MLB Showdown Cards

For 2 full months now we have had our #ShotsFriday blog post but have been un-able to celebrate our favorite weekly holiday properly. The holiday is very simple. While you pretend to work every Friday during this baseball season you really can participate in our little fantasy baseball league. The rules are even simpler than most leagues you may already be a part of. We keep track of one stat and one stat only... Home runs. You simply tweet using #shotsfriday the name of the player you believe will go yard and add power to his 2013 MLB Showdown card. Here are the official rules.

·        Players must be picked before their game starts

·        Every player is available and tweeters may pick players already choosen by other tweeters

·        If a player homered for you the previous week he “stays” on your team, meaning you get that player the next week for free and may pick another player.

·        If a player hits multiple homers in the same day than you get him on your team the next week and 1 additional pick per home run beyond the first ex. If Cano hit 2 homers for me the previous week I could pick Jeter (pick for the week), Cano (kept for his homer) and A-rod (extra pick for Cano’s 2)

·        If you pick a player and he ends up not playing you may switch your pick as long as you pick a player whose game did not start

·        Any questions feel free to ask

·        If your player hits a homer try and twit pick a picture of that player celebrating in some way (doesn’t have to be for that home run)

We also support the use of your favorite work appropriate caffeinated beverage. For me you all can rest assured that every Friday I will be enjoying my #shotsfriday with my trusted iced coffee. This is also designed to keep you excited so feel free to listen to your favorite pump up song and mull over the stats while you are at work.

 Last year we had an impressive showing between @Tomwyliehart and the @MLBConnoissuer. Our followers did not get a full season under their belt as we started roughly half way through the year. Even with that the #ShotsFriday champ was the @MLBConnoissuer (which he actually put on his resume for latest promotion). He recorded an impressive 12 homers in our short season. @Tomwyliehart had an even more impressive feat without winning the league. He actually recorded 8 consecutive shots. Our first Shot of the year was by our very own Dr. Juice, @markrom3 with of things an inside the park homer by Jay Bruce. Adam Dunn and Curtis Granderson tied with 5 homers on the year.