May 2005 Contest

May 2005 Contest

The Yakyu Shop is sponsoring a variety of contests during the 2005 season to make the 2005 Pro Yakyu Pennant Race a a little more exciting for us all. This month it's a home run contest.

The Contest: This month's contest is to guess who in each league will come out on top of the Home Run Crown race at the end of play on May 31. Should more than one person guess the correct player, the closest person to the home run total at the end of the month will be named the winner. If multiple people guess the home run total correct (or are equally close over the actual total), then the closest batting average guess will determine the winner. In the event that there is a tie for the most home runs at the end of the month (and multiple people guess correctly or equal distant^* with the total home runs and batting average), then multiple prizes will be awarded.
[* For guesses equal distant above and below, the higher guess wins.]

Participation: One must be signed in to participate. Only one guess per 24 hours is permitted. While it is technically possible to create more than one account and make multiple guesses, anyone caught doing so will be disqualified. I'm sure this won't be a problem with this group of fans. Cut off for entries will be 12:00 AM on May 25 JST.

The Prizes: The person(s) with the winning or closest guess will recieve either the cap of a team of his/her choice (based on availability) or a US$30.00 voucher to a different purchase from the Yakyu Shop. Two prizes will be awarded, one for each league.

Privacy: Identifying information of the winners only will be passed on to the Yakyu Shop for the purpose of awarding the prizes. This will include the registered e-mail addresses of the winning participants only. No personal information will be passed on to the Yakyu Shop or any other party from any other participants.

Additional Information: At the end of April, the following batters had five or more home runs:

     Central League               Pacific League
     9 .297 Arai (Carp)               11 .279 Ogasawara (Fighters)
     8 .301 Y. Takahashi (Giants)     10 .321 Zuleta (Hawks)
     8 .245 Kiyohara (Giants)          9 .284 Matsunaka (Hawks)
     8 .217 Woods (Dragons)            9 .259 Fernadez (Lions)
     7 .391 Maeda (Carp)               8 .281 Cabrera (Lions)
     7 .347 Abe (Giants)               7 .319 Johjima (Hawks)
     7 .244 Ramirez (Swallows)         6 .304 Kimoto (Fighters)
     6 .370 Alex (Dragons)             6 .248 Kitagawa (Buffaloes)
     5 .338 Tamura (BayStars)          5 .284 Isobe (Eagles)
     5 .291 Kanemoto (Tigers)          5 .340 Seguinol (Fighters)
     5 .272 Rhodes (Giants)            5 .230 Shinjo (Fighters)
     5 .271 Murata (BayStars)          5 .230 Batista (Hawks)
     5 .264 Sheets (Tigers)           
    

Also, check out Borisov-san's Pacific League Leaders and Central League Leaders regularly.

Problems and Questions: Any problems or questions regarding this contest should be posted here.

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Pacific League Entries
                                            Vote           Actual
Fan               Player                 HRs    Avg.     HRs    Avg.       Vote Cast
holygoat          Matsunaka (Hawks)      20     .285     20     .300  (2005-05-24 08:48:59)
JRHANNON          Matsunaka (Hawks)      20     .277                  (2005-05-21 05:33:23)
Ogasawara2        Matsunaka (Hawks)      21     .306                  (2005-05-21 05:58:07)
BigManZam         Matsunaka (Hawks)      21     .290                  (2005-05-05 01:29:54)
JRHANNON          Matsunaka (Hawks)      19     .280                  (2005-05-23 23:22:57)
holygoat          Matsunaka (Hawks)      18     .292                  (2005-05-20 13:31:05)
badteacher        Matsunaka (Hawks)      18     .273                  (2005-05-18 20:16:39)
JRHANNON          Matsunaka (Hawks)      17     .266                  (2005-05-16 22:11:00)
bankjuanballpark  Matsunaka (Hawks)      11     .310                  (2005-05-21 10:45:35)
JRHANNON          Zuleta (Hawks)         19     .337     16     .303
badteacher        Zuleta (Hawks)         20     .321
JRHANNON          Ogasawara (Fighters)   21     .301     15     .229
badteacher        Ogasawara (Fighters)   22     .287
Deanna            Ogasawara (Fighters)   22     .295
curious           Ogasawara (Fighters)   23     .501
Yakyuujin         Johjima (Hawks)        20     .300     11     .303
bankjuanballpark  Kimoto (Fighters)      14     .343     11     .288
                  Brumbaugh (Buffaloes)                  11     .272
badteacher        Fernadez (Lions)       20     .300     11     .2654
JRHANNON          Fernadez (Lions)       18     .295
                  Batista (Hawks)                        11     .2652
Mischa            Cabrera (Lions)        18     .272     10     .266
Konta52           Cabrera (Lions)        21     .275*
jballfan          Seguinol (Fighters)    20     .325      9     .296

Central League Entries
                                            Vote           Actual
Fan               Player                 HRs    Avg.     HRs    Avg.       Vote Cast
JRHANNON          Tamura (BayStars)      16     .371     16     .352  (2005-05-23 23:22:57)
badteacher        Tamura (BayStars)      15     .350                  (2005-05-10 20:41:08)
                  Kokubo (Giants)                        15     .296
JRHANNON          Ramirez (Swallows)     16     .274     14     .269
badteacher        Ramirez (Swallows)     16     .279
holygoat          Ramirez (Swallows)     16     .280
bankjuanballpark  Ramirez (Swallows)     10     .325
Ogasawara2        Ramirez (Swallows)     20     .276*
JRHANNON          Maeda (Carp)           16     .287     13     .351
                  Kanemoto (Tigers)                      13     .345
JRHANNON          Woods (Dragons)        16     .288     13     .250
badteacher        Woods (Dragons)        17     .245
jballfan          Woods (Dragons)        17     .260
BigManZam         Woods (Dragons)        19     .245
JRHANNON          Rhodes (Giants)        14     .297     12     .238
Mischa            Rhodes (Giants)        16     .281
Deanna            Rhodes (Giants)        17     .275
Konta52           Rhodes (Giants)        19     .278*
bankjuanballpark  Abe (Giants)           11     .367     11     .312
holygoat          Abe (Giants)           15     .317
JRHANNON          Abe (Giants)           15     .318
badteacher        Abe (Giants)           16     .300
Yakyuujin         Abe (Giants)           20     .300
                  Kiyohara (Giants)                      11     .212
                  . . .
curious           Alex (Dragons)         18     .448      8     .301

* marks entries without leading decimal points - i.e. 275.000 converted to .275