https://www.immaculategrid.com/100000% chance that all you guys are going to be better than me, I’ve only managed to complete this three times in the two and a half weeks I’ve been playing.Baseball Twitter is big into this, people love finding the most obscure picks for each square. I think the lowest 0.1% pick I got for some square was Freddy Sanchez (Pirates who were also Giants) 😎. Anyway it’s really fun to play, new grid every day but you can’t play the old ones!
Sorry some of you are lying with your immaculate grids there’s just no way you just know a guy named Bilbo Bogtrotter who played for the Reds before WWII— jayne (@GI_Jayneee) June 26, 2023
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 12:18 (ten months ago) link
My lowest score today was 0.5% for the bottom left square Ian KinslerRough today because I don’t know much about two of today’s franchises!
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 12:29 (ten months ago) link
I tried this, but I don't think I understand it. For today's, you're supposed to name any pitcher from any of those five teams who struck out 200+ batters in a season? I clicked inside each grid, selected a name...and I'm not sure how I did.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 27 June 2023 19:33 (ten months ago) link
I’m pretty pleased with my answers today despite my lack of Twins knowledge burning me badly. Whichever Rogers twin played for the Twins didn’t get 40 & the only other closer I know for them is Jhoan Duran, so…https://i.postimg.cc/1zmKR9M1/IMG-4433.jpg
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Tuesday, 4 July 2023 10:11 (ten months ago) link
This game is awesome!
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 4 July 2023 12:15 (ten months ago) link
yeah this is fun!
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 4 July 2023 12:35 (ten months ago) link
Can you guys share your answers behind the hide text if you don’t mind, I love seeing what other people put down
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Tuesday, 4 July 2023 13:08 (ten months ago) link
had to cheat a bit on the middle square
andrew miller - jackie bradley jr. - jonathan papelbonluis arraez - kyle lohse - joe nathanmiguel cabrera - prince fielder - mariano rivera
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 4 July 2023 17:39 (ten months ago) link
7/9 today, I usually blank out on the "played for team A and team B" squares. I don't look anything up, where's the fun in that?
Sammy Sosa - Albert Belle - Cal Ripken Jr.x - Francisco Lindor - Mike Piazzax - Carlos Santana - Ichiro
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 5 July 2023 13:14 (ten months ago) link
guessed a couple wrong today, shouldn’t try to get so cute
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 5 July 2023 13:16 (ten months ago) link
😎My Giants knowledge getting it done today.https://i.postimg.cc/6qRdYSCM/IMG-4548.jpg
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Thursday, 6 July 2023 06:54 (ten months ago) link
ok this is great
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 6 July 2023 15:26 (ten months ago) link
i biffed the houston/tb one today.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 6 July 2023 15:32 (ten months ago) link
Literally only got that one cos it was mentioned in the commentary of some game I was watching
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Thursday, 6 July 2023 15:36 (ten months ago) link
I finally figured this out a few days ago (duh)...Same as Thermo for today's: 8/9. Stared at the screen for 10 minutes, couldn't think of anyone for Houston/TB. I don't know how to copy/hide my grid, but my most obscure correct answer was Dickie Thon for Houston/Philadelphia.
― clemenza, Thursday, 6 July 2023 16:06 (ten months ago) link
having infinite time to stare at the thing is not going to be good for my productivity
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 6 July 2023 16:18 (ten months ago) link
Having checked the Houston/TB answers (five, I think), I'm just glad I gave up--I would have still been sitting there in 2029.
― clemenza, Thursday, 6 July 2023 16:56 (ten months ago) link
got 9/9 this time, all higher profile and/or al east teams made it easy for me
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Thursday, 6 July 2023 16:57 (ten months ago) link
8/9 the only Phil/LA player I could think of was Dick Allen
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 6 July 2023 20:39 (ten months ago) link
i went with Utley
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 6 July 2023 22:43 (ten months ago) link
Looking at the NFL/NBA versions, man I don't know a damn thing about those aside from the 49ers (sort of) and Mavericks.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 6 July 2023 23:03 (ten months ago) link
I had Utley too, although I like Dick Allen better as an answer. I expect I'll ace all the stat/award stuff and struggle with the upper-left part of the grid; I just don't pay enough attention to player movement that doesn't involve Jays and/or stars.
― clemenza, Friday, 7 July 2023 01:10 (ten months ago) link
8/9 again--missed Tigers/Rockies. Rockies are extra-hard because who can name any Rockies pitchers? Tried to hide/display my grid on a testing thread, all I got were 8 green squares and one white one.
