Ordinary Effort (Baseball Podcast) – Détails, épisodes et analyse

It pains us but... the Dodgers run baseball. So, we invited Jeff Snider from Locked On Dodgers to play grid and talk Dodgers.

Go check out Locked On Dodgers: https://www.youtube.com/c/LockedOnDodgers

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🚨 1/10/25 LIVESTREAM w/ MLB PLAYERS 🚨

HUGE news. We're going LIVE with Atlanta Braves Alumni Denny Neagle, Mike Hampton, Pete Smith, Michael Tucker, and Steve Avery on Friday, January 10th at 9:30 pm ET. We'll talk baseball and play grid.

Save the link and join us: https://www.youtube.com/live/QOQr_ORjbnc?feature=shared

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Intro

(0:18) Welcome to Ordinary Effort

(0:30) Introducing Jeff Snider

(2:04) Dodgers/Nationals

(5:02) Dodgers/Giants

(7:21) Dodgers/A's

(11:34) Cardinals/Nationals

(15:25) Cardinals/Giants

(16:57) Cardinals/A's

(22:44) Mariners/A's

(27:05) Mariners/Giants

(31:02) Mariners/Nationals

(34:30) Recap

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For more of our baseball content:

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

Follow us on socials:

Instagram: https://instagram.com/ordinaryeffort 

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ordinaryeffort.bsky.social

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

Jeff and Mark from Two Strike Noise brought their pop culture and baseball history knowledge to this episode. They shared clubhouse stories from their time working in the AL West to pull players for this grid.

Go check out Two Strike Noise: https://twostrikenoise.podbean.com/

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Timestamps:

(0:00​) Intro

(0:19) Welcome to Ordinary Effort

(0:32) Introducing Two Strike Noise

(4:50) Mets/Astros

(6:02) A's All-Star

(9:16) A's/Marlins

(14:42) A's/Astros

(20:52) Royals/Marlins

(21:48) Royals All-Star

(24:47) Mets All-Star

(29:43) Royals/Astros

(34:10) A's/Astros

(34:50) Mets/Marlins

(37:51) A's/Marlins

(38:01) Recap

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🚨 BIG NEWS 🚨

We officially opened our Immaculate Grid Discord. The server is a place to share daily grids, learn about grid legends, and talk baseball with fellow grid lovers.

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

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For more of our baseball content:

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

Follow us on socials:

Instagram: https://instagram.com/ordinaryeffort 

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ordinaryeffort.bsky.social

We're joined by the hosts of 1988 Topps Podcast for a special episode. We talked baseball cards from the '80s, insane stories, and managed to keep our rarity score in single digits!

Want more baseball content?

Check out the 1988 Topps Podcast

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Intro

(0:53) Introducing 1988 Topps Podcast

(5:20) Topps meets Grid

(7:53) Orioles/Rangers

(10:56) Orioles/White Sox

(14:49) Orioles/Pirates

(17:56) Mets/White Sox

(19:26) Mets/Rangers

(22:41) Mets/Pirates

(25:38) Giants/Pirates

(28:37) Giants/White Sox

(31:36) Giants/Rangers

(34:01) Recap

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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.

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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

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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.

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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) Nationals/Played RF (min 1 game)

(23:06) Pirates/Played LF (min 1 game)

(25:00) Pirates/Played RF (min 1 game)

(29:47) Recap

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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

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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

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Ordinary Effort is a part of the Old Man Squad Sports Network. Learn about other sports podcasts and follow the network on X at https://x.com/oldmansquad.

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

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75% of our rarity score came from the Rookie of the Year column... but we managed to pull some good names nonetheless.

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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 All-Star

(8:21) White Sox All-Star

(10:18) Braves All-Star

(11:28) Braves/Astros

(12:26) White Sox/Astros

(14:18) Angels/Astros

(14:50) White Sox/Astros

(15:12) 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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Ordinary Effort is a part of the Old Man Squad Sports Network. Learn about other sports podcasts and follow the network on X at https://x.com/oldmansquad.

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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For more of our baseball content:

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

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Ordinary Effort is a part of the Old Man Squad Sports Network. Learn about other sports podcasts and follow the network on X at https://x.com/oldmansquad.

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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For more of our baseball content:

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

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Ordinary Effort is a part of the Old Man Squad Sports Network. Learn about other sports podcasts and follow the network on X at https://x.com/oldmansquad.

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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For more of our baseball content:

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

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Ordinary Effort is a part of the Old Man Squad Sports Network. Learn about other sports podcasts and follow the network on X at https://x.com/oldmansquad.