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Ordinary Effort (Baseball Podcast)

Mike Trovato, Josh deVries

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.Join Immaculate Grid Fans on our Discord: https://discord.gg/xVXGgDeVWatch and listen to new episodes every Monday and check us out on Instagram, YouTube, and Bluesky for daily baseball content.

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Ep. 15: A 63 in box 1 and we STILL Madduxed this...

Ordinary Effort (Baseball Podcast) ·

2024/10/21

It's a group grid! 🚨 After the most basic answer to start this grid, we managed to keep our rarity score under 100 and Maddux this one. ------------------Timestamps:(0:00) Intro(0:25) Stats(1:12) Rays/Silver Slugger(2:55) Angels/Silver Slugger(5:09) Rangers/Silver Slugger(6:09) Rays/Red Sox(6:37) Angels/Red Sox(7:51) Rangers/Red Sox(8:44) Rangers All-Star(10:02) Angels All-Star(11:49) Rays All-Star(15:09) Recap------------------For more of our baseball content:Subscribe to our YouTube channel:

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Ep, 14: Red Sox-Mets Grid with MLB Hall of Good...

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2024/10/14

Bryce Whitlow is the host of the MLB Hall of (Pretty) Good Podcast. He joined us for this episode to tackle a grid with Red Sox, Mets, Nats, Pirates, and some fun position boxes.------------------Timestamps:(0:00) Intro(0:28) Stats(1:31) Introducing Bryce Whitlow(3:06) Red Sox/Played RF (min 1 game)(5:48) Red Sox/Played LF (min 1 game)(8:27) Red Sox/Mets(11:41) Pirates/Mets(14:07) Nationals/Mets(16:16) Nationals/Played LF (min 1 game)(19:17) About MLB Hall of (Pretty) Good Podcast(20:31)

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Ep. 13: SPECIAL EPISODE 🚨 | 10/4 Livestream

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2024/10/07

It's our first Ordinary Effort livestream! We had a blast playing grid with our followers. If you want to relive the full experience, watch it here: https://youtube.com/live/SKfu1IRlgkY------------------Timestamps:(0:00) Intro(1:43) 2024 Playoffs Chat(3:24) Immaculate Grid 551(31:49) Introducing Infinte Grid(33:44) All Relievers Grid(51:42) Thank You(53:43) Speed Grid(1:00:03) Recap------------------For more of our baseball content:Subscribe to our YouTube channel:

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Ep. 12: We listened to our Instagram followers! |...

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2024/09/30

BIG NEWS 🚨 We're going LIVE to play grid with our followers on Friday, October 4th at 10 PM ET. 🔗 Join the stream here: https://youtube.com/live/SKfu1IRlgkY------------------75% of our rarity score came from the Rookie of the Year column... but we managed to pull some good names nonetheless. ------------------Timestamps:(0:00) Introduction(0:36) Welcome to Ordinary Effort(1:27) Braves Rookie of the Year(2:26) White Sox Rookie of the Year(4:32) Angels Rookie of the Year(6:34) Angels

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Ep. 11: It's a Yankees Mets Grid! 🚨| Immaculate Grid 2

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2024/09/23

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.------------------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)

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Ep. 10: The creator of rarity score pulled a 3 🤯 |...

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2024/09/16

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!------------------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)

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Ep. 9: Please no more Rookie of the Year boxes |...

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2024/09/09

We'd be fine if we never saw a Rookie of the Year box on Immaculate Grid... like ever again.------------------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------------------For more of our baseball content:Subscribe to our YouTube channel:

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Ep. 8: Fantasy Baseball Helped Us Score a 13 🙏 |...

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2024/09/02

Years of tracking player's positional eligibility for fantasy baseball came in clutch for this grid.------------------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------------------For more of our baseball content:Subscribe

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Ep. 7: How did we BIFF this Cy Young box?! 😑 |...

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2024/08/26

We may have salvaged the grid, but we're still not over this player not winning a Cy Young.------------------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------------------For more of our baseball content:Subscribe to our YouTube channel:

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Ep. 6: It doesn't get much worse than this grid 🤦‍♂️...

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2024/08/19

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.------------------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)

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Ep. 5: Talking Baseball Reference with Adam Darowski...

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2024/08/12

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.------------------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

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Ep. 4: Baseball card collector rips a 2 on the grid 🤯...

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2024/08/05

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.------------------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

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Ep. 3: All Reliever Grid with Closer Monkey owner |...

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2024/07/29

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.------------------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------------------For more of our baseball content:Subscribe to

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Ep. 2: Joe Orrico from Fantasy Pros knows his Blue...

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2024/07/22

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

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Ep. 1: We went for the GOLD! | Immaculate Grid 1

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2024/07/15

It’s our first ever episode of Ordinary Effort. We went all the way back to Immaculate Grid No. 1 and took a BIG risk on the final box.------------------Timestamps:(0:00) Intro(0:54) Welcome to Ordinary Effort(1:54) What is a Biff?(3:57) Rangers HOF(4:41) Red Sox HOF(5:31) Reds HOF(6:44) Rangers All Star(7:44) Red Sox All Star(9:12) Reds All Star(10:51) Rangers/Blue Jays(11:41) Red Sox/Blue Jays(12:07) Reds/Blue Jays(12:37) Rangers/Blue Jays(14:27) Recap------------------For more of our baseball

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Welcome to Ordinary Effort!

Ordinary Effort (Baseball Podcast) ·

2024/07/09

Welcome to Ordinary Effort, where a bunch of random guys guess random baseball players and try not to biff Immaculate Grid. In this intro episode, Mike (@mikeisordinary) and Josh (@josh_devries) share the story behind creating Ordinary Effort and what to expect from the show.We’re excited to launch the podcast! Help us reach more baseball fans by leaving a rating and review on your favorite podcast platform.----------------------For more of our baseball content:Subscribe to our YouTube channel:

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