Immaculate Grid

[LowerWolf]

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I realized today that when you get a grid like Rookie of the Year/MVP, they don’t have to be in the same year. I made that way harder on myself than it needed to be

Didn’t know that either.

Took me awhile to remember Ichiro, but once I did, I got all nine for the first time.

[reyes the roof]

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Didn’t know that either.

Took me awhile to remember Ichiro, but once I did, I got all nine for the first time.

I got them all except Braves/Rookie of the Year. I tried to get cute and pick a low percentage guy, I could have sworn Heyward won it when I should have just picked Justice

[Hammerhunker]

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Yep, I've started doing this and Puckdoku, the NHL counterpart. Definitely too casual to be competitive at other sports.

I'm trying to do this as a pure memory test. A rather generous 27 minute time limit (sometimes takes the wheels in my 50-year-old brain to start spinning), no double-checking, no looking at rosters, no leaving the page until I've made all my guesses or time's up.

I definitely find I'm better at making 90s/00s links (80s/90s links in hockey) than I am with anything in the last decade, LOL.

I have been playing the baseball version this summer and only today wondered if any OSers were playing.

I pride myself in my sports memory but being 55, it is a challenge at times to recall what used to be a snap (Blzer, I do the same thing with music, especially if I am listening to music. There has to be a name for that). I try to get as many as I can but then go into research mode for the rest, so I won't be any good competing with anyone because I am the orange to the apples. My research isn't just looking up the answer, it is taking the longest route to guess a player, like looking through lineups of teams to see if it triggers a clue.

It's all in good fun for me, each puzzle leading me down the rabbit hole of nostalgia.

[LowerWolf]

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My MLB The Show franchise has messed me up more than once.

One of the recent ones had a player for both the A's and Rays. I went with Cristian Pache, because I traded him to the Rays in my MLB 21 franchise.

[DrJones]

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Today's was rough.

[reyes the roof]

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I couldn’t get the Braves/White Sox grid today and then looked at the possible answers. Bobby Bonilla was the one name that stuck out as a big surprise, I have no recollection of him being on the Braves in 2000

[Blzer]

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I couldn’t get the Braves/White Sox grid today and then looked at the possible answers. Bobby Bonilla was the one name that stuck out as a big surprise, I have no recollection of him being on the Braves in 2000

I went for A.J.

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[Hammerhunker]

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Speaking of Saturday's, I was miffed by not being able to readily come up with a Red Sox-Oriole, mind was completely blank. That combination isn't as common as the other AL East combos...to me at least.

[Blzer]

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Speaking of Saturday's, I was miffed by not being able to readily come up with a Red Sox-Oriole, mind was completely blank. That combination isn't as common as the AL East combos...to me at least.

It took me a long time until I remembered Kevin Millar. I don't know if I came up with any others.

I might have already said this, but sometimes I confuse seeing two teams and thinking "Clearly somebody played for both teams" with "These two teams play each other all the time," meaning I place the player in the stadium or against those colors, but not wearing their uniform.

My biggest threat still tends to be the stats ones, specifically pitcher ones. It amazes me which pitchers didn't achieve Cy Young, 20 wins, 200 strikeouts, etc.

[reyes the roof]

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Yeah the stats ones are the ones I’m most likely to pick somebody that only 1% has chosen, but they’re also the ones that I end up being wrong on the most when I’m confident my answer is right

[Hammerhunker]

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It took me a long time until I remembered Kevin Millar. I don't know if I came up with any others.

I might have already said this, but sometimes I confuse seeing two teams and thinking "Clearly somebody played for both teams" with "These two teams play each other all the time," meaning I place the player in the stadium or against those colors, but not wearing their uniform.

My biggest threat still tends to be the stats ones, specifically pitcher ones. It amazes me which pitchers didn't achieve Cy Young, 20 wins, 200 strikeouts, etc.

The stats are a running trick question for me. Like today's 3K-K list; I thought I had a slam dunk Dodger, took my second guess on that one.

[Blzer]

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The stats are a running trick question for me. Like today's 3K-K list; I thought I had a slam dunk Dodger, took my second guess on that one.

I'm cheating and texting my buddy for that one who is a Dodgers fan, but I'm using it to recruit him to the game itself.

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I would've heard if Kershaw had done it (plus with his injuries I feel he would've been held back), and I don't want to guess Valenzuela unless I know for sure (he was before my time).

It seems like Scherzer should've done it given his age but I won't guess until I hear from him on his thought.

EDIT: Now that I think about it I actually remember Scherzer getting his 3000th strikeout. Still gonna wait on my buddy and see if he has a better name.

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[reyes the roof]

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I'm cheating and texting my buddy for that one who is a Dodgers fan, but I'm using it to recruit him to the game itself.

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I would've heard if Kershaw had done it (plus with his injuries I feel he would've been held back), and I don't want to guess Valenzuela unless I know for sure (he was before my time).

It seems like Scherzer should've done it given his age but I won't guess until I hear from him on his thought.

EDIT: Now that I think about it I actually remember Scherzer getting his 3000th strikeout. Still gonna wait on my buddy and see if he has a better name.

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The Dodgers 3000k got me too

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I used Scherzer on the Nationals, when I have a Nationals grid I always forget I can also use Expos until it's too late

[LowerWolf]

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I missed the Dodgers 3000K initially and then I remembered …

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Pedro

[Blzer]

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I missed the Dodgers 3000K initially and then I remembered …

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Pedro

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I had already used him for Washington/Montreal.

My guy said Don Sutton for LA, never would've guessed that myself. Turns out 40% also knew that though. Maybe Scherzer or Pedro would've been a better choice there heh.

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