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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.
Week 13 scorecard
| Name | Week 13 Total | Elite | Everyone Else 1 | Everyone Else 2 | Total Dongs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Week 13 Total | Elite | Everyone Else 1 | Everyone Else 2 | Total Dongs |
| GratefulMatt | 6 | Christian Yelich (3) | Bryce Harper (1) | Nolan Arenado (2) | 41 |
| Pete Rogers | 5 | Pete Alonso (4) | Bryce Harper (1) | J.D. Martinez (0) | 43 |
| Heath Capps | 5 | Edwin Encarnacion (2) | Bryce Harper (1) | Nolan Arenado (2) | 42 |
| Salti Cracker | 5 | Cody Bellinger (2) | Marcell Ozuna (2) | Nolan Arenado (1) | 24 |
| Ezra Laemmle | 3 | Mike Trout (2) | Ronald Acuna Jr (1) | J.D. Martinez (0) | 35 |
| Punk is Dead | 3 | Mike Trout (2) | Nelson Cruz (0) | Willie Calhoun (1) | 37 |
| Mark Abell | 3 | Hunter Renfroe (0) | Joey Gallo (0) | Yordan Alvarez (3) | 36 |
| Calvin C | 2 | Mike Trout (0) | Ronald Acuna Jr (1) | Rowdy Tellez (1) | 34 |
| Feslenraster | 1 | Ketel Marte (0) | Ronald Acuna Jr (1) | Mallex Smith (0) | 28 |
| Dark Passenger | -- | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Ghoji Blackburn | -- | -- | -- | 20 |
Shoutout to GratefulMatt for being the first person to submit his lineup last week and winning the week! Big week for Christian Yelich, Yordan Alvarez and of course Ding Master himself Pete Alonso. Also big week for Rowdy Tellez but Calvin C got his lineup in too late to enjoy two fo Tellez’s dingers last week. Still got the one from him though!
Meanwhile Mark better be counting his lucky stars he even had Alvarez on his squad given that Hunter Renfroe gave him nothing and Joey Gallo hasn’t played since beginning of June.
Real tight race at the top for number one between myself, Heath and GratefulMatt, all of us within one point of each other. Time to start putting some distance between me and the rest of the pack! WEEK 14 I’M COMING FOR YOUUUUUU!!!!!
Week 14 Elites
| Name | Team | G | PA | HR | ISO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team | G | PA | HR | ISO |
| Christian Yelich | Brewers | 71 | 315 | 29 | 0.402 |
| Peter Alonso | Mets | 77 | 322 | 27 | 0.366 |
| Hunter Renfroe | Padres | 71 | 250 | 23 | 0.366 |
| Gary Sanchez | Yankees | 57 | 239 | 23 | 0.361 |
| Cody Bellinger | Dodgers | 76 | 324 | 25 | 0.349 |
| Mike Trout | Angels | 75 | 337 | 22 | 0.335 |
| Joc Pederson | Dodgers | 70 | 247 | 20 | 0.326 |
| Josh Bell | Pirates | 75 | 329 | 20 | 0.325 |
| Anthony Rendon | Nationals | 63 | 272 | 17 | 0.323 |
| Charlie Blackmon | Rockies | 61 | 290 | 18 | 0.312 |
| Mike Moustakas | Brewers | 71 | 304 | 22 | 0.303 |
| Freddie Freeman | Braves | 77 | 349 | 21 | 0.289 |
| Franmil Reyes | Padres | 74 | 256 | 20 | 0.288 |
| Edwin Encarnacion | Yankees | 72 | 318 | 23 | 0.285 |
| Ketel Marte | Diamondbacks | 75 | 334 | 20 | 0.277 |
| Max Kepler | Twins | 70 | 313 | 19 | 0.277 |
| Jorge Soler | Royals | 78 | 320 | 21 | 0.276 |
| Daniel Vogelbach | Mariners | 73 | 291 | 18 | 0.272 |
| Yasmani Grandal | Brewers | 71 | 292 | 17 | 0.270 |
| Javier Baez | Cubs | 75 | 322 | 19 | 0.267 |
| Anthony Rizzo | Cubs | 73 | 318 | 19 | 0.265 |
| Nolan Arenado | Rockies | 76 | 332 | 19 | 0.264 |
| Alex Bregman | Astros | 77 | 345 | 21 | 0.263 |
| Matt Chapman | Athletics | 78 | 340 | 18 | 0.263 |
| Trey Mancini | Orioles | 73 | 313 | 17 | 0.259 |
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).