Okay, I am going to keep the tension going on the grand prize winner of the 3 Hall of Fame cards from 1956 Topps, but I will announce the 2 Honorable Mention winners… Like I mentioned in the previous post there were 132 guesses in the contest.The goal was to select the correct time that the Grandbaby Troll entered the World. No one guessed the exact time, but many came close. One blogger was the closest, within 4 minutes, but like I said, you will have to wait for that one.
For now, I wanted to give a little something something to 2 bloggers who came REAL close.
There were 2 tie breakers, just in case 2 people guessed the correct time.
They were guess the date AND the babies name.
Only ONE person guessed the date correctly. I didn’t mention this at all, but the due date was 12-30-2010. I was hoping that he would be born on my birthday which is 12-31. 38 of you agreed with me and guessed that day too. Just 1 of you got the date right and she shall be rewarded!
I was just going to give a mention, but Esther Gin N Juice demanded that this person be rewarded as this guess was pretty darn close.
With the 51st guess overall (and her first) McCann Can Triple guessed that Baby Boy Troll would be born on December 22, 2010 at 10:10 PM. With the date correct she was accurate within 85 minutes and will be rewarded. Here is one card to be included in her prize pack which will be mailed out within the next couple of weeks… Since we all now she is a Braves fan I am including this 1962 Warren Spahn.
The other Honorable Mention goes to the Dawg Bones Phillies Phan. He placed 2nd in the grand prize guessing 11:30 PM (just 5 minutes off!) but was the only guesser to choose the babies name, well almost. Dawgbones guessed Ray which is the correct middle name. He too will be rewarded with this Phillies Phan Appropriate Card - a 1960 Topps Robin Roberts.
Thanks again to all who entered!
Atlas Ray Generous makes me a very happy person.
To the victors, please email me with your addresses. Thanks!
Troll out.
The dude won 20 or more games 13 different times in his career. At 42 years of age in his 20th season he led the league with 22 complete games and had a 23-7 record with a 2.60 ERA. The fact that Warren Spahn wasn’t good enough to be a first ballot Hall of Famer seemed more ridiculous than David Segui getting a vote in 2009. I looked into things a little deeper and found this to be untrue, well sort of… There were a few complications with Spahn. He retired from the Giants after the 1965 season, but played the following 2 seasons in the minor leagues which delayed his eligibility, making the January 1973 ballot his first year eligible. He was voted in on the first ballot he legitimately appeared on. It was technically not his first ballot though. After Spahn’s (and the Braves) amazing run in 1957 when they won the World Series and Spahn was 21-11 with a 2.69 ERA and won the NL Cy Young Award, Spahn actually received a vote on the 1958 ballot. He was 36 years of age then, he would continue to pitch for another 8 seasons and win about 150 more ball games, but somehow he received a vote. 
I don’t know if the Hall ballot had write-ins or what in ’58, but he received a vote. It was that one single vote that he received while he was an active player that made him appear “2 Years on Ballot” for that election. I am glad to clear that little matter up… In the post I mentioned from Heartbreaking Cards… he references 
Thanks for the blog fodder guys! A lengthy post about the ’73 ballot is on its way… I couldn’t find my Spahn plaque, so I borrowed this image from 
