Ordinary Effort (Baseball Podcast)

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...

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 (...

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 ------...

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 (...

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) Introduc...

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:...

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) Tige...

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 Caree...

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 S...

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 podc...