As a special contest this week, I have a copy of the book Beyond Batting Average, written by Lee Panas, to give away. We'll use the Rays vs. Braves series as the series to run the promotion. To arrive at the winner we will use a crazy formula in which you will have to guess three players (two hitters and one pitcher). Here is the formula and a picture of the book:
So you will need to list two hitters and a pitcher in the comments of this post by the time tonight's game starts, and we'll take their totals from the Rays vs. Braves series to determine the winner. The players you pick can only be Atlanta Braves players. Highest number wins, and the pitcher has to pitch and the batter has to have an at-bat or the entry is disqualified.
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Wait, so, we want to get the highest number?
Zeus12888 - June 15, 2010
Correct, I’ve corrected on the post. And I changed the formula for the pitchers from when you looked at it.
gondeee - June 15, 2010
Heyward
Glaus
Wagner
Fatvirus - June 15, 2010
troy glaus, melky cabrera, kenshin kawakami
alecseebohm - June 15, 2010
Melky,Glaus, and Venters
sherlock holmes - June 15, 2010 via mobile
glaus odarp venters
dc_allday - June 15, 2010
My guess
Melky plus Hinske divided by Hudson.
gondeee - June 15, 2010
Glaus and Melky/Wagner
awl123 - June 15, 2010
Brooks Conrad + Martin Prado / Wagner
Old Braves' Fan - June 15, 2010
Glaus, Melky, Huddy
ByrneSupremacy - June 15, 2010
What if there is a tie?
GouldisGold - June 15, 2010
We’ll figure it out when it happens. I’ll probably have a runoff for the first game of the KC series.
gondeee - June 15, 2010
Hinske + McCann / Hanson
taney71 - June 15, 2010
Prado, Heyward, Wagner
GouldisGold - June 15, 2010
Melky + Conrad/KK
Zeus12888 - June 15, 2010
Glaus + Melky / Wags
KoKo the Monkey (T-Bone) - June 15, 2010
Melky….Glaus…..Kawakami
bighop - June 15, 2010
Glaus, Heyward, Wags.
rbravesfan - June 15, 2010
Winning Guess
Melkman + Heyward / Wagner
ATLBraves22 - June 15, 2010
I put up a score of 19. Is that enough to win?
((53 × 3) + (22 × 4)) / 13 = 19
ATLBraves22 - June 17, 2010
this = infinity
Glaus x McCann / Moylan
atl192485 - June 15, 2010
melky+yunel/kawakami
awix - June 15, 2010
Melky x Heyward /Resop
Buzzsaw - June 15, 2010
Glaus+ Melky/Huddy
Larry !! Larry !! Larry !!!
ggotch - June 15, 2010
Melky Cabrera, Troy Glaus, Tim Hudson
Licous - June 15, 2010
Glaus + Prado / Hanson
bashby20sh - June 15, 2010
Melk-man+Troy Boy/Timmy
tgriffith3 - June 15, 2010
Escobar+Glaus/Kawakami
TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect - June 15, 2010
Melky, Yunel, Kawakami
bwellnjonesco - June 15, 2010
Melky, Troy, Tommy
Gage23 - June 15, 2010
I'm confused
Ummm…Heyward Glaus Hanson
Scott Coleman - June 15, 2010 via mobile
ftw
glaus, cabrera, eric o’flaherty.
telemakhos - June 15, 2010
ditto
someguy1 - June 15, 2010
well that's not fair
haha. dibs
telemakhos - June 15, 2010
Epic
Glaus, Cabrera, KK
Sean Bender - June 15, 2010
Glaus + Heyward / KK
Bravely going forward - June 15, 2010
Prado, Melky & Wagner
vooodooo - June 15, 2010
Melky Cabrera + Troy Glaus / Billy Wagner
McLouth Maniac - June 15, 2010
Heyward + Glaus/ Hudson
BullManUGA - June 15, 2010
Glaus, Melky, Resop
HansonManCrush - June 15, 2010 via mobile
Hinske, Heyward / Kawakami
BeantownVol - June 15, 2010
Prado, Melky
Venters
Mr. Sanchez - June 15, 2010
Melky Glaus, Kawakami
bACEballstud - June 15, 2010
prado jhay venters
bluelg - June 15, 2010
Prado, Glaus, Wagner
GwinnettBraves - June 15, 2010
Melky Brooks KK
skymuse - June 15, 2010
Melky Glaus / Hudson
This is tricky… I’m betting on Wags (a) getting into at least one game… having either NO strikeouts or lots of strikeouts in multiple appearances. Good contest.
