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Welcome to the Ding Dong Challenge, a game were we try and correctly predict who will hit the most home runs in a given week, keep score throughout the entire season, and win a free, awesome t-shirt.
My apologizes for being a day late, but my brother got married on Sunday so needless to say, I was in no state yesterday to really do much of anything let alone tally up all the dingers from last week. So y’all can thank my brother for the extra day of dingers you get to include in your scores.
I also managed to finally watch the final episode of Game of Thrones. It was.... predictable.
Anyhows, onto the scores!
Week 12 scorecard
| Name | Week 12 Total | Elite | Everyone Else 1 | Everyone Else 2 | Total Dongs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Week 12 Total | Elite | Everyone Else 1 | Everyone Else 2 | Total Dongs |
| Feslenraster | 8 | Christian Yelich (2) | Ronald Acuna Jr (3) | Kyle Schwarber (3) | 27 |
| Ezra Laemmle | 7 | Mike Trout (3) | Ronald Acuna Jr (3) | Michael Conforto (1) | 32 |
| Punk is Dead | 5 | Nolan Arenado (1) | Austin Riley (2) | Trevor Story (2) | 34 |
| Mark Abell | 4 | Freddie Freeman (2) | Francisco Lindor (1) | Paul Goldschmidt (1) | 33 |
| Pete Rogers | 4 | Pete Alonso (2) | Matt Chapman (0) | Xander Bogaerts (2) | 38 |
| GratefulMatt | 4 | Christian Yelich (2) | Dan Vogelbach (1) | Jay Bruce (1) | 35 |
| Calvin C | 3 | Christian Yelich (1) | Khris Davis (2) | Vladimir Guerrero Jr (0) | 22 |
| Heath Capps | 3 | Josh Bell (1) | Bryce Harper (1) | Mookie Betts (1) | 37 |
| Salti Cracker | -- | -- | -- | 19 | |
| Dark Passenger | -- | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Ghoji Blackburn | -- | -- | -- | 20 |
Well done Fes, who hit a home run (see what I did there?) with his picks this past week. Ronald Acuna Jr. and Kyle Schwarber where big picks as Everyone Elses. Also shoutout Ezra who came in a very close second thanks to Mike Trout along with Acuna.
All and all a pretty good week though, with only two guys—Matt Chapman and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.—not going yard. Pretty, pretty, pretty good.
Here are Week 13’s Elites:
Week 13 Elites
| Name | Team | G | PA | HR | ISO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team | G | PA | HR | ISO |
| Christian Yelich | Brewers | 65 | 288 | 26 | 0.400 |
| Hunter Renfroe | Padres | 66 | 227 | 23 | 0.390 |
| Cody Bellinger | Dodgers | 70 | 301 | 23 | 0.347 |
| Anthony Rendon | Nationals | 57 | 246 | 16 | 0.340 |
| Mike Trout | Angels | 69 | 308 | 20 | 0.339 |
| Peter Alonso | Mets | 71 | 295 | 23 | 0.336 |
| Josh Bell | Pirates | 70 | 307 | 19 | 0.332 |
| Joc Pederson | Dodgers | 64 | 228 | 18 | 0.325 |
| Charlie Blackmon | Rockies | 55 | 265 | 16 | 0.316 |
| Mike Moustakas | Brewers | 65 | 284 | 21 | 0.304 |
| Franmil Reyes | Padres | 69 | 242 | 19 | 0.290 |
| Edwin Encarnacion | Yankees | 66 | 293 | 21 | 0.286 |
| Max Kepler | Twins | 64 | 284 | 17 | 0.280 |
| Ketel Marte | Diamondbacks | 71 | 317 | 20 | 0.279 |
| Anthony Rizzo | Cubs | 67 | 297 | 19 | 0.279 |
| Daniel Vogelbach | Mariners | 67 | 265 | 17 | 0.279 |
| Freddie Freeman | Braves | 72 | 327 | 19 | 0.278 |
| Eduardo Escobar | Diamondbacks | 71 | 315 | 17 | 0.275 |
| Jorge Soler | Royals | 72 | 294 | 19 | 0.275 |
| Max Muncy | Dodgers | 71 | 282 | 17 | 0.268 |
| Kris Bryant | Cubs | 67 | 298 | 15 | 0.266 |
| Alex Bregman | Astros | 71 | 317 | 19 | 0.265 |
| Brandon Lowe | Rays | 64 | 257 | 15 | 0.264 |
| C.J. Cron | Twins | 63 | 257 | 15 | 0.262 |
| Byron Buxton | Twins | 65 | 227 | 9 | 0.261 |
Anyone not on this list is an Everyone Else. Reminder: you pick one Elite and two Everyone Else each week so choose wisely! Leave your team in the comments if you want to play this week (and feel free to leave your twitter handle as we’ll give a shoutout each week to the previous week’s winner).