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

[Ope3]

Twins Alert on the Grid. 2 New Players on their line but I don't know if it was Varland or Kriske.

As for Bill Burns, while not one of the Black Sox he played a pivotable go between role with the team. His character was portrayed by Christopher Lloyd in Eight Men Out.

 

[Ope3]

Twins Alert on the Grid. 2 New Players on their line but I don't know if it was Varland or Kriske.

As for Bill Burns, while not one of the Black Sox he played a pivotable go between role with the team. His character was portrayed by Christopher Lloyd in Eight Men Out.

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Turns out Varland is the Newbie. Per post #887, I used Kriske on 9/16/25.

 

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Found a little quirk today. On the football grid, I tried to use Ed "Too Tall" Jones as a Cowboy with a 10+ sack season (not really a deep pull, I know). Anyway, I started with just Ed Jones. Only name that came up was a guy that only played in 1975. Obviously not the right guy. So I try typing in Ed Too Tall Jones. Nope. Third try I discover that he's listed only as Too Tall Jones. So now that I've opened that can of worms, I'm wondering how many players in the database are listed primarily by their nicknames.

Here's a good one, and note he's a 3X All Star:

Ripper Collins

Ripper Collins (baseball) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

The nickname "Ripper" developed during an on-field incident that occurred when Jimmy was a young player. A ball rocketed off his bat and struck a nail protruding from the outfield fence; it caused the cover to partially tear. When asked who hit the ball, the retrieving outfielder saw the ball hanging and said, "It was the ripper."

 

[coolhandgopher]

Here's a good one, and note he's a 3X All Star:

Ripper Collins

Ripper Collins (baseball) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

The nickname "Ripper" developed during an on-field incident that occurred when Jimmy was a young player. A ball rocketed off his bat and struck a nail protruding from the outfield fence; it caused the cover to partially tear. When asked who hit the ball, the retrieving outfielder saw the ball hanging and said, "It was the ripper."

I'll see your Ripper, and raise you with Baby Doll Jacobson (he works for a slew of AL squads: Orioles, Athletics, Guardians, Tigers, and Red Sox):
From Wikipedia:
On opening day of the 1912 season, the band began playing the popular song, "Oh, You Beautiful Doll", as Jacobson came to the plate. Jacobson recalled, "Well I led off with a home run on the first pitch and a lady sitting behind the plate jumped up and shouted, 'You must be that beautiful doll they were talking about.' The name stuck with me and that was it."

 

[coolhandgopher]

The 1988 Topps podcast paid off today, as I was able to utilize Porfi Altamarino in the Phillies/Cubs square, knowledge only delivered to me by the recent segment on Keith Moreland, as Porfi was involved in a trade for/with (can't quite recall) Moreland.

Btw, it's a nice little podcast-once a week, they delve into one player from the '88 Topps set and dive deep into their career. I know more about Brian Dayett now than I knew I needed.