In honour of the upcoming All-Star Game in Houston (next Tuesday) Batter's Box is putting on a Pick The All-Star MVP Contest. You could win your choice of an array of fabulous prizes if you manage to pick the MVP.
The rules are simple. You must enter by posting a comment in this thread with your choice for the All-Star MVP. Only one person may pick each player, and it's first-come, first-served, so get your picks in fast before you get stuck with Ronnie Belliard or Joe Nathan. Please include an e-mail address if you can; if not, I will need an e-mail from you if you win so that we can deliver the prize.
Any player on the AL or NL roster is eligible. You may NOT switch players once you commit to a choice, unless you inadvertently duplicate someone else's choice. A list of the All-Star rosters is below, and one more player will be added to each team from the Final Vote balloting which ends later today (if you feel like taking a risk, any player currently in the Final Vote balloting is also eligible).
Incidentally, Bobby Abreu could really use your help in the Final Vote. He's in a "dead heat", according to MLB, with the thoroughly undeserving Aramis Ramirez of the Cubs.
If there are two or more co-MVPs, and two or more were selected, then both entrants will win a prize, and a random order will be chosen to see who chooses their prize first. Not all the prizes have been determined yet, but they include a genuine MLB-licensed Ichiro Suzuki T-shirt, and two one-hour passes to Playdium (with a cool Fighting Jay logo on them).
The contest closes this Sunday (July 11th) at midnight EST. Good luck!
The rules are simple. You must enter by posting a comment in this thread with your choice for the All-Star MVP. Only one person may pick each player, and it's first-come, first-served, so get your picks in fast before you get stuck with Ronnie Belliard or Joe Nathan. Please include an e-mail address if you can; if not, I will need an e-mail from you if you win so that we can deliver the prize.
Any player on the AL or NL roster is eligible. You may NOT switch players once you commit to a choice, unless you inadvertently duplicate someone else's choice. A list of the All-Star rosters is below, and one more player will be added to each team from the Final Vote balloting which ends later today (if you feel like taking a risk, any player currently in the Final Vote balloting is also eligible).
Incidentally, Bobby Abreu could really use your help in the Final Vote. He's in a "dead heat", according to MLB, with the thoroughly undeserving Aramis Ramirez of the Cubs.
If there are two or more co-MVPs, and two or more were selected, then both entrants will win a prize, and a random order will be chosen to see who chooses their prize first. Not all the prizes have been determined yet, but they include a genuine MLB-licensed Ichiro Suzuki T-shirt, and two one-hour passes to Playdium (with a cool Fighting Jay logo on them).
The contest closes this Sunday (July 11th) at midnight EST. Good luck!
AL Starters NL Starters
C Ivan Rodriguez, DET C Mike Piazza, NYM
1B Jason Giambi, NYY 1B Albert Pujols, STL
2B Alfonso Soriano, TEX 2B Jeff Kent, HOU
3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY 3B Scott Rolen, STL
SS Derek Jeter, NYY SS Edgar Renteria, STL
OF Manny Ramirez, BOS OF Barry Bonds, SF
OF Vladimir Guerrero, ANA OF Ken Griffey, CIN
OF Ichiro Suzuki, SEA OF Sammy Sosa, CHC
AL Pitchers NL Pitchers
SP Tim Hudson, OAK SP Roger Clemens, HOU
SP Ted Lilly, TOR SP Tom Glavine, NYM
SP Esteban Loaiza, CWS SP Livan Hernandez, MON
SP Mark Mulder, OAK SP Randy Johnson, ARI
SP Kenny Rogers, TEX SP Carl Pavano, FLA
SP C.C. Sabathia, CLE SP Jason Schmidt, SF
SP Curt Schilling, BOS SP Ben Sheets, MIL
RP Francisco Cordero, TEX SP Carlos Zambrano, CHC
RP Tom Gordon, NYY R/R RP Armando Benitez, FLA
RP Joe Nathan, MIN RP Eric Gagne, LA
RP Mariano Rivera, NYY RP Danny Graves, CIN
RP Francisco Rodriguez, ANA RP Danny Kolb, MIL
AL Reserves NL Reserves
C Victor Martinez, CLE C Johnny Estrada, ATL
1B Ken Harvey, KC 1B Sean Casey, CIN
1B David Ortiz, BOS 1B Todd Helton, COL
2B Ron Belliard, CLE 1B Jim Thome, PHI
3B Hank Blalock, TEX 2B Mark Loretta, SD
SS Carlos Guillen, DET 3B Mike Lowell, FLA
SS Miguel Tejada, BAL SS Barry Larkin, CIN
SS Michael Young, TEX SS Jack Wilson, PIT
OF Carl Crawford, TB OF Moises Alou, CHC
OF Matt Lawton, CLE OF Carlos Beltran, HOU#
OF Gary Sheffield, NYY OF Lance Berkman, HOU
OF Miguel Cabrera, FLA
