Spot the Sig CONTEST Returns!!!

Back by Popular Demand it is Spot the Sig!

If you weren't around last year, Spot the Sig! was a Phungo contest which revolved around guessing the identity of an autograph posted on this blog.

Like last year, each Sunday Night I will post an autograph and open the comments for guessing the identification of the signer. Each auto or Sig will be attached a base hit value (Single Double Triple Homer). The first person to Spot the Sig will get the hit applied to their team.

The contest will run 9 weeks - I refer to each week as an inning - and the first inning will be next Sunday October 18th. Whoever has scored the most runs after 9 innings is the winner.

The winner will be awarded a beautiful prize package consisting of a team bag of cards (likely crap from the late 80s + maybe a few nicer cards tossed in).

I have heard that PTBNL will be back this season, however now he is going by PatSearcher.

Here is a look back at last seasons final standings:

PTBNL - repsresentin those Fightin Phillies - 9 Runs
Cardboard Junkie - Braves - 4 Runs
Night Owl - Dodgers - 3 Runs
Stats on the Back - Mets - 2 Run in
Card Buzz - Angels - 2 runs
Nachos Grande - Reds - 1 Run in.
Cardboard Addiction - Bosox - Stranded a Runner
A Cardboard Problem - Yankees - Stranded a Runner
Covered in Wrappers - Cardinals - Stranded a Runner

So warm up your Auto-Hunting thinking caps and we will look forward to seeing everyone next week - Generally I will attempt to get the postings up around 9:30-10:00 PM each Sunday.

For a look back at last winter/springs first edition of Spot the Sig! check here and here.

The Bull says there is less than 24 hours left in the John Hughes Memorial Trading Card Contest!

Team Phungo brings you another Photo from the Phils Alumni Weekend. This is Greg Luzinski signing autographs for fans at the Bulls BBQ Competition stand. Each year the Bull's Teammate Garry Maddox hosts a charity Barbecue competition and since Luzinski lends his name to a BBQ establishment at the Phils Ballpark he always has a stand at the event.

While singing a youngsters hat the Bull was mentioning how important it was for everyone to enter the...

John Hughes Memorial Trading Card Trivia Contest!

So far we have entries by Dayf, White Sox Cards, and 72 Topps Baseball.

The Phungo Judges have assured me that none of these trivia aficianados have run the table however and you can still win the competition and be declared the King or Queen of the Eighties!

Why watch the Bosox and Yanks tonight when you can spend it combing the internet for John Hughes Facts?

John Hughes Memorial Trading Card Trivia Contest

In honor of the work of John Hughes, Team Phungo presents the

John Hughes Memorial Trading Card Trivia Contest!

I have 10 cards listed below and your job is to connect them to the correct movie. I have basically stuck to the movies Hughes directed and wrote during his mid to late 80s period.

I would like to run this as a contest, similar to Spot the Sig I have given each card a base hit value, if one accumulates enough hits they will score runs. Whoever scores the most runs wins.

There are some caveats:
-You must answer the movies in order and answer all of the movies
-If you miss a movie thats an out
-If you accumulate 3 outs you are done scoring
-Some movies are mentioned more than once and some not at all.

A perfect game would be 10 runs. Some of the Homers are distant connections that may only make sense in my own twisted mind, but it's my game so I make up the rules. Answer in the comments. Winner gets crowned King or Queen of the 80s and pile of junk cards from their favorite team.


A - 2003 Doruss Studio #113 Sammy Sosa
single



B - 1988 Pacific Eight Men Out #34 "Buck Weaver"
single

C - 2008 Allen Ginter #119 Billy Mitchell
double

D - 2008 Allen Ginter #144 Grand Canyon
single


E - 2005 UD ESPN #90 Vernon Wells
triple


F - 2008 Goudey #276 Bruce Jenner - Sports Royalty
Home Run!!!


G - 2008 Goudey #HPC-10 Mr Hockey - Hit Parade of Champions
triple



H - 1997 Donurss #203 Frank Banham
Home Run!!!



