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Update: We've upped the ante by teaming up with the folks from Celebrate 10000 dot com. Click here for details.
When it comes to celebrating New Year's Eve, the place that comes to mind first is Times Square in New York City. Similarly, when it comes to properly memorializing the Phillies' 10,000th loss as a franchise, the first place that should come to mind is Celebrate 10,000, because really, no one is doing it bigger or better.
But, just as on New Year's Eve Times Square isn't the only place to ring in the new year, there are other avenues to participate and revel in the accomplishment that is 10,000 losses.
Here at BS&S.com, we are going to run a pool to guess what game on the Phillies schedule this season will be the 10,000th loss. The details -- rules and prizes -- are as follows:
1. As of now, the Phillies have lost 9,974 games, so the earliest the 10,000th loss can occur is the game scheduled for June 6th in New York against the Mets.
2. The prize for correctly guessing the day of the 10,000th loss will be two tickets to a game of your choice in any stadium on any date [don't get too excited, I'm only going to spring for cheap seats] and a copy of "Pouring Six Beers at a Time" by Bill Giles [because without him, we wouldn't be celebrating this monumental event for another couple of years!].
3. In the event that no one correctly guesses the day of the 10,000th loss, the person with the closest guess will be awarded the prize.
4. In the event that several people choose the correct date, all ties will be broken by whoever correctly guesses the total score of the game (the number of runs the Phillies score plus the number of runs their opponent scores). In the event that two or more people are still tied, names will be chosen by Tugger out of a faded red Phillies cap that has seen better days.
5. To enter, send an email to L10K@ballssticksstuff.com. In the body of the email, chose a date, a prediction of the total number of runs in the game, and the email address that you would prefer to correspond with us.
