Immaculate Grid

[Fman99]

I got 8 of 9 today, still have not gotten the entire grid. Stupid mistake, too, picking Kershaw as a Dodger with 3000 Ks with other obvious choices available to me.

[metsmarathon]

man, i'm struggling to connect teams to players. just utterly failing to connect the dots. there's probably a hundred guys who played for both the dodgers and the white sox, and i cannot think of one. not even the obvious choices!

[Chad ochoseis]

That's one of the few I got. Living in Chicago when they traded for a hot young player from the Dodgers helped. Also got a Brewer/Yankee picked by 0.02%.



In general, though, the two-team player boxes are killers.

[Edgy MD]

The two-team boxes are hard, but a Met link helps. If I can work out a guy playing with one team before he became a Met, and the other team after, I can ...



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[batmagadanleadoff]

=Fman99 post_id=129878 time=1687774910 user_id=86]
I got 8 of 9 today, still have not gotten the entire grid. Stupid mistake, too, picking Kershaw as a Dodger with 3000 Ks with other obvious choices available to me.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

=metsmarathon post_id=129883 time=1687783004 user_id=83]
man, i'm struggling to connect teams to players. just utterly failing to connect the dots. there's probably a hundred guys who played for both the dodgers and the white sox, and i cannot think of one. not even the obvious choices!

[Benjamin Grimm]

I got eight of nine today. Couldn't get a White Sox/Dodger.



Yesterday was my first Immaculate Grid:



Reds/Astros: Joe Morgan 41%

Reds/Giants: George Foster 0.9%

Reds MVP: Johnny Bench 17%

Pirates/Astros: Oliver Perez 0.2%

Pirates/Giants: Barry Bonds 47%

Pirates MVP: Willie Stargell 11%

Astros/30SB: Cesar Cedeno 1%

Giants/30SB: Bobby Bonds 9%

30SB/MVP: Willie Mays 2% (How does this app not have a photo of Willie Mays???)

[metsmarathon]

i find myself wishing i had more of a comprehensive knowledge of loogies, as i figure they tick a lot of the boxes on multi-team players. granted, i whiffed on a bunch of met-connected correct answers today, so really, I just suck at this.

[Methead]

=metsmarathon post_id=129883 time=1687783004 user_id=83]
man, i'm struggling to connect teams to players.

[Edgy MD]

The American League Central can be an alien landscape. There's one big mass of players that I'm sure played for the White Sox or the Tigers, or maybe the Indians.



Wait, there are no Indians anymore. And are the Astros in the West or the Central, anyhow?

[Fman99]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: man, i'm struggling to connect teams to players. just utterly failing to connect the dots. there's probably a hundred guys who played for both the dodgers and the white sox, and i cannot think of one. not even the obvious choices! That's where I am. I swear Google has destroyed my memory

That one I did get - though I stared for a stupid long time at the Brewer/Yankee overlap square (ultimately leaving it blank and opting instead to make a 2nd, accurate guess on the Dodger with 3000 Ks). And then when I saw the most common response I was like "Well duh!"

[A Boy Named Seo]

This game makes me feel like my brains are old mashed potatoes found in the back of the fridge



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[DocTee]

[bLOCKQUOTE]DocTee wrote: ↑Sun Jun 25, 2023 8:14 am

The Giant-Red I chose had Metly connections (and a .1% overlap with others who choose him).

I think we may have chosen the same guy.[/bLOCKQUOTE]

No! I went with Joel Youngblood!

[Chad ochoseis]

Edgy MD wrote: And are the Astros in the West or the Central, anyhow?

NL West, of course.

[Fman99]

I'm even worse at knowing what AL players played on various teams.



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[Benjamin Grimm]

For June 26, I got eight of nine:



White Sox/Dodgers: -- (my incorrect guess was Claudell Washington)

White Sox/Yankees: Robin Ventura 3%

White Sox Hall of Famer: Tom Seaver 0.7%

Brewers/Dodgers: Don Sutton 4%

Brewers/Yankees: CC Sabathia 45%

Brewers Hall of Famer: Robin Yount 61%

Dodgers/3000K: Max Scherzer 45%

Yankees/3000K: Roger Clemens 61%

Hall of Fame/3000K: Nolan Ryan 55%

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

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My first time getting them all.

[metsmarathon]

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I am so bad at this.

[Edgy MD]

Gosh, could they pick a few more American League teams?

[Benjamin Grimm]

I got a six today. Had two wrong guesses at the Royals pitcher with 200 strikeouts and one wrong guess at the Cleveland/Kansas City player. Never even had a chance to guess at the Seattle/Boston or the Cleveland/Texas guy.

[Edgy MD]

I rallied to a seven.



I feel like we'd have more effective chatter in this thread (and the Wordle one) if we allowed ourselves to reveal our guesses and agreed not to visit the thread until we've played.

