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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by batmagadanleadoff » Thu Jul 27, 2023 11:51 pm

I'm really missing the (not so) old midnight reveal of IG.
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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by Fman99 » Fri Jul 28, 2023 6:46 am

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Thu Jul 27, 2023 11:51 pm I'm really missing the (not so) old midnight reveal of IG.
Yeah, same, busting up my AM routine good
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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by Benjamin Grimm » Fri Jul 28, 2023 9:24 am

I only got a six this time. I whiffed on the entire bottom row with the Rockies.

Tigers/Pirates: Richie Hebner 1%
Tigers/Reds: Ray Knight 0.4%
Tigers/200K: Mickey Lolich 3%
Rangers/Pirates: Al Oliver 6%
Rangers/Reds: Jim Kern 0.2%
Rangers/200K: Nolan Ryan 72%
Rockies/Pirates: --
Rockies/Reds: --
Rockies/200K: --

Turns out only three Rockies pitchers have had 200 strikeouts, and I wasn't likely to have guessed any of them.
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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by Fman99 » Fri Jul 28, 2023 12:36 pm

I think 7 is my threshold for "I did OK at this."

DET/PIT - Hank Greenberg 3%
DET/CIN - Sean Casey 17%
DET/200K - Max Scherzer 19%
TEX/PIT -
TEX/CIN - Josh Hamilton 34%
TEX/200K - Nolan Ryan 70%
COL/PIT - Dotel 7%
COL/CIN -
COL/200K - Pedro Astacio 4%
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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by metsmarathon » Fri Jul 28, 2023 1:52 pm

i've conceded that i'm usually terrible at immaculate grid.

instead, i've taken to using it as a rabbit hole to dive into, to find the guy who can fill the most squares all by his lonesome.

today, that guy is victor santos who, despite contributing -0.8 WAR over 7 big league seasons, pitched for 7 teams over those 7 years, including, notably, the pirates, reds, tigers, rockies, and rangers, allowing him to be the correct answer for a whopping 6 squares! impressive! sadly, he stayed well below the 200k threshold at each of his many stays.

there were a few players who filled 4 squares each, including darnell coles, todd van poppel, denys reyes, and kip wells. none of these interesting players threw 200 strikeouts for their teams, either.

nobody was able to fill 4 squares by snagging teamwise combinations and a 200k season (or two) either. at least, not that i could find.
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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by batmagadanleadoff » Fri Jul 28, 2023 2:53 pm

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 117 7/9:
Rarity: 287
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Wrong answer: Rangers/Reds - Toby Harrah
Stumped: Rockies/Reds
Wild Guess wrong answer: Rockies/200K - Mike Hampton
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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by Benjamin Grimm » Fri Jul 28, 2023 6:03 pm

I wanted to do Sparky Anderson for Tigers/Reds.
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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by nymr83 » Fri Jul 28, 2023 9:40 pm

German Marquez is another 200 strikeout Rockie. i whiffed a lot in the other 2 columns.
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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by Benjamin Grimm » Sat Jul 29, 2023 9:18 am

Yet another eight for me. I picked Don Buford for the Red Sock/Oriole. I should have picked Don Baylor. Or Damon Buford. Or Damon Baylor, if such a person exists.


White Sox/Red Sox: Carlton Fisk 15%
White Sox/Braves: Claudell Washington 0.5%
White Sox/Cy Young: LaMarr Hoyt 24%
Orioles/Red Sox: --
Orioles/Braves: Davey Johnson 3%
Orioles/Cy Young: Jim Palmer 87%
20 wins/Red Sox: Cy Young 3%
20 wins/Braves: Warren Spahn 5%
20 wins/Cy Young: Tom Seaver 2%
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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by batmagadanleadoff » Sat Jul 29, 2023 10:17 am

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 118 9/9:
Rarity: 78
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This one was the easiest one ever. Took me less than a minute to solve it. No post '69 expansion teams and two easy statistical/award categories. I think that this is the third time I've used Earl Williams.
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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by batmagadanleadoff » Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:31 pm

Eight out of nine.



