2023 MLB (non-Tigers) catch all thread

[Motor City Sonics]

14 minutes ago, Toddwert said:

Wells isnt looking too bad... must be laying off the partying

He had too, he wouldn't still be alive. 

[Motor City Sonics]

2 hours ago, Jim Cowan said:

I had 8 correct, missed my first guess at a Braves Gold Glove.

I got the Braves/Dodgers question right because of recent conversations about a certain player David Letterman made fun of ("fat tub of goo")

[Jim Cowan]

48 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

I got the Braves/Dodgers question right because of recent conversations about a certain player David Letterman made fun of ("fat tub of goo")

Also what would have worked was "if you can't think of anyone, choose Edwin Jackson".

[TJ Rollercoaster]

1 hour ago, Jim Cowan said:

Also what would have worked was "if you can't think of anyone, choose Edwin Jackson".

Wonder if you could set up a grid, where the answer in each of the 9 squares was "Edwin Jackson"

(Yes, I know it's against the rules)

 

[RandyMarsh]

Memorizing Edwin Jackson and Octavio Dotel's teams is an immaculate grid cheat code. 

[casimir]

On 9/9/2023 at 11:37 AM, CMU97 said:

My best Rarity score ever! Helped greatly by many tigers and research knowledge of the Boston braves.

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 160 9/9:
Rarity: 4
IMMACULATE!
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Play at:
https://immaculategrid.com
@immaculategrid x @baseball_ref

Rarity of 4?  Dude….

[casimir]

On 9/9/2023 at 11:54 AM, Tiger337 said:

Why don't the Tigers do this for Alex Lange?

 

They do that for Romano in Toronto.  We were there for a game last season and they dropped the stadium lighting in favor of some red lighting and the music and all of that, and I’m thinking to myself, all of this for a piece of cheese?

[casimir]

Getting the first guess wrong on immaculate grid is so demoralizing.

[Jim Cowan]

40 minutes ago, casimir said:

Getting the first guess wrong on immaculate grid is so demoralizing.

I know and they are always good, reasonable guesses.

[CMU97]

9 hours ago, casimir said:

Rarity of 4?  Dude….

Well, I followed that up with a couple of stinkers. 8/9 last two days. I thought for sure mark Langston had a 200+ strikeout year for the Expos, but no. I really try hard not to go with " obvious " answers in that situation like Pedro Martinez,  but sometimes it bites me. 

While my consant pouring over baseball cards, the sporting news and baseball digest in the late 70s and early 80s has served me very well, I do have to question why all that information is still in hy head 40 years later. If I had to fill out the grids using players from 2000+ I would probably get one or two a day.

 

[Tiger337]

13 hours ago, casimir said:

Getting the first guess wrong on immaculate grid is so demoralizing.

especially when it's because you highlighted the wrong box.  

[Tiger337]

4 hours ago, CMU97 said:

Well, I followed that up with a couple of stinkers. 8/9 last two days. I thought for sure mark Langston had a 200+ strikeout year for the Expos, but no. I really try hard not to go with " obvious " answers in that situation like Pedro Martinez,  but sometimes it bites me. 

While my consant pouring over baseball cards, the sporting news and baseball digest in the late 70s and early 80s has served me very well, I do have to question why all that information is still in hy head 40 years later. If I had to fill out the grids using players from 2000+ I would probably get one or two a day.

 

Yes!  Most of my selections are pre-2000 for the reasons you mentioned.  I probably spend as much time following the game now, but the details don't stick.  I think when the information was more scarce,  I absorbed every detail I could get my hands on.  Today, there is information overload and I just look up players in whom I am interested at the moment rather than looking at everybody in the TSN team stats.    

[theroundsquare]

4 hours ago, CMU97 said:

Well, I followed that up with a couple of stinkers. 8/9 last two days. I thought for sure mark Langston had a 200+ strikeout year for the Expos, but no. I really try hard not to go with " obvious " answers in that situation like Pedro Martinez,  but sometimes it bites me. 

While my consant pouring over baseball cards, the sporting news and baseball digest in the late 70s and early 80s has served me very well, I do have to question why all that information is still in hy head 40 years later. If I had to fill out the grids using players from 2000+ I would probably get one or two a day.

 

I made that same mistake with Mark Langston

[Jim Cowan]

I nailed that one with Steve Rogers!

[Jim Cowan]

On 9/9/2023 at 1:50 PM, smr-nj said:

lol.  The “Davids” together this afternoon at Old Timers Day @Yankee Stadium….. it’ll be a 24 hours of “Miller time” in NYC .  😂. Look out.

Good old David Wells...don't ever change!

https://torontosun.com/sports/baseball/toronto-blue-jays/david-wells-tears-into-woke-culture

[chasfh]

37 minutes ago, Jim Cowan said:

Good old David Wells...don't ever change!

https://torontosun.com/sports/baseball/toronto-blue-jays/david-wells-tears-into-woke-culture

“It sucks. That’s why everyone should carry a gun.”

[Toddwert]

deep thoughts with David Wells

[chasfh]

19 minutes ago, Toddwert said:

deep thoughts with David Wells

“I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they’d never expect it.”

[Tiger337]

Wells now sounds like every other old dude that calls the younger generation too soft because he is jealous of their youth.  

He was a great pitcher, but I never really cared for his rags to riches millionaire rebel routine.

Edited September 12, 2023 by Tiger337

[casimir]

22 hours ago, casimir said:

Getting the first guess wrong on immaculate grid is so demoralizing.

Went 8 good before the final one was wrong.  It’s a better feeling than whiffing on the first, but, damn, to be so close.

[casimir]

3 hours ago, Toddwert said:

deep thoughts with David Wells

When I think of David Wells, I’m not sure how to order cerebral, sober, and athletic to describe him.

[CMU97]

Good day on the Grid. Pretty easy, just trying to pick not well known players. The dodgers have had like 50 ROYs since 1947, so it was matter of picking one not many others would. They had four in a row from 79-82 (Sutcliffe, Howe, Fernando, and Sax), so I picked Sutcliffe.  I didn't think many people would pick Hubbs for the Cubs, but he was the highest % of my picks. Very sad story. ROY in 62 (after Billy Williams in 61), had a good 2nd season, but died in a plane crash in the off season.

 

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 164 9/9:

Rarity: 7

IMMACULATE!

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Play at:

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@immaculategrid x @baseball_ref

[theroundsquare]

I thought I was being slick going with Jerome Walton

[CMU97]

Jerome Walton was a good one too, and I considered  him as well. Probably should have gone with him. I'm sure most Cub fans would know the Hubbs story.

[casimir]

3 hours ago, CMU97 said:

Good day on the Grid. Pretty easy, just trying to pick not well known players. The dodgers have had like 50 ROYs since 1947, so it was matter of picking one not many others would. They had four in a row from 79-82 (Sutcliffe, Howe, Fernando, and Sax), so I picked Sutcliffe.  I didn't think many people would pick Hubbs for the Cubs, but he was the highest % of my picks. Very sad story. ROY in 62 (after Billy Williams in 61), had a good 2nd season, but died in a plane crash in the off season.

 

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 164 9/9:

Rarity: 7

IMMACULATE!

🟩🟩🟩

🟩🟩🟩

🟩🟩🟩

Play at:

https://immaculategrid.com

@immaculategrid x @baseball_ref

Your rarity score was 7?

I had a cruddy day and got a 5.  A whole 5 right answers.