Recent content by coolhandgopher

Really taking dry January to the extreme, aren't you? ;) I'm about in the same boat as you--I might think early in the week that it'll be nice to cap the work week off with a beer and by the time Friday night arrives, I don't need any relaxants--being on the other side of 50 does have its benefits!

Carl Hubbell would like a word ;) https://baseballhall.org/discover/inside-pitch/carl-hubbell-strikes-out-five-hofers

I was finally able to use Twins super-scout Angelo (or Tony) Giuliani yesterday, in the Dodgers/played catcher square. The St. Paul native was responsible for signing Hrbek, Laudner, Eisenreich, Castino, among others throughout his post-playing days with the Twins, along with developing the...

His most recent album, which I downloaded after the Emmys, is great to listen to, and his other albums are equally fun, entertaining and rhythmic. I can’t give a great assessment of his whole catalog/career, but everything I have listened to, I have enjoyed.

Best show this side of Prince, IMO. He had our home shaking our asses as we are getting ready for a Monday work week.

I had a similarly great day with unique players-partially fueled by our recent conversation about poultry-related named players (Turkey Stearnes and Goose Tatum), the discovery of the Preachers not named Roe whose experience was in the Negro Leagues, a couple of Cuban born players in the Negro...

I came across this article yesterday and found it quite enjoyable and coalesced many of my thoughts about NFL owners. The Wilfs' aren't specifically mentioned (Woody Johnson, Jerry Jones, Dan Snyder, David Tepper get most of the print) and while Vikings' ownership has been stable since their...

I'm surprised more mention hasn't been made of Task on here. I finished last week, with the last three episodes in one sitting. It ranks really high on the list of best TV shows I've watched, and for limited series, maybe #1 all-time. Ruffalo is such an outstanding actor and the combination of...

Thank you for the Bertoia insight, I never knew and will have to tuck him away in the memory bank. My top row was clean newbies: Sergio Ferrer Chris Latham Luke Hughes I'd been sitting on those first two for awhile, Ferrer because he makes me think of the actor Jose Ferrer and Latham as he...

Honorable Mention to little Ricky Snyder: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/i-was-in-shock-vikings-halftime-hot-air-balloon-disaster-recounted-50-years-later/

Not only is it a head scratcher that he's not in the HOF, but that he never made it to the second ballot is astounding (meaning Whitaker). Besides Puck, Santana's my favorite Twin (from the time I began watching, roughly 1979 to now). Watching him during his prime here, feeling there was a...

I hit 2050 unique players today with the recently referenced Mark Lemongello. I recently re-read Ball Four and not only did it take on a different resonance since I originally read it just out of college, but it’s a treasure trove of forgotten, if ever known, ball players, especially since...

Just finished last night-for reasons that aren't all that interesting, it took awhile for my and my wife's viewing schedules to align. I would agree with you regarding Part 1 > Part 2. (HUGE SPOILER ALERT FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T YET WATCHED) When the storyline was focused upon killing...

I had a clean newbie sweep across the top line--starting with the bug-eating, Vietnamese gang fighting hero, Mike Maksudian, moving onto Randy Niemann (etched in my memory from how many 1980 Topps I have in my collection when he was an Astro), and finishing with the other Buddy of Senators...

I’d put Mad Men in my Top 5; so compelling without any violence (except for a lone riding lawn mower incident). One of the reasons I enjoy Fletch Lives! so much is the reunion of Hamm and Slattery.