Coiled-Grid - Common Bonds

[RBIS]

In the attached grid, are five players (first & last names) who share a common bond. Who are the players & what is the bond? To find them, spell them out, starting with the first letter of the first name of the player starting the coil and continue to move to an adjacent letter in any direction, including diagonal. All letters will be used exactly once.



Warning:
Aggravation Level of the puzzle may not be suitable for some.
If warranted, I will give the first letter of the player that starts the coil.

[Utter Chaos]

Donn Clendenon
Ed Charles
Bud Harrelson
Jerry Grote
Al Weis

It's a MIRACLE!

[RBIS]

Donn Clendenon
Ed Charles
Bud Harrelson
Jerry Grote
Al Weis

It's a MIRACLE!

I was hoping you were off sick today! All seriousness aside, nice job! I think we could have some fun with these, maybe some a little more challenging.

[Old Sweater]

Warning:
Aggravation Level of the puzzle may not be suitable for some.
If warranted, I will give the first letter of the player that starts the coil.

WOW, and Utter crushed it in 9 minutes.

[Utter Chaos]

WOW, and Utter crushed it in 9 minutes.

I got lucky. I'm usually not very good at these. The first thing I noticed was LARRY on the left side and from there I noticed WEIS. Knowing WEIS's first name was AL led me to JERRY which got me GROTE. Of course Al Weis and Jerry Grote aren't known for too many things.

I'll see if I can come up with one.

[Utter Chaos]

Here's one.

Five players with a common thread. Who are they and what do they have in common?

[Mikie]

Jim Thome, Willie Mays, Mel Ott, Hank Aaron, Sammy Sosa. Hmmmm, now what could these guys possibly have in common...

[Utter Chaos]

Jim Thome, Willie Mays, Mel Ott, Hank Aaron, Sammy Sosa. Hmmmm, now what could these guys possibly have in common...

If I had a dollar for every time somebody has asked me that, I'd have over 500 dollars.