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  • BBBrkrrBBBrkrr Posts: 1,250 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @GreenSneakers said:
    1983 was the year I really got into collecting and remember that John Wathan card well. All those record breakers to start the Topps set were the superstars of the day. Except Wathan. And Milton. And Trillo. I always liked Lance Parrish but not him either. I guess really it was just Rickey.

    Plus, Rickey had the coolest photo of any of the RBers that year. That is one badass photo.

  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My go to for players on 2 teams is Mike Morgan. Dodgers - Texas was .1%

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  • RonSportscardsRonSportscards Posts: 942 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wait. Willie Davis? He never played for Washington. No wonder Frank Howard didn't work for me.

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @RonSportscards said:

    Wait. Willie Davis? He never played for Washington. No wonder Frank Howard didn't work for me.

    I picked Willie Davis: Dodgers & Expos....

    I Spaced Out and ran out of guesses with Gary Carter gold glove

  • STLKabongSTLKabong Posts: 77 ✭✭✭

    I totally brain-farted and used Ryan in the wrong spot.

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭✭✭

    and now thinking Astros - Expos Rusty Staub

  • RonSportscardsRonSportscards Posts: 942 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 17, 2023 7:45PM

    @GroceryRackPack said:

    @RonSportscards said:

    Wait. Willie Davis? He never played for Washington. No wonder Frank Howard didn't work for me.

    I picked Willie Davis: Dodgers & Expos....

    I Spaced Out and ran out of guesses with Gary Carter gold glove

    So a "W" logo means Expos, but not Senators? Wha..?

    And the stat square supposed to be the team the player achieved the stat, so Gary Carter shouldn't work in that square unless there's a red white and blue "M" logo.

    This game is becoming less fun.

  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,874 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 18, 2023 5:05AM

    So Expos count when you’re asked for Nationals? I would not have realized that.

    Makes it kind of confusing. Two different Senators floating around, one would work for Twins, the other for Rangers.

  • brad31brad31 Posts: 2,778 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The Expos cheat code for the Nationals will make things easier for me. Know baseball in the 80s best.

  • GreenSneakersGreenSneakers Posts: 908 ✭✭✭✭

    I feel so much younger on this thread than I do on one’s about parallel inserts.

  • MarshallFaulk28MarshallFaulk28 Posts: 383 ✭✭✭

    @RonSportscards said:

    @GroceryRackPack said:

    @RonSportscards said:

    Wait. Willie Davis? He never played for Washington. No wonder Frank Howard didn't work for me.

    I picked Willie Davis: Dodgers & Expos....

    I Spaced Out and ran out of guesses with Gary Carter gold glove

    So a "W" logo means Expos, but not Senators? Wha..?

    And the stat square supposed to be the team the player achieved the stat, so Gary Carter shouldn't work in that square unless there's a red white and blue "M" logo.

    This game is becoming less fun.

    Yes, you have to follow the lineage of the team. The hockey game has a similar situation. If you see the Winnipeg Jets, you could pick Atlanta Thrashers players as that franchise moved from Atlanta to Winnipeg. You can't pick Winnipeg Jets players from the 90s and earlier though as that original Winnipeg team moved to Arizona.

  • countdouglascountdouglas Posts: 2,435 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I was surprised that my rarity score for today's game was 49, as I used some fairly well known players as my selections. Only the Tampa Bay All-Star might be considered a bit obscure, but yet, he was an All-Star, so it's not like he was just some scrub that barely played. I won't spoil today's game by revealing my picks just yet.

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I did not do very well on today's grid... :(

  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,874 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It seems like every day one of the teams is the Rays, Marlins, Rockies, etc.

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm very poor on with Rays, Marlins, Rockies, or even on newer baseball... :(

    with Retro baseball I know that I would be OK on that... B)

  • GreenSneakersGreenSneakers Posts: 908 ✭✭✭✭

    First time I had a right answer not credited (all star/100 rbi). I verified correct on baseball reference. Wish there was a feedback button so they could improve glitches.