Stumped: Dodgers/DBacks
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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by nymr83 » Sun Jul 30, 2023 7:41 pm

I used Scherzer in the middle box and Pedro in the middle right. That left me struggling for a 3000 strikeout dodger and I learned that Kershaw is less than 100 short :(
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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by Edgy MD » Sun Jul 30, 2023 8:01 pm

Randy Johnson could have fit in five or six boxes today.

My 3000K Dodger was Don Sutton. Slow and steady wins the race.
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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by batmagadanleadoff » Sun Jul 30, 2023 8:19 pm

nymr83 wrote: Thu Jul 27, 2023 8:20 am
batmagadanleadoff wrote: Wed Jul 26, 2023 8:21 pm
nymr83 wrote: Mon Jul 24, 2023 8:55 pm Fernando Rodney took me forever and was really a wild guess

Rodney's a good player to get down pat for IG. He played for 12 teams, but most importantly, at least for me anyways, he played for three of the four 1990s expansion teams, including the dreaded Rays.
Yeah I feel like i'm pretty solid on my Marlins and Diamondbacks and really the NL as a whole from 1995 - present mostly because my long running Fantasy Baseball league is NL-only. The American League is a black box sometimes.
Get to know Chad Qualls, too. He played for 12 teams. And he's the only major leaguer in baseball history to have played for all four of the 1990s expansion teams.
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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by Edgy MD » Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:14 pm

Make up your own hard-to-impossible Immaculate grid.








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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by Benjamin Grimm » Mon Jul 31, 2023 9:57 am

Another eight. I couldn't think of a Cub with 3,000 hits. My guess of Ernie Banks failed.

Phillies/Indians: Jim Thome 29%
Phillies/Cubs: Ryne Sandberg 11%
Phillies/MVP: Mike Schmidt 28%
A's/Indians: Bartolo Colon 8%
A's/Cubs: Dennis Eckersley 8%
A's/MVP: Reggie Jackson 15%
3000 hits/Indians: Nap Lajoie 21%
3000 hits/Cubs: --
3000 hits/MVP: Willie Mays 6%
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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by Edgy MD » Mon Jul 31, 2023 10:08 am

I was able to grab Cap Anson for that square, because I know he played for a million years, but I came up short on Nap LaJoie.
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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by Frayed Knot » Mon Jul 31, 2023 10:56 am

You need to adjust your thinking for those sorts of career records.
They ask for Cubs so the reflex move is to start thinking of long-term Cub HoF'ers like Banks, Santo, or Billy Williams ... none of whom reached 3,000 hits
But Lou Brock did, even if only 310 of them were as a Cub
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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by batmagadanleadoff » Mon Jul 31, 2023 11:41 am

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 120 9/9:
Rarity: 104
IMMACULATE!
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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by Fman99 » Mon Jul 31, 2023 12:40 pm

Just my second ever Immaculate Grid.

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 120 9/9:
Rarity: 160
IMMACULATE!
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CLE/PHL - Nap Lajoie .5%
PHL/CHC - Kyle Schwarber 30%
PHL/MVP - Jimmy Rollins 17%
CLE/OAK - Bartolo 8%
OAK/CHC - Kong 2%
OAK/MVP - Reggie 14%
CLE/3000 - Eddie Murray 48%
CHC/3000 - Cap Anson 27%
MVP/3000 - Ichiro 14%
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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by Marshmallowmilkshake » Mon Jul 31, 2023 3:37 pm

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 120 9/9:
Rarity: 149
IMMACULATE!
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Trying to figure out the rarity score. Is the goal to get the most obscure players?
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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by nymr83 » Mon Jul 31, 2023 11:16 pm

Andrew Dawson didn't have 3K hits so 8/9 for me today.
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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by dgwphotography » Tue Aug 01, 2023 6:55 am

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 120 9/9:
Rarity: 113
IMMACULATE!
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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by batmagadanleadoff » Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:32 am

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 121 9/9:
Rarity: 87
IMMACULATE!
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Re: Immaculate Grid

Post by nymr83 » Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:42 pm

8/9

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