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[Benjamin Grimm]

That one tripped me up today too.

[Frayed Knot]

Steve Blass topped out at 19 Wins for the Pirates

There are 31 correct answers for that square [PITT/20 Wins] but just six of them since the end of the Truman administration.

[Edgy MD]

I've screwed up trying to be too cute recently, so today I went mostly with the most obvious of guesses.



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But my last one was Jim Wohlford. He's somehow my Nat-Expo/Brewer.

[Frayed Knot]

I was surprised to see that Nyjer Morgan was the most common answer to WAS/MIL

I wouldn't have come up with that name if given six weeks of contemplation and, even

if I did recall him, which teams he played with would have been pure guesswork.

[Edgy MD]

Oh, https://phpbb3.leaptoad.com/mets/archives/11500/f1_t11560.shtmlyou remember him.

[Frayed Knot]

Oh I remembered him once I heard his name.

But if tasked with thinking up Brewers/Nationals, or even just a Brewer OR a National, my mind would have

landed on Nyjer Morgan about six years from next Tuesday ... maybe.

[Fman99]

First one I've solved all week thanks to the Saturday lay up. And I think my all time lowest rarity score.



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2000H/ASG - Harold Baines .7

2000H/HOF - Mel Ott .4

2000H/40HR - Mike Schmidt 2

NONUS/ASG - Juan Marichal 1

NONUS/HOF - Tony Perez 2

NONUS/40HR - Vinny Castilla .6

1B/ASG - Mike Piazza .9

1B/HOF - Yogi 1

1B/40HR - Darrell Evans .9

[Benjamin Grimm]

I solved it with nine Mets today. I think this is a first for me.



Alomar, Carter, Piazza.

Lindor, Pedro, Beltran.

Alonso, Murray, Mays

[Frayed Knot]

Hank Greenberg hit 40 or more HRs three times (topped by a season of 58). But what I didn't know was that he lost almost Four Full Seasons to WWII and therefore finished with only 1,628 hits.



It's screwups like this which keep me from finishing 90% of these.

[Fman99]

Finally broke a ten or so day losing streak. Most of my rarity points used up on Jackie.



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10HR/HOF - Yogi 2

10HR/ASG - Jose Reyes .4

10HR/NEG - Larry Doby 12

10W/HOF - Lefty Grove .9

10W/ASG - Al Leiter .2

10W/NEG - Don Newcombe 11

300AVG/HOF - Tris Speaker 2

300AVG/ASG - Nomar Garciaparra 1

300AVG/NEG - Jackie Robinson 54

[Frayed Knot]

When they put up a Negro Lg category i keep thinking that it means someone who played in the NNL or NAL As well as in MLB, but just Negro LG players are acceptable also.



Would have helped me if I knew that. Wound up with a 72 Rarity score, 55 of which was Jackie [.300 BA/Negro Lg]

[cal sharpie]

Rarity of 3!



10HR/HOF Ed Delahanty 0.1

10HR/Allstar Ron Hunt 0.02

10HR/NegLg Turkey Stearnes 1.0

10Win/HOF Pud Galvin 0.4

10Win/Allstar Kent Bottenfield 0.2

10Win/NegLg Leon Day 0.4

.300 Avg/HOF Willie Keeler 0.4

.300 Avg/Allstar Joe Medwick 0.2

.300 Avg/NegLg Ray Dandridge 0.3



Turkey Stearnes the only one over 0, our friend Ron Hunt the least guessed. 7 of the 9 pix were in black-and-white.

[Fman99]

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Two day win streak. Plus an easy Saturday puzzle on tap.



KC/OAK - Octavio Dotel 3

WAS/OAK - Ron Darling 2

GG/OAK - Rickey Henderson 28

KC/CLE - Juan Gonzalez 3

WAS/CLE - El Barto 21

GG/CLE - Lindor 18

KC/100RBI - Beltran 5

WAS/100RBI - Vlad Guerrero 14

GG/100RBI - Mike Schmidt 5

[Edgy MD]

Ron Darling was my Washington/Oakland guy too.



I must've slept through Carlos Santana being a Royal. Juan Gonzalez too.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I had Vida Blue for Royals/A's. I never had a chance to guess for Royals/Indians because I wasted the Oakland Gold Glove on Bert Campaneris before pivoting to Rickey Henderson.



I always pick Ron Darling for A's/Nationals. I see I'm not the only one.

[Fman99]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I always pick Ron Darling for A's/Nationals. I see I'm not the only one.

My first thought was to use Colon there but I needed him instead as my WAS/CLE guy

[Edgy MD]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ... because I wasted the Oakland Gold Glove on Bert Campaneris before pivoting to Rickey Henderson.

Similarly, eras-wise, I wasted mine on Bill North before pivoting to Dwayne Murphy.

