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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 21 scorecard
| Name | Week 21 total | Elite | Everyone Else 1 | Everyone Else 2 | Total Dongs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Week 21 total | Elite | Everyone Else 1 | Everyone Else 2 | Total Dongs |
| Feslenraster | 8 | Mike Trout (2) | Ronald Acuna Jr (2) | Aristides Aquino (4) | 95 |
| GratefulMatt | 8 | Christian Yelich (2) | Ronald Acuna Jr (2) | Bryce Harper (4) | 117 |
| Punk is Dead | 8 | Mike Trout (2) | Nolan Arenado (4) | Yordan Alvarez (2) | 99 |
| Pete Rogers | 7 | Pete Alonso (2) | Ronald Acuna Jr (2) | Rafael Devers (3) | 116 |
| Ezra Laemmle | 7 | Trevor Story (2) | Nolan Arenado (4) | Michael Conforto (1) | 100 |
| Calvin C | 6 | Cody Bellinger (4) | Keston Hiura (0) | Yordan Alvarez (2) | 89 |
| Mark Abell | 4 | Nolan Arenado (4) | Aaron Judge (0) | Brian Anderson (0) | 92 |
| Heath Capps | 4 | Charlie Blackmon (2) | Aaron Judge (0) | Eduardo Escobar (2) | 109 |
| Dark Passenger | -- | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Ghoji Blackburn | -- | -- | -- | 20 | |
| Salti Cracker | -- | -- | -- | 46 |
WHAT A WEEK! I don’t know if we’ve ever had a three-way tie in the challenge before, let alone a tie with everyone scoring EIGHT DINGERS! That’s just impressive. Big props to Feslenraster and Punk is Dead for being one of those three to tie for the win this week. Subdued props to GratefulMatt as his big week has pushed him to the top of the food chain for the season. I held onto that title so long and now I’m looking up to him. AND I MISSED IT BY ONE HOMER! That’s just crushing if I am to be honest with y’all.
Meanwhile, HEATH STOP DRAFTING AARON JUDGE! That’s all that really can be said right now. And Mark, stop trying to be like Heath. Don’t be like Heath.
Shoutout to Nolan Arenado, Bryce Harper, Cody Bellinger and the breakout sensation Aristides Aquino for all going yard four times this past week. Round of applause for you men.
TIME FOR WEEK 22 AND ME TO CLAIM WHAT’S RIGHTFULLY MINE!
Week 22 Elites
| Name | Team | G | PA | HR | ISO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Team | G | PA | HR | ISO |
| Mike Trout | Angels | 118 | 529 | 41 | 0.368 |
| Christian Yelich | Brewers | 110 | 491 | 41 | 0.363 |
| Cody Bellinger | Dodgers | 121 | 518 | 42 | 0.354 |
| Peter Alonso | Mets | 123 | 526 | 40 | 0.333 |
| Josh Bell | Pirates | 119 | 512 | 31 | 0.305 |
| Hunter Renfroe | Padres | 112 | 414 | 31 | 0.304 |
| Jorge Soler | Royals | 125 | 518 | 35 | 0.290 |
| Anthony Rendon | Nationals | 109 | 479 | 27 | 0.287 |
| Alex Bregman | Astros | 119 | 531 | 30 | 0.282 |
| Trevor Story | Rockies | 111 | 501 | 28 | 0.279 |
| Edwin Encarnacion | Yankees | 101 | 451 | 30 | 0.279 |
| Charlie Blackmon | Rockies | 105 | 485 | 26 | 0.278 |
| Max Kepler | Twins | 115 | 521 | 33 | 0.275 |
| George Springer | Astros | 91 | 424 | 26 | 0.274 |
| Eugenio Suarez | Reds | 122 | 509 | 34 | 0.274 |
| Matt Chapman | Athletics | 121 | 518 | 29 | 0.273 |
| Hunter Dozier | Royals | 102 | 433 | 22 | 0.271 |
| Max Muncy | Dodgers | 120 | 499 | 31 | 0.270 |
| Juan Soto | Nationals | 112 | 495 | 28 | 0.267 |
| Josh Donaldson | Braves | 122 | 517 | 29 | 0.265 |
| Mike Moustakas | Brewers | 115 | 495 | 30 | 0.265 |
| Rafael Devers | Red Sox | 123 | 546 | 27 | 0.264 |
| Freddie Freeman | Braves | 125 | 558 | 31 | 0.259 |
| Daniel Vogelbach | Mariners | 114 | 452 | 27 | 0.259 |
| Javier Baez | Cubs | 121 | 513 | 28 | 0.258 |
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).