― clemenza, Friday, 7 July 2023 04:55 (ten months ago) link
That’s the one I missed too
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 7 July 2023 05:43 (ten months ago) link
got lucky with Todd Zeile for CO/NY - I was thinking of his time with the Mets
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 7 July 2023 06:59 (ten months ago) link
8/9, struggled even with the Tigers/Braves
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 7 July 2023 07:12 (ten months ago) link
Yeah 8/9 for me too but a different one I thinkhttps://i.postimg.cc/Z5VjSyh2/IMG-4668.jpgI watched a LOT of bad baseball this year for this one.
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Friday, 7 July 2023 08:34 (ten months ago) link
for the Barves answers i really knocked the rarity numbers out of the park: Darrel Evans, 1%; Ron Gant, 2%; Gary Sheffield 3%
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 7 July 2023 14:01 (ten months ago) link
Yeah, you should include your rarest answers along with your score; mine were Eddie Matthews for the Braves/Tigers and Joe Torre for the Braves/Cardinals, both 2%.
― clemenza, Friday, 7 July 2023 14:20 (ten months ago) link
8/9, I got tripped up by the Tigers/Rockies square (as did most people).
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 7 July 2023 14:29 (ten months ago) link
killed the braves column: mike hessman (det), ken oberkfell (stl), claudell washington (nyy) all 0.2%
but i had no col/det and i tried to get too fancy with the 40+ homers
― mookieproof, Friday, 7 July 2023 16:48 (ten months ago) link
Yeah if it helped I put Goldie for the middle right one and in retrospect, why
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Friday, 7 July 2023 16:56 (ten months ago) link
So is the rarity score actually one of the objectives? I haven't been playing that way, but I will if it is.
― clemenza, Friday, 7 July 2023 17:20 (ten months ago) link
i would guess that most people playing the game can probably answer most of the questions (rockies/tigers aside), so yeah rarity is a thing. which is nice for you, as i bet you'll totally kick ass at it
― mookieproof, Friday, 7 July 2023 20:18 (ten months ago) link
Just a function of being older. When I answered Joe Torre for the Braves/Cardinals, that for me is an obvious answer: perennial All-Star with the Braves, an MVP with the Cardinals. But he was 2% of the correct answers. I'll still struggle with the intersecting teams--and will usually be happy if I can come up with even one answer--but I will go for more offbeat stat/award answers.
― clemenza, Friday, 7 July 2023 22:21 (ten months ago) link
9/9, really concentrated on less obvious answers: all but one under 10%, six 5% or under, three under 1%. The one name that escaped me was J.A. Happ for the Jays 20-game winner, so I settled for Morris--who surprisingly was only 3% anyway.
Rarity Score: 62.
― clemenza, Saturday, 8 July 2023 06:30 (ten months ago) link
If they added a time component to this, I'd be dead.
― clemenza, Saturday, 8 July 2023 06:48 (ten months ago) link
8/9.Could not FOR THE LIFE OF ME name a single A/Pirate, the only reason I got the reliever is cos I read about him being picked up by the Pirates off waivers.https://i.postimg.cc/63hPG7Ct/IMG-4734.jpgSorry for letting you down with my lack of Pirates knowledge, Mookieproof.
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Saturday, 8 July 2023 09:17 (ten months ago) link
What’s funny is your top right answer could have been used for the one you didn’t get!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 8 July 2023 14:48 (ten months ago) link
That's who I used for my top left (I was pretty sure but not 100%). Could have used Jeff Kent twice too, if you were allowed to. I actually found Cy Young/MVP a little tricky since double-winners have been somewhat arbitrary. Best example: Rice beat out Guidry in '78, but Clemens beat out Mattingly in '86. I thought that's what happened, but again, wasn't 100% sure, so I went with a safe 36% choice there.
― clemenza, Saturday, 8 July 2023 15:01 (ten months ago) link
xp I didn’t know that until you said so, I had two answers for that top right square and Cutch was a more obvious choice
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Saturday, 8 July 2023 15:05 (ten months ago) link
Let me know what your Jays answers were, Thermo. I had (working down) Al Oliver, Candy Maldonado--both under 1%--and Morris at 36%.
― clemenza, Saturday, 8 July 2023 15:18 (ten months ago) link
Those are all solid 80s answers!