[batmagadanleadoff]

For June 26, I swept the board:



White Sox/Dodgers: -- Tom Paciorek (0.03%!) <----------

White Sox/Yankees: Bucky Dent

White Sox Hall of Famer: Frank Thomas

Brewers/Dodgers: Don Sutton

Brewers/Yankees: George Scott

Brewers Hall of Famer: Robin Yount

Dodgers/3000K: Pedro Martinez

Yankees/3000K: Phil Niekro

Hall of Fame/3000K: Nolan Ryan

[Benjamin Grimm]

Edgy MD wrote: I feel like we'd have more effective chatter in this thread (and the Wordle one) if we allowed ourselves to reveal our guesses and agreed not to visit the thread until we've played.

That's a good idea.

[Edgy MD]

June 26

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[TH][/TH]	[TH][FIMG=120]https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/los-angeles-dodgers-logo-transparent.png[/FIMG][/TH]	[TH][FIMG=120]https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/new-york-yankees-logo-transparent.png[/FIMG][/TH]	[TH]HALL OF FAME [/TH]
[TH][FIMG=100]https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/chicago-white-sox-logo-transparent.png[/FIMG][/TH]	[TD] Robin Ventura[/TD]	[TD] Rich Gossage[/TD]	[TD] Frank Thomas[/TD]
[TH][FIMG=120]https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/milwaukee-brewers-logo-transparent.png[/FIMG][/TH]	[TD] Gary Sheffield[/TD]	[TD] Willie Randolph[/TD]	[TD] Robin Yount[/TD]
[TH]3000+ K CAREER PITCHING[/TH]	[TD] Don Sutton[/TD]	[TD] Roger Clemens[/TD]	[TD] Tom Seaver[/TD]

Three of my four two-team matches also had a third match with the Mets.



Don Sutton could have also been my Brewing Dodger.

[A Boy Named Seo]

I was surprised I got 7 with nothing but AL teams.



Derek Lowe for Bos/Tex was .04%! Was surprised that Randy Johnson was only something like 37% for 200+ Ks. Still cannot think of a Ranger pitcher with 200 Ks. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯



Edit: I started typing Nolan Ryan and then went "Nah, he was an Astro, not a Ranger." Brain=mashed potatoes



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[Fman99]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: I was surprised I got 7 with nothing but AL teams. Derek Lowe for Bos/Tex was .04%! Was surprised that Randy Johnson was only something like 37% for 200+ Ks. Still cannot think of a Ranger pitcher with 200 Ks. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Edit: I started typing Nolan Ryan and then went "Nah, he was an Astro, not a Ranger." Brain=mashed potatoes Immaculate Grid 85 7/9: 🟩🟩🟩 ⬜️🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜️

Ironically, I burned a guess thinking that Clemens had pitched for both Boston and Texas. I think I was conflating the Rangers and Astros.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Today I burned two guesses for the Royals 200K season. Bret Saberhagen and David Cone both proved to be wrong. So I went with Dennis Leonard, because I remembered a Sporting News cover from almost fifty years ago that called him "HILL WIZARD". My other wrong guess was Rico Carty as a Royal and an Indian.



Royals/Red Sox: Bret Saberhagen 2%

Royals/Guardians: --

Royals 200k: Dennis Leonard 1%

Mariners/Red Sox: --

Mariners/Indians: Gaylord Perry 0.6%

Mariners 200k: Felix Hernandez 60%

Rangers/Red Sox: Fergie Jenkins 0.5%

Rangers/Guardians: --

Rangers 200k: Nolan Ryan 82%

[Edgy MD]

Today:



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[TH][/TH]	[TH][FIMG=120]https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/boston-red-sox-logo-transparent.png[/FIMG][/TH]	[TH][FIMG=85]https://seeklogo.com/images/C/cleveland-guardians-logo-C230E9BD62-seeklogo.com.png[/FIMG][/TH]	[TH]200+ K SEASON PITCHING[/TH]
[TH][FIMG=120]https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/kansas-city-royals-logo-transparent.png[/FIMG][/TH]	[TD] David Cone[/TD]	[TD] [/TD]	[TD] Zack Greinke[/TD]
[TH][FIMG=120]https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/seattle-mariners-logo-transparent.png[/FIMG][/TH]	[TD] John Olerud[/TD]	[TD] [/TD]	[TD] Randy Johnson[/TD]
[TH][FIMG=120]https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/texas-rangers-logo-transparent.png[/FIMG][/TH]	[TD] Adrian Beltre[/TD]	[TD] David Segui[/TD]	[TD] Nolan Ryan[/TD]

I think if you save the ones you don't know for last and then guess Octavio Dotel, you can do worse.

[Chad ochoseis]

4 for 9 today. I figured I had a shot at respectability since I follow the Guardians in a half baked way, but the only one I came up with was Mike Hargrove, Guardian and Ranger.

[batmagadanleadoff]

8/9

Royals/Red Sox: Bret Saberhagen

Royals/Guardians: -- Richie Scheinblum (0.02%!) <--------

Royals 200k: Zach Greinke --(Wrong Guess - David Cone)

Mariners/Red Sox: -- ????????

Mariners/Indians: Gaylord Perry

Mariners 200k: Felix Hernandez

Rangers/Red Sox: Fergie Jenkins

Rangers/Guardians: -- Toby Harrah

Rangers 200k: Nolan Ryan