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If you are posting on SAS you are probably the type of person who loves remembering exactly how many teams that Omer Asik had played for or trying to get a small sense of victory about remembering that Mike Fontenot was traded to the Orioles with Sammy Sosa. Immaculate Grid is a 9 x 9 grid where you try to find players who intersect with 2 teams or one team and a specific criteria like 200+ hits. There is also a sublime of trying to find the least-guessed and most obscure players who fit the criteria. Immaculate Grid started for baseball and quickly spawned imitators for other sports, including Hoopgrids and Crossover Grid for basketball and other versions for hockey. Immaculate Grid was bought by sports reference and now has baseball, football, basketball, and hockey versions. I figure this is a good place to post our greatest Grid Triumphs and discuss the daily grid game. Please use spoiler tags for the current day's game.
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Jul 27, 2023 18:48
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I once got a 0.2% from knowing that Alexis Ajinca played for the Raptors and Mavs and it was pleasing to me.
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Jul 27, 2023 18:59
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I got a bulls/rockets one once and was flabbergasted that Omer was an 11% answer, I was so proud of myself. I guess the infamous Poison Pill Contract still resonates.
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Jul 27, 2023 19:01
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I wonder what Pippen was for that. Do people even remember he was a Rocket?
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Jul 27, 2023 19:03
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Intruder posted:I wonder what Pippen was for that. Do people even remember he was a Rocket? I prefer to think of him as a Bull and a Torpan Pojat.
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Jul 27, 2023 19:04
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Baseball will be the only one of these I will ever have even a shot at, even with double-checking my answers with B-R before submitting them.
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Jul 27, 2023 19:12
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I'm a little shocked that Mike Trout has never won a Gold Glove.
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Jul 27, 2023 19:19
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 light work. I'm mad that J'Oneal was so popular.(honestly was expecting more people to pick MCW) Dexo fucked around with this message at 19:28 on Jul 27, 2023 |
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Jul 27, 2023 19:23
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I got a 0.5% today with Jason Heyward for Cardinals GG, lol. I guess I just remember it being a part of the media circus around him jumping ship to the Cubs shortly after. It took me ages to think of a Cardinals/Giants pick and then when I finally remembered one it was a 1%, sure why not.
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Jul 27, 2023 19:40
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The percentages are usually way higher for current/recent players than the older guys. I am very good at identifying guys who played in the MLB from like 1996-2007, so most of my correct answers today were 7% or lower. Guys like Jim Edmonds, Daren Erstad, and Matt Morris. I'm pretty sure Edmonds would've fit in 3 different boxes today.
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Jul 27, 2023 19:47
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Declan is the God of hoopgrids. He knows all the guys. A simple man like me-can't compete
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Jul 27, 2023 19:51
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:The percentages are usually way higher for current/recent players than the older guys. I am very good at identifying guys who played in the MLB from like 1996-2007, so most of my correct answers today were 7% or lower. Guys like Jim Edmonds, Daren Erstad, and Matt Morris. I'm pretty sure Edmonds would've fit in 3 different boxes today. Not enough love for Khalil Greene out there.
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Jul 27, 2023 19:51
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I had a shitload of trouble with today's grid. I always get so disheartened once I miss a square and kind of just phone it in afterwards since I cant actually complete it
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Jul 27, 2023 20:06
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Got a 0.2% today with Swen Nater for Clips/Bucks. Thanks 2k MyTeam.
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Jul 27, 2023 22:12
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Totally stumped on the baseball grid today even with two NL central teams. Realizing how my guy remembering is really limited to Cubs and White Sox.
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Jul 28, 2023 16:01
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R.D. Mangles posted:Totally stumped on the baseball grid today even with two NL central teams. Realizing how my guy remembering is really limited to Cubs and White Sox. Today's is really tough. 4 of the squares are guys who switched leagues and I'm struggling with those. The 200+ K's were easy and I managed to remember a couple Rockies pitchers from the early aughts who the Cubs faced a lot in the NL Central: Josh Fogg and Shawn Estes
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Jul 28, 2023 16:14
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Today's is really tough. 4 of the squares are guys who switched leagues and I'm struggling with those. The 200+ K's were easy and I managed to remember a couple Rockies pitchers from the early aughts who the Cubs faced a lot in the NL Central: Josh Fogg and Shawn Estes I didn't end up guessing him for the Rockies, but I was really surprised to find that Mike Hampton never threw over 200 k's. I had completely forgotten about Pedro Astacio too
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Jul 28, 2023 16:24
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There's only one Rockies pitcher I can ever consistently remember, and conveniently he was really fuckin hot for a few years. Something I've noticed about my method is that it has, like, tiers. There's the guys I know just off the top of my head, then guys I'm pretty sure about to the point I'll make a guess without checking, then guys I'm not so sure about and double-check BRef to be sure. From there I go down various paths of searching team Top 24 Players and such, checking current rosters for names that pop out, trying guys I know bounced around a lot, stuff like that. Only after I've failed in all those avenues do I just break down and use the BRef Multiple Franchise search. From a certain POV that's "cheating", but by another it's both entertaining and educational, and will help in later puzzles. And if there's anything I've learned from Trivial Fursuit, it's that being real good with reference material searching is just as important as knowing random ahitnoff the top of your head.
