My name is Ramsey, and one year ago, I assumed the mantle of The Puzzleboy.
I’ve had to come up with puzzle after puzzle, graded answers, fielded questions, scored and re-scored complicated responses.
And today, I am proud to say, that this has been very easy for me. That is why I have this name and that is why I will continue to be Your Puzzleboy, into infinity.
It’s Series Three of The Puzzleboy! Welcome! The slate is wiped clean and for 25 days, you are all equal in my eyes. But soon I will assign to you a performance-based score and you too will live on into infinity, enshrined in The Puzzleboy Pantheon.
Holy cow! It’s Blair Forsythe here, the voice of your Sacramento Capitals Baseball Club on KPZL.
I’m facing a real dilly of a pickle here: I’ve been asked to call the 2026 All-Star BTBL (Big Time Baseball League) game, and last night I was hanging out with famed coach of the Austin Armadillos, Jake “The Grake” Donnelly, when I left all of my notes for the game on the hotel bar!
I went downstairs to get them this morning, yelled at all of the staff at the top of my lungs, and still no one could help me!
So, from the foggy clues I remember, see if you can piece together the five BTBL players, the team they play for, the position they play, their rookie year, and the college they attended.
Thanks so much! Let me know when you’re done. I’ll be in line getting a helmet full of nachos.
Ryan Taggart is the one firing heaters from the mound.
Indianapolis’s man came out of the gate first. Nobody debuted earlier than them.
Brett Holloway is roaming the infield, but you won’t catch him at first base.
The catcher made his big-league debut exactly six years after the first baseman first stepped onto the diamond.
In Omaha, the Plainsmen trust the man behind the plate. That’s a battery connection if I’ve ever seen one.
The Montreal Voyageurs patrol center field like it’s their backyard.
Cal State Fullerton’s man broke into the league in 2020. Mark it down.
Down in Nashville, the Stars’ player was the last of these men to arrive in the league.
The center fielder’s debut year? It keeps reminding me of Barbara Walters for reasons I can’t quite explain…
Nashville didn’t just show up late… they arrived fashionably after everyone else had already settled in.
Ryan Taggart didn’t come out of LSU or Texas Tech — not even close.
The Vanderbilt alum is the one working from the mound.
Chase Underwood owns center field, and nobody’s arguing otherwise.
The first baseman got things started back in 2010: the true opening act of this league.
Danny Kowalski suits up for Omaha, where the corn is high and the pop flies are higher.
To paraphrase the late great Shakespeare: Texas Tech says to their players, “neither a pitcher nor a catcher be.”
Nolan Mercer told me personally that he didn’t come from Arizona State or Vanderbilt. I believe him as that is a very specific thing to say.
The LSU alumnus plays for the team closest to the geographic heart of this great nation.
Out in Salt Lake, the Peaks roster features an infielder. He’s digging, not pitching or catching.
That third baseman? He debuted more than one Presidential term before the pitcher ever took the mound.
And Brett Holloway? Not in Montreal, and not in Omaha.
The image above will take you to a visualizer that will help you narrow down your choices. Click a box once and you’ll get an ✖. Click again and you’ll get a ✔ and that row will be blocked out for the other players. Click it again to get a ? and one more time clear your choice.
Then, submit your answer at the link below. Every player that you assign to the correct team, year, position and college will get you one (1) beautiful point!
To submit your answer, please click this link and fill out the form. You have until 11:59pm ET on May 26th to submit. There is no advantage to being first, so take your time!
NOTE: You are more than welcome to use the comment section of this post, but this is decidedly not the place to submit your answer or share hints. Doing so may result in your disqualification.
In other words, this comment section is like a chat with an umpire. Step out of line and I’m throwing you out of the game.
