Atlanta Braves Morning Chop – Of Contests and Things Contested
Braves’ Radio Contest
Yesterday, esteemed Braves’ Radio Network man Jim Powell tweeted a contest to begin the year – a very interesting one, as we here at TomahawkTake have been wrestling with the same subject: most recently here, here, and here.
The contest sounds simple. The prize is excellent:
While we wait for ST to begin, how about a contest to combat this weather? Email RadioBooth@Braves.com w/ @Braves opening day 25-man roster.
— Jim Powell (@Jim_Powell) February 18, 2015
(2/3): Person who comes closest to the actual 25-man will win 2 tickets behind the plate for a game this season. Entry deadline noon 2/28.
— Jim Powell (@Jim_Powell) February 18, 2015
The rest of the rules (also available via twitter) are as follows:
- All of this points to the 25-man roster on Opening Day 2015 – Monday, April 6th in Miami (game time 4:10pm EDT).
- 1 (one) entry per person. If you send in multiple entries, you are disqualified… that’s you, not just the extra entries.
- That entry deadline is Noon Eastern time next Saturday (Feb 28) via RadioBooth@Braves.com.
- Tie-breaker 1: Closest guesses to Opening Day lineup, defined as correct player at correct position and correct spot in the batting order.
- Tie-breaker 2: Closest guesses on the pitching staff.
- Tie-breaker 3: Closest guesses on the position player list.
- Tie-breaker 4: Coin flips – presumably with some dingy old quarter in Don Sutton’s pocket.
(and just for the record – his tweets are the official last words on the rules!) Sounds like a good test – would love to see one of our readers win this.
The only question I have now is this one: will Twitterless Don ever find out about what Jim is up to?