[Frayed Knot]

Rarity = 44



Jimmy Key (TOR/NYY) - Darryl Strawberry (SFG/NYY) - Yogi Berra (NYY/30 HR)

Scott Schoenweiss [pure guess] (TOR/ARZ) - Wilmer Flores (SFG/ARZ) - Paul Goldschmidt (AR/30 HR)

Danny Ainge (TOR/played 3B) - Jim Ray Hart (SFG/3B) - David Wright (30 HRs/3B)

[cal sharpie]

Rarity 32



Homer Bush - Jack Clark - Bobby Murcer

Orlando Hudson - Randy Johnson - Mark Reynolds

Rance Mulliniks - Tom O'Malley - Darrell Evans

[cal sharpie]

Rarity 12 today:



Bosox/Chisox Tom Seaver 3

Bosox/1 team Dom DiMaggio 2

Bosox/300+ Avg Tris Speaker 1

Mets/Chisox Charlie O'Brien 0.1

Mets/1 Team Jeff Innis 0.2

Mets/300+ Dave Magadan 0.7

Rockies/Chisox Daryl Boston 2

Rockies/1 Team Brenton Doyle 3

Rockies/300+ Eric Young Sr. 0.6

[Fman99]

Ended quite a dry streak.



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PHL/HOU - Bruce Chen .6

100R/HOU - Lance Berkman 5

ASG/HOU - Jose Altuve 4

LAD/PHL - Face Buttley 30

100R/LAD - Maury Wills 7

ASG/LAD - Steve Garvey 8

PHL/DET - Nick Castellanos 25

100R/DET - Ty Cobb 16

ASG/DET - Mark Fidrych 4

[cal sharpie]

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HOU/PHI Joe Morgan 9

HOU/100 RUNS Cesar Cedeno 4

HOU/ALLSTAR Jose Cruz 2

LA/PHI Jim Eisenreich 0.3

LA/100 RUNS Maury Wills 6

LA/ALLSTAR Don Newcombe 0.4

DET/PHI Jim Bunning 6

DET/100 RUNS Curtis Granderson 7

DET/ALLSTAR Willie Horton 0.6

[Fman99]

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MVP/SS - Ernie Banks 5

MVP/500HR - Mickey Mantle 7

MVP/GG - Keith Hernandez 4

1B/SS - Joe McEwing 1

1B/500HR - Harmon Killebrew 5

1B/GG - John Olerud 3

40WAR/SS - A-Rod 9

40WAR/500HR - Ted Williams 3

40WAR/GG - Ichiro 5

[Frayed Knot]

The fun part about these is trying to think up guys in positions they weren't know for playing such as Mantle

at 1B (in the final year of his career) or Mays at SS (which he did for part of a 23 inning game vs the Mets)

Those two wound up adding up to less than 1%



Rarity = 9



MVP/SS -- Willie Mays 0.7%

MVP/500HR -- Frank Robinson 4%

MVP/GG -- Jonnhy Bench 2%

1B/SS -- Jose Oquendo 4%

1B/500HR -- Mike Schmidt 2%

1B/GG -- Mickey Mantle 0.2%

40WAR/SS -- Nomar Garciaparra 3%

40WAR/500HR -- Eddie Mathews 2%

40WAR/GG -- Ivan Rodriguez 2%

[Edgy MD]

I'm surprised that 4% chose José Oquendo as their shortstop/firstbaseman.



I went with Joe McEwing. I would imagine that to be a less rare selection (recency bias) but I don't know.



OE: Super Joe got 1%.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: I'm surprised that 4% chose José Oquendo as their shortstop/firstbaseman.

Good call by you and FMan on McEwing, I wouldn't have thought of him.

I was surprised too by Oquendo being as 'high' as 4% but Whitey used him there for a while

so he played a lot more 1B than did Super Joe.



I knew Mantle played SS in the minors but I couldn't remember if he did in the majors also.

Turns out he did, three times. Played all four IF positions as it turns out plus all three OF

spots so that's something to store away in the memory banks. Never pitched or caught.

[Fman99]

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy MD wrote: I'm surprised that 4% chose José Oquendo as their shortstop/firstbaseman. Good call by you and FMan on McEwing, I wouldn't have thought of him.

The other 1B/SS Met that came to mind was Wilmer Flores.

[Edgy MD]

A lot of slow-or-or-slowish-but-nonetheless-versatile Met infielders qualify — Justin Turner, Eric Campbell, Tim Teufel, John Valentin, Kelly Johnson, Juan Uribe, Kevin Mitchell ... .



And that's just sniffing around the Mets part of my brain. And yet 4% went for José Oquendo. Remarkable.

[Frayed Knot]

Perhaps the oddness of someone Oquendo's size (5' 10"/160) playing 1B helped it lodge in peeps' minds.

Turns out he played 'only' 23 games there, starting three including two CGs. I would have guessed more.

[Frayed Knot]

Used some BALL FOUR voodoo to get the 'Brewer'/Oriole (Gene Brabender) and 'Brewer'/Catcher (Jerry McNertney) categories today.