Meanwhile, I’m praying for Melky to get 2 hits or more.
carpengui - June 15, 2010
Melky + Heyward + Wags
B4TheFlop - June 15, 2010
melky, glaus, wagner.
glad to see i’m not alone in this rationale
pfoley - June 15, 2010
Melky, Glaus, Huddy
and what happens if pitchers play but fail to record a strikeout?
ba745 - June 15, 2010
instant win.
also the end of the universe
pfoley - June 15, 2010
Then we both get credited with a division by zero error… mathematically we’re screwed.
carpengui - June 15, 2010
you can take the limit as K approaches zero and it goes to infinity
telemakhos - June 15, 2010
Ah.
I see someone already asked this. I asked it again below. It does need an official answer, though. I might have to change my picks if divide by zero is a viable strategy.
EricGreggWasPaidOff - June 15, 2010
Glaus, Melky, Hanson
Quilvio Veras - June 15, 2010
Heyward, Glaus / Huddy
eaheckman10 - June 15, 2010
J-Hey, Melky, MARTINEZ
I’ll see you cats at infinity (if Bobby doesn’t DQ me by not using Martinez)
BraveSaluki - June 15, 2010
Esco, BMac, KK
ducheneaux13 - June 15, 2010
i have to agree with most
glaus+melky / KK
Whats going to be the tie breaker if needed?
jdeuel3868 - June 15, 2010
1st game of next series
VivaLosBravos - June 15, 2010
Glaus + Melky / Wagner
EricGreggWasPaidOff - June 15, 2010
Best Choice
Glaus + Melky / KK
TrueBlueNoDoubt - June 15, 2010
What happens if we end up with a 0 in the denominator?
ie: a pitcher appears, but has 0 strike outs
EricGreggWasPaidOff - June 15, 2010
My Guess
Melky + Prado/ Wagner
VivaLosBravos - June 15, 2010
Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
Tim Goad - June 18, 2010
Heyward+ Melky / Wagner
John Feldhaus - June 15, 2010
Glaus + Melky / Wagner
brndn - June 15, 2010
My guess is...
Glaus + Hinske / Hudson
forgotten_glory - June 15, 2010
huddy, melky and glaus
I think we’re going to have a lot of people guessing the same/similar people.
Doghnut - June 15, 2010
I'll take...
(Glaus and Melky) / Kawakami
AU_Jonesy - June 15, 2010
Melky, Conrad, Hanson.
Seriously, no one believes in Brooksy anymore?
For shaaaaame.
Ivan the Great - June 15, 2010
Glaus, Melky, Wagner
McCann and McWill - June 15, 2010
prado melky hudson
hokie07 - June 15, 2010
Prado
Heyward
Kawakawmi
Chapel420 - June 15, 2010
Prado
Glaus
Kawakami
chipsicyhotcorner - June 15, 2010
Melky
Heyward
Kawakami
WVBrave - June 15, 2010
Prado
Glaus
Hanson
AuditDawg - June 15, 2010
Glaus
Prado
O’Flaherty
-C
cthabeerman - June 15, 2010
Prado, Melky, and Resop
5InningsofChuckJames - June 15, 2010 via mobile
Melky
Glaus
Wagner
Alex H - June 15, 2010
Melky, Glaus, Kawakami
This is the perfect combination!
nick9314 - June 15, 2010
Melky Cabrera, Troy Glaus, Tim Hudson
technobrave - June 15, 2010
Melky Cabrera, Troy Glaus, Tommy Hanson
technobrave - June 15, 2010
My initial post does not contain the players I want to use.
technobrave - June 15, 2010
My guess...
