Anyone tried the Immaculate Grid game?

[Moose Milligan]

18 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

For some reason, Bruce Chen just jumped into my head as someone who also played with Toronto but I got that one wrong..prevented me from getting a perfect score.

 

Maybe you thought that cause he pitched for KC and they both have blue in their colors.  My mind works that way sometimes.

[Sports Guy]

Just now, Moose Milligan said:

Maybe you thought that cause he pitched for KC and they both have blue in their colors.  My mind works that way sometimes.

That was immediately what I thought of when I did it but even in the moment, I said to myself, he pitched for KC, so don’t mix that up but I was sure Toronto was one of the 75 teams he pitched for.

So, even though I thought of that, I’m sure that’s exactly what happened anyway.

[Sports Guy]

Btw, looking at the BR page afterwards, I completely forgot Joe Carter played for us in 98.

[backwardsk]

6 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Btw, looking at the BR page afterwards, I completely forgot Joe Carter played for us in 98.

We ended up getting a lot of 80s/early 90s stars on our team at the tail end of their careers. Carter, Evans, Van Slyke, Sabo, Eric Davis. 

[Sports Guy]

Just now, backwardsk said:

We ended up getting a lot of 80s/early 90s stars on our team at the tail end of their careers. Carter, Evans, Van Slyke, Sabo, Eric Davis. 

The 1998 Eric Davis season was

[InsideCoroner]

8 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Btw, looking at the BR page afterwards, I completely forgot Joe Carter played for us in 98.

So did I until I saw Moose post his pic in the High Water Mark thread. Somehow I forgot all about his 11 homers and negative WAR. But we really used to be the final dumping ground of once-decent players. So many guys like Ron Kittle, Keith Moreland, Greg Walker, Ernie Whitt, Sammy Sosa came and quickly went into retirement (plus Colby MF Rasmus).

[Sports Guy]

2 minutes ago, InsideCoroner said:

So did I until I saw Moose post his pic in the High Water Mark thread. Somehow I forgot all about his 11 homers and negative WAR. But we really used to be the final dumping ground of once-decent players. So many guys like Ron Kittle, Keith Moreland, Greg Walker, Ernie Whitt, Sammy Sosa came and quickly went into retirement (plus Colby MF Rasmus).

Vladdy..years after Flanny deemed him a luxury.

[Frobby]

4 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

110.  My Orioles/Rangers pick is at 0.005%.  The rest of the picks aren't so hot.

My correct answer for A’s 3000 hits was only a little better than getting that question wrong.  The only way to score on that question is to have a good grasp on which old timers played on the Philadelphia A’s at some point in their careers.   I didn’t.  So, I scored 140 with a 9/9 grid, well more than half my points coming from that answer.  

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

8 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

110.  My Orioles/Rangers pick is at 0.005%.  The rest of the picks aren't so hot.

And I thought, I made a good choice with Harold Baines at 0.9% today for Rangers/Orioles. 259 score for today. Could have done better, I made the mistake of assuming Ken Singleton and John Olerud won a silver slugger award during their careers.

Edited August 15, 2023 by OsFanSinceThe80s

[Moose Milligan]

15 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

And I thought, I made a good choice with Harold Baines at 0.9% today for Rangers/Orioles. 259 score for today. Could have done better, I made the mistake of assuming Ken Singleton and John Olerud won a silver slugger award during their careers.

That’s crazy, I figured both of them would have. 

[Frobby]

47 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

That’s crazy, I figured both of them would have. 

I was considering Olerud, but I wasn’t certain, so I went with Vlad Jr.   Thought it would be the most popular answer, but it wasn’t.  

[Moose Milligan]

13 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I was considering Olerud, but I wasn’t certain, so I went with Vlad Jr.   Thought it would be the most popular answer, but it wasn’t.  

Jose Bautista for the Jays SS?

[Frobby]

12 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Jose Bautista for the Jays SS?

Yup. Still hate him.  

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

Yup. Still hate him.  

Always. 

[Moose Milligan]

Imagine hitting .363 with 54 doubles a 1.072 OPS and not winning a Silver Slugger because you lost to the guy who slugged .607 and hit 41 homers.