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Jul 28, 2023 17:31
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I ultimately gave up on Tigers/Reds and Rockies/Reds, but 7/9 isn't bad for this one and I did get to make a grid of absolute villains that includes Jack Morris, Rajai Davis, German Marquez, and Derek Holland. Granted three of those four are strictly Cubs-related beef, but still.
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Jul 28, 2023 18:25
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Sydin posted:I ultimately gave up on Tigers/Reds and Rockies/Reds, but 7/9 isn't bad for this one and I did get to make a grid of absolute villains that includes Jack Morris, Rajai Davis, German Marquez, and Derek Holland. Granted three of those four are strictly Cubs-related beef, but still. When one of the rows/columns is your team, that's like 3 gimmes and you can get really rare/dumb with it. I went with Joakim Soria, Tucker Barnhardt, and Mickey Lolich for the top row
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Jul 28, 2023 19:36
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Got to use Brian Cardinal and DeSagana Diop on today's NBA quiz, but got stumped on Bulls/Hornets.
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Jul 28, 2023 20:06
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ozymandius1024 posted:When one of the rows/columns is your team, that's like 3 gimmes and you can get really rare/dumb with it. I got to use Justin Morneau for Buccos/Rox thanks to MY team!
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Jul 28, 2023 20:25
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Blind Pineapple posted:Got to use Brian Cardinal and DeSagana Diop on today's NBA quiz, but got stumped on Bulls/Hornets. Got a .2% pull on jack haley
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Jul 28, 2023 20:27
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Got a 0.7 from remembering Dennis Martinez on the Braves and Orioles. And feel very old with the 14% for Carlton Fisk on both Sox.
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Jul 29, 2023 20:07
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You bet your rear end I did Steve Stone for Orioles Cy Young
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Jul 29, 2023 20:10
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Charlie O'Brien for Braves/White Sox at 0.1%. I'm very proud of that.
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Jul 29, 2023 20:14
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I was so ashamed that I didn't know the White Sox Cy Young winner. I was trying to be sneaky and guessed Tom Seaver since I knew he'd won one with the Mets and also pictured for the Sox, but I was rightly smited
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Jul 29, 2023 20:20
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Very surprised that Rick Porcello for 20 Wins/Cy Young was only a 2% pick, given how contentious it was 
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Jul 29, 2023 20:25
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live with fruit posted:Charlie O'Brien for Braves/White Sox at 0.1%. I'm very proud of that. Thought I'd get clever and absolutely refuse to believe that 3% of people are saying Ralph Garr
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Jul 29, 2023 20:31
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0.05% for Jackie Gutierrez on the Orioles/Sox. I may know too much 80s baseball. Then completely beefed it in the lower right corner because I misread it as Orioles/20 Wins instead of Cy Young/20 Wins.
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Jul 29, 2023 20:34
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Sydin posted:Very surprised that Rick Porcello for 20 Wins/Cy Young was only a 2% pick, given how contentious it was I picked the super obvious Sandy Koufax and he was only 3%
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Jul 29, 2023 20:35
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:I picked the super obvious Sandy Koufax and he was only 3% snellzilla for 0.4%. i did not do very well beyond that
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Jul 30, 2023 00:40
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the final column on today's immaculate grid ruining my rarity score 
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Jul 30, 2023 15:35
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that last column was incredibly not cool. I did not care for the other two, as well
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Jul 30, 2023 15:51
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Basketball grid today was probably the easiest one yet.
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Jul 30, 2023 15:54
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maffew buildings posted:that last column was incredibly not cool. I did not care for the other two, as well Yeah, today's grid embarrassed me. Who knew 3000 Ks were so rare. So many guys who were amazing that just didn't have the longevity.
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Jul 30, 2023 15:55
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ozymandius1024 posted:Yeah, today's grid embarrassed me. Who knew 3000 Ks were so rare. So many guys who were amazing that just didn't have the longevity. 8/9 with a 1% on a flier Dan Haren was a National and Diamondback and I don't know why I know this
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Jul 30, 2023 16:09
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ozymandius1024 posted:Yeah, today's grid embarrassed me. Who knew 3000 Ks were so rare. So many guys who were amazing that just didn't have the longevity. Yeah I used Scherzer for the Nats, so I couldn't use him for the Dodgers, and then I remembered Maddux spent a year with them.
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Jul 30, 2023 16:32
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I got tripped up by the 3000+ K line for ages because I could have sworn that they changed the rules so you could only use guys for records they obtained with that specific team, but I guess not?
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Jul 30, 2023 16:35
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Sorry, Twins. I just don't know your players very well. 
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Jul 30, 2023 16:40
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