Pick-a-Hit Rules for 2024

Pick-a-Hit is a postseason baseball picks pool for any number of entrants. It combines aspects of survivor pools and fantasy baseball.

  1. Plain English
    1. The entry fee is $5.
    2. Every game during the postseason, you pick one hitter in that game.
    3. If that hitter gets a hit in that game, you score points that increase with every round of the playoffs. If he doesn't, you score zero points.
    4. Regardless of the outcome, you may not select that player again during the postseason.
    5. Multiple hits by that player don't get you multiples of points: you either score the number of points offered for a game or you don't.
    6. Walks, reach-on-errors, and hit-by-pitches are not hits.
    7. You can intentionally not make a pick for a game if you want.
    8. The first tiebreaker will be the total number of hits your picks accumulated throughout the playoffs.
    9. Whoever has the most points (with ties broken by total hits) at the end of the postseason wins 75% of the pot.
    10. Whoever has the most total hits (with ties broken by points) at the end of the postseason wins 25% of the pot.
    11. If anybody is still tied for either portion of the pot, they'll split the allotment equally unless they agree to something else.
  2. Scoring
    1. A hit in a Wild Card Series game will be worth 1 point to the entrant.
    2. A hit in a Division Series game will be worth 2 points to the entrant.
    3. A hit in a League Championship Series game will be worth 4 points to the entrant.
    4. A hit in a World Series game will be worth 8 points to the entrant.
    5. The final standings will be based on most points scored.
    6. In the event that two or more entrants are tied on points scored, the tie will be broken by most number of hits each entrant's picks accumulated throughout the playoffs.
    7. In the event that two or more entrants are tied on both points scored and hits accumulated, all tied entrants may unanimously agree to have the purse randomly awarded to one of them or, lacking unanimity, split the purse equally amongst them.
  3. Miscellany
    1. All picks must be made by the entrant on the website with potential exceptions only made in the event of website downtime.
    2. In the event that these rules underspecify a situation that must be ruled on, the pool administrator will retain the authority to make the ruling.