Ordinary Effort (Baseball Podcast)

Ordinary Effort (Baseball Podcast)

By Mike Trovato, Josh deVriesSportsBaseball
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Ordinary Effort (Baseball Podcast) episodes

  • Ep. 40: We completely WASTED 8 hidden gems 😒 | Immaculate Grid 833

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    26 min
  • Ep. 39: Doug Glanville's Legacy Helped Us Score A 6 | Immaculate Grid 363

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    Timestamps:

    (0:00) Intro

    (0:11) Welcome to Ordinary Effort

    (2:15) Rookie of the Year/30+ HR season

    (5:14) Rookie of the Year/Played OF

    (7:14) Rookie of the Year/2,000+ hits career

    (11:31) Doug Glanville's Immaculate Grid article

    (13:05) Appreciating players' legacies

    (17:14) 200+ hits season/Played OF

    (17:58) 200+ hits season/2,000+ hits career

    (20:33) 200+ hits season/30+ HR season

    (22:57) Only one team/2,000+ hits career

    (24:42) Only one team/30+ HR season

    (29:29) Only one team/Played OF

    (33:07) Recap

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    35 min
  • Ep. 38: We played the grid PRICE IS RIGHT STYLE | Immaculate Grid 62

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    Timestamps:

    (0:00) Intro

    (0:07) Welcome to Ordinary Effort

    (2:06) Yankees 100+ RBI season

    (5:32) Twins 100+ RBI season

    (7:35) Guardians 100+ RBI season

    (8:46) Guardians/Phillies

    (10:19) Twins/Braves

    (12:11) Guardians/Braves

    (13:54) Twins/Phillies

    (16:02) Yankees/Braves

    (19:36) Yankees/Phillies

    (23:05) Recap

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    26 min
  • Ep. 37: Jason Collette (RotoWire + FanGraphs) gives BOLD PREDICTIONS for Fantasy Baseball + scores a 6 on Immaculate Grid

    This week, we're thrilled to be joined by Jason Collette (RotoWire + FanGraphs) on a special live episode. We chatted fantasy baseball, his favorite team (the Tampa Bay Rays), sleepers, busts, AND (of course) played an Immaculate Grid.

    Highly recommend watching the stream for the full experience: https://youtube.com/live/PIeBbUa0tno

    Jason's 2025 Fantasy Baseball Bold Predictions: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K3k7gK_cZKbnUPdjCsjXsVwS9WY0q1cvtDhZVvKd79I/edit?gid=0#gid=0

    Follow Jason on Bluesky at: https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncollette.bsky.social

    About Jason Collette:

    Jason has been a key figure in the fantasy baseball world since 1999, providing insights and advice to fantasy owners. He’s been with RotoWire since 2011, and you can catch him regularly on SiriusXM Fantasy channel broadcasts and the Sleeper and the Bust Podcast every Sunday.

    Jason is a 10-time FSWA finalist, winning the prestigious Fantasy Baseball Writer of the Year award in 2013 and the Baseball Series of the Year award in 2018 for his work on Collette Calls. He was also the 2023 AL LABR Champion!

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    1 hr 9 min
  • Ep. 36: BASEBALL IS BACK!! CURRENT PLAYERS ONLY GRID + 2025 PREDICTIONS

    BASEBALL IS BACK!! We played a grid, talked 2025 season predictions, and got excited for the season

    Highly recommend watching the stream for the full experience: https://youtube.com/live/bfo08SoqGQ4?feature=share

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    For more of our baseball content:

    Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@OrdinaryEffort 


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    1 hr 9 min
  • Ep. 35: THERE ARE NEW GRID FEATURES and we talked about it with Adam Darowski (Baseball Reference)

    New features have just launched for Immaculate Grid! We talked with Adam Darowski, Executive Director of Design at Sports Reference, to discuss the latest changes and features

    Highly recommend watching the stream for the full experience: https://youtube.com/live/ZosJvGuCsAs?feature=share

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    Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@OrdinaryEffort 


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    51 min
  • Ep. 34: Fantasy Baseball & Immaculate Grid w/ Chris Towers (CBS Sports) + Joe Orrin (FanGraphs)

    It's fantasy baseball season! We went LIVE with Chris Towers (CBS Sports) and Joe Orrico (FanGraphs) to remember some guys and talk fantasy baseball.

    Highly recommend watching the stream for the full experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_vYc_PzvlU

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    For more of our baseball content:

    Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@OrdinaryEffort 


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    Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/tKb7X6dvQ6

    57 min
  • Ep. 33: This Yankees Cy Young Winner played CF?! | Immaculate Grid 518

    We used a favorite grid hack we learned in our discord server to score a hidden gem.

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    Timestamps

    (0:00) Intro

    (3:35) Twins/Yankees

    (5:08) Twins/Rangers

    ( 7:01) Played CF/Yankees

    ( 9:47) Twins/30+ HR season

    ( 11:55) Guardians/30+ HR season

    (15:39) Played CF/30+ HR season

    (18:23) Played CF/Rangers

    (22:25) Guardians/Rangers

    (25:14) Guardians/Yankees

    (27:40) Recap

    For more of our baseball content:

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    30 min
  • Ep. 32: We did a 40+ WAR Grid and scored a 13! | Immaculate Grid 374

    We reached back to the 1988 Topps podcast to pull an old White Sox pitcher. Josh tells the story of an MLB player who asked his teacher to prom but stood her up to practice baseball.

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    Timestamps:

    (0:00) Intro

    (0:34) Stats

    (2:51) Pitched 1 game/White Sox

    (4:45) Pitched 1 game/40+ WAR career

    (7:08) Pitched 1 game/Mets

    (9:33) Rays/White Sox

    (11:16) Rays/40+ WAR career

    (14:22) Astros/40+ WAR career

    (17:15) Astros/White Sox

    (19:23) Astros/Mets

    (21:34) Rays/Mets

    (25:17) Recap

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    For more of our baseball content:

    Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@OrdinaryEffort 


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    27 min

About Ordinary Effort (Baseball Podcast)

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Two random baseball fans trying not to biff Immaculate Grid. We reminisce about our favorite players and share baseball memories while playing for the lowest rarity score.

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