Contest Time – ‘6th Annual Pick The Award Winners Contest’

Contest Time – ‘6th Annual Pick The Award Winners Contest’

Finally!  Another fun contest being held by your good friend at ’30-Year Old Cardboard’.

I have hosted this contest for the last 5 seasons, so why not go for six in a row…

The rules – To qualify for the contest all you have to do is select who you think will win the Rookie Of The Year awards, Cy Young Awards, and Most Valuable Player award in both leagues.  Each correct answer will earn you 2 points.  To make things interesting, I will also award an additional point if you correctly name the second place player for the 2 MVP awards.  In total you have to submit 8 players and designate who will finish in first and second place in the MVP race.

A correct entry ballot will look something like this:

AL ROY –

NL ROY –

AL Cy –

NL Cy –

AL MVP Winner –

AL MVP 2^nd –

NL MVP Winner –

NL MVP 2^nd –

Entries are due by 10:00PM EST on Sunday so get your homework done and submit your picks quickly so you’re eligible to win.

And what is the prize, you ask?

How about this?

6 packs of 1988 Score baseball cards for the winner!!

Great prize, huh??   Yeah, I thought you would like it!!!

Sound like fun?  Then submit your picks into the comments section of this post.  Good Luck!!!

Celebrating The Blog Today. Happy 6th Birthday To ’30-Year Old Cardboard’

Celebrating The Blog Today.  Happy 6th Birthday To ’30-Year Old Cardboard’

Yep, the blog has reached another milestone – 6 years!

What started as a journey in 2008 that I did not know where it would go or how it would get anywhere, ’30-Year Old Cardboard’ has become a part of my life, a very enjoyable part.

Since August 8, 2008, this blog has been chugging right along.  No Baby steps with this thing – right to walking, jogging, running, and now a marathon.

In existence for 2,191 days, I have missed just one day since 8/8/2008 in which I did not submit a post for your enjoyment.  And that missed day came during the first two weeks – so, you could say that I have a 5 year, 11 month streak going.  Look out Cal, I am coming for you!!!

In all seriousness, this blog the world to me.  It has allowed me the opportunity to enjoy the baseball stars I enjoyed during my youth while also getting the opportunity to learn even more about the great history of the game and engrossing myself in the action of today.

I have met some great people over the years as a result of ’30-YOC’ – some I have not talked to in years, others I speak with on occasion, and some I talk to almost daily.  And I love all of it.

From me to you and from you to me, Happy Birthday ’30-Year Old Cardboard’.  I may run the blog, but this blog is for all of us.

Thanks for the great times and memories.  I look forward to seeing what the future holds for all of us!!

 

30-YOC’s Opening Day Contest Winner Is…

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!!!

“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’!!!

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!!!

And The Winner Of The ‘Expansion Era Contest’ Is…

And The Winner Of The ‘Expansion Era Contest’ Is…

Reader, Q!!!

That’s right, ‘Q’ properly named all three of the managers voted into the Hall of Fame on the ‘Expansion Era’ ballot earning himself a 50/50 shot at the grand prize of more than 150 cards from the 2013 Topps Update set.

One other player, JT, correctly named the three electees – Cox, Torre, and LaRussa.  But, it was ‘Q’ whose name was chosen on Random.com as the winner.

Here is a look at he final rankings:

Player

Points

Concepcion

Cox

Garvey

John

LaRussa

Martin

Miller

Parker

Quisenberry

Simmons

Steinbrenner

Torre

Justin

2

x

x

x

x

Jason

0

x

x

x

x

DJ

2

x

x

GCRL

2

x

x

x

x

Superduperman

2

x

x

x

Q

3

x

x

x

Matt W

0

x

x

Eric

1

x

x

x

JT

3

x

x

x

AG

0

JT

2

x

x

Ron C

1

x

x

x

x

x

Hackenbush

0

Henry

1

x

x

x

Defgav

0

x

x

x

x

x

x

Jeff

1

x

Diamond King

2

x

x

Mgrlvr

2

x

x

x

x

Daniel W

1

x

x

x

x

x

Bo R

0

**30-YOC

1

x

And here is one more look at the prize:

Congrats again go out to ‘Q’.