I had Liriano, Pillar & Clemens (6%, 10% & 21%)
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 8 July 2023 16:49 (ten months ago) link
Unfortunately I chose the most obvious answers Jose Bautista, Brandon Belt, Roy Haaladay. I have plenty of room for improvement in this game.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 8 July 2023 17:32 (ten months ago) link
I came up with what might be the only Immaculate Grid with the same answer for all nine squares (if you include a major award and a major statistical benchmark--there are guys who've played for nine teams, so that would be the other way to go). This is extremely easy.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ib_kzXqxUdy4qWeNf2c_Q72Ka0UHxIZXq1d9ufTfll8/edit?usp=sharing
― clemenza, Saturday, 8 July 2023 17:40 (ten months ago) link
8/9, couldn't start to think of a Pirates/Jays crossover. Rarity score:304
Jason Kendall - Ray Knight - Barry BondsBarry Zito - Brandon Belt - WillieBob Welch - Roy Halladay - Sandy Koufax
― papal hotwife (milo z), Saturday, 8 July 2023 21:26 (ten months ago) link
Ray Knight was supposed to be Gary Carter - 'long career, played in Canada, might have made a pit stop in Pittsburgh?' - and still wrong
― papal hotwife (milo z), Saturday, 8 July 2023 21:28 (ten months ago) link
I had Bob Welch for his 27 win season my first year playing rotisserie baseball, age 9 - also Bobby Thigpen & Cecil Fielder... my roto talent scout career was all downhill from there
― papal hotwife (milo z), Saturday, 8 July 2023 21:30 (ten months ago) link
We don't need to get into specifics, but not good at all today. (I did figure out that you can think in terms of franchises, so I was able to use the Expos in place of the Nationals.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 9 July 2023 05:07 (ten months ago) link
4/9 - Chris Young for Rangers X Padres and Johnny Damon/Julio Franco/Paul Molitor for SB
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 9 July 2023 06:58 (ten months ago) link
I have very specific knowledge but I don’t think I can approach anyone on ILBB on breadth yet. Knowing the dynasty Giants teams is great because they had a lot of marginal bit part players that moved around a lot, I’m always reading back and watching old series so trying to accumulate knowledge but I’ll never have the grown-up-with-it base that most of you have. I do what I can, basically!
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 15 April 2024 10:42 (one month ago) link
i approach the grid similar to how i used to do the nytimes crossword circa 30-35 yers ago - good base knowledge but then pick out the cheat codes, there's like 1-2 dozen old reliables that get you to the promised land even though they may not be your part of your core knowledge.
― buzza, Monday, 15 April 2024 10:58 (one month ago) link
Speaking of which, here's one you both might find useful (I have four or five): Only two guys have played for all four '61/62 expansion teams (Angels, Senators/Rangers, Mets, Astros): one exceedingly famous player to avoid, Nolan Ryan, but also Darren Oliver.
9/9, 8 today. I thought I'd be even lower: Molitor and Boyer are 5% between them right now. (May go lower.) There are 269 correct answers for 1B/30-SB; I shouldn't be naming a HOF'er. And Mort Cooper (who I think I knew) or Marty Marion (who I didn't) would have been better for Cards MVP. But I did remember Phil Cavarretta from a mistake two or three weeks ago.
https://i.postimg.cc/4d8n6CYS/grid.jpg
― clemenza, Monday, 15 April 2024 12:17 (one month ago) link
Baylor is generally remembered as a big, slow-moving RBI guy; before he turned 30, though, he stole 20+ eight years in a row, with a high of 52 on the '76 A's (who stole *341* as a team).
― clemenza, Monday, 15 April 2024 12:20 (one month ago) link
9/9, 6
https://imgur.com/a/TKbaxNN
― buzza, Tuesday, 16 April 2024 04:22 (one month ago) link
Has been purchased (or licensed) by mlb.com. They were linking to Sporacle for a while (and may still be) in what seemed like an effort to compete, but I guess it wasn't working.
― clemenza, Thursday, 18 April 2024 13:00 (one month ago) link
Still doing this godforsaken thing. Had only one 9 since Monday--that Colorado grid, so rarity wasn't great.
8/9, 103 today. Almost ran the table: 7/7, 1.28%, 200 wins/Tigers and 200 wins/GG left. I didn't want to use Bunning for the Tigers, and I wanted to avoid Maddux/Gibson/Kaat for the other. So I got the idea to try Bunning for Tigers/GG--struck me as a guy who must have won at least one. Nope. Only 14 correct answers, two of which, Niekro and Hershiser, had crossed my mind.
https://i.postimg.cc/sgzKkTKJ/grid.jpg
― clemenza, Saturday, 20 April 2024 14:37 (four weeks ago) link
To paraphrase Snoop Dogg, I use Bobo Newsom like every single day now. I've memorized six of his nine teams--seven now, because I could have used him for Tigers/200 wins.
