SJMSBL Photo of the Year Contest - 2009

Photo of the Week May, 18th 2008.
Photo of the Week (2008-05-18): This photo of Diamondbacks third baseman Mark Krause blasting a leadoff home run in his first at-bat of the 2008 season was taken by Diamondbacks SS Chad King and was chosen SJMSBL Photo of the Week for May 18, 2008. Later during the season a representative from Hardball Magazine came across the photo while perusing the SJMSBL website and chose the photo for the cover of the Fall 2008 copy of Hardball Magazine.
By Sean Kelley, San José MSBL Webmaster
April 26, 2009

Get out your digital cameras and start snapping those action photos again. The SJMSBL is continuing it's Photo of the Week contest and this year we're adding a Photo of the Year with the winners receiving credits toward their 2010 player fees.

Win Up to $200 in 2010 Player Fee Credits by Entering the 2009 SJMSBL Photo Contest

Credits toward 2010 player fees will be awarded as follows:

  • $200 for 1st place
  • $100 for 2nd place
  • $50 for 3rd place

The Photo of the Week contest will be similar to last year. Submissions must follow the rules listed below.

Voting Rules

As last year and for timeliness, the SJMSBL webmaster will choose the weekly Photo of the Week winner.

At the end of the year (after playoffs), each team manager and board of directors member will choose their top three photos from the Photo of the Week winners. First place votes will count as three points, second place votes will count as two points, and third place votes will count as one point. The total points for each photo will determine the Photo of the Year winners.

Photo of the Week Rules

  • Only digital photos submitted via email to sjmsbl.photocontest@gmail.com will be accepted. An email link for Photo of the Week is located in the left-side navigation area of the website.
  • Only SJMSBL game photos will be accepted. These can include on the field action and dugout shots.
  • All entries need to be submitted by 8 PM on the Tuesday following your Sunday game(s).
  • All-Star Game photos (7/22) will be combined with the following Sunday's game photos (7/26) for a single Photo of the Week.
  • Photos should be submitted in a high-resolution .jpg format. The photos will be cropped to the required size.
  • Include information for a caption for the photo with player names, game information, and situational information (i.e., Giants vs Tigers, Game 1, Bottom of the third, Murray Brown goes deep).
  • Indivuduals are limited to three submissions per week.

Thanks in advance to all submitters for helping make the website better.

Sean Kelley, SJMSBL Webmaster