Time to pick a winner!

Here's something that'll hopefully brighten someone's Monday:  it's time to pick the winner of TMM's first contest.  One more time, a look at the loot:

Ok, so first, our nine entrants, in the order I received them:

And now we randomize them three times:

Once...

Twice:

And now the winner:

A big congratulations to new reader/follower Hackenbush, who was rewarded for his efforts with a bunch of free stuff.  While I get his bonus items (and maybe more, since he's a non-White Sox Chicago fan (sorry, Jeff!) I may have some team stuff he'll appreciate) and contact him with details, make sure to check out his blog,

Thanks again to everyone who participated--I was very happy to get nine participants, and that'll definitely encourage me to do more of these, hopefully often enough to keep your interest.  Until the next time, good luck on the multitude of other contests run by your favorite bloggers, and GO BLUE!

Giveaway reminder and an excuse

Hi everybody!  First of all, I want to make sure I remind everyone that 11:59 pm EST tonight is the deadline for the contest/giveaway.  Details here, but really all you need to do is leave a comment on that post and I'll random the stuff off tomorrow.  Reminder of the loot the winner will take home:

I also wanted to apologize for the lack of posts for the past week or so--I had next to no time last week to get things put up, and when I finally did this weekend, I ended up coming down with the nasty cold/flu bug that many of you have succumbed to.  As soon as I have more energy I promise I'll get back to posting cool stuff.  I have an awesome trade package from Jeff to scan, and that includes stuff for here AND TMG, so that'll be a fun two-parter.  I also plan to scan more of my Michigan football RC collection, and who knows?  Maybe more stuff will come in.  Until then, feel free to laugh at whatever image you have of me while high on NyQuil.

Introducing TMM's very first contest

This blog's been going for more than a month now and I'm very happy with how things have gone.  I certainly feel better having my Michigan stuff split off from TMG since obviously only a small set of my readers were actually checking out those posts.  Also, it's been great to have Jeff on board since he's provided great content in terms of his own Michigan PC stuff and some editorials as well.

Because things seem to be going in the right direction, I though it was about time that I put up this blog's first contest.  I want to be very clear that this isn't a page view/followers grab--it's intended to thank and reward each of you who read this fledgling blog as much as you do.  That's why the only requirement this time is for you to leave a comment on this post.  It can be literally whatever you'd like (with a couple requirements, mentioned below).  

Each person will get a maximum of one entry, which will be randomed off in the usual way, and I won't be awarding bonus entries for following, pimping the contest, etc.  All I ask is that when you leave a comment, you do so with an account that links to your email, or that you leave contact info in the comment itself.  As such, I will automatically disqualify all entries made that result in a "no-reply..." address and that do not include contact info in the comment itself.  Good?  Good.

Now that all that is clear, here's what our one winner will receive:

• Austin Powers UD Piece of Hollywood Costume relic (from Sam's recent group break)
• Shaun Alexander 2003 SP Game-Used Edition jersey (which I received by accident from my favorite Blowout seller)
• 2010 Press Pass PE auto of Joe Webb and Jersey of Sean Canfeld (extras from my several breaks of those)
• A complete set of 2011 SAGE HIT low series and Pre-Rookies (I have a few of these from busting lots of those too)
• And finally, something nice of the MLB or NFL team of your choice.  I'll do my best to make it something good like a hit if I can, but please keep in mind I don't have hits of every single team, so if I don't, I'll try to make it some nice inserts or RCs or something.  Please make sure to include your favorite team in your comment

The contest will end one week from today (Sunday) at 11:59 pm EST.  I'll remind you guys during each post this week, then next Monday I'll do a quick randomization and post the winner.  As a reminder, please make sure to leave me some sort of contact info in your comment, and make sure to mention your favorite MLB or NFL team.

Thanks again to everybody who reads and/or follows this blog.  I look forward to providing more Michigan Wolverines-centric comment, along with Jeff, for a long time!

Entries:

• Larry, Mariners
• Hackenbush, Cubs, Bears, Bulls, Blackhawks
• Eric, Royals
• Sam, Astros
• Arpsmith (reader), SF Giants, USC Trojans, SF 49ers
• Brian, Texas Rangers
• Josh, Royals
• Greg, Dodgers, Chargers
• Matt, Cardinals, Rams