Glaus, Prado, Hanson
BW Smith - June 15, 2010
Melky - Escobar - Kawakami
ATLandUNC - June 15, 2010
Glaus - Prado - Hudson
CalBravesFan - June 15, 2010
glaus - heyward - wags
delta_reb - June 15, 2010
Glaus - Heyward- Hanson
AlabamaTitans2009 - June 15, 2010
Not gonna enter but just wondering, who is that on the front of the book?
MBL1 - June 15, 2010 via mobile
Glaus + Cabrera / Wagner
JonathanC - June 15, 2010
Lots of Melky hits... interesting...
Prado Glaus Hanson- get the KKKKKKKKKKK
Braves Biceps - June 15, 2010
Melky, Yunel, KK
mycr0ft - June 15, 2010
Glaus, Prado, Venters
heap16 - June 15, 2010 via mobile
Prado+Blanco/Kawakami
RichmondBraves - June 15, 2010
haha, blanco’s number is 1. That’s the worst multiplier on the team. He’d have to get 25 times more hits than glaus to tie him this series
telemakhos - June 15, 2010
Melky
Prado
Kenshin Kawakami
Jonesing4theHOF - June 15, 2010
Melky
Heyward
Kawakami
epatl - June 15, 2010
Prado, Heyward, Hanson
jepps27 - June 15, 2010
Melky, Glaus, Hudson
sleezer1788 - June 15, 2010
(Melky + Glaus)/KK
Dandretti - June 15, 2010
Glaus Prado Hanson
Tim Goad - June 15, 2010
thanks
Thanks to Martin and everyone who participated in the contest for my book Beyond Batting Average. Good luck to all.
Lee
LPanas - June 17, 2010
Anyone with Melky, Prado, Wagner wins.
Tim Goad - June 18, 2010
And after reviewing the guesses. Only 1 guessed the above names.
Tim Goad - June 18, 2010
Prado had 6 hits i believe, 6×14 = 84
Heyward had 4 hits, 4×22 = 88.
I believe the winning combo was Heyward, Melky, Wagner, and yes… I was one of those that picked that I think. There were 3 of us.
What is tie break? Or am I doing something wrong and in fact did not win.
B4TheFlop - June 18, 2010
Actually, youre right, Heyward had more than Prado.
Thats my fault. math was never my strong suit.
Tim Goad - June 18, 2010
I had Melkman, Heyward and Wagner
Winner winner chicken dinner! What is the tiebreak? lol
ATLBraves22 - June 18, 2010
Tie Breaker?
I thought gondee said we would settle a tie the first game of the KC Series.
If so,
I’m rockin with Hinske, Melky, Lowe
B4TheFlop - June 18, 2010
tie breaker
Yeah Gondeee said game 1 of the KC series….and it looks like you were the only one to abide. I think we have a winner folks!
Alex H - June 19, 2010
So did anyone officially win this contest? lol
ATLBraves22 - June 21, 2010
honestly
I think they forgot about it lol
B4TheFlop - June 21, 2010
i was pumped
i thought i won something for once in my life lol but no it was forgotten about lol
ATLBraves22 - June 21, 2010
message below
bah, meant to be a reply to this, fail
B4TheFlop - June 21, 2010
I feel the same way! We should message gondee and see what he says. He is the one that posted this up in the first place. I feel like I never win anything, lol
B4TheFlop - June 21, 2010
i hear you bro lol
send him a quick message and ask what’s going on. there were three of us that won we deserve something lol
ATLBraves22 - June 21, 2010
Message Sent
I emailed gondee, he said he didn’t forget about us and that he will be emailing the 3 winners what the tiebreaker will be.
B4TheFlop - June 23, 2010
i just got the email
your a champ, good luck man!
ATLBraves22 - June 23, 2010
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