I - 2008 Topps #297 Tony Romo Pro Bowl QB and
2006 Fleer #33 Kevin Jones
Home Run!!!



J - 2007 Topps #DS28 George Bush - Distinguished Service
Home Run!!!

There you go have fun and good luck.

Since this is a weekend I will give till 6pm (eastern) on Monday 8/10 for folks to get their guesses in.

If there is a tie, the first entry will win.

The comments are open, so one can wait and vulture answers or try and get an entry in quick in an effort to be the first to get all 10 movies.

Spot the Sig! - Round 4

This week’s Spot the Sig! is good for a Double - I don't think this one is to rough. Here it is:

In honor of the Veteran’s committee coming out with their Hall of Fame Selection this week, the Bonus question is HoF related. Name any Hall of Famer that Team Phungo has seen play for an American League team. Of course this eliminates any Phillies I have seen, but there are still roughly a half dozen AL players that qualify.

Recapping the STS! standings thus far:

Cardboard Junkie - Braves - 1 Run in - Man on First
PTBNL - I think repsresentin the Phillies - Man on Third
Stats on the Back - Stinkin Mets - Man on 2nd
Cardboard Addiction - Bosox - Man on First
Night Owl - Dodgers - The very patient Matt Kemp on first

For further information regarding the Phungo Spot the Sig! contest click here and join the party - you just may find yourself with a stack of cards come spring training!

Spot the Sig! - Round 3

It's time for everybody's favorite game show Spot the Sig!

This week Sig is good for a Double to the first person who can guess who signed the autograph below:

The picture has been blown up to double size so don't let that confuse you.

And as usual there is bonus trivia this week - To get the bonus you must name a player who played the same position as this weeks Spot the Sig! subject on the Phungo Fantasy Baseball squad this past season. Ground Rule for the bonus is that each person is only allowed one guess, but we can have multiple winners as my team had more than one player at the position. Some hints on the bonus - it is a 10 team keeper league so the draft runs deep and we play National League only. Bonus is good for a stolen base if you have men on or a walk if you have the bases empty.

SCOREBOARD

Cardboard Junkie - 1 Run in - Man on First
Stats on the Back - Man on 2nd
Cardboard Addiction - Man on First
Night Owl - Man on First

Spot the Sig! (STS) is a pretty simple concept - guess who's signature is presented each Sunday, score runs, and win cards. If you would like more background on STS or to check out the ground rules click here.

Spot The Sig! - Round 2

This weeks Spot The Sig! is a ticket autograph. This appears to be one of the tougher autos in the Phungo collection and is worth a Triple to the first person to identify the Auto in the comments section of this post.

If you are new to Spot The Sig!(STS) you can get some information and read the ground rules here. Basically each week the presented auto will be worth a baseball hit (Single Double Triple or Homer). Results are cumulative over several weeks and whoever scores the most runs via identifying the autos wins a stack of cards.

This is the second week of the contest which I intend to run for about 15 weeks – basically the duration of the Baseball off-season.

Recapping last weeks results - Mark from Stats on the Back guessed the Auto correctly for a double and Joe from Cardboard Addiction got the bonus question for a walk so the Spot The Sig Game status appears as Follows.

Stats on the Back has a Jose Reyes on 2nd

Cardboard Addiction has Kevin Youkilis (Greek God of walks) on first

Everybody else is on deck

It’s never too late to join the competition so leave a guess in the comments and maybe you will end up with some cards just in time for spring training.

Oh yeah I almost forgot the bonus question. As you may have noticed the Section, Row and Seat number have been painted over on the ticket - To get the bonus guess what the section, row, and seat number are for this ticket. The closest answer for each number gets the bonus. That’s right this week there are really 3 bonus questions. One person could get the entire bonus or more likely it will be split amongst three readers. The bonus is a stolen base if you have a man on base, or a walk if you have bases empty.

Good Luck!

Spot the Sig! - Round 1

As I have been alluding to in a few posts lately Team Phungo is hosting it's first contest! The contest will revolve around identifying unknown autographs. I ran one auto last week as a test run, and it was quickly IDd by Dayf.