  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,874 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @GreenSneakers said:
    First time I had a right answer not credited (all star/100 rbi). I verified correct on baseball reference. Wish there was a feedback button so they could improve glitches.

    Was he an all star in a year where he had 100 RBI?

  • burghmanburghman Posts: 953 ✭✭✭✭

    I learned that Hack Wilson was never an All Star. I assumed a guy in the HOF with 190 RBI one season would absolutely get in. Hard to do when that season - and almost his entire career - was a few years before the first All Star game even occurred :D

    Jim

  • dontippetdontippet Posts: 2,606 ✭✭✭✭

    @burghman said:
    I learned that Hack Wilson was never an All Star. I assumed a guy in the HOF with 190 RBI one season would absolutely get in. Hard to do when that season - and almost his entire career - was a few years before the first All Star game even occurred :D

    I made the exact same mistake.

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  • brad31brad31 Posts: 2,778 ✭✭✭✭✭

    8 of 9 today. Could not for the life of me come up with a Royal/Pirate. Still trying for my first perfect one.

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭✭✭

  • MarshallFaulk28MarshallFaulk28 Posts: 383 ✭✭✭

    Impressive! Were you trying to come up with someone other than Pete Rose for that last square? Pete has 91% of the picks right now. lol

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MarshallFaulk28 said:

    Impressive! Were you trying to come up with someone other than Pete Rose for that last square? Pete has 91% of the picks right now. lol

    I went with Joe Morgan and did not win the golden ticket

  • MarshallFaulk28MarshallFaulk28 Posts: 383 ✭✭✭

    @GroceryRackPack said:

    @MarshallFaulk28 said:

    Impressive! Were you trying to come up with someone other than Pete Rose for that last square? Pete has 91% of the picks right now. lol

    I went with Joe Morgan and did not win the golden ticket

    It's saying there are 37 possible answers... really? The Reds have that many career .300 hitters?

  • brad31brad31 Posts: 2,778 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I picked Sean Casey and he was one of them.

  • countdouglascountdouglas Posts: 2,435 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I was trying not to pick Pete Rose today, and I also ended up missing it.

    Here was my grid yesterday. I was surprised at the low percentages, as these aren't really unknown players.

  • MarshallFaulk28MarshallFaulk28 Posts: 383 ✭✭✭

    @countdouglas said:
    I was trying not to pick Pete Rose today, and I also ended up missing it.

    Here was my grid yesterday. I was surprised at the low percentages, as these aren't really unknown players.

    Nice choices. I think I also took Steinbach and Knoblauch in those squares.

    I was also surprised yesterday picking Frank Thomas for the Oakland/100 RBI square and seeing it was only 1%.

    My grid melted though when I tried Fred McGriff for Toronto/100 RBI. No dice!

  • MarshallFaulk28MarshallFaulk28 Posts: 383 ✭✭✭

    Immaculate Grid has launched their football game. We can actually pick guys from the 90s and earlier unlike that other knockoff game.

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MarshallFaulk28 said:
    Immaculate Grid has launched their football game. We can actually pick guys from the 90s and earlier unlike that other knockoff game.

    hey MarshallFaulk28,
    could you share the link.... :)

  • MarshallFaulk28MarshallFaulk28 Posts: 383 ✭✭✭

    @GroceryRackPack said:

    @MarshallFaulk28 said:
    Immaculate Grid has launched their football game. We can actually pick guys from the 90s and earlier unlike that other knockoff game.

    hey MarshallFaulk28,
    could you share the link.... :)

    Sure, try this!

    https://www.immaculategrid.com/football

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Oh Yeah...Now were cooking with gas.... :)

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Eagles - Vikings ???

  • MarshallFaulk28MarshallFaulk28 Posts: 383 ✭✭✭

    @GroceryRackPack said:
    Eagles - Vikings ???

    I took Randall Cunningham, but he's not a super rare one.

