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I've done that too. Often when I see a Tampa Bay logo on the grid.

My go-to Oriole/Tiger is Ray Knight.

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CF/HOF - Duke Sinder 2
CF/SF - Angel Pagan 6
CF/100R - Tim Raines 1
MIN/HOF - Dave Winfield 3
MIN/SF - Joe Nathan 24
MIN/100R - Kirby Puckett 47
40HR/HOF - Ralph Kiner 2
40HR/SF - Johnny Mize 3
40HR/100R - Hank Aaron 3

I'm trying to do all Mets today, and I have seven squares full.

Looking for a Hall of Fame Twin who played for the Mets, and a GiantTwin who played for the Mets.

Nope, I had to cheat, and even then, one of 'em was a stretch.

	Hall of Fame		100+ Run Season Batting
Played Center Field min. 1 game	Willie Mays 0.4%	Tsuyoshi Shinjo 0.8%	Lance Johnson 0.08%
	Whitey Herzog 0.3%	Tom Herr 2%	Michael Cuddyer 2%
40+ HR Season Batting	Mike Piazza 7%	Kevin Mitchell 1.0%	Pete Alonso 1.0%

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MIL/ATL - Hank Aaron 40
WAS/ATL - Bartolo Colon 5
1B/ATL - Sid Bream 7
BOS/MIL - Jackie Bradley Jr 12
BOS/WAS - Pedro Martinez 32
BOS/1B - Yaz 5
MIL/SS - Robin Yount 17
WAS/SS - Vlad Guerrero 10
1B/SS - Paul Goldschmidt 3

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TEX/300AVG - Josh Hamilton 11
TEX/10W - Fergie Jenkins 3
TEX/NONUS - Julio Franco 2
PHL/300AVG - Pete Rose 9
PHL/10W - Robin Roberts 3
PHL/NONUS - Jeurys Familia .6
STL/300AVG - Joe Medwick 1
STL/10W - Bob Forsch 2
STL/NONUS - Joaquin Andujar 4

Pulled an 8 today:

TEX/.300 Buddy Bell 1
TEX/10wins Kevin Millwood 2
TEX/Non-US Vicente Padilla 0.3
PHI/.300 Johnny Callison 0.3
PHI/10 wins Robert Person 0.3
PHI/Non-US Steve Jeltz 0.5
STL/.300 Joe Medwick 1
STL/10 wins Danny Cox 0.5
STL/Non-US Julian Javier 2

Steve Jeltz -- born in Paris, France!

My first guess of the day for TEX/.300 was Toby Harrah.

I remembered the 1982 season when he was hitting .400 at the end of April, just shy of .390 at the end of May, and still over .350 as July began
en route to a season where his BA would fall to .304 but still a career year even as he just missed a .300/400/.500 line [.304/.398/.490] w/58 XBH.
And while he wasn't voted onto the starting eight that year (on account of George Brett also being an AL 3rd sacker) he was a reserve so it became
a controversy when AL mgr Billy Martin made him the only player not to enter the game despite his ongoing great career season. Harrah wound up
playing in 162 games that year but couldn't get into that one. Martin had managed the Rangers a few years earlier and there were rumors of friction
between the two. Of course everyone had friction with Billy sooner or later so this was just typical two-bit pettiness from him.

What I didn't remember was that Harrah was playing for Cleveland by '82, not Texas, and it turns out he never hit .300 for the Rangers ...
so, Strike One!
I didn't feel like playing after that ... so I didn't.

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NYM/DET - Yoenis Cespedes 5
NYM/CIN - Pat Zachry 3
NYM/6WAR - Bernard Gilkey 1
LAA/DET - Francisco Rodriguez 5
LAA/CIN - Matt Harvey 4
LAA/6WAR - Darin Erstad 3
SS/DET - Ray Oyler 2
SS/CIN - Dave Concepcion 18
SS/6WAR - Nomar 6

Pulled an 8

NYM/DET Walt Terrell 2
NYM/CIN Dilson Herrera 0.8
NYM/6+ WAR Bernard Gilkey 1
LAA/DET Jason Thompson 0.5
LAA/CIN Jose Guillen 0.9
LAA/6+ Doug DeCinces 0.6
SS/DET Dick McAuliffe 0.9
SS/CIN Chris Sabo 1
SS/6+ Ryne Sandberg 0.4

I got a 52 today. I liked that I had a chance to use Jim McAndrew:

SD/GG: Ozzie Smith 16%
SD/2000H: Steve Garvey 5%
SD/P: Jim McAndrew 0.03%
KC/GG: Willie Wilson 7%
KC/2000H: Harmon Killebrew 4%
KC/P: Dennis Leonard 1%
CHN/GG: Greg Maddux 17%
CHN/2000H: Cap Anson 2%
CHN/P: Dizzy Dean 0.1%

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SD/GG - Ozzie Smith 16
SD/2000H - Rickey Henderson 4
SD/P - Randy Jones 4
KC/GG - Sal Perez 26
KC/2000H - Carlos Beltran 12
KC/P - Bruce Chen .7
CHC/GG - Ron Santo 5
CHC/2000H - Billy Williams 6
CHC/P - Rich Garces .02

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LAD/BAL - Rich Hill 2
C/BAL - Charles Johnson 2
1STRD/BAL - Reggie Jackson .8
LAD/TB - David Price 16
C/TB - Travis d'Arnaud 7
1STRD/TB - Doc Gooden .8
LAD/MIN - Jesse Orosco .9
C/MIN - Kurt Suzuki 4
1STRD/MIN - Dave Winfield 3

Whenever there's a 1st round pick question I tend to forget that it doesn't have to be a 1st round pick of the team shown, only
that he was a 1st round pick of someone but then played for the team listed at some point. I could have given some better
answers had I remembered that.


