To enter: Pick a winner in each of the ten events listed
below. Entries must be in by Friday, 7:05 p.m. EST. Entries
will be recorded then, so noone can sneak in late. What is the
prize? Recognition in this space and the adulation of TFP folk.
Take a shot at it! I've picked events that anyone can win, and
some events many don't know too much about. Links are provided for each contest, but luck probably plays more of a factor than sports acumen, cause anyone can win these events.
Every event should be easy to pick, the F1 race you pick a driver,
not a team. Please be sure to include the tiebreak along with
your picks, as the winner last time needed the tiebreak to prevail.
Speaking of the last winner - smarm. Congrats to smarm. All hail
smarm.
Finally, this weekend is not great for this contest. I did my
best with the events, but I couldn't use NBA finals or French Open
for the weekend cause we don't know who is playing yet! Even the MLB pitching matchups are boring - with the definite exception of Maddox vs Glavine. So, we have some women's events, along with two soccer games.
Take your best shot. Winner will be announced Monday!
UPDATE
It was a bit of a strange contest that included one tie (everyone got credit) and two contests noone picked correctly (F1 and WNBA).
And the winner is.... ME! My mother always told me I was a winner. Honorable mentions go to crfpilot, Reacharound, and jmf1234. Congrats to all.
Friday, May 30th
MLB
Atlanta vs. New York Mets
Atl - Maddux (3-5, 4.99 ERA) NYM - Glavine (5-4, 4.05 ERA)
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=3933
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=4122
MLB
Pittsburgh vs. St. Louis
Pit - Suppan (4-5, 3.92 ERA) StL - Stephenson (3-3, 4.18 ERA)
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=5454
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=5663
CBB (Men's College Baseball Championship Series)
at Olsen Field, College Station, Texas
Game 1 - (2) Alabama (37-22) vs. (3) Houston (32-27),
http://espn.go.com/ncaa/rank/baseball.html
Saturday, May 31st
NHL Finals, Game 3
New Jersey vs. Anaheim
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playof...=njd&teamb=ana
WNBA
New York vs. Cleveland
http://sports.espn.go.com/wnba/teamsched?team=NY
http://sports.espn.go.com/wnba/teamsched?team=CLE
USA Major League Soccer
New England vs. Kansas City
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team?id=189&cc=5901
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team?id=186&cc=5901
Sunday, June 1st
MLB
Boston vs. Toronto
Bos - Wakefield (5-2, 4.57 ERA) Tor - Halladay (6-2, 4.00 ERA)
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=4906
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=6134
MLB
Montreal vs. Philadelphia
Mon - Hernandez (4-3, 3.56 ERA) Phi - Wolf (5-3, 3.34 ERA)
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=5734
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=6248
Spanish Primera Liga
Barcelona vs. Malaga
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team?id=83&cc=5901
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team?id=99&cc=5901
F1
Monaco Grand Prix
http://www.f1.com/race/grandprix/24.html
http://www.f1.com/team/
TIEBREAK: Combined score of Friday's Atlanta/NY Mets MLB matchup, without going over. If both contestants go over, closest one wins