Recent content by coolhandgopher

I cracked the 2000 player barrier yesterday with my second favorite alliteratively named Minnesota native*, Wes Westrum as a Giants catcher. Westrum was born in Clearbrook and passed away there also, in 2002. Among his claims to fame, he was on the cover of the first Sports Illustrated (Eddie...

It sure read as a PR release from MLB

They’ve quickly become Cobra Kai

Agreed-it’s not comparable at all to …umm…Hoosiers

A better idea is relocating the Florida franchises to the two speculative cities on this list and make things work that way. Crazy to think that there are many cities out there where expansion is viable. Looking at the markets where NFL/NBA have teams without a MLB franchise, this is the list...

Seems like the Twins have been appearing often these days; somehow, of all the possibilities, I also chose Rich Rollins as the All-Star, although he wasn’t a newbie for me. I reviewed the Twins All Stars and I think maybe Jake Odorizzi is the only Twin I haven’t used yet on the Grid who wasn’t...

I had no idea that Miller got some run in CF, I thought he was exclusively a catcher. What an amazing athletic family.

I was able to utilize three new Twins yesterday, and some credit is due to you: Paul Giel, Greg Hartzell, and Ty France. Interestingly, both pitchers obtained in the Carew trade ended up pitching for the Orioles also (Hartzell and Brad Havens) Today I woke up and decided that I didn’t want to...

I thought of Griffey also. Pujols and Trout have great arguments. Ohtani could make this question irrelevant 5 years from now.

I probably shouldn’t kick this hornet’s nest, but is Barry Bonds under consideration at all?

I haven’t been able to watch live NFL until these last two weeks and the most remarkable discovery has been Purdy’s development into dare I say, elite quarterback status. Turns out he’s been 25 years old most of the season 😉 (turned 26 on Saturday)

My goodness, you say so many ridiculous things on this thread, but I can’t let this one pass. For a number of years now, neuroscientists have established that the human brain is not fully developed until age 25. You speak with such assurance about something you are totally off the mark on. Yes...

I was able to put a couple Twins to great use today on the Grid: Glenn Williams, foreign born, over .300 Eduardo Escobar, foreign born with ERA under 3.00 Escobar has to rank up there with most versatile Twins on the grid: Six teams (Twins, White Sox, Brewers, D-Backs, Mets, Angels) All-Star...

Tip of the cap to you Ope-today I finally used Diego Segui in the Seattle/Seattle slot, in my arduous march towards 2000 unique players. Also wanted to recommend another podcast Two Strike Noise, that’s more expansive and with quite a variety than the 1988 Topps podcast...