Easy Reader Contest: Be A BtB Member
by Sky Kalkman on Mar 13, 2009 12:09 PM EDT
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PrintHere's a contest everybody can participate in without much effort. To enter, all you need to do is be a member of Beyond the Box Score with at least one comment and an avatar by Wednesday, March 18th at 5am EDT. We'll randomly pick three names from our member list, and assuming you meet the other two requirements and email us back, you win. Easy, no? It's a way to say thank you to everyone who's been around through the off-season and a little motivation for you lurkers to finally join our community.
The prizes are a copy of John Sickels' 2009 Prospect Book, The Hardball Times Season Preview 2009, and a What If Sports $15 gift certificate, to be assigned randomly.
If you're not a member of any SBNation blog, you just need to create an account by clicking on the Sign Up link in the upper right hand corner of the screen. You can even join with an OpenID or YahooID.
If you're already a member of another SBNation blog, but not BtB, simply log in, click on the join link right below our logo, read the Terms of Service, and click accept.
Don't forget to comment at least once in any open thread, and make sure you have an avatar and valid email address associated with your account. For most of you, you don't need to do anything. Good luck!
More on the Prizes
If you're not familiar with John Sickels' work, he's a prospect junkie and writes a prominent blog about his passion. Each spring he publishes The Baseball Prospect Book, one of the more popular offerings on, yup, prospects.
We've mentioned the Hardball Times Season Preview 2009 before, and it's a great preview of the 2009 season, complete with team write-ups, player projections, and blurbs about every significant player.
What If Sports is site dedicated to cross-era simulation games for all major sports. You can compete against others who pick their own All-Star teams of players from every decade. I hear it's extremely addictive. Oh, and their blog has a nice name.
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Free stuff brings out the loonies...
Google “baseball avatar” and check out page 3. You’ll find this avatar. Makes no sense.
I'm commenting because
I want to win a book
by philadelphiacub on Mar 13, 2009 3:06 PM EDT reply actions
math
free stuff + easy requirements = awesome
"Statistics mean nothing to the individual"
"You are what you eat and you clearly went out and devoured a big fat guy"
Not a bad prize package at all
I think it should probably be limited to website owners named Doug who play in the same fantasy league as Sky…. but what do I know?
The best part about this
is making everyone pick use an avatar. I refuse to read posts by people without avatars.
"OBP is not a production number, and should not be used as something he achieved."
We at BtB are all about pretty.
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
by Sky Kalkman on Mar 14, 2009 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Uh Oh, no avatar
-Zach Sanders
MLB Notebook.com
by mlbnotebook on Mar 15, 2009 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Why avatar? Sure I have one, but some people hate’em.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
yeah, i hate them, too.
thank god sb nation took my request (and presumably others’) to provide the option to hide them.
It's not that I hate 'em
It just cripples my computer’s speed badly… can you believe I got this computer 8 or so years ago with the great Windows ME and it’s still running for me? That’s gotta be a small miracle…
Who's world is it? It's yours.
For the people who want to see the avatars, it's lame to see the default SBN avatar.
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
Fine, I finally added one
Although I tend not to like them very much
by Dan Turkenkopf on Mar 14, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
You're off my hit list. A la Steve Buscemi in Billy Madison.
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
Is international shipping available?
I live in Korea. I wonder if you would ship overseas.
Am I eligible to participate in this contest?
I'm Korean, living in Seoul, Korea.
I hope you guys can understand what I’m saying, because I’m still learning ESL...
No, sorry.
The What If Sports gift certificate is still in play.
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
by Sky Kalkman on Mar 17, 2009 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions
What?!? People lurk on blogs...
You don’t say…
Jason Bay just hit a bomb over the batter’s eye in CF against the Twins.
Great Blog
I use my google reader feed to get all your awesome info, much appreciated for the help.
"Stats are for losers, I like winning games."
Cool
I knew I needed to start reading this blog more often
We have every right to dream heroic dreams. Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look.
Ronald Reagan
This is a great place
I don’t want to comment here a lot because the actual I.Q. level of this blog is way over my head.
Questions make for great comments and help move the discussion along.
Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.
by Sky Kalkman on Mar 17, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I like free stuff
The Crawfishboxes
A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.
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