And thanks to all that played.  This will wrap up my contest season for 2013, but I already have something very cool up my sleeve for the first contest of 2014 so please stay tuned for that!!!

 

Players & Their Picks For The ‘Expansion Era Contest’

Players & Their Picks For The ‘Expansion Era Contest’

Ok everyone, in just a few short hours the National Baseball Hall Of Fame will be announcing who, if any, will be part of the 2014 Hall of Fame Class from the 12 former players and managers on the ‘Expansion Era Ballot’.

Here is one more look at the twelve that are eligible:

• Dave Concepcion
• Bobby Cox
• Steve Garvey
• Tommy John
• Tony LaRussa
• Billy Martin
• Marvin Miller
• Dave Parker
• Dan Quisenberry
• Ted Simmons
• George Steinbrenner
• Joe Torre

And now, here are the players and picks for the contest.

Player

Concepcion

Cox

Garvey

John

LaRussa

Martin

Miller

Parker

Quisenberry

Simmons

Steinbrenner

Torre

Justin

x

x

x

x

Jason

x

x

x

x

DJ

x

x

GCRL

x

x

x

x

Superduperman

x

x

x

Q

x

x

x

Matt W

x

x

Eric

x

x

x

JT

x

x

x

AG

JT

x

x

Ron C

x

x

x

x

x

Hackenbush

Henry

x

x

x

Defgav

x

x

x

x

x

x

Jeff

x

Diamond King

x

x

Mgrlvr

x

x

x

x

Daniel W

x

x

x

x

x

Bo R

**30-YOC

x

Tomorrow morning I will announce the winner of the contest.

Here is one more look at the prize:

Good luck everyone.

CONTEST TIME: Who From The Expansion Era Ballot Gets Elected To The HOF???

CONTEST TIME: Who From The Expansion Era Ballot Gets Elected To The HOF???

The title of this post says it all.

And on Monday, December 9, we will know the answers to the question.

But, in the meantime, we can make our predictions and have a prize for the players that guess correctly, can’t we??  I think we can!!!

So, here is how this will work.  Review the 12 names on the ‘Expansion Era Ballot’ and submit your picks for who you think will be selected from this list and elected into the Baseball Hall Of Fame with the class of 2014.  You can pick as many players as you wish, or if you don’t think anyone will be chosen, you may state ‘none’.  Either way, if you get the picks correct, you can win.  Each correct selection will earn you 1 point.  UPDATED RULE SUBMIT AT 10:33PM – Be careful with your picks, because a wrong selection will deduct one point from your tally.  And if we have multiple players with the same number of points after the positives and negatives are counted, those names will be thrown into an online list randomizer and a winner be selected from that smaller group.

Sound like fun?

Sweet!  Here is the list of eligible entrants:

• Dave Concepcion
• Bobby Cox
• Steve Garvey
• Tommy John
• Tony LaRussa
• Billy Martin
• Marvin Miller
• Dave Parker
• Dan Quisenberry
• Ted Simmons
• George Steinbrenner
• Joe Torre

Ok, now get going and make your picks.  To be eligible for this contest, all picks must be submit as a comment on this post.  All picks must be posted by Sunday at 8:00PM and I will provide a list of all of the players and their selections on Monday morning.

Wanna see what you’re playing for??

How about a healthy stack of cards from the 2013 Topps Update set??

Yep, over 150 cards from the set – there are rookie cards, All-Star cards, and everything in between included.  And they can all be yours – so make your picks now!!!

Good Luck, everyone.

Time To Announce The Winners Of The 5th Annual ‘Predict The Award Winners’ Contest!!!

Time To Announce The Winners Of The 5th Annual ‘Predict The Award Winners’ Contest!!!

Wow, major league baseball sure does wait a long time to announce the winners of their regular season awards, don’t they.

I’d love to see them do it right before the World Series starts – certainly not 2-3 weeks after.

As for the contest, we have a winner that swept the field – UNCLEMOE!!!

He nailed it all – getting all of them right!!

