start it off right.
And one way to accomplish that is to host a contest!!! This is the fourth straight season in which I am hosting an ‘Opening Day Contest’.
Here is how it will work:
There are 13 games scheduled on Opening Day, Macrh 31. You can review the schedule, and see the starting pitchers by clicking here. To win this contest, you need to guess how many total strikeouts will be thrown in these 13 games. To enter, simply leave a comment on this post with your pick. Once a number is taken, it cannot be used again. The person who gets the closest, without going over, to the actual number of strikeouts tossed wins!!!
Opening Days brings out the sport’s top pitchers. From King Felix to Chris Sale to Jose Fernandez – there will be a ton of K’s. So, do your homework and make your selections now!!!
The winner of my ‘Opening Day Contest’ will win this:
That’s right – 3 packs of 2014 Topps Opening Day baseball cards!!
Sound good?? Wanna play??
Then do your homework and make your picks. All selections must be made by 8:00 PM EST on Sunday night. I will post a list of the players and their picks on Monday morning.
Good luck everyone!!!
10,000 Posts!!!
Holy Cow!
I had to take a minute to just announce that ’30-Year Old Cardboard’ has reached 10,000 posts – a true blogging milestone.
Whether you’ve been with me since the stat and read all 10,000 posts or if you are fairly new to the blog and have just a few hundred under your belt, I ‘Thank You’ for your support.
This blog means the world to me as it has allowed me the chance to connect with people that I never would have met while keeping me firmly attached to the sport and hobby that brought me endless happiness as a kid.
Cheers to 10,000!
Let’s go for another round!!!
Happy Birthday Curt Schilling!!!
Curt Schilling turns 47 years old today.
When you look at Schilling’s career numbers that span over 20 years, they are pretty impressive. Don’t forget that for the first 12 years of his career he played with the Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros, and Philadelphia Phillies. None of these teams were doing much to support their pitchers while Curt was there.
With 216 career wins, 83 complete games, 3116 strikeouts and 3 20-win seasons under his belt, I wonder where he ranks against some of the other pitchers of his era. A 3-time runner up for the Cy Young award and a 6-time All-Star, Curt Schilling has accomplished what few pitchers have been able to do. Curt got better after his 30th birthday; much better! I know that a lot of this has to do with the fact that he pitched for Arizona and Boston, both of whom he won a World Series with, but his ERA and strikeouts improved as well and those are individual stats.
I am not certain if Schilling is a Hall of Fame worthy player or not, but having 2 World Series rings does not hurt his resume. Think of all of the 200+ winning pitchers with no championships and all of a sudden Schilling rises to the top.
Happy Birthday Mr. Schilling!!!
Taking A Quick Pause To Celebrate Blog Post #9,500 At ’30-Year Old Cardboard’
Just taking a quick break to celebrate and acknowledge that this is blog post #9,500 at ’30-YOC’.
Cookies for everyone!!!
And The Winner Of The ‘Predict The All-Star Game MVP’ Contest Is…
Q, aka Quentin!!!
Congratulations to Mariano Rivera and the American League on their 3-0 win in the All-Star Game.
And congratulations to reader ‘Q’ on his win for picking Rivera as the MVP of the game.
Here is one more look at the prize:
Thanks to all that played and the next contest at ’30-YOC’ is right around the corner. Stay tuned!!!
Contest Time: Predict The 2013 All-Star Game MVP And WIN, WIN, WIN!!!!
The rules are easy. Each reader gets to select one player on either the American League roster to National League roster. Once a player has been selected they cannot be chosen again. I will close the selections at 10:00PM on Monday night so I can publish a final list of the readers participating in this contest and the player they’re pulling for prior to the start of the game Tuesday evening.
Sound like fun? Then get going and pick your guy. All you have to do is review the rosters and submit the name of the player you are picking into the comments section of this post.
That’s it – I told you it would be easy!!!
And the winner of this contest will get this:
Oh yeah, Baby!!! A 60-card lot of 2013 Topps Series 1 & 2 featuring both current and former All-Stars from both leagues!!!
Sound like a good prize to you??? I hope so!!!
So get going. Make your pick and leave it in the comments section of this post.
From there, all you have to do is and sit back and enjoy the 2013 All-Star game!!!
Thanks for playing.
Cliff Lee 2012 Topps Archives ’77 Cloth Stickers
Shout-Out to loyal reader and friend of the blog, Q, for the donation of this baseball card.
The card is from the 2012 Topps Archives baseball card set. And it is actually a sticker from the ’77 Cloth Stickers’ subset.
Have a look:
I’m working on completing this set, and this Cliff Lee card from the set gets me one step closer.
Lee is off to a great start to his 2013 baseball season – and as a guy that watches a lot of National League East baseball, it is nice to see him rebounding from his 2012 season.
Thanks again Q!!!
30-YOC’s Opening Day Contest Winner Is…
DEANO!!!
With a guess of 224 strikeouts, DEANO hit the number right on the head – 224!!!! That’s some pretty solid guess work right there!!!
Congratulations to DEANO!!!
Here is one more look at the prize:
Thanks to everyone that played in my ‘4th Annual Opening Day Contest’.
The next contest is right around the corner!!!