― clemenza, Saturday, 20 April 2024 14:40 (four weeks ago) link
9/9, 51. Two pretty good rows; Cubs, no. I'd wonder if all those Holtzman points directly resulted from people reading obituaries the other day, except I can answer my own question: that's why I remembered he threw a couple of no-hitters. Catfish Hunter is primarily famous for two things on the field: winning 20 games so many times and pitching a perfect game. So of course he's 0.7% for 20 wins/no-hitter.
https://i.postimg.cc/xjGRnsCm/grid.jpg
― clemenza, Sunday, 21 April 2024 14:46 (four weeks ago) link
The only kind of 9 I can get for a grid with one of the final four (Rays): 122 rarity.
https://i.postimg.cc/d13fj97J/grid.jpg
I'm surprised Magglio Ordóñez reliably scores under 5%. I know he played in the PED era, but he had some huge years, especially 2007 (for the Tigers): 54 doubles, 139 RBI, .363, MVP runner-up. He seems somewhat forgotten, at least in this context. Quite a post-retirement career! "In August 2013, Ordóñez announced that he would run for the office of mayor in the Juan Antonio Sotillo Municipality in Venezuela, on the ticket of the late Chavez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela. It was announced on December 9, 2013 that he had been elected Mayor."
― clemenza, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 17:02 (three weeks ago) link
Had a pretty good one going today--8/8, 17%--but tried Hal Trotsky for the Guardians-only box; nope, two years with the White Sox at the tail end of his career. I thought of Joe Charboneau but decided nah, no chance--so of course he would have worked. Another possibility I'd completely forgotten from my 1970 Zander Hollander guide: Roy Foster, runner-up for AL ROY in 1970, out of the league after three seasons.
― clemenza, Thursday, 25 April 2024 04:43 (three weeks ago) link
9/9, 19. By the time I got to Astros/Giants, I was going to be over 10% no matter what, so I quickly typed in Morgan's name. I don't often come up with first-time answers that please me anymore--I usually settle for proven tricks and mnemonics--but I had one today: Ollie Brown, who again goes back to my 1970 Zander Hollander guide. Unless I'm forgetting someone, he was basically the only Padre other than Nate Colbert worth a damn back then (Randy Jones not there yet).
https://i.postimg.cc/63yc80cQ/grid.jpg
― clemenza, Thursday, 25 April 2024 12:23 (three weeks ago) link
9/9, 4, I think tied for best-ever (also probably the easiest grid ever, I know). I wanted all nine to be under 1%, and looking at the two that aren't, I think there's still a chance. (No one ever used to guess Martin Dihigo.) The only two I hesitated on were Bottomley for the HOF and Norm Cash--I knew his '61 season, in the shadow of Maris and Mantle, was huge, but wasn't completely sure that he made it to 40 HR.
https://i.postimg.cc/9M34nrmM/grid.jpg
― clemenza, Saturday, 27 April 2024 12:28 (three weeks ago) link
I got 12% today. Always love coming here and getting the wind taken out my my sails! Lol.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 27 April 2024 20:33 (three weeks ago) link
Trust me, whenever I post a really low score, buzzq parachutes in with 1% less.
― clemenza, Saturday, 27 April 2024 20:50 (three weeks ago) link
buzza...
― clemenza, Saturday, 27 April 2024 20:51 (three weeks ago) link
Oh I’m aware!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 27 April 2024 20:51 (three weeks ago) link
Today's grid is funny, based on a distinction even GG voters never used to make. No way I'm getting 9 unless I go for really obvious answers, and probably not even then. And I can only use César Tovar once.
― clemenza, Monday, 29 April 2024 12:05 (two weeks ago) link
8/8, 5%, thought about Junior Felix for Angels CF, balked, tried Ken Henderson--didn't even play for the Angels. Felix would have worked.
https://i.postimg.cc/cJkRwWMd/grid.jpg
― clemenza, Monday, 29 April 2024 13:45 (two weeks ago) link
Emailed a guy named Aidan today, who I've contacted before about category ideas for IG. On the 10,000 to 1 chance this actually happens, remember, it was my idea.
Aidan -- Hear me out...
What about an Immaculate Grid tournament? You have an entry fee, pick a city, find a venue, run a tournament. You charge like $50 to enter, and you give back half what you collect in prize money (making sure you have enough left for expenses). If you're looking to make money, adjust accordingly.
