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    <updated>2007-08-03T18:52:22Z</updated>
    <subtitle>Major League Baseball&apos;s actober.com contest gives fans the chance to re-enact the greatest moments in postseason history and compete to win a trip to the World Series.  Share your thoughts, ideas and experiences here!</subtitle>
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<entry>
    <title>Ace your actober.com history test</title>
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    <id>tag:actober.mlblogs.com,2007://1351.44129</id>

    <published>2007-08-03T18:52:22Z</published>
    <updated>2007-08-03T18:52:22Z</updated>

    <summary>With Contest 2 winding down and Contest 3 in full swing, it’s time to get working on your actober.com recreation. If you’re stuck on where to start, here are a few ideas that could get the wheels spinning … Make...</summary>
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        <name>actober</name>
        <uri>http://www.actober.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">With Contest 2 winding down and Contest 3 in full swing, it’s time to get working on your actober.com 
recreation. If you’re stuck on where to start, here are a few ideas that could get the wheels 
spinning …<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><strong><strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Make 
history: </span></span></strong></strong><strong><strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">There’s almost 
no way to do a poor job reenacting Babe Ruth’s called shot, since no clear video 
of it exists. You can decide exactly how it really 
looked.</span></span></strong></strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span> 
</li>

<li class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Rewrite history: 
</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">What would have happened if Don 
Denkinger had made a different call at first? Cardinals fans, here’s your chance 
to show us</span></span><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">! <o:p></o:p></span></span>
</li>

<li class="MsoNormal"><strong><strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Make a 
trade:</span></span></strong></strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> If Jeffrey Maier were an Orioles 
fan instead of a Yankees fan, what would have happened to Jeter’s infamous fly 
to right?<o:p></o:p></span></span> </li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Until next time 
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<entry>
    <title>More food for thought</title>
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    <id>tag:actober.mlblogs.com,2007://1351.43038</id>

    <published>2007-07-19T11:55:45Z</published>
    <updated>2007-07-19T11:55:45Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Have you gotten started on your actober.com masterpiece? If you’re still starving for ideas, here’s some more food for thought ... The abstract: Don’t forget that Ozzie Smith is nicknamed “The Wizard” …&nbsp; Animals/pets: Maybe your actober could play out...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Have you gotten started on your <a href="http://www.actober.com">actober.com</a> masterpiece? If you’re still starving for ideas, here’s some more food 
for thought ...<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<ul type="disc" style="margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The 
abstract:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> Don’t forget that Ozzie Smith is 
nicknamed “The Wizard” …</span></span><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span>
</li>

<li class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Animals/pets:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> Maybe 
your actober could play out on an ant farm or a hamster wheel. Or maybe a 
real-life cardinal could tell Ozzie’s high-flying story.</span></span><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span>
</li>

<li class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Diorama:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> Take a 
page out of the grade-school book, and you could ace this test. Use Legos, paper 
mache or your basic shoe box. <o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">And remember: Your imagination could 
take you as far as the World Series. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<entry>
    <title>Staying outside the diamond ...</title>
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    <id>tag:actober.mlblogs.com,2007://1351.42961</id>

    <published>2007-07-18T10:51:56Z</published>
    <updated>2007-07-18T10:54:31Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Here are a few more creative avenues for aspiring actober filmmakers to consider …&nbsp; News clippings/photographs: What better way to recreate history than with the pictures that captured it all?&nbsp; Cardboard cutouts/posters: Tell a life-sized story with the early ancestors...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Here are a few more creative avenues for aspiring <a href="http://www.actober.com">actober</a> filmmakers to consider …<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></span></p>
<ul type="disc" style="margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">News 
clippings/photographs:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> What better way to recreate 
history than with the pictures that captured it all?</span></span><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span>
</li>

<li class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Cardboard 
cutouts</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">/posters:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> Tell a life-sized story with the 
early ancestors of the Fathead. <o:p></o:p></span></span>
</li>

<li class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Theater:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> Stage a 
one-act play or musical with actors … or sock puppets -- knee-high sock 
puppets.</span></span><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span>
</li>

<li class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Art:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> Sketch or paint a picture of your 
favorite actober Moment.<o:p></o:p></span></span> </li></ul>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The possibilities are as boundless 
as the memories of October. Keep an open mind, and you could be headed to the 
Fall Classic. Until tomorrow ...<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Think outside the diamond</title>
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    <id>tag:actober.mlblogs.com,2007://1351.42898</id>