Before boring you with the particulars of the Phungo Spot the Sig! contest I will present this weeks Auto:


While picking out select autos for this feature it became clear that some autos were significantly harder to read and figure out then others. Knowing this, I have decided that certain autos will have different values. I also decided that the competition should be scored in some sort of baseball fashion.

To satisfy both of these requirements, I picked base hits as a measure of a signatures difficulty. Last weeks Luzinski card would have been a single. While harder cards to ID would be doubles, triples and homers. I plan on running out 15 cards - hopefully each Sunday or Monday until Mid-February. Whoever has the most runs at the end of the contest Wins. Aside from being named Spot the Sig! Champion, I will send off a batch of cards to our winner.

There are some additional ground rules that I have stolen from a recent Tribe Cards Quiz contest:

• Respond in the comments to THIS post.
  
• Only the first correct response will be awared the weeks Hit.
  
• Only ONE guess per person, please
  
• If you choose to ignore the above rule, only your FIRST answer will be taken under consideration
  
• Feel free to chat in comments, but please keep it clean
  
• That pretty much sums it up

Each week I will try and come up with a bonus question related to the Auto. The bonus will be good for minimal value - I think a Stolen Base or Walk and this will also give a chance for two winners each week.

This weeks bonus question is....

I have been to over two hundred ball games - How many times have I witnessed the player from this weeks contest in a Major League Game?

Oh and one last thing. This weeks card is good for a Double. Good Luck.

Spot The Sig - Greg Luzinski - Congrats Dayf

2003 Fleer Ultra All Veterans Stadium Team #7 of 12 Greg Luzinski

Congratulations to Dayf for being the first to Spot the Sig. Should have known he would come through. Stay tuned for next weeks Sig - If I get enough support there may be a contest in the works. More on that below.

This card connects two eras of my Phillies Phandom. The Phillies gave each fan, who attended the final Veterans Stadium game in 2003, a set of 12 cards commemorating the All-Vet team. The Bull was the All-Vet representetive for the Left Field postion. I suppose it is fitting that Dayf was first to figure out this Auto, since the Braves defeated the Phils that day 5-2. After picking up this card at the last game at the Vet, I also took it down to the first game at Citizens Bank Ballpark where Greg Luzinkski signed it out front of the brand new Bull's Barbecue.

Yes, similar to Camden Yards in Baltimore, The new Phils park has a Barbecue area beyond centerfield. In Baltimore they have Boog's Barbecue presided over by "Boog" Powell. The Phils have Bull's Barbecue, with Greg Luzinski at the helm. The Bull has become an ambassador for the Phillies, appearing in the area and on TV and radio a good bit. And of course he also puts in time at Bull's Barbecue which is located on Citizens Bank Ballpark's Ashburn Alley. I find Barbecue a bit messy for my taste on most game days but have enjoyed a few sandwhiches there over the years.

Anyone on the late 70s and 1980 World Championship Phillies teams are among the first players I can remember. Of course Luzinski is among the most memorable of this group - Big dude lots of pop and of course that Polish last name. One of my favorite moments of the Phils run in 1980 is during one of the post season games Luzinski had been removed for pinch runner Lonnie Smith who stayed in the field. Howard Cosell was the color analyst for the game and had apparenly forgotten about the replacement. When Smith eventually came to bat in Luzinkski's spot in the order, Cosell said "And now the question is 'Can the Bull do it again?'". I will post a card here eventually but in case you don't know, Lonnie Smith don't look much like the Bull.

I am sure Cosell was only looking off his scorecard but it was a moment that still remains funny to me today.

And since this Card commemorates Veterans Stadium, I also find it appropriate to post here during the week of Veterans day.

I plan on running Spot the Sig weekly throughout the Baseball off-season. As of now I would like to get the next STS up on Sunday night. I am thinking of having a contest that will run the duration of the feature. Probably will award a stack of cards to whomever spots the most Autos during the contest.