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In 1966, Larry Jaster of the St. Louis Cardinals threw five shutouts, all against the Dodgers, earning himself the nickname, "Dodger...

On August 17, 1957, Richie Ashburn struck a foul ball into the stands, breaking the nose of spectator Alice Roth. As Roth was being...

Gaylord Perry was such a poor hitter that in 1962 or '63, his manager Alvin Dark made the quip, "there'll be a man on the moon before...

I did not realize the Twins originally drafted Grace. Some other notable guys the Twins drafted but didn't sign: Tim Belcher (1st...

So many amazing stats in this thread. My favorite crazy MLB stat: St. Paul natives, Gopher legends, Blue Jay world series champs and...

Tom Brady was the last active professional athlete drafted by the Expos. There are 2 different unrelated 6-foot-4 red-headed and...

Agreed. Yeah quite a career, generally anything he's been in is quality, no matter a large or small (ie HBOs Mare of Easttown) the role...

At least you liked it, so it's a relief it wasn't a waste of time. Rockwell is great in The Way, Way Back but ultimately he's just a...

The Wolves roster around Ant is better than the early KG years but I don't think it's by a significant margin. I also don't understand...

this is such a confusing take. Finch is on record saying he wants Ant to take more 3s because of what the NBA has become (in terms...

100%. If healthy, ANT will go down as the greatest Wolf of all time and it won't even be an argument. He's already doubled KG's playoff...

I echo your appraisal of The Brutalist-I was reluctant to dive into such a long movie and I had heard some digs about its pacing, but I...

After seeing Guy Pearce in The Brutalist, Norton probably wouldn't be taking home the trophy even if he was not up against Culkin. Best...

I forgot to mention, I also watched Adventureland on the flight home and sorry to say, it didn’t clear the bar of TWWB for me. I liked...

That's helpful with Jackson being Foreign Born, quite helpful. I didn't know about that. All 3 have a few sub 3.00 ERA campaigns...