The Brewer Advent Calendar #3: WhatIfSports
by Kyle Lobner on Feb 10, 2009 12:00 PM CST
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So many of baseball’s greatest questions are doomed to remain forever unanswered. Could Gorman Thomas have homered off of CC Sabathia? What would have happened if Ned Yost backed up Jason Kendall? Was Tommy Harper’s 1970 season (146 OPS+) the best ever by a Brewer third baseman?
Until we invent a time machine we’ll never know for sure, but in the meantime we have WhatIfSports. WIS allows you to build teams of players from any team, league or era and compete in a league against 11 to 29 other baseball fans to create some of history’s greatest matchups. Just this offseason, 12 Brewer fans (myself included) played a 162 game season featuring only players from the Brewer franchise. I didn’t win, but I’m not holding that against them (mostly).
WhatifSports is one of the games that has helped me get through the long offseason for several years now, and they’d like to help you get through the rest of this one. WhatifSports has offered to give away ten gift certificates for their site. Each one is worth $15, enough to try any of their games for free.
Here’s how you can win one: Comment on this post. It’s that simple. I’ll leave comments on this post open until Thursday at noon (Central time). At that time, I’ll draw ten winners at random and contact you via email. Please make sure the email address in your profile is accurate, or I won’t be able to reach you. Thanks to WhatifSports for making this possible.
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Wow that's pretty cool
Way to network, KL.
That being said, I’d kindly ask that you don’t take this comment as a submission/entry into the drawing. The way things are looking at work for me, I’m going to be too busy for quite some time.
But good luck to everyone else!
by Charlie Marlow on Feb 10, 2009 12:22 PM CST reply actions
Well this sounds like a pretty good deal!
Thanks for the opportunity.
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Juuuust a bit outside!!
http://www.rightfieldbleachers.com
Heck yeah!
How does the WhatIfSports game engine work? Is it a Stratomatic-type thing? (I first played Stratomatic, too, through one of Jeff’s posts here last year, BTW)
Boy, I'd sure like to try WhatIfSports
but I just don’t have $15 to spare….
Statis Pro Baseball
In my day, we didn’t have machines playing our simulations. We had tabletops!
Thanks for the opportunity.
I like this idea
I like it a lot.
Brewers Baseball and other assorted nonsense (mostly the assorted nonsense) at my blog, What's a Tararrel?
I'm in for an entry.
Sounds fun.
Eric Gagne DL time: May 23-June 29 Brewers record in that span: 20-9
That is really cool
Thanks what if sports! I’ve teamed with you before at draftnation and you guys are awesome
draftnation.com
I have never...
I have never heard of anything like that before but it sounds like alot of fun, even if I didn’t win I would still think about giving it a try.
Thanks WhatIfSports!!!
And KL, way to shill for a sponsor!!! And they say no one sells out anymore. :)
I just sit back and root for the taser
Actually, WIS isn't a sponsor.
But I play their game and enjoy it, so I’m more than happy to mention I enjoy it and give others the opportunity to do so as well.
He’s not the worst pitcher ever, just the worst good pitcher.
Yes.
Count me in on the raffle
Vegas is in a class unto-itself, it's really not a "city", more a wonderland of awesomeness.
-Zeke
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Feb 10, 2009 6:17 PM CST reply actions
I'll get in as well, thanks
Scored three times and detonated an indisputable in four visits to the batting box.
Hey, I like raffles!
"If loving CC is wrong I do not want to be right"
"If lovin’ Braun is wrong, I want to be a repeat offender"
Me on FSN
On July 7th I had a sign for the Brewers/Rockies game with the saying “I enjoy the Funny muStached anNouncer.” FSN’s Bill Schroeder and Brian Anderson discuss:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOpD2drUgbc
"Its not suppose to be funny." --Bill Schroeder on his mustache
by RahRahBullCrap on Feb 10, 2009 11:32 PM CST reply actions
You can count
me in. I’m always looking for ways to kill time in the off-season…
"I don't know about you guys, but I think it could use some more cowbell..."
im really curious about this
i just need to find a league where i can start multiple kieshnicks….
How can you not love Carsten Charles?
whatif? sports
killed a lot of time for me back in high school and college. It could probably do the same for me now
by wiarchaeologist on Feb 12, 2009 9:32 AM CST reply actions
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Congrats to TheBrouhaha, senryu, bklanecky, cwolf20, Beardsly, Bigdog2002, Hyatt, Rahrahbullcrap, Grobbins and rustdnails, our winners!
He’s not the worst pitcher ever, just the worst good pitcher.
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