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Earlier today, we posted a blank cartoon and readers offered their captions. Our favorite was by commenter tmagnus25. Please check your ESPN.com profile message center for an email.

Thanks for participating. Check back Monday for another cartoon.

[Editor's note: Earlier today, ESPN Playbook posted a cartoon caption contest picturing Batman presenting a baseball bat to Angels outfielder Mike Trout. The cartoon was created Thursday night and scheduled to post Friday morning. In light of the tragic shooting in Aurora, Colo., at the premiere of the new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises," we've taken down that cartoon. Below is a revised caption contest.]

Try your hand at writing a cartoon caption. Playbook cartoonist Kurt Snibbe will offer up a blank cartoon each weekday morning, and he will fill in the blank with our favorite reader submission at the end of the business day.

So please, by all means, share your humorous stylings in the comments section.

Take a shot at writing a cartoon caption. Playbook cartoonist Kurt Snibbe will offer up a blank cartoon each weekday morning, and he will fill in the blank with our favorite reader submission at the end of the business day.

So please, by all means, share your humorous stylings in the comments section.

Wait until July 20 to see Batman on a field?

Not in Fresno, Calif., where the Fresno Grizzlies -- Triple-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants -- will celebrate Super Hero Night on Friday by wearing these against the Sacramento River Cats (7:05 p.m. PT):


And it's not just a fun stunt two weeks before "The Dark Knight Rises" hits theaters; the game-worn jerseys will be auctioned, with proceeds benefiting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Here's another look:

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Fans -- and their credit cards -- made their voices heard by making Derrick Rose and Jeremy Lin the top-selling jerseys since last April at the NBA Store and NBAstore.com.

Here’s our quick rundown after a check of the cash registers:

1. Derrick Rose. Bulls fans, how much more would you pay for a game-worn Rose NBA jersey? Act now, because he has a VERY limited supply of game-worn jerseys from this season.

2. Jeremy Lin. Expect Lin to occupy the top spot next year, once NBA marketing figures out a way to sell them to people who don’t want them -- as opposed to this year, when his sales were solely supported by fans who genuinely loved the guy.

3. Kobe Bryant. Since 2001, there have been six years when Kobe held the No. 1 spot. Now we have proof that he can only sell jerseys when Phil Jackson is around to take fans’ measurements.

4. LeBron James. No one wants a Chris Bosh jersey?

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