I really think you'd draw people in if the prize money made it worthwhile. Think of how many people enter Scrabble tournaments. Everything's the same as the daily grid, with a random mix of categories. You set up a bracket with groups of 4--64 players, 128, etc. Ties are broken by rarity (presumably, most everyone's getting 9/9s). You have something set up to prevent cheating.
I'm in Canada, but if it were close enough, I'd probably give it a go. There's a guy I know through a message board who's much--*much*--better than I am, and I expect there are lots of people like him who'd enter.
Or you could set something up online...but the cheating part of it then becomes more of a challenge, I'm guessing.
― clemenza, Monday, 29 April 2024 16:25 (two weeks ago) link
Hold off on that plane ticket--they politely passed on my idea. ("I don't know if that's something we're practically looking to do right now.") I'm picturing two guys in a room, one says "Him again" as he opens my email, the other makes some kind of a looney-tunes gesture.
9/9, 22 for today's. Al Bumbry 11%? Give me a break!
https://i.postimg.cc/SQctkBjH/grid.jpg
― clemenza, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 14:37 (two weeks ago) link
9/9, 21
https://imgur.com/a/k8YbW2S
I'm with you on Bumbry, brother, he is squarely in my 70s memory-holed players that i consistently use to score <2%. I knew I'd take a slight hit on Gomez given the more recent time frame, just glad my Pete Gray cheat code is still working. And yes, i vividly remember some insane extra inning affair where the Mets had to use Orosco in the OF, specifics not so much but him standing out there very much so, of course youtube comes thru, Carter playing 3rd as an extra treat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UhfabRmtJw
― buzza, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 08:37 (two weeks ago) link
oh man i forgot the brawl which put the mets short-handed after ejections, 86 team was so chaotic lmao ray knighthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2CwLl-zoNU
― buzza, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 09:50 (two weeks ago) link
Dumb mistake today--Billy Williams didn't win the MVP in '72, even though he almost won a Triple Crown--but I suddenly have an overwhelming desire to revisit yesterday's updated 9/9, 20.
https://i.postimg.cc/4yMW33Sr/grid.jpg
― clemenza, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 13:20 (two weeks ago) link
9/9, 9--The Herman Cain Rule. Tony Gwynn for HOF/10-HR not as clever as I thought.
https://i.postimg.cc/T3BhHV72/grid.jpg
― clemenza, Thursday, 2 May 2024 11:28 (two weeks ago) link
9/9, 27. I really got dinged for Bumgarner. Thought about trying Russell Martin for that box--I knew he pitched a couple of perfect innings but wasn't sure about the Silver Slugger. Should have gone with him.
https://i.postimg.cc/sfWN0P5S/grid.jpg
― clemenza, Saturday, 4 May 2024 13:02 (two weeks ago) link
https://imgur.com/a/zucyD0T
― buzza, Saturday, 4 May 2024 22:31 (two weeks ago) link
I checked my grid right after you posted, and I'd dropped all the way from 27 to 5. I was surprised too--just the way it goes.
― clemenza, Sunday, 5 May 2024 00:00 (two weeks ago) link
9/9, 17. The 11% for the D-Backs row has to be a record for me when it comes to Arizona/Colorado/Miami/Tampa Bay. Remembered Aaron Hill by scanning all the Hills on auto-fill, got a break on Steve Finley (likely because of Matt Williams), and at the last second remembered Reggie Sanders from all the times I've looked over the 2001 Arizona BRef page trying to remember somebody, anybody--had no idea if he'd managed 30 HR.
https://i.postimg.cc/d3WkrjsQ/grid.jpg
― clemenza, Sunday, 5 May 2024 14:45 (two weeks ago) link
9/9, 15
https://imgur.com/a/CEDtYEz
― buzza, Monday, 6 May 2024 07:14 (one week ago) link
9/9, 24. Lots of better choices than Garret Anderson--Vada Pinson, Bill Buckner, Willie Davis, Torii Hunter, Chili Davis, Gary Gaetti, Bert Campaneris--but I thought he'd be lower, so just typed him in right away.
https://i.postimg.cc/YqQntPjq/grid.jpg
― clemenza, Wednesday, 8 May 2024 14:22 (one week ago) link
9/9, 7
https://imgur.com/a/mQm48Vo
― buzza, Thursday, 9 May 2024 07:45 (one week ago) link
9/9, 22. Heading out for the day--crossing over into Michigan, appropriately enough--so I settled for a few easy ones. I think Carl Furillo was the least celebrated core Boy of Summer--him or Junior Gilliam.
https://i.postimg.cc/8PkCyZD4/grid.jpg
― clemenza, Thursday, 9 May 2024 13:42 (one week ago) link
you guys have me glory chasing - which leads to wrong guesses. but for the first time in a while i got two back-to-back. but both in the low 50s.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 9 May 2024 22:08 (one week ago) link
I messed up on the weekend by assuming Eddie Collins as a sure thing for A's/200-hits, but he only did it with the White Sox.
