BCB Project 3000 Donations (and other site notes)

by Al on Mar 10, 2008 8:21 AM CDT in Meta BCB

Last November, as we did the year before, we had a "Free Agent Frenzy" contest to mirror MLB.com's similar contest.

They -- and we -- should have thought of this; there's one free agent in the contest (Barry Bonds) who is still unsigned. Based on everything I've heard and read, he's probably going to remain unsigned. Don't know what MLB.com is going to do, but I'd like to declare our contest over. Here are all the original picks. If someone could go through and tally up all the points and let me know the winner is (leaving out all points for Bonds), I will send out the prize, which is a copy of the book The Cubs: The Complete Story of Chicago Cubs Baseball by Glenn Stout.

Also, we are about to tally up everything now that the shirts have all been delivered and there will be a substantial sum left over to donate to Derrek Lee's Project 3000 -- which was part of the point of doing the shirts in the first place. I'll let you all know how much after the final tally. We can add to this, too. Last year several of us, myself included, pledged to donate to Project 3000 based on the 2007 season performance of various Cubs. (I pledged $10 for every Ryan Dempster save, a total of $280, which I am happy to donate.)

All the pledges are here. (Link opens Excel spreadsheet.) If you are on the spreadsheet as having made a pledge, please contact me; I have contacted someone with Project 3000 to find out who you can make out your check to, then send the check to me and I'll send them in all at once.

Thanks to the generosity of BCB readers, we should have quite a large donation to make to Project 3000.

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I made my donation

directly on the University of Iowa website, to the charity.

DEJESUS!!!

by tomas21 on Mar 10, 2008 8:45 AM CDT 0 recs

Thanks.

n/t

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Mar 10, 2008 8:46 AM CDT up 0 recs

Pledges

I thought I pledged and I'm not on the spreadsheet.

Can I send you a check anyway to go towards the final tally?

If you read this please include my friend Heather and my friend's mom Karen in your prayers. If you want to hear more email me.

by cubstoseriesby100 on Mar 10, 2008 9:54 AM CDT 0 recs

spreadsheet

al, when you need to post a spreadsheet online, might I suggest google docs?

docs.google.com

you can post the sheets, and paranoid people (like me!) don't have to worry about viruses and the like that come with excel files distributed online. plus, it's totally free, and you can collaborate with others easily and in real time.

i am in no way affiliated with google or it's subsidiaries ;-)

keep up the good work with your site... been a daily reader for many years.

by SleepyLaBeef on Mar 10, 2008 10:19 AM CDT 0 recs

If...

... I knew how to do that, I would. The spreadsheet I posted has been virus-checked.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Mar 10, 2008 10:42 AM CDT up 0 recs

Link to docs.google equivalent

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p8WW81OJlLcGEAnDggv-VXg

by Neifi Puppy on Mar 10, 2008 11:06 AM CDT up 0 recs

Thanks for the conversion.

n/t

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Mar 10, 2008 11:07 AM CDT up 0 recs

Last year

I bet reader/poster "Scott", that the Cubs would finish below .500. This was in May, I think.

Happily, two things happened: I sent a donation to Proj. 3000, and also learned that a baseball season is long and anything can happen. Even to our Cubbies!

Very valuable experience!

Wait 'til next year. And the next. And the Next. And the next after that too.

by TheEman on Mar 10, 2008 10:45 AM CDT 0 recs