Lovely day on Friday. Went exploring. Lake Miccosukee, east of Tallahassee.
Arthur Copeland
Too many books, movies, baseball games, and pastries. And not enough time.
Tallahassee
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Only One Red!
Just wanted to see if I could do it. Dontrelle is the only Red. Tanana is a favorite. Nemo was CF for 1924 World Champs!
Scott Pose led off for the Marlins franchise and lost the CF job a month later to Chuck Carr.
Shoutouts: Dave Collins, Billy Hamilton, Reggie Jackson, Harmon Killebrew, Gary Pettis, Don Baylor, Sam Rice, & Goose Goslin!
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8 Reds and Sarge!
Gary Matthews because I couldn’t think of a Red/Cub/Mariner. Went looking and there are 9 guys. Four pitchers: Milt Wilcox, Bobby Ayala, Mike Morgan, & Wade Miley. Five hitters: Bill Plummer, Ozzie Timmons, Chris Denorfia, Miguel Cairo, & Mike Freeman.
Man I wish I’d remembered Wilcox or Plummer was a Cub.
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Fun Grid!
Only 6 Reds, as I had a little fun with the Twins/Washington Senators row:
Bobo & Firpo!
(And Larry “the Devil” Milbourne.)
Hey! Got Gary Redus on the grid! It’s been too long, but that 1 game at 2B pays off again.
Shoutouts: Lee Smith, Chris Sabo, Frank Robinson, Scooter Gennett, Jimmie Foxx, and, after doing some digging, Wade Rowden!
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7 Reds, Ball Four, & Biff
Decent grid today with lots of options. Glad Lorenzen’s in Colorado or it’d be Kevin Ritz. Biff! Watched a lot of bad Braves baseball in 1981.
Shoutouts:
Doyle Alexander, Hank Aaron, Darrel Chaney, Kirk Gibson, Franklin Stubbs, Lenny Harris, Kevin Ritz, Charlie Hayes, Don Sutton, Paul Bako, Eddie Mathews, and Ron Cey!
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Eight Reds and Slim Jones!
Not much to say about this one. Between MVP, Rookie of the Year, and First Round Pick, there’s not much room for Negro League guys. Disappointing. But Slim fits and he was awesome.
Reds Shoutouts: Pat Zachry, Johnny Bench, Eppa Rixey, Mario Soto, Johnny Cueto, George Foster, Eric Davis, Tony Perez, and Gary Nolan.
Happy Saturday!
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Grab Bag Grid
6 Reds including all the Hall column. Bid! Youngblood, Vail, and Francona were also Reds.
Dylan Crews at 7%? Wonder what James Wood and Cade Cavalli were at?
Teddy Higuera pitched the first game I ever attended. He got the L in a complete game by giving up a HR over the Green Monster to Spike Owen in the bottom of the 12th. Oct. 2, 1987.
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Yesterday’s Grid
Never got to it til now, so just a bunch of quick picks and guys I know will be popular. But screw it, I’ve got Eric Davis & Kal Daniels & Jose Rijo all in one beautiful column of Reds!
Shoutouts: Joe Morgan, Jacob Brumfield, Jake Daubert, Bucky Walters, Ernie Lombardi, Johnny Bench, Danny Graves, Joey Votto, and Dave Concepcion!
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Fun Grid
Only 4 Reds. Wanted to have a little non-Red fun. Rico, Dock, Fergie for the Rangers? Good damn fun!
Pairing Babe and Shohei? Good damn fun!
As for Reds, loved Jacob Brumfield back in the day. Guzman at the deadline cost us B.J. Ryan, but he was good for 12 starts. Always enjoyed Wandy, wish him well. Willy Pipp over Billy Martin.
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60 Second Grid!
6 Reds and 3 Legends. Decided to go for speed today. This is what my brain threw at me. Went back and looked and no ex-Red ever stole 30 for the Expo-Nats. Herm Winningham had 29, which is cool.
Shoutouts: Bill Lee!, Rob Murphy, Mike O’Berry, Paul Blair, Dave Concepcion, Eddie Milner, Bug Holliday, Charlie Comiskey, and Ron LeFlore
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Nine Reds!
Harry Wright organized & managed the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings—first openly pro team. No, that isn’t the same organization as today’s Reds. Heck, the NL was still 7 years in the future. Whatever. The proud tradition of Cincinnati baseball is absolutely his achievement! He counts!
Also, a shame no Red has ever won the Cy Young. Nope, never.
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Eight Reds & The Devil (Larry Milbourne)
My friend Steven dubbed Larry Milbourne “The Devil” back during a marathon APBA session during which Milbourne bedeviled him repeatedly.
My first thought there was John Halama, who is a remarkably popular choice since people remember him as the other side of the Randy Johnson trade.
Shoutouts: Nolan Ryan & Big Unit
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5 Reds, 2 Movie Stars, & Romo+Calderon.
Paul Rudd was Moe Berg in
“The Catcher Was a Spy.”
John Cusack was Buck Weaver in
“Eight Men Out.”
10 HR guys were all Reds, as were DiMaggio and Pop Schriver.
Can I count Enrique Romo as a Red since he won 20 games for the Mexico City Reds in 1976. (Okay, “Diablos Rojos” but it said “Reds” on the Topps card.)
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All Reds on a Rainy Monday.
Fairly easy for a Rays grid. Man, Jorge Cantú had pop. Glad to see he’s not forgotten.
Gary Redus! Skeeter!
Solid grid of Reds favorites. Also, R.I.P. Cory Lidle.
Shoutouts: Eric Davis, Paul Blair, Joe Morgan, Duane Walker, and non-Red Randy Arozarena.
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Saturday Morning Grid!
Gary Redus in Center Square.
