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Ope3 said:
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22 overall. Just couldn't think of a rare Met speed demon. Perhaps HoJo could have gotten me sub20.
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As usual, my baseball card collection of the '70s/80s was what delivered for me--I'm currently sitting at 10%, that Orioles/Royals square is the only one that kept it from one of my all-timers.
 

coolhandgopher said:
As usual, my baseball card collection of the '70s/80s was what delivered for me--I'm currently sitting at 10%, that Orioles/Royals square is the only one that kept it from one of my all-timers.
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Great pull on Joe Orsulak. Hadn't heard that name in ages. My Twins/Royals pick, Gregg Olson would have also worked for O's/Royals. I'm guessing he'd be in the 1% range.

I was surprised Brooks Robinson was only 1% for O's/SS, I used him because I had his Twins namesake Brooks Lee was directly above.

His parents made the right call "Brock Lee" I'm sure would have been tough to make it through school with.

www.mlb.com

Brooks Lee was always meant to be a ballplayer

In another lifetime, Twins shortstop Brooks Lee wouldn't have been named for Orioles Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson. Instead, he would have been named after Cardinals basestealing legend Lou Brock. Only problem: Then he would be named Brock Lee ... you know, like the vegetable. "Both great names...
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I otherwise was going to plug in Lenn Sakata, but any Rarity improvement would have been negligible, or perhaps even higher actually.
 

Ope3 said:
Great pull on Joe Orsulak. Hadn't heard that name in ages. My Twins/Royals pick, Gregg Olson would have also worked for O's/Royals. I'm guessing he'd be in the 1% range.

I was surprised Brooks Robinson was only 1% for O's/SS, I used him because I had his Twins namesake Brooks Lee was directly above.

His parents made the right call "Brock Lee" I'm sure would have been tough to make it through school with.

www.mlb.com

Brooks Lee was always meant to be a ballplayer

In another lifetime, Twins shortstop Brooks Lee wouldn't have been named for Orioles Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson. Instead, he would have been named after Cardinals basestealing legend Lou Brock. Only problem: Then he would be named Brock Lee ... you know, like the vegetable. "Both great names...
www.mlb.com www.mlb.com

I otherwise was going to plug in Lenn Sakata, but any Rarity improvement would have been negligible, or perhaps even higher actually.
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When it came to the Twins SS, I had a bevy of riches sitting in front of me-Jiminez, Ron Washington, Lenny Faedo, Chuck Baker, Alvaro Espinoza-all that mediocrity between the post-Smalley and pre-Gagne era of shortstop play with the Twins.

The early '80s had some lean years of Twins fandom, but it sure provided fertile ground for low scores on the Grid forty years later.
 




Breakin' The Plane said:
How does Parker qualify as HOF? He hasn't technically been inducted, right?
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For Baseball Reference, it must be close enough.

I was curious that on the night that Ichiro was announced, I checked an older Grid for which he would have qualified in a HoF combo about 15 minutes afterwards. It was a no go.

Waited a few hours an another board and he worked.

Grid addict. Guilty.
 

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