Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Contest results!

First off, thanks to everyone who joined my contest! I was honestly expecting the usual suspects for baseball books, and saw a ton that I hadn't heard of now hope to read.

Here are the books that were listed:

  • The Baby Bombers by Bryan Hoch (The Lost Collector)
  • Toronto Blue Jays 1992 World Series Champions (hockey Kazi)
  • Rookie by Jerry B. Jenkins (Scribbled Ink)
  • The Teammates by David Halberstam (Matt at Diamond Jesters)
  • October 1964 by David Halberstam and You Gotta Have Wa (Ryan G)
  • Historical Baseball Abstract (Dan)
  • Cardboard Gods (San Jose Fuji)
  • Big Hair and Plastic Grass by Dan Epstein (A Cracked Bat)
  • Ball Four by Jim Bouton (White Devil and Joe)
  • The Iowa Baseball Confederacy by WP Kinsella (Kyle McCarty)
  • Shoeless Joe (Eric H)
  • The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America by Joe Posnanski (@TheCBrockShow)
  • Men at Work by George Will (jcouvy)
  • The Bad Guys Won by Jeff Pearlman (Stormy)
  • The Wax Pack (RickQ)
  • The Natural by Bernard Malamud
  • Man on Spike (PizzosCards)
  • The Glory of their Times by Lawrence Ritter and Baseball Scorekeeping by Andrews Wirkmaa
  • A Great and Glorious Game by Bart Giamatti (Trevor)
  • Over the Hedge by Jay Johnstone (bnchile)
  • Lords of the Really: The Real History of Baseball by John Heylar (Tnfan20)
  • Green Cathedrals (Flasah)
  • Playing With The Enemy
  • Baseball's Best: The MVPs (PKSteinberg)
  • Life Begins on Opening Day by Tom Boswell (David)
  • The Tour to End All Tours by James Elfers (Jon)
  • Pinstripe Empire (Yankeesjetsfan)
  • The Hero Two Doors Down by Sharon Robinson (Lesley)
  • Satchel: The Life and Times of American Legend (Bcanaday)
  • The Catcher Was A Spy (Matthew)
  • Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero by David Maraniss (Collecting Cutch and John Sharp)
  • The Glory of Their Times (jaradb)
  • Ballgame by Josh Lewin
  • Whole Different Ballgame by Marvin Miller (Steve at 1975baseballcards)
  • Fantasy Baseball by Alan Gratz (Rod)
  • The Celebrant by Eric Rolfe Greenberg (mr haverkamp)
  • Five O'Clock Comes Early: A Young Man's Battle With Alocholism by Bob Welch (bbcardz)
Now on to the drawing. I had 35 names. I had to omit those who answered as "unknown". I listed all 35 in order in which they were received, then randomized. I'd also flag that if you didn't win and are interested in a bookmark, feel free to reach out and we can work something out. I have sold a couple on Twitter so far and I'm happy to discuss.

With that, congrats to....Julie at A Cracked Bat! Julie, shoot me an email with your address and also let me know which int he photo below you might. Thanks again for everyone who participated.

Thanks again!


8 comments:

  1. Congrats Julie, and thanks for the contest AJ!

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  2. Thanks for the contest and the list of reading fodder.

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  3. Congratulations Julie! And thanks for the contest TLC!

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  4. Thanks AJ! First time I've ever taken first place. I chose 90 Fleer. Blue is my fave color. I love how the baseball is centered and lettering stands out on the bookmark. I've been using baseball cards but always have more than one book going at a time. Currently "Dynastic Bombastic Fantastic - Oakland A's" and "The Great American Baseball Card Flipping Trading and Bubble Gum Book"! This will mark pages for years to come!

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  5. Awesome. Congrats to Julie. Finishing second to last is really high for me.

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  6. Didn't see the contest, but if you haven't read 'My Prison Without Bars' by Pete Rose with Rick Hill, you should check it out.

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  7. Congratulations to you, Julie! And thanks for the contest Mr. TLC!

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