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Gophers1992 said:
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.
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Hmmmm, '00s?
 






coolhandgopher said:
...facts that Atlee Hammaker was an All-Star for the Giants...
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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".
 





Ope3 said:
Rays are bad news in the Grid. Could have gone all day without thinking of a Rays-Reds combo.
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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.
 

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 said:
I tied you at .1%, my selection actually coached a HS Baseball Team that I played against.
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Gophers1992 said:
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.
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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.
 



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.
 

Ope3 said:
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.
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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 said:
I blew it today. Had 8 squares but got my first guess wrong on Red Sox gold glove winners.
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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 😕
 

coolhandgopher said:
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 😕
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The Hawk.
 

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




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 said:
I always love the opportunity to trot out the sole Twins representative for 1984.
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I used him as well. Even though he didn't get into the game itself, it still counts!
 



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