All Things Immaculate Grid-related (MLB, NBA, NFL)

[Ope3]

Not to brag but I pulled a .1% on my Twins/Jays square.

I tied you at .1%, my selection actually coached a HS Baseball Team that I played against.

 

[Gophers1992]

I tied you at .1%, my selection actually coached a HS Baseball Team that I played against.

Interesting, you must have gone old school. I chose a third baseman who had a short stint with the Twins, but a very unique batting stance.

 

[Ope3]

Interesting, you must have gone old school. I chose a third baseman who had a short stint with the Twins, but a very unique batting stance.

Hmmmm, '00s?

 

[JimmyJamesMD]

Hmmmm, '00s?

and he sucked

 

[Ope3]

and he sucked

I think it's TB.

 

[Gophers1992]

I think it's TB.

Sure is

 

[Gophers1992]

and he sucked

He was god awful for the Twins, had a few good years north of the border.

 

[Unregistered User]

...facts that Atlee Hammaker was an All-Star for the Giants...

Of course he was.

I was watching that game, and when Fred Lynn hit the first grand slam in all star history, a couple guys I was watching with said "That's gonna be a great trivia question in a few years...who hit the first GS in all star history!"

And I replied "The better question will be who threw the pitch".

 

[JimmyJamesMD]

Its official. Im trash at this

 

[Ope3]

Its official. Im trash at this

Rays are bad news in the Grid. Could have gone all day without thinking of a Rays-Reds combo.

 

[coolhandgopher]

Rays are bad news in the Grid. Could have gone all day without thinking of a Rays-Reds combo.

The Rays are particularly bad when matched up with a cost-conscious organization such as the Reds; they rarely trade for players already in MLB, instead prospects and the likes of Carl Crawford, Chris Archer, Evan Longoria aren't headed out to franchises mired in a small market, average to mediocre teams that the Reds have been since basically the Rays have existed.

 

[coolhandgopher]

God bless Immaculate Grid--it has been quite some time since I've thought about Bobby Kielty, Grant Balfour, Zoilo Versalles, Stojko Vrankovic, Jarret Culver and Tony Campbell but they all swirled together in a wonderful stew of mediocre memories (what was your favorite Vrankovic T-Wolves highlight???)

Another note--the Twins and Blue Jays have had some really interesting cross section of players in a relatively short period of time (Blue Jays have existed for 46 years). All three St. Paul prep to HOF players have played for both franchises, a former Twins ROY (Marty Cordova), a former MVP (Josh Donaldson w/the Jays), and all sorts of memorable former Twins, including Jose Berrios, Frank Viola, Francisco Liriano, Juan Berenguer, Mark Guthrie, LaTroy Hawkins, Shannon Stewart, Corey Koskie, and Steve Braun.

 

[Ope3]

I tied you at .1%, my selection actually coached a HS Baseball Team that I played against.

Interesting, you must have gone old school. I chose a third baseman who had a short stint with the Twins, but a very unique batting stance.

Craig Kusick was the old school Twins/Jays combo I went with. Post MLB Career he taught and coached at Rosemount.

Used Span for the Twins/Rays and #7 for MVP.

 

[Ope3]

Rather tough Baseball Grid today. For Orioles, 30+ SBs, even though Earl Weaver did not employ the strategy often there were 2 from the 70s - early 80s era that I was pretty sure had done that.

Pretty sure is not good enough though for the speedy Paul Blair choice. Fail. The other name I had thought of accomplished it, often.

Hint - For A's (200+ Hits) think old school. Like really old school, 2 and soon to be 3 cities ago. Nobody from their runs in the 70s-90s ever did it.

 

[WilliamsArenaGuy]

Rather tough Baseball Grid today. For Orioles, 30+ SBs, even though Earl Weaver did not employ the strategy often there were 2 from the 70s - early 80s era that I was pretty sure had done that.

Pretty sure is not good enough though for the speedy Paul Blair choice. Fail. The other name I had thought of accomplished it, often.

Hint - For A's (200+ Hits) think old school. Like really old school, 2 and soon to be 3 cities ago. Nobody from their runs in the 70s-90s ever did it.

I got the post 2000 A's player on my second guess. Unfortunately, today was one of my worst ever efforts. That was hard.

 

[Gophers1992]

I blew it today. Had 8 squares but got my first guess wrong on Red Sox gold glove winners.

 

[Ope3]

I blew it today. Had 8 squares but got my first guess wrong on Red Sox gold glove winners.

Dewey.

 

[coolhandgopher]

I blew it today. Had 8 squares but got my first guess wrong on Red Sox gold glove winners.

Similar, except I blew the GG winner for the Nats/Expos—and was really kicking myself after seeing a couple names on the list who I had considered.

And it kept me from pulling off the perfecta trifecta with the NFL and NBA which likely won’t come my way again any day soon

 

[Ope3]

Similar, except I blew the GG winner for the Nats/Expos—and was really kicking myself after seeing a couple names on the list who I had considered.

And it kept me from pulling off the perfecta trifecta with the NFL and NBA which likely won’t come my way again any day soon

The Hawk.

 

[Ope3]

Alert: Vikings on the grid.

Avoided first chance at perfection by trying Darrin Nelson in the Cowboys/Vikes cube. Stupid on my part. He was part of THE big trade but never played in Irving.

 

[Ope3]

A couple of Gopher Alums help out the rarity effort:

Chip Lohmiller - 0.07%
Tyrone Carter - 2%

 

[WilliamsArenaGuy]

Alert: Vikings on the grid.

Avoided first chance at perfection by trying Darrin Nelson in the Cowboys/Vikes cube. Stupid on my part. He was part of THE big trade but never played in Irving.

I did the exact same thing! Gotta go with Jesse Solomon.

 

[coolhandgopher]

 

[Ski U Mah Gopher]

Twins Alert!!!!!

 

[JimmyJamesMD]

Twins Alert!!!!!

the STL DET box ruined my immaculate!

 

[Ope3]

On the Hockey grid I took an educated guess with former Gopher Jordan Leopold, and got a 0.5%. Still I only got 5 right.

 

[coolhandgopher]

Twins Alert!!!!!

I always love the opportunity to trot out the sole Twins representative for 1984.

 

[Ope3]

I always love the opportunity to trot out the sole Twins representative for 1984.

I used him as well. Even though he didn't get into the game itself, it still counts!

 

[Ope3]

Yu Darvish, 1 K short. Sigh.

 

[stocker08]

Not as good at the sports ones as I am at the movies and music ones.