Immaculate Talk

Joe Sheehan and Craig Elsten are back for another week of Immaculate Talk! The guys start the Monday podcast with a listener email, an update on how San Diego weathered a rare tropical storm, and a funny highlight from the weekend's grids. Then, it's a square-by-square tour through Monday's grid, on a MAX PERCENTAGE MONDAY! The guys are trying to guess the #1 answer in each square. See who is ahead after Day 1 of the five-day contest!

Joe Sheehan and Craig Elsten open up the Friday edition of Immaculate Talk with another opening of the mailbag, answering five listener emails. Then, the guys go square-by-square through Immaculate Grid #138, including...

• Joe's masterpiece, putting together two columns with under 2% TOTAL sicko score
• Revisitng the Gary Carter MON/NYM trade from both directions
• Craig wins the weekly contest but not without a fight!

We'll be back with another week of shows on Monday!

Joe Sheehan and Craig Elsten start today's podcast with a litttle current baseball talk, and some important rules clarifications directly from one of the Immaculate Grid creators! Then, they go square-by-square through Immaculate Grid #137, including...

• Joe with two all-time pulls of classic baseball names
• A story of why ex-pitcher and current Padres announcer Mark Grant is such a great human
• Some old-school Mariners All-Stars!

Joe Sheehan and Craig Elsten go square-by-square through Immaculate Grid #136 for Wednesday, August 16, 2023, including...

• A square devoted to one of the biggest trades in modern baseball history
• Joe comes this close to taking the lead in our week-long contest before stumbling
• black-and-white 20-game winners...
• ...and a 20-game winner who was arrested and deported!

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Joe Sheehan and Craig Elsten go square-by-square through Immaculate Grid #135, trying to come up with the lowest "sicko score" possible in their weeklong contest. Along the way, they find...

• How many squares Rafael Palmeiro could have fit into today
• The story of how the A's ruined the start of Mike Morgan's career
• Two Padres in the lower-right box
• ...and more!

It's a head-to-head contest week and a MAX PERCENTAGE MONDAY on Immaculate Talk! Join Joe Sheehan and Craig Elsten as they go square-by-square through Immaculate Grid #134, looking for the #1 most popular answer in each square! Along the way, you'll hear...

• Why this was one of the most difficult grids in IG history
• Craig and Joe have a handful of Super Matches...and a Super Miss!
• Is Brian Snitker wearing the Braves starters down with an everyday schedule?
• ...and much more!

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Joe Sheehan and Craig Elsten wrap up another week of Immaculate Talk with some listener emails to begin, revealing players' routines for filling out the Immaculate Grid. Then, the boys go square-by-square through Grid #131, featuring...

• The lowest grid sicko score in show history!
• Joe and Craig fill one box with two players who were traded for one another!
• Why there's no room for a great pinch hitter on modern MLB benches

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Joe Sheehan and Craig Elsten were foiled for the second straight day in their goal of doing an all-managers grid, because the categories didn't abide...so they go square-by-square through Grid #130, including...

• Craig's first regulation miss on the grid!
• Joe putting the Schu on the other foot
• A Padres broadcaster sneaks into the grid, and
• the boys match on an entire column!

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Joe Sheehan and Craig Elsten couldn't do an all-managers grid today because the grid did not match the theme, so they went for a traditional square-by-square run through Grid #129, including...

• Joe getting ticked at Craig for using some Swiss Army Knife players who BARELY qualified for certain boxes
• Some 1987 Twins in the center square
• a fun convo about the career of Fred Lynn
• ...and more!

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Joe Sheehan and Craig Elsten are back to go square-through-square through Immaculate Grid #128 for August 8, 2023, including...

• Joe's black-and-white old-timey ballplayer of the day (and he names a couple doozies!)
• Craig pisses off Joe by remembering a very brief appearance in Detroit by Matt Stairs
• A great 1980's pitcher comes back to bite Joe by coming up two strikeouts short of 200

Plus some Howard Johnson and poker stories! If you enjoy Immaculate Talk, please leave us a 5-star review on your podcast platform of choice!