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MarshallFaulk28 said:

    @GroceryRackPack said:
    Eagles - Vikings ???

    I took Randall Cunningham, but he's not a super rare one.

    Good one... :)

  • shawthershawther Posts: 284 ✭✭✭

    Cris Carter is who I put.

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭✭✭

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  • daltexdaltex Posts: 3,486 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So I'm curious: for that last square are we looking for someone who hit .300 with 3000 PA with the Reds, or someone who had 3000 PA with the Reds but an overall .300 BA, or just anyone who hit .300 with 3000 PA who played for the Reds, or something else?

  • GreenSneakersGreenSneakers Posts: 908 ✭✭✭✭

    @daltex said:

    So I'm curious: for that last square are we looking for someone who hit .300 with 3000 PA with the Reds, or someone who had 3000 PA with the Reds but an overall .300 BA, or just anyone who hit .300 with 3000 PA who played for the Reds, or something else?

    From the rules:

    For team and career stat: The player who reached the career stat simply had to play for the team at any point. For example, Randy Johnson would match for 3,000 strikeouts even though he had 2,162 for Seattle and 2,077 for Arizona. Career rate stats have minimums of 3,000 plate appearances and 1,000 innings.

  • countdouglascountdouglas Posts: 2,435 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Once you've played that day's grid, the game gives you links to all of the possible answers. It appeared to me to be any player with a lifetime batting average of .300+ over 3,000+ career plate appearances, that had at any time in their career played for the Reds.

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭✭✭

    today's football grid is a Tough One...
    3000+ yd Passing Season
    Kurt Warner
    Scott Mitchell
    Richard Todd

  • MarshallFaulk28MarshallFaulk28 Posts: 383 ✭✭✭

    @GroceryRackPack said:
    today's football grid is a Tough One...
    3000+ yd Passing Season
    Kurt Warner
    Scott Mitchell
    Richard Todd

    Tough for me as well. I also took Warner and Mitchell. I couldn't think of any other Jet besides Namath. I'm struggling with most of the other squares.

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭✭✭

  • burghmanburghman Posts: 953 ✭✭✭✭
    edited July 22, 2023 6:41AM

    @MarshallFaulk28 said:

    @GroceryRackPack said:
    today's football grid is a Tough One...
    3000+ yd Passing Season
    Kurt Warner
    Scott Mitchell
    Richard Todd

    Tough for me as well. I also took Warner and Mitchell. I couldn't think of any other Jet besides Namath. I'm struggling with most of the other squares.

    I took a flyer on Esiason - wasn’t confident since he played before the pass-happy days and the Jets were late in his career, but he popped.

    Jim

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Colts - Giants & Rams - Giants...let me think a little bit....
    this is the best that I could do for right now... :)

  • MarshallFaulk28MarshallFaulk28 Posts: 383 ✭✭✭

    @GroceryRackPack said:
    Colts - Giants & Rams - Giants...let me think a little bit....
    this is the best that I could do for right now... :)

    I ended up with Tito Wooten and Jason Sehorn for those 2 squares. I didn’t do so hot on some of the other squares though.

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I didn't do so well on today's Grid Iron... :(

  • MarshallFaulk28MarshallFaulk28 Posts: 383 ✭✭✭

    Not a bad day for me. I missed 1 pick on the football game (Washington/Seattle) and got immaculate on the baseball and hockey games.

    The football game definitely had some obvious picks for some of them if you're not playing for a low rarity score.

    New England/Tampa... gee... I wonder who played for those two. 🤔😀

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MarshallFaulk28 said:
    Not a bad day for me. I missed 1 pick on the football game (Washington/Seattle) and got immaculate on the baseball and hockey games.

    The football game definitely had some obvious picks for some of them if you're not playing for a low rarity score.

    New England/Tampa... gee... I wonder who played for those two. 🤔😀

    I'd be lost on the hockey grid for sure... :)

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I did Ok on the baseball grid... :)

    on today's football grid - I had 2 correct... :(

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