Here is a look at the results:

Player	AL ROY	NL ROY	AL CY	NL CY	AL MVP1	AL MVP2	NL MVP1	NL MVP2
Unclemoe	Myers	Fernandez	Scherzer	Kershaw	Cabrera	Trout	McCutchen	Goldschmidt
Jordan	Myers	Fernandez	Scherzer	Kershaw	Cabrera	Davis	McCutchen	Goldschmidt
Charley	Myers	Fernandez	Scherzer	Kershaw	Cabrera	Davis	McCutchen	Kershaw
Matt D	Myers	Fernandez	Scherzer	Kershaw	Cabrera	Davis	McCutchen	Carpenter
Supdupman	Myers	Fernandez	Scherzer	Kershaw	Davis	Cabrera	Carpenter	McCutchen
Fuji	Myers	Fernandez	Scherzer	Kershaw	Cabrera	Davis	McCutchen	Kershaw
Jason	Myers	Fernandez	Scherzer	Kershaw	Trout	Cabrera	McCutchen	Freeman
JT	Myers	Fernandez	Scherzer	Kershaw	Trout	Davis	Goldschmidt	Carpenter
AG	Myers	Puig	Scherzer	Kershaw	Cabrera	Trout	Kershaw	McCutchen
Matt W	Myers	Puig	Scherzer	Kershaw	Cabrera	Davis	McCutchen	Goldschmidt
Q	Myers	Fernandez	Scherzer	Kershaw	Cabrera	Davis	McCutchen	Molina
FiskFanatic	Myers	Fernandez	Scherzer	Kershaw	Cabrera	Trout	McCutchen	Carpenter
Mgrlvr	Myers	Fernandez	Scherzer	Kershaw	Cabrera	Trout	McCutchen	Molina
Ron C	Myers	Fernandez	Scherzer	Kershaw	Cabrera	Trout	McCutchen	Alvarez
**30-YOC	Myers	Fernandez	Scherzer	Kershaw	Cabrera	Trout	Kershaw	McCutchen

Congratulations to UncleMoe on his victory.  He will receive this healthy stack of cards that includes former MVP, Cy Young, and Rookie of the Year award winners.

I’d like to thank everyone for participating in this contest.  And please stay tuned to ’30-Year Old Cardboard’ all winter long.  I will have a nice handful of contests and giveaways as we march towards the start of the 2014 baseball season.

Congrats again Unlcemoe!!!

Here is one more peek at the prize:

And The Winner Of The ’30-YOC World Series Contest’ Is…

And The Winner Of The ’30-YOC World Series Contest’ Is…

Ron!!!

We had 21 players in my ‘World Series Contest’.  Of them, 13 chose the Red Sox as the eventual champions.  And of those 13 players, 8 of them thought that the series would go 6 games!!!  And from there, with a total of 41 runs scored in the series, it was Ron’s selection of 34 total runs scored that seals the win.

Congratulations Ron, you are the winner of this 2012 Topps Series 2 hangar box:

I’ve sent you an email requesting your mailing address so I can ship out your prize.

Here is a look at the final standings:

Player	Winner	Games	Runs
gerad	Cardinals	6	30
**30-YOC	Cardinals	6	31
matt d	Cardinals	6	32
Adam	Cardinals	6	34
tim g	Cardinals	6	36
nightowl	Cardinals	6	38
mgrlvr	Cardinals	6	40
diamond king	Cardinals	7	46
jared w	Red Sox	4	21
brian c	Red Sox	5	24
stealing home	Red Sox	5	40
unclemoe	Red Sox	6	26
ron c	Red Sox	6	34
matt g	Red Sox	6	42
henry	Red Sox	6	42
tom s	Red Sox	6	45
bamattyp	Red Sox	6	47
play at the plate	Red Sox	6	54
jeff	Red Sox	6	55
soccerarchives	Red Sox	7	39
charley8	Red Sox	7	42

Congratulations again.  And thanks to everyone that played!!!

And don’t worry, just because the baseball season is over, I will still be hosting a good amount of contests and giveaways during the offseason.  Stay tuned, and thanks for reading and playing!!!

And congratulations to the Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals for putting on a thrilling series.