Ordinary Effort (Baseball Podcast)

Mike is a suffering Mets fan. Josh is a diehard Yankees fan. When a grid features both their teams, it's going to be a good one.

We went all the way back to Immaculate Grid 2 for this week'e episode.

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Intro

(1:22) Astros World Series Champ

(2:30) Astros All-Star

(3:35) Astros/Nationals

(4:58) Yankees World Series Champ

(6:44) Mets World Series Champ

(7:57) Yankees All-Star

(9:02) Mets All-Star

(10:26) Yankees/Nationals

(11:02) Mets/Nationals

(13:33) Recap

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Jessica Brand is a former MLB Network researcher and the creator of the rarity score for Immaculate Grid. She joined us for Grid 514 and did not disappoint.

We talked guys from the 1800s, a player who is responsible for the Pirates name, and a trade that almost sent Mariano Rivera to the Guardians!

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Intro

(1:19) Introducing Jessica Brand

(2:48) Origin of the rarity score

(4:37) Played SS/100+ RBI season

(7:00) Pirates/100+ RBI season

(8:17) Pirates/Mariners

(9:57) Pirates/Astros

(14:13) Played SS/Astros

(15:52) Played SS/Mariners

(18:07) Blue Jays/100+ RBI season

(21:40) Blue Jays/Astros

(23:05) Jessica's favorite grid categories & players

(25:52) Blue Jays/Mariners

(27:06) Recap

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We'd be fine if we never saw a Rookie of the Year box on Immaculate Grid... like ever again.

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Intro

(1:59) Cardinals Rookie of the Year

(3:08) Rockies Rookie of the Year

(4:21) Rays Rookie of the Year

(5:28) Rockies Silver Slugger

(6:23) Rays Silver Slugger

(9:14) Cardinals Silver Slugger

(11:25) Rays/Cubs

(12:50) Rockies/Cubs

(14:40) Cardinals/Cubs

(16:36) Recap

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Years of tracking player's positional eligibility for fantasy baseball came in clutch for this grid.

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Intro

(0:59) Welcome to Ordinary Effort

(1:56) Rockies/Cubs

(3:20) Rockies/A's

(4:22) Rockies/Played catcher (min 1 game)

(6:39) Twins/Cubs

(8:32) Twins/A's

(9:11) Twins/Played catcher (min 1 game)

(10:37) Blue Jays/Cubs

(11:56) Blue Jays/A's

(14:10) Blue Jays/Played catcher (min 1 game)

(15:56) Recap

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We may have salvaged the grid, but we're still not over this player not winning a Cy Young.

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Intro

(1:30) White Sox Cy Young

(2:39) Brewers Cy Young

(3:35) Dodgers Cy Young

(5:02) Dodgers Silver Slugger

(7:06) Brewers Silver Slugger

(8:02) White Sox Silver Slugger

(9:32) Dodgers/Pirates

(10:39) Brewers/Pirates

(12:19) White Sox/Pirates

(13:25) Recap

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Every once in a while, a grid...really stumps us. After all, we're "ordinary" for a reason. Grid 18 was one of those grids. Between MVP, Rookie of the Year, and the Washington Nationals... it doesn't get much worse than this one.

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Intro

(2:18) Nationals Rookie of the Year

(6:00) Phillies Rookie oft the Year

(8:05) Blue Jays Rookie of the Year

(11:01) Blue Jays MVP

(12:27) Phillies MVP

(12:46) Nationals MVP

(17:47) Blue Jays/Rays

(18:57) Phillies/Rays

(19:40) Nationals/Rays

(22:04) Blue Jays Rookie of the Year

(22:23) Recap

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This week, we've got a SPECIAL guest. Adam Darowski is the Director of Design & Product Management for Sports Reference. His team manages Baseball Reference, Stat Head, Immaculate Grid, and more.

We played Immaculate Grid 478 and talked to Adam about his team's work, building immaculate grid, and his favorite grid categories.

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Intro

(1:06) Introducing Adam Darowski

(2:07) A day in the life at Baseball Reference

(5:44) 300+ Save career/Red Sox

(8:47) 300+ Save career/Reds

(10:55) 300+ Save career/Angels

(13:16) Mariners/Red Sox

(18:06) Mariners/Reds

(19:06) Mariners/Angels

(22:05) Scheduling the grid

(23:35) Adam's favorite grid

(25:17) Royals/Reds

(27:29) Royals/Red Sox

(31:08) Royals/Angels

(35:17) Recap

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Mike Santos is the creator of the Instagram account, @mlbrandomspotlight. He's a baseball card collector and he joined us to pull a RIDICULOUS score on Immaculate Grid 316.

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Intro

(1:29) Welcome Mike Santos

(2:12) Guardians/Yankees

(4:33) Rockies/Yankees

(5:38) Mets/Yankees

(8:15) Rockies/Played 3B (min. 1 game)

(10:09) Rockies/Played 2B (min. 1 game)

(12:09) Guardians/Played 3B (min. 1 game)

(14:22) Guardians/Played 2B (min. 1 game)

(18:26) Mets/Played 3B (min. 1 game)

(19:54) Mets/Played 2B (min. 1 game)

(21:54) Recap

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We went ALL RELIEVERS with Greg Jewett (The Athletic, Closer Monkey, Reliever Recon). We chatted with Greg about the life of relievers, mental health, and more.

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Intro

(3:26) Angels/Mets

(5:06) Angels/Only 1 team

(8:14) Orioles/Only 1 team

(9:59) Tigers/Only 1 team

(13:03) Orioles/Born outside US

(14:37) Orioles/Mets

(18:07) Angels/Born outside US

(20:28) Tigers/Born outside US

(22:30) Tigers/Mets

(27:48) Recap

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We're joined by Joe Orrico (@JoeOrrico99) from Fantasy Pros to tackle a grid with some Blue Jays, Mets, and Dodgers legends.

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Intro

(0:37) Welcome to Ordinary Effort

(1:36) Blue Jays Born outside of the US and DC

(4:12) Mets Born outside of the US and DC

(5:56) Dodgers Born outside of the US and DC

(9:25) Blue Jays 300+ HR Career

(12:54) Mets 300+ HR Career

(13:59) Dodgers 300+ HR Career

(17:22) Dodgers 40+ WAR Career

(17:52) Mets 40+ WAR Career

(19:24) Blue Jays 40+ WAR Career

(23:38) Recap

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