Recent content by coolhandgopher

Two years in a row that the Twins had the AL Gold Glove 1B'man.

Fun day on the Grid for me--I was able to utilize a few historic names for their first time (Ralph Branca, Vic Raschi and Leo Durocher) along with some other players who brought in a single digit score for myself (Tommy John, Joe Torre, Jose Cruz Sr., Gil Hodges, and the always helpful Gaylord...

From the '70s to the '90s I could name not only the Red Sox starting outfield, but also their top reserves (hello Bernie Carbo and Rick Miller!). I learned today that they have two Gold Glove outfielders that I've never heard of before. The Grid has helped re-spark my interest in baseball, but...

Gold Glove winners announced today-always a sneaky category on the Grid and I have to say, there's at least 14 players on this list that would contribute to my unique players on the Grid.

When I've seen the previews for The Smashing Machine, I can't help but think of The Wrestler, one of my all time favorite movies, so I've been resistant to the idea of watching the MMA version which I imagine I'll be comparing too critically to that movie. Am I on point or is there a...

Twins alert on the grid today and Twins abounded everywhere as I was able to fill 7 of the 9 squares with Twins or Twins adjacent players for a cool 2% score. My Twins line was Brent Gates (.07), Juan Agusto (.09) and Pierson Ohl (.1) all newbies for me. Elsewhere I had Allan Anderson, Gardy...

Last night’s lead off home run hero came in very handy today on the grid.

Sending an 88 year old off the stage with a carton of cigarettes 🤣

I used Davillio some time ago, due to my deep dive on anonymous All Stars from the 60s and 70s. I recall reading in his SABR profile that the Dodgers employed him and Manny Mota as pinch hitting specialists in the mid 70s and that was pretty much all they did. The era of 9 and 10 man rotations...

I don’t have the hate for Calipari that others do-he’s sleazy but I prefer his open hearted sleaziness rather than going the sanctimonious route of some of his peers, but this dude is the definition of transactional. Maybe he’s looking to jump into the headlines from the backwaters of...

In this context, Mickey Gasper doesn’t look so bad!

A long way to go for this to happen, but I’m really pulling for the Mariners and Brewers to make it to the WS. Not only would we have a fresh champion but it’d be pretty cool to see the original Seattle Pilots of Ball Four fame versus the Mariners.

It always humors me when we have the same players on the Grid together-I used Gaetti and Punto in the same slots as you. I was able to add Newbies in Alan Roden and Edouard Julien in the Twins column, along with a 1988 Topps podcast featured guy in Wallace Johnson (surprise, suprise, it was a...

From Eric Stephen’s BlueSky account: MLB's final four has been set, aka the Henry Blanco gauntlet, named for the only player to play for the Dodgers, Brewers, Blue Jays, and Mariners

He didn't do much for the Twins this year, but for Grid purposes I am very glad I was introduced to Jose Urena this year--with his five teams this year, he's up to 11 teams overall, including the Marlins and Rockies, which are always vexing. He was my sub 1% square for Marlins-Rangers...