Yes, there's always one square where I either whiff or am forced to use the obvious answer that raises my rarity score by alot. Today it was bottom right.
9/9 RS 86
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9/9 RS 86
See, I didn’t take him today in the spirit of Mixing Things Up, and the guy I took instead had a way higher score!
The upper left on IG today was the upper left on CG yesterday. I used the same guy. 9/9 today RS 34
And I guess I was the first person to load today's IG at 9am because when I put in this guess, it showed at 100%. I refreshed about 10 minutes later and it was down to under 1%:
And I guess I was the first person to load today's IG at 9am because when I put in this guess, it showed at 100%. I refreshed about 10 minutes later and it was down to under 1%:
Definitely a fun one - middle row all members of the amazing 1994 Expos. Still waiting for one where I can use both Rudi and Fingers. Also, none of the Cubs actually had their best years with the Cubs, which is so very pre-2016 Cubs. Edit - now that I think about it, all 9 squares are players who had their best years with other teams (though you can make a case for Fingers' 1981 MVP season with the Brewers being his best) 
. Rarity 110
. Rarity 110
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27 for me today. For some reason the Rangers/Brewers square was breaking my brain.
EDIT: for some reason the inline spoiler wasn't working for me.
EDIT: for some reason the inline spoiler wasn't working for me.
Bleh. The RoY/40 HR square blew my score, I would’ve taken someone besides McGwire if I’d known that both things didn’t need to have happened in the same season.
I accidentally made the Grid way harder. It turns out that the stat/accomplishment categories don’t need to have happened in the same year. So for example, you don’t need to think of someone who hit 40 home runs in their ROY season. Just someone who hit 40 home runs at some point in their career and won ROY.
Is that true for the teams as well? Like, for Cardinals / 200 hits, could you put someone who hit 200 for another team but also played for the Cardinals? I would assume so but I’m pretty sure I got one wrong once for this reason.
No, the player has to have a 200 hits for the Cardinals.
"For team and season stat: The player must have recorded the stat while on that team. For players who played on multiple teams in a season, the stat must have been recorded with that team.
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I was shocked by some of the names on the list of guys with 200 hits and 40 HR in the same season (spoiler for the Saturday game):
https://www.baseball-reference.com/br-blog/2023/08/players-who-had-a-200-hit-season-and-a-40-home-run-season/?utm_campaign=2023_07_ig_possible_answers&utm_source=ig&utm_medium=sr_xsite
https://www.baseball-reference.com/br-blog/2023/08/players-who-had-a-200-hit-season-and-a-40-home-run-season/?utm_campaign=2023_07_ig_possible_answers&utm_source=ig&utm_medium=sr_xsite
This one was relatively easy. 8/9 RS 21. I suspect some of the experts here are going to get single digit rarity scores today.
We all went with Ken Phelps for Yankees/Mariners, right?
EDIT: here’s my actual grid for those curious:
EDIT: here’s my actual grid for those curious:
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Gaylord Perry for me. He's a bit of a sneaky cheat code candidate that I often use.We all went with Ken Phelps for Yankees/Mariners, right?
EDIT: here’s my actual grid for those curious:
9/9...100 RS (nearly half on my upper right choice) and 5 Red Sox players used.
Click onto the ? in the upper right hand corner of the IG page for rules. I believe that if a stat and/or award category cross they don't have to be achieved in the same season, but if a team crosses a stat/award the feat has to be accomplished while with that particular team.
9/9
14
Probably my best in a couple of weeks. Interesting that my rarest answer was a guy from the infamous "White Flag Trade".
14
Probably my best in a couple of weeks. Interesting that my rarest answer was a guy from the infamous "White Flag Trade".
I was not thinking strategically today. 9/2 RS 122. I could have made better use of both Ricky and Beltre for starters.
I remembered that the Red Sox third baseman of the future from thirty years ago washed out and was traded to the Rangers, where he washed out again. His MLB career was nothing much, but he played almost 12 full seasons in AAA and is still very much involved in baseball. It took me all day to dredge up his name without cheating, which probably impacted my work performance. It was all worth it, he scored a .01%. I think that works out to about 14 total grid players, one in ten thousand.
Only the second time that I actually (correctly) finished the grid. Rarity score of 99, which could have been lower.
Luis Ortiz. I remembered his modest playing career but forgot that he is our current assistant batting coach. Wikipedia claims that he was the first Dominican MLB player to get a college degree. We traded him and Otis Nixon to get Jose Canseco in 1994.
Ha, I used Richard Bleier in the same spot and got the same 2%A certain player was fresh on 2% of people’s minds…
Oh man - I'd like to thank MLB today for adding in Negro League Stats to the official record. My "Oriole with a career .300+ BA" had 67 PA in MLB (all with the Browns) and batted .179. Fortunately, he also batted about .350 in 11 NLB seasons.
"Ese Hombre" himself, Willard "Sonny" Brown.
Today is a great day to go for your all time low score. So many players qualify in so many of the categories. I got my lowest score yet and I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see most people who post here do even better. 9/9...RS 28...4 Red Sox. As a side note, I used an active player in the first square that I've never used before In fact I don't ever recall seeing him in any of the previous posts here) and was pleasantly surprised to see that Nelson Cruz got me a score of 0.7%
35. Kinda rushed it, probably could have gone lower. Went Sox on the four corners for a grand total of 2%.
Got my first full grid! I like the awards ones more than just teams. I suck with NL players.
99 rarity.
99 rarity.
8/9 - I tried to use Kolten Wong for Seattle and Los Angeles, but the game rejected that answer, despite the fact that he has played for both those teams this year.
Perhaps the database isn't updated that regularly? He's only been with the Dodgers since Friday.
Even if you make an incorrect entry I don't think you can try him anywhere else.
I was not given credit for Edwin Encarnacion for a Red with 40+ HR. Am I not reading the category correctly? I thought 40+ HR/any stat season meant a player that played for the Reds and at some point hit 40 HR, not that he hit 40 with the Reds. Edwin got ABs with the Reds and hit 40+ with Toronto twice.
Single season stats/awards are for the team listed. Career stats/awards are for any team he played for. So it's 40 home runs in a season WHILE playing for the Reds. If the question was 400 career home runs AND played for the Reds, Encarnacion would fit.