Gary Redus AND Wilson Redus.
Slim Jones! Dave Concepcion!
4 Reds & 5 Negro Leaguers.
Row of favorite Negro Leaguers.
Row of Only-Reds Legends!
Don’t normally like to do position shenanigans, but when the result is this beautiful how could I resist?!
Damn I’m happy with this grid!
Cheers!
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8 Reds and Frank Tanana!
I really need to get back to doing morning grids. End of day and my brain is done. I loved Tanana back in the day; classic example of flamethrower blowing out his arm and then learning to pitch.
Bruce Chen bailing me out again.
Shoutout: Ray Knight would have made it 9 Reds. Mike Remlinger, Dave Parker, C.J. Nitkowski.
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Quick End of Day Grid.
200 hits limits things. Glanville’s a Penn alum and a nice guy. Baerga, man I would have bet he’d just walk into the Hall of Fame, then he just stopped hitting at 26.
John Kruk is beloved in Philly. Remember that time he tried to hit righty against Randy Johnson! Funny guy!
4 Reds: Jefferson, Charlton, Vaughn, & Cy Seymour.
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Pot Luck Grid. 5 Reds & 4 Guys I Like.
Yes, the Reds are paying Jeimer Candelario $13 Million Dollars to play for the Angels this year. Dumb signing gets dumber. Also, really Angels?
R.I.P. Wayne Granger. He past last month.
Vic Power won 7 Gold Gloves!
Shoutouts: Skeeter Barnes, Orlando Cabrera, Joel Youngblood, Eric Davis, Johnny Bench, Dennys Reyes.
Good morning Mastodon!
(Or is it afternoon?)
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Tactical Error Grid. 8 of 9 Reds.
Used Ron Gant a square early and then couldn’t think of another Red/Rockie/A’s guy. Sonny Gray maybe wasn’t a great choice either. Otherwise pleased.
Shoutouts: Eric Davis, Mike Lum, Drew Stubbs, Duane Walker, Rick Mahler.
And non-Reds: Rico Carty and Joe Girardi.
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All Reds Grid.
Really pleased today. 4 B&W Reds including little brothers Lloyd Waner and Vince DiMaggio.
Joe Price & Rafael Landestoy were both 1982 Reds, the first 100-loss Reds team. It haunts me.
Jacob Brumfield was always great when I saw him during Spring Training; thought he’d be an All Star.
Shoutouts: Shane Victorian, Todd Benzinger, D Concepcion.
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Just 6 Reds today. Couldn’t think of a Red-Phillie or Red-Yankee who had K’d 2000+ (aside from Wells, who I used for Baltimore). So Alexander & Tanana.
Also, just really like using Larry “the Devil” Milbourne.
Cheers!
Artemis launched on Gil Scott-Heron’s birthday. So . . .
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8 Reds and Wilson Redus!
Forgot to post yesterday’s grid!
Definitely a grab bag of Reds. Leibrandt was an early Reds memory for me and then I saw him pitch for the Braves the one time I got to old Fulton County Stadium maybe 1991.
Gary Redus!
Regret plugging in Mike Lum and then immediately remembering Jim Thorpe was a Brave.
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Today’s Grid. Six Reds and some fun on the Orioles (St.Louis Browns) row.
Both “Sad” & “Toothpick” Sam Joneses. “Sams Jones”? Whatever, thought it was cool. Added Satch as a 2nd Negro Leaguer.
All Reds version of that row: Paul Blair, Eric Davis & Mike Cuellar.
Shoutouts: Joel Youngblood, Jeffrey Hammonds, Joe Price, and Adam Dunn (Sox pitcher).
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End of Day Grid
8 Reds and Bobby Thigpen. Don’t think any Red ever saved 30 for the White Sox. Oh well.
Gary Redus!
Redus and Vail were 1982 Reds. Love the OF column; not much to like on the Saves column. Maybe better score if I’d flipped Smith & Myers (they both fit both places).
Shoutout: Tom Seaver, Larry Biitner, Paul Blair, and Ken Williams
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8 Reds & Slim Jones!
Christy Mathewson blew up my score, but I wanted all B&W for bottom row and Rich Aurilia was the only other guy I could think of. Forgot: Amos Rusie & George Burns (at least). But remembered Augie Galen? Odd.
Leibrandt & LaCoss & Browning! Honestly hated that Browning pitched 2 G at KC instead being an only-Red, but had to use him.
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6 Reds and 3 Legends
Jackie Robinson & Larry Doby had to be included. Rude not to do so. Felt compelled to include Mays too.
Black, Newcombe, & Crowe were all Reds.
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Only 1 Red
Was trying to avoid Reds, but Milt Wilcox snuck past me.
Also, I have no idea what mistake I made. Never entered anyone and was told I was wrong. Still think it’s an auto reload thing in the middle of entering a name.
Whatever.
Magyar Post-Orbán!
(This joke is for all the philatelists in the crowd!)
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Saturday Morning Grid!
Gary Redus in Center Square.
Gary Redus AND Wilson Redus.
Slim Jones! Dave Concepcion!
4 Reds & 5 Negro Leaguers.
Row of favorite Negro Leaguers.
Row of Only-Reds Legends!
Don’t normally like to do position shenanigans, but when the result is this beautiful how could I resist?!
Damn I’m happy with this grid!
Cheers!
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8 Reds and Rico Carty!
Feel like I didn’t quite nail this grid. Doug Bair played for all 4 teams and I wasn’t sure where to use him. Joe Morgan was too popular, but Cobra or Scott Rolen would be just as bad.
Brumfield is a favorite. Always liked Freddy Galvis. Mullane for the Hall!
Shoutout: Mariano Duncan, Fergie Jenkins, Jose Guillen, Benito Santiago