17 Across

[G-Fafif]

Diamondbacks outfielder Kole Calhoun, Royals starter Brad Keller and Red Sox reliever Adam Ottavino do crosswords before every game. So did former Giants closer Brian Wilson, former Angels slugger Wally Joyner and former Brewers reliever Mike Fetters. The 1980s Mets had a quintet — Keith Hernandez, Tom Seaver, Ron Darling, Ed Lynch and Rusty Staub — that attacked the vaunted New York Times puzzle daily. Hall of Fame pitcher Mike Mussina was featured in a crossword puzzle documentary.

The Athletic uses ink to examine ballplayers and their crossword obsession. Keith featured prominently.

During the first half of his career with the Cardinals, he was the lone crossword enthusiast in the clubhouse, which made manager Whitey Herzog suspicious of him. “Whitey didn't like it and thought I spent too much time doing crossword puzzles,” Hernandez says. But Hernandez found his people after being traded to the Mets in 1983. There, he found no word nerd battles between teammates, just five friends spending downtime together. “We would do our own thing,” Hernandez says. “We would ask each other if we got stumped in the end.”

Fun as hell story...



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[Edgy MD]

Wait, are there two G-FaFiFs?

[G-Fafif]

I'm 37 Down in today's NYT puzzle.

[Lefty Specialist]

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I'm 37 Down in today's NYT puzzle.

[Edgy MD]

From today's Washington Post.



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[G-Fafif]

1 across in the NYT today: “‘Meet the ____' (baseball fight song)”.

[Edgy MD]

Yesterday's Washington Post.



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[Edgy MD]

June 18, Washington Post, 45 Across:



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[Fman99]

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I'm 37 Down in today's NYT puzzle.

[G-Fafif]

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I'm 37 Down in today's NYT puzzle.

[Edgy MD]

I'm confused by my comment above about two G-Fafifs.

[Willets Point]

I'm also confused by Edgy's comment and the solution to the G-FAFIF in a crossword puzzle.

[whippoorwill]

IM confused by the grid with partial words in Edgys May 1 post

[Edgy MD]

The clue was "Mets commentator Darling."



The answer, highlighted, was RON.

[G-Fafif]

10 Down in Sept. 17, 2022's NYT puzzle: “Mascot whose head is a baseball.” Five letters.

[whippoorwill]

For once a proper noun that I know

[G-Fafif]

63 across in Dec. 20, 2022's NYT puzzle: “M.L.B. team that played its first two seasons at the fabled Polo Grounds.” Four letters.

[Edgy MD]

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[Edgy MD]

57 Across, Washington Post, Thursday, March 23, 2023.



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[Edgy MD]

May 5 in The Washington Post.



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[kcmets]

Gee, oh wait that's only three letters.

[Edgy MD]

Made it all the way up to one across.



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[Edgy MD]

Monday, June 12, Washington Post:



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[Edgy MD]

Washington Post, Sunday, June 18, 37 Down.



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