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Frayed Knot wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2023 2:05 pm I whiffed on the Red Dodger

I went Don Newcombe.

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I got an eight today. It wasn't the Dodgers MVP that tripped me up, however. I missed on a wrong guess for Tigers MVP -- my first guess was Kirk Gibson.

Kirk coulda been your Dodgers' MVP.

I scored with John Wockenfuss as the Phillie-Tiger

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: ↑Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:23 am Kirk coulda been your Dodgers' MVP.

He coulda slid Willie Hernandez in the MVP slot, too.

Yeah, Willie was my Tiger MVP, though I was briefly nervous I'd pick the wrong Willie Hernandez, because the MVP was also known as Guillermo for part of his career. it was another relatively easy grid because there was only one team in the column headings, and it was a familiar one.

All three of my MVPs were lesser lights than my Silver Sluggers, and I guess that's a safer way to play.

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PHL/DET - Nick Castellanos 29%
DET/SS - Miggie Cabrera 33%
DET/MVP - Willie Hernandez 5%
PHL/STL - Steve Carlton 13%
STL/SS - Poo Holes 19%
STL/MVP - Stan the Man 17%
PHL/LAA - Todd Zeile .2%
LAA/SS - Mike Piazza 13%
LAA/MVP - Roy Campanella 5%

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200H/30-30 - A-Rod 19%
40HR/30-30 - Jose Canseco 21%
100RBI/30-30 - Barry Bonds 18%
200H/GG - Tony Gwynn 8%
40HR/GG - Matt Olson 3%
100RBI/GG - Paul Goldschmidt 7%
200H/3000H - Ichiro 19%
40HR/3000H - Hank Aaron 27%
100RBI/3000H - Willie Mays 4%

Eight out of nine. I coulda took the gimme on the Angels Silver Slugger and went with Mike Trout but I was going for rarity scores and so I typed in Rod Carew, which was a wrong answer.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2023 3:30 pm Eight out of nine. I coulda took the gimme on the Angels Silver Slugger and went with Mike Trout but I was going for rarity scores and so I typed in Rod Carew, which was a wrong answer.

So I looked this up and forgot that Carew switched from second base to first base when he signed with the Angels. Because I was thinking to myself, how the hell did Carew not win a single Silver Slugger with the Angels? Who was better at second base --- every single season?

A pretty elderly grid if I do say so myself. An unimpressive rarity score of 210, but immaculate nonetheless.

I stumbled over the 20-win Blue Jay.

My tenth Immaculate Grid.

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I wanted to use Tommy Harper for the Brewers 30SB player for rarity score purpose, but I had already used him for MIL/OAK. I woulda swapped in Tommie Reynolds for MIL/OAK, lowering my score.

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I had to ponder that Boston column to get this one.

BOS/WAS - Pedro Martinez 23%
OAK/WAS - Bartolo 8%
30 SB/WAS - Tim Raines 18%
BOS/MIL - Jackie Bradley Jr. 23%
OAK/MIL - John Jaha 2%
30 SB/MIL - Ryan Braun 14%
BOS/HOU - Roided Up Dickhead Roger Clemens 27%
OAK/HOU - Jed Lowrie 6%
30 SB/HOU - Craig Biggio 17%

Missed the Brewer-Red Sock. Brewers suck. Scored with Endy Chaves as Washington 30 steal man

I typed "Joe Jackson" in several times as today's 200-hit White Sock, and nobody came up until I realized I had to submit him as "Shoeless Joe Jackson." Now I know I have to type "Mopey" if I ever want to submit Mike Piazza.

Also, holy crap! Ken Griffey, Jr. was a White Sock!

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NYM/COL - Jay Payton 1%
NYM/KC - Beltran 31%
NYM/3000k - Verlander 11%
ATL/COL - Mike Hampton 13%
ATL/KC - Octavio Dotel 1%
ATL/3000k - Smoltz 27%
LA/COL - Todd Zeile 2%
LA/KC - Zack Greinke 69%
LA/3000k - Scherzer 35%

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2023 10:41 am I typed "Joe Jackson" in several times as today's 200-hit White Sock, and nobody came up until I realized I had to submit him as "Shoeless Joe Jackson." Now I know I have to type "Mopey" if I ever want to submit Mike Piazza.

Also, holy crap! Ken Griffey, Jr. was a White Sock!

I only recall this because there was an episode where he was captured on camera dozing in the dugout during a late season game sometime near the very end of his tenure there.

My eleventh Immaculate Grid.

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NYY/CIN - Ken Griffey Sr 7%
NYY/3000H - Boggs 9%
NYY/200K - Mussina 5%
CLE/CIN - Frank Robinson 6%
CLE/3000H - Eddie Murray 46%
CLE/200K - Sabathia 24%
DET/CIN - Sean Casey 13%
DET/3000H - Ty Cobb 25%
DET/200K - Verlander 54%

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TEX/ASG - Josh Hamilton 8%
SF/ASG - Buster Posey 10%
CHC/ASG - Ernie Banks 3%
TEX/MVP - Ivan Rodriguez 12%
SF/MVP - Willie McCovey 7%
CHC/MVP - Sammy Sosa 20%
TEX/300 - A-Rod 8%
SF/300 - Willie Mays 18%
CHC/300 - Bill Buckner 1%

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My first ever non-Saturday immaculate grid. Not an impressive rarity score, but immaculate is immaculate.

SD/NYY: Dave Winfield 15%
SD/40 HR: Fernando Tatis, Jr. 47%
SD/100 RBI: Tony Gwynn 27%
STL/NYY: Harrison Bader 27%
STL/40 HR: Albert Pujols 49%
STL/100 RBI: Stan Musial 15%
PHL/NYY: Bobby Abreu 13%
PHL/40 HR: Ryan Howard 47%
PHL/100 RBI: Greg Luzinski 5%