Vote in the ESPN: The Shot Photo Contest

As any of you that are reading the blog already know, I was recently able to attend the Hall of Fame Induction of Rickey Henderson, which is something I've had "planned" since I was about 8 years old. I believe that I took a lot of great pictures over the weekend, and I entered my favorite into the "faces of the game" category of a contest that ESPN is currently holding.

You can vote for my picture here.



There are two portions to the contest, the judged portion, and the people's choice portion. For the people's choice portion, please feel free to share the above link with anyone that you'd like: friends, family, Facebook, Twitter, message boards, blogs, I could use all the help that I can get!

The winning pictures will be published in ESPN: The Magazine, which would definitely be a cool collectible to add to my Rickey collection.

Thanks in advance for all your help and support!

Rickey Henderson VIP Sweepstakes

In conjunction with the Rickey themed events that they are holding this year, the A's just announced a "Rickey Henderson VIP Experience Sweepstakes."

You can enter online at this link, and of course know who you can share your prize with if you win :)

Update: Rod at Padrographs noticed that it's limited to California residents only, so that eliminates a lot of people, but California still is a big place!



The thumbnail above is on the A's homepage, but I couldn't find a larger version of it anywhere.



It's obviously part of a logo that they created this year (and based on the picture that they used for the pocket schedule already).

Following is a list of the three prizes. It would have been nice to have a few more of the lower tiered prizes available, but something is definitely better than nothing!


Grand Prize:
One (1) Autographed Rickey Henderson jersey
A photo opportunity with Rickey Henderson
Four (4) tickets to an upcoming 2009 regular season A's game at the Coliseum and the opportunity for four fans to attend an on field pre-game batting practice viewing for that chosen game
One (1) $200 Athletics merchandise gift card good for purchases at the in-stadium merchandise team store only.

First Prize:
One (1) Autographed Rickey Henderson T-shirt
Two (2) tickets to an upcoming 2009 regular season A's game at the Coliseum and the opportunity for two fans to attend an on field pre-game batting practice viewing for that chosen game
One (1) $150 Athletics merchandise gift card good for purchases at the in-stadium merchandise team store only.

Second Prize:
One (1) Autographed Rickey Henderson T-shirt
Two (2) tickets to an upcoming 2009 regular season A's game at the Coliseum and the opportunity for two fans to attend an on field pre-game batting practice viewing for that chosen game
One (1) $50 Athletics merchandise gift card good for purchases at the in-stadium merchandise team store only.