Last Josh Hamilton book giveaway post

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 9, 2008 9:45 AM CDT

So, thanks to all who participated in the "guess what number I'm thinking of" contest yesterday...

I thought about various numbers that had Rangers meaning, or something else like "42," but feared those would be too obvious.

So I decided to nerd it up and picked "pi to the e."

Which is 22.4591577...

There were a couple or three guesses of pi, which I thought might deserve partial credit.

But in the end, the closest guess was sprite, with "23."

So sprite gets the last free copy of the book. sprite, email me your contact info, and I'll get it out to you.

For everyone else, you can get it at Amazon for $16.31.

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Wait...

Didn’t somebody guess Pi in the last thread?

(goes back and checks)

Wes Cox did. That doesn’t count as the closest guess?

A Lonestar in California

"M’s fans are such weenies." - Zywica

by LSJ on Oct 9, 2008 9:53 AM CDT reply actions

Read the whole thing

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 9, 2008 9:54 AM CDT up reply actions

Ah nevermind

I barely passed Algebra, so I have no idea WTF I’m talking about I guess.

A Lonestar in California

"M’s fans are such weenies." - Zywica

by LSJ on Oct 9, 2008 9:57 AM CDT up reply actions

I thought

You’d pick the closest number without going over.

by chrisR on Oct 9, 2008 9:55 AM CDT reply actions

this isn't the price is right

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg

by rentz on Oct 9, 2008 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions

Price is Right rules

Not LSB rules.

I am the motherfucking shore patrol, motherfucker! I am the motherfucking shore patrol! Give this man a beer.

by TheBZA on Oct 9, 2008 9:56 AM CDT up reply actions

Sadly

…you fail.

"One man, five scoops." -- shroomer

by ghtd36 on Oct 9, 2008 10:01 AM CDT up reply actions

lol

That was perfect in so many ways it’s mind boggling.

A Lonestar in California

"M’s fans are such weenies." - Zywica

by LSJ on Oct 9, 2008 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions

darn!

by chrisR on Oct 9, 2008 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions

I expected somebody to guess

$1.00 and $700 billion and 1, Bob.

It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin

by txranger7 on Oct 9, 2008 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions

Yay. Thanks AJM.

Although to be honest, i guessed 23 because I thought you were watching too many Dr. Pepper commercials. I’m really looking forward to reading the book.

Fire Todd Dodge. Seriously. 42-10 to FIU? Come on.

by sprite on Oct 9, 2008 12:51 PM CDT reply actions

That’s a bizarre choice. e to the pi makes a lot more mathematical sense. rarely is pi raised to any exponent (though arises in exponents often – e^[i*pi]=-1), and e is usually a base number, not the exponent itself.
(I’ll now return from the ledge of nerdiness, but Adam brought us all there.)

by JBImaknee on Oct 9, 2008 1:05 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs