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But Joski has won his 4th straight Golden Picks Contest. I’m not at liberty to divulge his secret sauce (perhaps he will throw out some tips in the comments) but it’s no small feat. During the four weeks that Joski has dominated the leaderboard, 12,426 game picks have been made. Interestingly enough, the beginning of his streak was May 1st, the night of Game 5 between the Warriors and the Mavs. Joski correctly picked the Mavs.

You can’t really hate on him either, because he’s the Mother Teresa of game pickers. After taking home two Ballhype Tshirts, he’s offered up the prize to the next naked contestant in line. This week, that’s chone. So if you are wondering whether it’s worth making picks if Joski is in the running, you actually have a good shot at getting a shirt if you break the top 5. Course, I can’t guarantee his generosity (or his picks) will continue to hold. He may decide next week to keep his shirt to give his dad for Father’s Day. Not a bad idea, by the way, if you haven’t done your shopping yet.

Thanks to the Howie, our in-house celebrity designer and chef, you can now wear Ballhype on your (short) sleeve.

Now that the shirts are available, we’ll offer them as prizes for the weekly Golden Picks Contest, starting with whomever wins this week. Right now chimprage has a pretty comfortable lead. For everyone else, you can get your shirt the old fashioned way — a link to the Ballhype T-shirt Store is waiting patiently in the footer of the site. We don’t have an interest in the apparel business, so we’re not marking up the prices. We’d rather just go out to the park some day and see every other person wearing a Ballhype shirt. Now you know our dream.

If you do buy a shirt, snap a photo of you wearing it — preferably doing a minor feat of athleticism — and send it to us at www@ballhype.com. We’ll post them in a Ballhype Shirts in Action album. Please wear pants too, at least for the photo. For our intern’s sake.