Have you ever heard of a 13-run baseball pool? I had not until a random conversation with a diehard New York Mets fan. This is not fantasy baseball, and even a game involving much (any?) skill, but it sounds like a lot of fun. And what better audience to try this than our Draft Buddy fantasy baseball members?

A 13-run baseball pool works like this… each person in the pool picks a Major League Baseball team. Then from the start date we mark when your team scores no runs in a game, 1 run in a game, 2 runs in a game, 3 runs, 4 runs, etc., etc. all the way up to 13 runs in a game. The first person whose team scores each of those 14 possible run totals, wins.

Yep, pretty sure no skill involved. Think of it as baseball bingo, and a fun way to track a team you normally wouldn’t follow.

Rules, Prizes

For our 13-run pool, we will have separate groups for each of the American League and National League. To select your team, make sure you are a registered Draft Buddy member, and post your choice in the comments below. Limit 1 entry per member.

We will start May 1. One twist I am going to throw in given the short notice is you can enter or change the team you pick all the way up to May 15, even though the stats accumulate starting May 1. A team cannot be picked more than once however, so you can only throw back your team if there is another team still available.

The winner of each of the American and National League groups receives a Draft Buddy t-shirt. If anyone would like to donate a prize to the prize pool that would be very cool of you.

Contest Standings

And away we go! Here are the pool standings starting May 1. I will update the member names as they are posted below in the comments.

American League

National League

Join in the Comments

Join below by simply posting your member name and team. The pool is designed with a limited number of available entries. I am going to take the Milwaukee Brewers (since I already follow the Blue Jays extensively, no need to take them). Thanks and good luck!