Dave Del Greco

3, 9 Mets & 4 Japanese-born players

3. 8 of 9 are Mets

Hutton is the only player I recognize— you cut real deep here!

4. Prob could’ve stretched more on a few of these but I’m pleased with the result.

Waffled between Billy Williams & Geovany Soto, would’ve saved a point with the HOFer!

24. ROY & 2000 K columns humbled me

6. Got lucky recalling Cedeño after being stumped on non-Cobb answers for that square, and only know Greisinger because he’s a friend of a friend. Anyone remember Sanchez, the first player to be busted under the PED rule?

I pretty much only had him, Gibson, Maddux, Kershaw & Greinke. Felt like he was the least-obvious

I miss the days when Treinen was the 5th-best reliever on the Nats getting shelled by the 2015 Mets

7 for Saturday.

3 for yesterday.

15. Really struggled for a good Angels/Rockies pick, couldn’t come up with anyone besides Street & Iannetta (who is also a 6)

Uh, there was no CG in 2017

I’m not even faulting them for taking the $ offered to them, it’s just a symptom of the industry’s rot that they’re even going to actors of that caliber to sell phones. Used to be stars would do commercials in Japan as to not ruin their image here— that’s all out the window now

Isn’t the better question “why are two Oscar winners taking commercial work away from middle class actors?” ??

The Mets’ championship drought, although far shorter, has been more painful than Red Sox ‘19-03, Cubs ‘09-15, and Cleveland ’49-present. A lot more futility in theirs, but for pure heartbreak, it’s no contest. I looked it over on baseball-reference, Mets lead in guts wrenched

Mets win the World Series.

Even so, you gotta concede that Nancy is the all-time leader in (open) jaws

5, all Mets. Could’ve saved a couple points with Jeff Kent in the Hodges square, but usually Gil is overlooked while Kent is a landmine 🤷‍♂️

I do it too with the Mets, but mainly on the grids with open-ended, non-team categories.

And sorry about your M’s, I was pulling for them. If it’s any consolation, I’ve been in a deep pit of despair since the season ended, having witnessed a third identical collapse in the past 18 years

Just noticed you said M’s, and I answered for Pirates. I’d suggest anyone but Santana & Raul Ibañez for that one

Guillen works! Jeff Suppan, Kevin Young, & Darrell May (my pick today) all come to mind. Check the list on the grid results & back-pocket some names for the future

Unsolicited tip: I avoid Carlos Santana like the plague. No matter what team combo, even if he barely played there, he’s never low.

9. Silver Sluggers is always a tough category, think I got off easy with Daulton all things considered. A little surprised McRae isn’t sub-2 since the highest for that square is 14, but so goes The Grid…

Syphilitic brain?

He keeps bringing this up because HE cheated in 2020 & still lost, so in his mind the only way he’s beaten is if Dems cheated too. Never mind the obvious Q as to why the Democrats, had they formulated a method to steal the election, wouldn’t have just done it again last year…

I was able to think of pretty much everyone on the list & thought Duda would be sneaky, but somehow he’s the same as Carlos Beltran, who was tied for the franchise single season mark before Alonso debuted. You can never predict how the grid hive-mind is going to work!

Man, Conforto is that low? I figured he’d be top of mind, given how recent he is

Wild to me that Beltran, the co-franchise single season HR leader until Pete Alonso debuted, is ONLY a 2

6. Was trying to decide which Mets 30 homer guy would be most forgettable— would’ve saved a point with my alt, Ike Davis