Immaculate Grid

[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]

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

			HALL OF FAME
	Robin Ventura	Rich Gossage	Frank Thomas
	Gary Sheffield	Willie Randolph	Robin Yount
3000+ K CAREER PITCHING	Don Sutton	Roger Clemens	Tom Seaver

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]

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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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:

June 26

			200+ K SEASON PITCHING
	David Cone		Zack Greinke
	John Olerud		Randy Johnson
	Adrian Beltre	David Segui	Nolan Ryan

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

[Chad ochoseis]

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

This was something I was wondering about. David Cone was a Royal, and David Cone did have a 200K season. So I thought it would be correct to put him in the grid as someone who was both a Royal and who had a 200K season. But since he didn't have any 200K seasons for the Royals, apparently it's considered an incorrect guess.

This only counts for objective milestones. I put Hank Aaron for the Milwaukee Brewers Hall of Famer a couple of days ago and it was considered correct, although he certainly didn't go in with a Brewers cap.

I'm guessing that for awards like MVP and Rookie of the Year, then, you have to pick the team for which the player won the award; picking Eddie Murray as a Met and an ROY won't work.

[batmagadanleadoff]

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

I'm guessing that for awards like MVP and Rookie of the Year, then, you have to pick the team for which the player won the award; picking Eddie Murray as a Met and an ROY won't work.

Correct. If the category is a single-season accomplishment, it must have been done as a member of the corresponding team to be deemed a correct answer. Not just awards, but also single-season statistical milestones, like 30 HR's in a season or 200 K's in a season.

OE: I didn't make that mistake with Cone. I thought Cone had a 200K season as a Royal.

[Edgy MD]

I thought Coney was a 200K guy with the Royals too. Fortunately, I needed him as my Royalsock, so I used him there.

Unfortunately, I wrongly guessed Saberhagen (also a Royalsock) as my false guess before (duh) keying in on Greinke.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Here are the most popular correct answers for each box in this puzzle:


Royals/Red Sox: Andrew Benitendi -- (50%)
Royals/Cleveland: Carlos Santana -- (50%)
Royals 200k: Zach Greinke -- (97%)
Mariners/Red Sox: James Paxton -- (39%)
Mariners/Cleveland: Carlos Santana -- (23%)
Mariners 200k: Felix Hernandez -- (58%)
Rangers/Red Sox: Nathan Eovaldi -- (28%)
Rangers/Cleveland: Corey Kluber -- (26%)
Rangers 200k: Nolan Ryan -- (87%)

The Royals/Cleveland box was the toughest to solve -- only 53% of players had a correct answer for it.

[batmagadanleadoff]

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A's/Orioles- Reggie Jackson (13%)
A's/Twins - Phil Roof (0.02%!) <-----------
A's/3,000 hits - Rickey Henderson (95%)
Padres/Orioles - Merv Rettenmund (0.07%!) <-----------
Padres/Twins - Bob Miller (0.02!) <-----------
Padres/3,000 hits - Tony Gwynn (95%)
500 HR's/Orioles - Frank Robinson (23%)
500 HR's/Twins - Harmon Killebrew (51%)
500 HR's/3,000 hits - Willie Mays (8%) <-------------- We're definitely getting old. Eight Percent?

[Fman99]

Ugh how did I miss Manny Machado?

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A's/Orioles- Reggie Jackson (13%)
A's/Twins - Bartolo Colon (3%)
A's/3,000 hits - Rickey Henderson (95%)
Padres/Orioles
Padres/Twins - Dave Winfield (7%)
Padres/3,000 hits - Tony Gwynn (95%)
500 HR's/Orioles - Eddie Murray (38%)
500 HR's/Twins - Harmon Killebrew (51%)
500 HR's/3,000 hits - Hank Aaron (25%)

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

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Back-to-back days! A fun Metly connection, too.

I have to avoid reading this thread before I play the game. You guys are giving away answers!

[metsmarathon]

I thought I had a shot today, then whiffed on my first guess.

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O’s/a’s: I was thinking Miguel tejada and my brain gave me Melvin mora.
A’s/twins: I could t quite pull terry steinbach out of the deepest recesses of my brain and stumbled with Ted Lilly, who seems like he should’ve been a twins pitcher.
Rickey finished off the a’s row.
Robbie alomar (2%) Dave Winfield (9%) and Gwynn filled my padres obligation. Frank Robinson (23%) was my oriole masher.

Hopefully I do better next time.

[A Boy Named Seo]

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A’s / O’s Harold Baines 2%
A’s / Twins big whiff :(
A’s / 3000 Rickeyyyy
SD / O’s Machado
SD / Twins Winfield
SD / 3000 Gwynn
500 / O’s Eddie Murray
500 / Twins Killebrew
500 / 3000 Mays

Thank you 80s topps cards

[Benjamin Grimm]

I got everything but A's/Twins. (I guessed Rico Carty; second time he's let me down. I'll have to look at his BBRef page so I'll be better informed!)

A's/Orioles: Reggie Jackson, 13%
A's/Twins: --
A's/3000 hits: Rickey Henderson 95%
Padres/Orioles: Roberto Alomar 2%
Padres/Twins: Dave Winfield 7%
Padres/3000 hits: Tony Gwynn 95%
500 homers/Orioles: Frank Robinson 23%
500 homers/Twins: Harmon Killebrew 51%
500 homers/3000 hits: Willie Mays 9%


HOW DO THEY NOT HAVE A PHOTO OF WILLIE MAYS???????????

[batmagadanleadoff]

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Eight out of nine. One of the cells stumped me to the point that I didn't even bother to take a guess. The expansion teams are gonna be my weakness in this game. Oh, and I took a gamble on Rusty Staub and it turns out that Expos are accepted for the Nats logo boxes --- as it should be.

Angels/Nats: Tim Foli (0.06%)
Angels/Marlins: ?
Angels/20W season: Dean Chance (0.8%)
Cubs/Nats: Larry Biitner (0.009%) <-------- That's three digits to the right of the decimal point!
Cubs/Marlins: Moises Alou (7%)
Cubs/20W season: Fergie Jenkins (21%)
Mets/Nats: Rusty Staub (0.2%)
Mets/Marlins: Dave Magadan (0.07%)
Mets/20W season: R.A. Dickey (13%)

[Fman99]

One of these turns I'll get all 9. For the second time this week my lack of Anaheim Angels knowledge cost me. (OE: Maybe the other time it was a different AL team and not the Angels. I really don't know the current AL rosters).

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Angels/Nats: Bartolo (3%)
Angels/Marlins: uh
Angels/20W season: Dean Chance (0.8%)
Cubs/Nats: Daniel Murphy (6%)
Cubs/Marlins: Moises Alou (7%)
Cubs/20W season: Fergie Jenkins (21%)
Mets/Nats: Max Scherzer (48%)
Mets/Marlins: Preston Wilson (0.3%)
Mets/20W season: GTS (59%)

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

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I like to work in Mets, and lots of Metly content today! Gary Carter, Al Leiter, Tom Seaver, Damion Easley, Ellis Valentine -- and Steve Renko, who played for the Mets in the minors and was in every pack of 1973 Topps cards I opened.

[dgwphotography]

Grid 87: 7-9 got all of the 20 game winners, and was surprised that it allowed Andrea Dawson for Nats/Cubs.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I only missed the Angel-Marlin today. The rest was easy

Got rare with Todd Zeile as the Cub-Marlin