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Every day you get a new grid. You ONLY get 9 guesses, and you can't use the same player in two different squares (for example, yesterday's grid had the Pirates on one axis and the Giants and 100+ RBI season on the other. I accidentally used Barry Bonds on the 100+ RBI, so I couldn't use him on PIT/SF)

I finally got a 9/9 today!

Really makes you second guess everything you think you know about baseball

i'm way worse at this than i expected. my best so far (yesterday) (out of 5 or 6 tries) has been 6, and that included the local team. the others have been no better than 3.

and i've been watching baseball for more than 30 years. =( bad memory is bad.

Medussa posted...

i'm way worse at this than i expected. my best so far (yesterday) (out of 5 or 6 tries) has been 6, and that included the local team. the others have been no better than 3.

and i've been watching baseball for more than 30 years. =( bad memory is bad.

I'm a National League guy (Cubs) so when the grid is all American League teams, I'm really bad.

I got 5/9.

Shotgunnova posted...

I got 5/9.

I've been getting 5 or 6 /9 per day, but today I made some lucky guesses. My center square was a 0.06% guess

i'm stuck at 2 for 2 ._.

I got 4, the left column for all the Braves and the Yankee's 300 win pitcher. Not hardly as into baseball as I am hockey, but I know the Braves and a few other teams pretty well, especially more the 90s era.

well got to 4. definitely chose poorly for bottom left, made bottom right way harder than needed. burnt through a lot before i got there.

I have friends who get the full grid every day and are competing for rarity and obscure players. Me, I usually cap out at 7 or 8

Fun game. Got 9/9, although I made things tough on myself for naming Maddux as the Brave with 300 wins (should have said Glavine and named Maddux as the gold glover with 300 wins).

Here were my answers got a rarity score of 220:

Royals/Braves = Jermaine Dye
Royals/Yanks = Johnny Damon
Royals/Gold Glove = Frank White
Dodgers/Braves = Freddie Freeman
Dodgers/Yanks = Kevin Brown
Dodgers/Gold Glove = Mookie Betts
300 wins/Braves = Greg Maddux
300 wins/Yanks = Randy Johnson
300 wins/Gold Glove = Steve Carlton

The_Popo posted...

Fun game. Got 9/9, although I made things tough on myself for naming Maddux as the Brave with 300 wins (should have said Glavine and named Maddux as the gold glover with 300 wins).

Yeah, you have to keep yourself from jumping into answers like that.

My solution (1-9):

1: Jorge Soler
2: Johnny Damon
3: Salvador Perez
4: Freddie Freeman
5: Ron Coomer (0.06%)
6: Clayton Kershaw
7: Tom Glavine
8: Roger Clemens
9: Greg Maddux

Rarity Score: 332

5/9 with a rarity score of 672

TheRock88 posted...

5/9 with a rarity score of 672

So you're saying that you missed all the obvious ones but got the weird ones?

8/9 with a rarity score of 232.
I incorrectly guessed Carlos Beltran as a Royals gold glove winner.

berlyman101 posted...

8/9 with a rarity score of 232.
I incorrectly guessed Carlos Beltran as a Royals gold glove winner.

That's not a bad guess

Euripides posted...

So you're saying that you missed all the obvious ones but got the weird ones?

Yeah first time playing this so decided to go randomly instead of focusing on the easier ones.

Went with
Braves/Dodgers = Freddie Freeman
Yankees/Dodgers = Joey Gallo
Gold Glove/Dodgers = Mookie Betts
Braves/300 wins = Greg Maddux
Yankees/300 wins = Roger Clemens

missed on the rest of them.

Only a 5/9 today. I (wrongly) guessed a lot of Cincinnati Hall of Famers who didn't have 200 hit seasons

Got it. Rarity score 304

i had some obscure ones but guessed the most popular for each of the 200 hit season boxes.

7/9, rarity 503

Couldnt come up with the players who played for the Orioles/Cardinals and Orioles/White Sox

TheRock88 posted...

7/9, rarity 503

Couldnt come up with the players who played for the Orioles/Cardinals and Orioles/White Sox

Orioles/White Sox I went with Albert Belle

Went 7/9 today. Went with two answers that I thought were a pair of gimmies and missed them both (said Rickey Henderson and Barry Larkin for the 200 hit guys in Oakland and Cincy). Was shocked that neither was right.

ChiSox are my team, so those were simple for me.

My answers, with a rarity score of 519:

Orioles/Cards = Skipped
Orioles/Sox = Roberto Alomar (4%)
Orioles/200 Hits = Cal Ripken Jr (91%)
Reds/Cards = Scott Rolen (46%)
Reds/Sox = Adam Dunn (29%)
Reds/200 Hits = Skipped
As/Cards = Mark McGwire (56%)
As/Sox = Frank Thomas (20%)
As/200 Hits = Miguel Tejada (73%)

Really really really pissed at myself for not thinking of Pete Rose immediately. That was a no brainer, and I thought of a wrong answer first.

Mine were

1: Blank
2: Albert Belle
3: Cal Ripken Jr.
4: Reggie Sanders (2%)
5: Ken Griffey Jr.
6: Blank
7: Mark McGwire
8: Blank
9: Blank

Cool, I got 9 of 9

Rarity 462

1: Matt Wieters
2: Harold Baines
3: Cal Ripken Jr.
4: Scott Rolen
5: Ken Griffey Jr.
6: Pet Rose
7: Mark McGwire
8: Frank Thomas
9: Miguel Tejada

Finally got a perfect 9/9

Rarity: 239

1) Josh Beckett
2) Jackie Bradley Jr
3) Craig Kimbrel
4) Pablo Lopez
5) Corey Koskie
6) Joe Nathan
7) Hanley Ramirez
8) Ryan Braun
9) Eric Gagne

5/9

Rarity 536

9/9 with a 161 rarity score. It took me a while, though, and I had to rack my brain for Marlins/Twins (Luis Castillo from the 90s/00s) and Brewers/Red Sox (I guessed Bill Hall).

