let’s play: Immaculate Grid!

98 today; got the top center square in under the wire

Do you time yourself? This is sometimes an all-day project with me, taking time out to attend to eating, living, etc.

9/9, 97

Not my best work, the Cards & Brewers lines were killers

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How stupid is this? I knew with the Diamondbacks and Padres on today's, I'd have to settle for a really high rarity and just try for a 9. Started off pretty well, 6/6 and around 45% (half of it Steve Finley, a now-common default for any N.L. West combination), and went with a really safe pick for Arizona left fielder. Or so I thought: turns out Justin Upton never played in a game there in six seasons. Just right field and some DH. For the rest of his career, after leaving, mostly left field. So I dashed off Luis Gonzalez, tried a longshot that worked with Kurt Bevaqua, and there you go: 8/9, 181.

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> Do you time yourself?

It was more about burnes being a brewer still, per the rules of IG

Ah, shitfuck. 25% for the eight correct guesses, but initially had the wrong Ken for the Expos' All-Star: much to my surprise, Ken Singleton didn't work.

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Apologies to Bee OK and gyac, but they use the Giants way too often. I think they've been on three out of the last five or six grids. I usually do well with them, because I remember a number of guys from the '70s teams, plus you can go way back, but they seem to be in here far more than other ancient franchises.

9/9, 52--will probably drop below 50, but not great at all for an open grid. Blame Thursday and Friday. Egregious recency bias: Roughned Odor higher than Bud Harrelson. (Even though Harrelson qualifies somewhat too, having died a few months ago.) When Odor came back at 12%, I quickly gave in with Harrelson and Piazza. I'm lucky I managed to come up with a Ranger who stole 30. Next time, Dave Nelson--if I type that, I might actually remember.

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It was between the brothers, Kay--first the Alous tripped me up, then the Forsches.

Another day for "Seriously?" In 1,235 games with the Rays, Carl Crawford did not play so much as an inning in right field. I think that box was there specifically as a trap. After that, I started hate-guessing.

9/9, 38. Billy Koch was higher than I thought he'd be--the guy played five seasons, people still remember him?--but Robbie Ray much lower, so evened out.

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Only six Jays with 200 K...Brandon Morrow, A.J. Burnett--typing them out to remember.

Five good answers (3.2%), three mediocre ones (34%), and I-Rod was never a Kansas City Royal. Goddamned Marlins again.

9/9, 14--best one in a while, though I thought these answers would get me under 10, which I haven't done for months. Joe Carter and Dick Allen for those particular combinations used to be good for 1% or less. Wilhelm was a guess for the White Sox; he shows up a lot when I check my incorrect answers. Maybe by the end of the day I'll creep under 10.

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First three answers, 94%. So I thought I'd just go with the most obvious answers imaginable, and at 7/7 I was up to...232%! Broke the pattern with Teoscar Hernandez for Mariners/Astros (all I could think of), who was only 3%.

And then, I just couldn't think of a Red Sox no-hitter. There were a couple of old guys I could have gotten, Cy Young and Smokey Joe Wood, but I went with Lefty Grove and it was wrong. That's actually a pretty hard combination.

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I'm sure there's no connection--she doesn't look like someone obsessed with the grid--but because of the timing, I have to ask.

8/9, 105. #&@%, or however that goes. I was 7/7, under 3%, and I went for Phil Cavarretta for MVP/catcher. Cavarretta played first. I mixed him up with Ernie Lombardi, plus "Cavarretta" sounds like "catcher"--that's how my mind works. If I had put in Lombardi and come up with a good CF/MVP, I would have been under 5%. (Tested that out on another browser with Lombardi and Don Baylor.) Being able to use both Cesar Tovar and Bert Campaneris, I won't get a better chance at an obscenely low score for a while.

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I even mixed up who I mixed him up with: it was Gabby Hartnett, not Lombardi. Hartnett and Cavarretta played alongside each other on the Cubs. Hartnett was MVP in '35, Cavarretta in '45. Same 0.6% for Hartnett.

oooo...my best ever. 54!