― clemenza, Thursday, 9 May 2024 23:33 (one week ago) link
Didn’t even know he was on the As! Came in handy for me when I needed him for the Sox tho. Usually the black and white guys are easy low scores - but was surprised Al Simmons was 11% for the A’s.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 10 May 2024 01:27 (one week ago) link
9/9, 9
https://imgur.com/a/eTuKw4f
― buzza, Friday, 10 May 2024 10:06 (one week ago) link
Here's some low-hanging fruit for you to beat, thermo: 9/9, 45. I'm retiring my Matt Stairs cheat--all four '69 expansion teams--which others have evidently started using too. The best part of today's is my Red Sox row: Flash Gordon, Smokey Joe, and El Tiante--my greatest nickname row ever.
https://i.postimg.cc/KYmvywpt/grid.jpg
― clemenza, Friday, 10 May 2024 23:03 (one week ago) link
9/9, 15. Amusing that Zolio Versalles is my most common answer today--in the first few months of this game, he was guaranteed to be under 1%.
https://i.postimg.cc/MGnmG5bT/grid.jpg
Why I know him (possibly my first baseball book as a kid):
https://i.postimg.cc/NjzRZTqw/book.jpg
― clemenza, Saturday, 11 May 2024 14:15 (one week ago) link
Ha! Even in the low hanging fruit I got one wrong. Did use Smokey Joe (I only know him because of a dead ball era sim I did of the BoSox in OOTP). also took advantage of Stairs.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 11 May 2024 15:51 (one week ago) link
“In case of emergency use Stairs” as the tshirts used to say
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 11 May 2024 16:04 (one week ago) link
9/9, 20.https://i.postimg.cc/7Lb21Dbp/IMG-0607.jpgShout out to Alex Cora for being forced to play Pablo at first, in easily the worst lineup I’ve ever seen, in a game I saw with my own eyes 🫡
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Saturday, 11 May 2024 16:19 (one week ago) link
9/9, 25, almost all of it Thomas and Perry. For the first time, I thought to check if there was anybody who played for the Pilots (Brewers) and Mariners. One guy, Diego Segui, so I'm guessing others have clued into that too, and he's worth 5% at best.
https://i.postimg.cc/L8LM2P6f/grid.jpg
― clemenza, Sunday, 12 May 2024 15:34 (one week ago) link
You would think Gary Roenicke would be under %0.1, but I think the Roenicke/Lowenstein platoon is pretty well known as such things go.
― clemenza, Sunday, 12 May 2024 15:38 (one week ago) link
https://imgur.com/a/skrGlT0
― buzza, Monday, 13 May 2024 04:35 (six days ago) link
Middle and right columns: 6/6, 5.75%. (Could have been better if I'd remembered Frank Duffy, the guy the Reds traded for Foster--had that committed to memory at one point.) Rays column: 3/3, 105%. Why would you ruin a good grid with Tampa Bay? So 9/9, 112--thermo and gyac, easy target.
https://i.postimg.cc/FRdmp7LD/grid.jpg
― clemenza, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 12:03 (five days ago) link
(Highlight today was turning the outfield column into a backdoor Jays column.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 12:05 (five days ago) link
9/9, 10--may drop into single digits. Started off 3/3, under 1%, but Jason Thompson killed that. This will never happen again: I've got two guys in the same row--Billy Martin and Dave Boswell--who got into a famous barroom brawl that cost one of them his job: https://twins-time.com/2022/02/billy-in-the-bar-august-1969/.
https://i.postimg.cc/FzzhfLX1/grid.jpg
― clemenza, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 20:01 (four days ago) link
Not to mention Giles and Briles side-by-side.
Better come back, maybe next week, 'cause you see I'm on a losing streak. Things to remember: Curt Blefary never played center field (Wednesday), Scipio Spinks was born in Chicago (today). Yesterday's, with the Marlins, was a lost cause.
― clemenza, Saturday, 18 May 2024 20:23 (yesterday) link