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7 minutes ago, Jim Cowan said:

Look at his arms, it's before he started lifting weights.  He totally changed his body, and his career.

It's crazy to think that since it's him in White Sox jersey he was at most 25 years old here and could be as young as 22. If I just saw a pic of him without any context of who he was I would've guessed he was in his 30s, on a side note me researching that found out that me and him share a birthday albeit 32 years apart. 

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14 hours ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

Nice rarity score!

Immaculate Grid 108 9/9:
Rarity: 74
IMMACULATE!
🟩🟩🟩
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Play at:
https://immaculategrid.com
@immaculategrid x @baseball_ref

I was close to 74.

Immaculate Grid 108 9/9:
Rarity: 80
IMMACULATE!
🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩
Play at:
https://immaculategrid.com
@immaculategrid x @baseball_ref

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I played the game for real and had this result:
️ Immaculate Grid 109 9/9:
Rarity: 183
IMMACULATE!
🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩
Play at:
https://immaculategrid.com
@immaculategrid x @baseball_ref

However, it is possible to (while cheating) produce an all-Tigers grid with quite a rarity score.
️ Immaculate Grid 109 9/9:
Rarity: 2
IMMACULATE!
🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩
Play at:
https://immaculategrid.com
@immaculategrid x @baseball_ref

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4 minutes ago, BoomGaspar said:

I played the game for real and had this result:
️ Immaculate Grid 109 9/9:
Rarity: 183
IMMACULATE!
🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩
Play at:
https://immaculategrid.com
@immaculategrid x @baseball_ref

However, it is possible to (while cheating) produce an all-Tigers grid with quite a rarity score.
️ Immaculate Grid 109 9/9:
Rarity: 2
IMMACULATE!
🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩
Play at:
https://immaculategrid.com
@immaculategrid x @baseball_ref

Is using Edwin Jackson for the team & team combos cheating?  I think a case could be made.

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While making today's post in the "One and Done" thread, I mentioned Ivan Rodriguez playing in a 2004 game with Zack Greinke, representing 32 seasons in a single game.  That got me thinking...what game has the most seasons represented between two players?  Doing a bit of baseball-reference research (yes, I'm off today)...I came up with 47.  On June 16, 1986, pitcher Jamie Moyer made his MLB debut for the Chicago Cubs in a 7-5 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.  The Phillies starting pitcher that day was Steve Carlton, marking 47 seasons of baseball between Carlton's MLB debut in 1965 and Moyer's final game in 2012.  Can any game top that?

(Hint:  I already checked Nolan Ryan, who did appear in a game opposing Eddie Mathews, but that's only a span of 41 years from Mathews's debut in 1952 to Ryan's final season in 1993.)

Update:  I don't think 47 seasons can be topped.  Second place may be on May 3, 1979, when Mets rookie pitcher Jesse Orosco struck out Giants first baseman Willie McCovey...that's 44 seasons from McCovey's debut in 1959 to Orosco's final game in 2003.  Tommy John and Early Wynn were both on the Cleveland Indians roster in September of 1963, but they never appeared in a game together.  That would have given us 50 years from Wynn's debut in 1939 to John's final game in 1989, but alas, it was not to be.

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Update to the update:  The record is now 48 seasons!  On April 25, 1982, Cardinals pitcher Jim Kaat intentionally walked rookie Phillies shortstop Julio Franco.  That marks 48 years from Kaat's debut in 1959 to Franco's final game in 2007.  You're welcome.

Update to the update's update:  The record is tied at 48.  On August 22, 1986, Cubs pitcher Jamie Moyer retired Reds first baseman Tony Perez three times on three fly ball outs.  That also marks 48 years from Perez's debut in 1964 to Moyer's final game in 2012.

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