Fuck! Sorry!

Just going to post

So that my post moves up

And hopefully doesn’t spoil anyone

Sorry

Really

Sorry

Don’t scroll up if you’re here I posted my grid without hide tags (but I’ve asked a moderator to delete it)

Hopefully that’s enough

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rarity score of 8

thank you, Wil Cordero

9/9, 80. Great start for the first six: tried and tried to avoid Schilling and Bream--who's treated like an inner-circle HOF'er on IG when Pirates/Braves come up--but couldn't do any better. Took me even longer for Orioles/Pirates, finally remembered Bonilla.

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Go forth and get low scores today--pretty easy grid if you're not GG-phobic like me. I was good through six boxes, under 10%, then lost rarity with Jose Reyes for the Mets' 100-run guy--24%. Then I lost it with the Yankees' GG; I thought Paul O'Neill was considered a great fielder for some reason, but he didn't win one. Next time, Joe Pepitone! Never knew he won three.

9/9, 13. Thought I had a chance at less than 10%--hard with the HOF on there. I remember Tom Hall was nicknamed "The Blade."

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Can anybody fill me in on how "Disco" Dan Ford got his nickname? His Wikipedia page doesn't say.

9/9, 20. Sudden Sam and Mack the Knife--great day for nicknames.

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9/9, 20--I'm sure, like yesterday's, it will drop under 20. Five boxes around the perimeter under 3%, the other four for over 15%.

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They should add opening-day starts (for pitchers) as a category. Mostly famous names, but I'm sure you could come up with some comparatively obscure ones.

https://www.mlb.com/news/most-opening-day-starts-by-a-pitcher-c269247830

9/9, 13. Wasn't sure about Damon Berryhill, but he did feel right for both teams.

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I'm on a streak here: with revised scores, 12/17/17/13. Under 10 seems to get harder and harder, though.

9/9, 8--finally! First time in weeks, maybe months. There's a chance it could go up, but I don't think so.

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Streak (dropped down again yesterday) now stands at 12/17/17/10/8.

Considered both Phil Rizzuto and Pee Wee Reese for the bottom left: Reese would have been better than Kaline, but Rizzuto wouldn't have worked (wasn't even close to 2,000 hits).

been a long time but i try the grid every once in a while, Saturday is always he best for me

9/9, 5

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You were just lying in wait for that, weren't you?

9/9, 12--almost two sub-10s in a row, but one box killed me. 2.9% through six, and I still hadn't used Campenaris or Tovar. So I went with Russell Martin for C/SS, thinking he'd be 3 or 4% at worst. Eight! Checking answers, I've added Cookie Rojas and Jose Oquendo to the list of guys who've played all nine positions (not in the same game like the other two...there are a few others who I won't remember).

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Streak: 12/17/17/10/7/12.

Clemente's one game at second--a couple of innings late in the game--has stayed in my mind from another grid.

Wow the grid today is mental

8/9 the center square f-ed me over

Honestly, I think it would be more challenging today to figure out the most common answers. Of the nine, only one is above 25%.

And that is who I picked for 2b/c. 47%. Amazing my score was only 60 total (only one other above 1%)! First time getting 9/9 in a while.

It makes sense that Biggio would be such a common answer today--HOF'er who played 15% of his career games (over 400) behind the plate--although I'm surprised A-Rod at 3B/SS wasn't even higher; that was actually a huge story. I guess Ripken cut into that combination a lot.

9/9, 19. Got to use two things I've been meaning to for a while: Bill Singer, the Jays' starter for their first game ever (in the snow) in 1977, and Podres of the Padres--hard to believe, but the guy who shut out the Yankees to win G7 for the Dodgers in '55 finished up with the Padres in their first season.

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Last day I'll post the streak (I wanted to be under 100 for the seven days): 12/17/17/10/7/12/19 = 94.

97 today

8/9, 176. Man you guys are good.

9/9, 19. Thought I had another sub-10 in the works: 2% through first four, but then Ted Lyons came up 3 and Ralph Garr 6, so I just quickly filled in Alexander and Torre.

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