ballgames.app

Baseball Connections

New Daily in--:--:--
— out of — played

Four players. Every connection.

Pick four MLB players to discover every connection they share. Keep using the same sixteen players to find them all.

  • Every new connection counts. One selection can uncover several.
  • Three strikes. Only selections with no new connection cost a strike.
  • No timer. Take your time. Your progress stays saved.

Checking your session…

How to play

Four players. Every connection they share.

  1. Select four players.Choose Find connections to clear all supported connections shared by the quartet.
  2. Keep discovering.Players stay and can be reused. Each connection counts once; earlier discoveries are marked Already found.
  3. Watch your three strikes.A selection with nothing new earns a strike. Three strikes end the round. Take your time—there is no clock.

What counts?

  • Teams
  • Awards
  • Career statistics
  • Managers
  • Positions
  • Versatility
  • Birth countries
  • Batting / throwing hands
  • Career length
  • Number of teams

Different thresholds count separately. Open any discovered connection to read its exact rule.

Players and jerseys

Each player appeared in MLB from 2010 onward. Their full recorded career counts, including earlier seasons.

The jersey shows their most recent recorded MLB team. All their verified career teams still qualify.

A new Daily every day

Everyone gets the same Daily, resetting at midnight New York time. Your guest or signed-in account has one saved attempt per date. Finishing is final; review your board, share your result or play any of the past seven published Dailies.

Every supported connection counts toward your result. Your share shows your score, each pick’s outcome and your best pick, with no player names or answers.

Finish this Daily?

You have found of connections. Finishing saves your result and reveals the rest. You cannot restart this Daily.

How Baseball Connections works

Baseball Connections is about finding everything four players share. The sixteen players stay on the board throughout the round: discovering one connection does not remove its quartet. A useful selection can uncover several categories at once, and the same player can help you make many later discoveries.

How to play

  1. Select exactly four players, then choose Find connections. The game checks the categories shared by that quartet.
  2. Read each discovery's definition. Teams, awards, career statistics, managers, positions, birth countries and other traits can have different qualification rules.
  3. Reuse players and change your quartet to uncover something new. Every distinct connection counts once; connections you have already found remain visible as Already found.

Scoring

Your score is the number of distinct connections discovered out of the board's total. A selection with no new connection costs a strike, even if it repeats something valid. Three strikes end the round. Finding everything or confirming Finish also ends it. There is no timer.

Playing tips

Start with a clear common fact, then inspect the other discoveries that arrive with it. Before resubmitting a quartet, ask what new category you expect it to reveal. Different thresholds can count separately when the quartet meets both; guessing unrelated groups spends strikes quickly. Think beyond a player's current club: earlier career teams count too.

Have a question about a rule or result? Contact the ballgames.app team.