    <published>2007-07-17T12:13:19Z</published>
    <updated>2007-07-18T10:53:05Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Creativity is the foundation ofactober.com. Likewise, recreating a great playoff moment doesn’t always have to be a literal exercise. &nbsp; Sure, there’s nothing wrong with reliving -- or retelling -- one of the great moments in October history with your...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Creativity is the foundation of<a href="http://www.actober.com/">actober.com</a>. Likewise, recreating a great playoff moment doesn’t always have to
be a literal exercise. <u1:p>&nbsp;</u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Sure, there’s nothing wrong with
reliving -- or retelling -- one of the great moments in October history with
your friends at the local baseball diamond. Who could argue with that?<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">But in deference to the lifeblood of
actober.com, here are a few options to consider when re-enacting your favorite
Fall Classic moment ...<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Figurines:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> Imagine the possibilities, from bobblehead dolls to ballplayer replicas to G.I. Joe figures to Play-Doh replicas.<strong><u1:p></u1:p> <o:p></o:p></strong></span></li>

<li class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Baseball cards:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> Steve Garvey’s 1984 Topps card could certainly help tell the story of his famous October blast.<u1:p></u1:p>
&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></li>

<li class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Video games:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> Recreate Kirby Puckett’s
World Series shot by using the Twins in “RBI Baseball.”&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<u1:p></u1:p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><u1:p></u1:p>Imagination can
go a long way. It might even be your ticket to the World Series. <u1:p>&nbsp;</u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">More ideas to follow tomorrow. Until
then ...<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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<entry>
    <title>actober.com debuts</title>
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    <id>tag:actober.mlblogs.com,2007://1351.42677</id>

    <published>2007-07-13T17:55:38Z</published>
    <updated>2007-07-13T18:25:38Z</updated>

    <summary>MLB.com launched actober.com on July 10 - a new contest that challenges fans to recreate famous postseason moments. Here&apos;s how it works: MLB.com will post 11 lists of famous postseason moments for you to reenact on video. After each list...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>MLB.com launched <a href="http://www.actober.com">actober.com</a> on July 10 - a new contest that challenges fans to recreate famous postseason moments.</p>
<p>Here's how it works: </p>





<ul><li>MLB.com will post 11 lists of famous postseason moments for you to reenact on video. </li>

<li>After each list is posted, you'll have 10 days to put together your own video and upload it through the actober.com site. </li>

<li>Your goal is to be creative as possible: Recreate a moment, change the outcome or show your own interpretation. You can <a href="http://www.actober.com/Downloads.aspx">download video and audio clips</a> of each moment straight from actober.com to use in your productions.</li>

<li>Once each submission period closes, a panel from MLB will select the five most compelling entries, then post those videos, so viewers can vote on the best of the bunch. All other video entries will also be posted at this time.<br /> </li>

<li>Voting will run a week for each group of five, with the top vote recipient winning a $150 MLB.com Shop gift certificate and entry into the actober.com finals, to take place in October.</li>

<li>During the finals, fans will be able to select their favorite video from all the weekly winners. The participants with the three most popular videos will each win a trip for two to the 2007 World Series.</li></ul>

<p><a href="http://www.actober.com/Moments.aspx">The first group of plays (Game-winners - Part I) </a>contains these five memorable blasts:</p>

<p><strong>Bobby Thomson, 1951 three-game playoff, Game 3:</strong> Thomson's three-run blast off Dodgers reliever Ralph Branca gave the Giants a 5-4 victory and a trip to the World Series.</p>

<p><strong>Ozzie Smith, 1985 NLCS, Game 5: </strong>The Wizard's unlikely ninth-inning homer off the Dodgers' Tom Niedenfuer moved St. Louis within one game of the NL pennant.</p>

<p><strong>Steve Garvey, 1984 NLCS, Game 4:</strong> The Padres first baseman forced a fifth and decisive game with his two-run, ninth-inning shot off Cubs closer Lee Smith.</p>

<p><strong>Kirby Puckett, 1991 World Series, Game 6:</strong> Puckett's 11th-inning homer off Atlanta's Charlie Liebrandt gave the Twins a 4-3 win and forced a seventh game.</p>

<p><strong>Aaron Boone, 2003 ALCS, Game 7:</strong> Boone's homer off Wakefield sent the Yankees to their 39th World Series and prolonged Boston's championship drought.<br /><br />Fans have until 11:59 p.m. on July 22 to submit their entries for this category.</p>

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