#Shots Friday 

Today is both an exciting and sad day in the Showdown community as it marks the final #ShotsFriday of the 2014 baseball season. At one time or another this season, many of us have experienced the sweet taste of the long ball whenever our picks have gone deep. Other times, we have felt deep disappointment, especially when our picks have hit doubles off the wall or come up short at the warning track. Yes, this season in the words of Ron Burgundy has been a “glass case of emotion.”  Speaking of emotion, did anyone see Russell Martin’s epic go-ahead shot last Friday? Never seen the Pittsburgh faithful so pumped for a regular season home run. Unfortunately, no one picked the Pirates’ catcher for #ShotsFriday, nor did anyone else have a successful pick. Therefore, the leaderboard stays the same as last week. Barring some big fireworks tonight from other players, it looks as if the Creator @TomWyliehart will bring home the 2014 championship and win himself a free 2014 color set. Second place will win a free 2014 black and white set and third place will be awarded 5 holo David Cone and 5 holo Greg Maddux cards from the original 2000 MLB Showdown set. Enjoy your favorite work appropriate beverage and be sure to submit your picks via Twitter to @BucNforthecard with #ShotsFriday before the games. To finish this season off with a bang, I am granting everyone 1 bonus pick, so be sure to send me 2 names. May you roll high tonight and your picks #playforthecard!

Leaderboard

TomWyliehart	11
Roktikitiki	10
Orioles881	9
BucNforthecard	8
KrisBarnes	6
MLBShowdown247	5
BenBoozer623	5
Avery25	4
MLBShowdownguru	3
Youngfarm	3
Jmoeller05	3
Landerulo	3
TherealJohnR	2
TweeterLegrand	2
Piatz1019	1
KyleVanPelt	1
GregLeasure	1

Card of the Week - 9/24/14

I know that I have missed a few weeks, but life has been busy.  I didn't even really realize that it was Wednesday the last two weeks and didn't want to post on Thursday, that just seemed wrong....

Anyway, there are two cards that I want to highlight this week, and they are both from the original WOTC cards.  I am highlighting them because this Sunday will be the last game played for two players who have been the face of their respective franchises for the past 10+ years.

#ShotsFriday: Introducing @BucNforthecard

Hi all, I’m Eddie Melville, otherwise known as @BucNforthecard and I’m excited to take over the blogging best tradition we have going around here #ShotsFriday. It is my hope to continue the excellence @MLBShowdownGuru began and provide you with high quality updates. With that said, let’s cut to the chase...we are down to the final 2 Fridays of the season! Time to climb the standings is running out.  @TomWyliehart remains atop the mountain with 11 shots and we’d expect nothing less from the 2012 champ to make smart picks down the stretch. @Roktikitiki5 sits in at 2nd with 10 shots and threatens the original card creator with his own slick card-making skills.  @Orioles881 rounds out the top 3 with 9 shots, but is the hottest in the top 3 with three shots coming since August 1st. Yours truly @BucNforthecard is in 4th with a not-so-distant 8 shots and is banking on some ‘homer’ picks to come through big in the next 2 weeks. With @MLBShowdownguru largely occupied the past few weeks, please tweet your end of the season picks to me at @BucNforthecard with the standard #ShotsFriday hashtag before the games on Friday. If I’m reading the updated list correctly, no one’s pick went deep last Friday, meaning everyone has the standard 1 pick this week. Soak in these last 2 weeks as they’ll go quick and may the odds be ever in your favor to enjoy some fist-pumping home run action.

The Guru Lives

                Sorry for the long silence. I saw my picture on a milk cartoon in the grocery store and realized yall must have missed me while I was gone. I was transitioning from college dorm life to working a full time job with very odd hours and living in an apartment. I eventually learned how to pay my internet bill but still had odd circumstances. I finally was able to sit down and do some work for the site and I came to two very interesting conclusions.

                The first conclusion is that I was very fortunate to have 2 very dedicated people watch over the site while I was busy without me even having to have ask them. @BucNforthecard and @RokTikiTiki have put up a lot of content on the site in the past 2 months and made my absence less noticeable. Because of that I would like to announce that starting this week @BucNfortheCard will be taking over the beloved #ShotsFriday posting. I will still be honoring the prize pay out for this year (I may even throw some rewards to all you faithful readers). If @RokTikiTiki is up for it he will still do the Wednesday Card of the week. That hopefully will allow me to handle to Monday posting about cards and such. Hoping to get that more regular than this past year.

                The second conclusion I have is that you all are very dedicated readers to keep coming back with our lower volume of content. I hope we can reward your faithfulness by putting up more content for the remainder of the season. We thank you for your support and hope to continue to be able to unite you all over this game that we enjoy so much. Thank you all very much and it feels good to be back. 

New Standings Updated

TomWyliehat	11
Roktikitiki	10
Orioles881	9
BucNforthecard	8
KrisBarnes	6
MLBShowdown247	5
BenBoozer623	5
Avery25	4
MLBShowdownguru	3
Youngfarm	3
Jmoeller05	3
Landerulo	3
TherealJohnR	2
TweeterLegrand	2
Piatz1019	1
KyleVanPelt	1
GregLeasure	1

Updating #ShotsFriday Scores

	1-Aug	8-Aug	15-Aug	22-Aug	29-Aug	5-Sep	12-Sep
10: @TomWyliehart – 2012 Champ						Arenado				11
8: @Roktikitiki5 (Rizzo X2, Derby)	Abrue					Bautista				10
7: @BucNforthecard (Tulowitzki 11th)					McCutchen					8
6: @Orioles881  (Abrue 11th)	Abrue		Upton			Carter				9
4: Kris_Barnes7					Abrue			Missed 1		6
4: @MLBShowdown247  (Goldshmidt and Stanton and derby)						Bautista				5
4: @Avery25										4
3: @MLBShowdownguru					Abrue					3
3: @Youngfarm										3
3: @Benboozer623	Duda					Kemp			Extra pick	5
3: @JMoeller05										3
2: @TherealJohnR										2
2: TweeterLeGrand										2
1: @Piatz1019										1
1: @KyleVanPelt – 2011 Champ										1
1: @GregLeasure										1
1: @Landerulo (Goldschmidt)								Said I missed 2		3