MLB/State Farm promo

by Adam J. Morris on May 25, 2008 9:21 PM CDT Comment 34 comments

So, I got an email from someone with mlb.com, offering me a $50 mlb.com gift card if I posted about this promo they are doing. Since I'm not doing text ads anymore, I'm not making any money off of LSB, so I figured I'd go ahead and do it.

Here's the link.

Here's the deal, according to the email I got:

Here’s how the promotion works: Fans can enter the promotion daily through June 24 at www.sfCallYourShot.com/2008. The grand prize winner of Call Your Shot will stand beside famed baseball slugger David “Big Papi” Ortiz during the State Farm Home Run Derby and call the home run location of a single delivery for Ortiz. The winner will also receive:

All-expense paid trip for four to the All-Star Game and State Farm Home Run Derby
First class hotel accommodations in New York
Tickets to a Broadway show
$1,000 MasterCard gift card

Additionally, 10 fans will win first place prizes consisting of a $300 MLB.com gift card and 25 second prize winners will receive $100 MLB.com gift cards.

So there you go...if anyone ends up winning anything, let me know...

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figure this is a good spot to mention another mlb promotion

vote 25 times for the all star game with texas (or a team near you if you arnt here) listed as your favorite team and sometime in july you get an email with a code to get 2 free tickets (25 dollar and below seats) to some game.

not that big of a deal, but i vote 25 times anyway so whatever.

Gerald Laird is my hero.

by DSheppard on May 25, 2008 9:27 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

re:

I hope Josh doesn’t participate in the HR derby.

by Longhorn on May 25, 2008 9:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Why?

Are you afraid of the Bobby Abreu curse?

Dalton

by jparks77 on May 25, 2008 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Selling out to make a buck.

For shame, Adam. And to a dirty insurance company no less.

by Athos on May 25, 2008 9:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Thus the tag

by Adam J. Morris on May 25, 2008 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol

"Chase. Dominguez is not really your liking" - Mr Santos

by Chase Irwin on May 25, 2008 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What are you getting

with the $50 gift card?

Roy Hobbs jersey?

by coolaid on May 25, 2008 9:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Sell out...

how much for your soul? I’ve got a $5 bill in my wallet.

Stars in a Texas Night Sky, a Dallas Stars blog from a fan's perspective.

by rangers85 on May 25, 2008 10:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

At least it was 75 words

"Seems like you look at his espn stats and watch his espn highlights." - miles
"All I really have to do is look at his stats" - miles

by DaheelzCM on May 25, 2008 10:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Heh

A Lonestar in California - 2.0

"I LOVE to fart" - Bert Blyleven

by lonestarJon on May 26, 2008 12:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

.500 or bust!

"There is no reason for me to move to third base," Young said.
-FOTF 5/20/2008

"Well, we are one of the cheapest teams in Major League Baseball"
-Tom Hicks 4/8/2008

by Jayslick on May 26, 2008 1:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What are

my chances of winning something?

"We will look back in 20 years, and say that Clayton Kershaw was one of the best pitchers of all time" - me

by miles on May 25, 2008 10:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

very very very low.

Gerald Laird is my hero.

by DSheppard on May 25, 2008 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If it means going to New York

I ain’t playing …...

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)

by Ed Coffin on May 25, 2008 10:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm gonna

win, and then when I’m up with Big Papi, I’ll act like a moron and point to foul territory.

"Then, like a**holes, they took it back." -Jeff of Lookout Landing after Hamilton's 9th inning HR on April 1st.

by dstar442005 on May 25, 2008 10:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Ya know...

you don’t have to win to act like a moron. :P

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on May 25, 2008 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Act?

:-)

by mgb5 on May 25, 2008 11:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

OT: Anyone have...

the ESPN “insider” BS subscription. They have something in MLB rumor central about a possible extension for Hamslam.

Not sure if it’s the same stuff in the local papers there or something else. Anyone who could let me know would be greatly appreciated. I refuse to pay ESPN for anything.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on May 25, 2008 11:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

That's all it is

by Adam J. Morris on May 25, 2008 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on May 25, 2008 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wait

you really don’t get any money for doing this site?

I figured it wasn’t a huge chunk of change or anything, but nothing? Damn.

That sucks, brother.

The 40 trumps all!!!

by thedirkatron on May 26, 2008 1:05 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

if you ran your own site apart from SB

would you make more money out of it? what advantages does SB have that outweigh the financial advantages of your own of SB site?

.500 or bust!

"There is no reason for me to move to third base," Young said.
-FOTF 5/20/2008

"Well, we are one of the cheapest teams in Major League Baseball"
-Tom Hicks 4/8/2008

by Jayslick on May 26, 2008 1:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe this is where

We should all thank AJM for providing us with this free service that gives us a place to cheer, banter, bitch, and flame each other.

Thanks, AJM.

A Lonestar in California - 2.0

"I LOVE to fart" - Bert Blyleven

by lonestarJon on May 26, 2008 4:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

Get your free Hambone jersey with a clear conscience, Adam.

Hard Drive Manufacturer Hires Barkley

by BudLight on May 26, 2008 7:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1000000

"I should apologize to girls for saying Sexson threw that helmet like a girl. I’m not even sure girls do that." - TAG 05/08/2008

by Captain Fubar on May 26, 2008 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

he has to

there are ads everywhere here..

by Longhorn on May 26, 2008 9:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The text ads...

...for purchasing tickets has been my only source of revenue, along with the occasional Blog Ads ad.

However, the Blog Ads were removed when we moved to the new platform, and we aren’t accepting text ads anymore, which means that (for now anyway), I’m not making anything.

by Adam J. Morris on May 26, 2008 9:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is the not accepting Text ads

your idea or theirs? You ought to get some flow off the site.

Personally, I say put up the porn ads, and ads for Canadian pharmacies!

Sharky said it, I believe it, that settles it

by DJCahill on May 26, 2008 10:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Text ads

Text ads were basically a way for some advertisers to game the system…you buy text ads on a bunch of sites with high Google PRs, and it would boost where your site showed up on Google searches.

Google, of course, doesn’t want people doing that, and the way they chose to deal with it was to nerf the PRs of sites that accept texts ads. So i went from a PR of 6 to a PR of 3, I think.

Since that started, SBNation has been encouraging us not to accept them, and with Google taking other steps against text ad buyers, the market is pretty well drying up anyway.

by Adam J. Morris on May 26, 2008 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hate things like this

I would just want to take the 1000 dollar giftcard and be on my way.

Who the hell would want to stand next to David Ortiz and point out a homerun, while everybody else is saying “Who the fuck is this kid” All the players have to act like they care about you, when really your so out of place and nobody gives a shit.

Just give me a signed game used bat, and I can sell it on Ebay or something.

by SaltyGoesYard on May 26, 2008 9:06 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I have a dirty mind

Did anyone else initially think it read “MLB/State Farm Porno”?

What happened to my old signature?

by WyoRanger on May 26, 2008 10:22 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

No

And even if I had read it that way I would have found it hard to believe that if MLB was going to relent to public pressure from baseball perverts and start putting out MLB-licensed porn, that they’d partner with State Farm to do it.

They’d want to partner with someone who has a lot of chicks.

I mean, MLB is full of dudes, and have you ever been to a State Farm office? Two words: Sausage. Fest.

The 40 trumps all!!!

by thedirkatron on May 26, 2008 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You should make something for this site

This takes up alot of time to handle a blog such as this. Any way that you can get extra money, as long as it doesn’t become ridiculous (regarding the site layout), that’s fine. Good for you.

Wait 'til the year after next

by NothinG on May 26, 2008 10:48 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs