Cubbies Crib Presents: The Return of the Total Bases Tournament!

Credit Randall J. Sanders (@RandallJSanders)

Last year, around mid-season, I tweeted a few buddies asking if they wanted to have a little competition. I wasn’t specific when it came to addressing my tweet, so many of my followers wanted in. And with that, the Total Bases Tournament was born!

The premise is simple: 16 people pick one player over the course of four days beginning every Thursday. Half are eliminated each day, leaving only two for the final round on Sunday night.

Rules:

• One player per day
• Only singles (1 base), doubles (2 bases), triples (3 bases), and homeruns count (4 bases); HBPs, errors, FCs, etc do not.
• Cannot choose a player that has already been picked.
• Player must be picked prior to start of game; if scratched from lineup, replacement must be chosen before the start of his respective team’s game.
• Must also pick a tie-breaker player – only considered if there is a tie

vs

Jose Bautista

@Cubsfan1023

Starlin Castro

vs

Michael Morse

Joey Votto

vs

Angel Pagan

Andrew McCutchen

vs

Dustin Pedroia

Josh Hamilton

vs

Ryan Zimmerman

David Wright

vs

Justin Upton

Adam Jones

vs

Miguel Cabrera

Chris Davis

vs

Evan Longoria

How to enter: 

The quickest way to ensure that you’re in – and trust me, it fills up fast – is by tweeting me @MindofStan. I will then tell you if there any spots left, what player has been taken, and other things pertaining to the organization of the tournament.

Consider this tournament as a way to get yourself recognition amongst the baseball faithful of Twitter. It has created great camaraderie after just half a season. 

I recommend you do your homework before picking your player. Let the tournament commence!