4/9. Couldn't think of anything

8/9 today. I whiffed on Mets hitter with .300 average. I guessed Gary Carter but was wrong

My grid:

1: LaTroy Hawkins
2: Albert Belle
3: Manny Machado
4: Javy Baez
5: Carlos Baerga
6: Miss, forgot about John Olerud
7: Steve Cishek
8: Carlos Santana
9: Edgar Martinez

5/9

7/9

I tend to get pretty good rarity scores on my grids because a majority of my Non-Mets MLB knowledge comes from collecting baseball cards in the 1990s and early 2000's, so I tend to use players from back then.

Like, on today's grid the most popular .300 hitters were Ripken, D. Wright, and Ichiro. Meanwhile, my grid was Aubrey Huff (0.09%), Hubie Brooks (0.10%), and Bret Boone (2%).

This is really fun

9/9 today. Rarity 89

1: Pedro Strop
2: Jim Thome
3: Melvin Mora
4: Marcus Stroman
5: Roberto Alomar
6: Robin Ventura
7: Jamie Moyer
8: Richie Sexson
9: Bret Boone

There's an NFL version now:

https://dynasty-daddy.com/gridiron

Euripides posted...

There's an NFL version now:

https://dynasty-daddy.com/gridiron

Ugh. Having college mixed in is gonna kill me on that one

bigblu89 posted...

Ugh. Having college mixed in is gonna kill me on that one

Yeah, I have no hope on that one

I know so little about baseball I dont think it would be possible to make a grid Id be able to solve.

Messed up todays. Accidentally clicked on the wrong cell for one of my answers. Then I initially went with Eddie Murray for the Met with a .300+ average on my first guess, but that was wrong.

Oriole/Cub = Sammy Sosa (16%!
Oriole/Guardian = Albert Belle (19%)
Oriole/300 average = Roberto Alomar (1.0%)
Met/Cub = Turk Wendell (0.6%)
Met/Guardian = Sandy Alomar Jr (0.9%)
Met/300 average = David Wright (26%)
Mariner/Cub = Skipped
Mariner/Guardian = Skipped
Mariner/300 average = Ichiro Suzuki (47%)

Got it today. Rarity score 38

Rays/Astros: Aubrey Huff
Rays/Dodgers: Julio Lugo
Rays 200k: James Shields
Phillies/Astros: Kenny Lofton
Phillies/Dodgers: Shane Victorino
Phillies 200k: Brett Myers
Astros Cy Young: Dallas Keuchel
Dodgers Cy Young: Fernando Venzuela
Cy Young/200k: R.A. Dickey

4/9

Wasted too many bullets on one answer, lol.

Immaculate Grid 94 6/9:





Better than I thought i'd do, I got that bottom right in the first guess.

I've knocked out 6 answers in about 30 seconds, am now stewing over the final 3....

Got 7/9, boo

I've correctly guessed two in the NFL version today. That's progress...

Euripides posted...

I've knocked out 6 answers in about 30 seconds, am now stewing over the final 3....

Im starting at TB/Hou, Phi/Hou, and TB/LAD. And my mind is mush.

9/9, but fairly boring answers today

263 rarity score

1: Steve Pearce
2: Carl Crawford
3: David Price
4: Billy Wagner
5: Trea Turner
6: Cole Hamels
7: Justin Verlander
8: Clayton Kershaw
9: Felix Hernandez

I need to pay attention to the cells Im clicking on. Although I dont think Id have gotten TB/Houston, regardless.

Rays/Astros =Skipped
Rays/Dodgers = Fred McGriff (2%)
Rays/200 Ks = Scott Kazmir (2%)
Phillies/Astros = Brad Lidge (12%)
Phillies/Dodgers = Chase Utley (30%)
Phillies/200 Ks = Cole Hamels (9%)
Cy Young/Astros = Justin Verlander (
Cy Young/Dodgers = Fernando Valenzuela (7%)
Cy Young/200 Ks = Randy Johnson (17%)

4/9

lol

9/9, rarity 106

Tigers/Rockies = Octavio Dotel (6%)
Tigers/Braves = Edwin Jackson (8%)
Tigers/40 HRs = Cecil Fielder (20%)
Cards/Rockies = Larry Walker (9%)
Cards/Braves = Ron Gant (2%)
Cards/40 HRs = Albert Pujols (50%)
Yanks/Rockies = Jason Giambi (5%)
Yanks/Braves = Mike Stanton (0.7%)
Yanks/40 HRs = Mickey Mantle (5%)

7/9. I had a guess for DET/COL that I considered but didn't do (and I would've been right)

DET/COL - Miss (should've guessed Neifi Perez)
DET/ATL - Miss
DET/40 - Cecil Fielder
STL/COL - Nolan Arenado
STL/ATL - Marcell Ozuna
STL/40 - Alber Pujols
NYY/COL - DJ LeMahieu
NYY/ATL - Andruw Jones
NYY/40 - Aaron Judge

When it doubt, guess Edwin Jackson, Todd Zeile, or Fernando Rodney