LAD/BAL - Boog Powell (I remember being at a NYM/LAD game at Shea when Boog was a PH at the end of his career ... and looked to be 400 lbs)
BAL/C - Andy Etchebarren (can't pass on a name like that)
BAL/1stR - Jackson Holliday (not surprisingly that one was a 28% guess)
TBR/LAD - Tyler Glasgow
TBR/C - Travis d'Arnaud (he was there for like a week)
TBR/1stR - Evan Longoria (38%)
LAD/MIN - Ken Landreaux
MIN/C - Butch Wynegar
MIN/1stR - Byron Buxton (18%)

Score = 129

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CWS/ASG - Harold Baines 2
CWS/SS - Ozzie Guillen 22
CWS/OF - Mike Cameron .5
CHC/ASG - Shawon Dunston 1
CHC/SS - Joe Tinker 2
CHC/OF - Dave Kingman 2
NEG/ASG - Roy Campanella 12
NEG/SS - Minnie Minoso 5
NEG/OF - Larry Doby 14

I only got an eight, because I misidentified Ernie Banks as a Negro League shortstop. But I scored a very low 0.03% on Cleon Jones as a White Sox outfielder.

I can't help but try and fly too close to the sun on these. Here I went all-in on Rudy Law as a shortstop and took home a parting gift

Not so rare but a 9 is a 9

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HOU/PIT - Derek Bell 3
20W/PIT - Bob Friend 5
30SB/PIT - Andrew McCutchen 34
HOU/BOS - Roger Clemens 36
20W/BOS - Cy Young 5
30SB/BOS - Jacoby Ellsbury 31
HOU/ATL - Billy Wagner 3
20W/ATL - Warren Spahn 8
30SB/ATL - Rafael Furcal 9

Today I got everything except Red Sox 30 steals. My incorrect guess was Ellis Burks.

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PIT/HOU: Phil Garner; PIT 20W: Doug Drabek (48%!!); PIT/30 steals Frank Tavares
BOS/HOU: Curt Schilling; BOS 20W: Jim Lonborg; BOS/30: Johnny Damon (the answer I was least sure of)
ATL/HOU: Jim Bouton; ATL 20W: Warren Spahn; ATL 30: Ralph Garr


What I learned today upon looking it up after the game: the Pirates have had 62 20-win seasons in their history turned in by 31
different pitchers. Only three of those occurred in the last 65 years: John Candelaria (1977), Doug Drabek (1990), John Smiley (1991)

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NYM/CHC - Todd Hundley 2
NYM/2000H - Gary Sheffield 2
NYM/1GP - Desi Relaford .3
LAD/CHC - Rich Hill 2
LAD/2000H - Albert Pujols 12
LAD/1GP - Darren Dreifort .5
BAL/CHC - Rogers Hornsby 1
BAL/2000H - Rafael Palmeiro 5
BAL/1GP - Kris Benson .6

A couple of common choices.
Also had six Mets involved, seven if you count (brief) coach Hornsby.
22 rarity

NYM/CHC - Jim Hickman
NYM/2000H - Duke Snider
NYM/1GP - Desi Relaford
LAD/CHC - Rick Sutcliffe
LAD/2000H - Gary Sheffield
LAD/1GP - Ralph Branca
BAL/CHC - Rogers Hornsby
BAL/2000H - Eddie Murray
BAL/1GP - John Maine

I got a nice low score of 24.

Mets/Cubs: Jim Hickman 2%
Mets/2000 hits: Eddie Murray 2%
Mets/Pitcher: Dean Chance 0.04%
Dodgers/Cubs: Rick Monday 5%
Dodgers/2000 hits: Duke Snider 7%
Dodgers/Pitcher: Jesse Orosco 0.4%
Orioles/Cubs: Milt Pappas 3%
Orioles/2000 hits: Reggie Jackson 2%
Orioles/Pitcher: Dave McNally 1%

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CLE/10W - Gaylord Perry 3
CLE/SS - Andres Gimenez 3
CLE/NONUS - Amed Rosario 1
WAS/10W - Patrick Corbin 6
WAS/SS - Tim Foli 9
WAS/NONUS - Ugueth Urbina .7
MIA/10W - AJ Burnett 6
MIA/SS - Hanley Ramirez 18
MIA/NONUS - Armando Benitez .4