Recent content by coolhandgopher

Ope, I recall you completed the ‘27 Murderer’s Row Yankees a couple weeks ago; today I finished off the historic Pirates starting 9 from ‘71, the first all black/Hispanic starting lineup with the use of Gene Clines.

It was a middling day for my overall score and unique players, but I was able to use all three St.Paul Hall of Famers, so it was a pretty good day on the Grid.

Josh Allen polluted a lot of brains, from the fan on the couch all the way up the chain to NFL GM's.

With the Twins on the grid today, I had the quickest turnaround for a player debuting with the team, Genesis Cabrera, who was a surprise in the box score from yesterday. It was a hell of a day for me on the unique players-I’m at 1475 thanks to seven new additions today; the entire top row of...

Ope, you recently mentioned your deep dive on All-Star rosters, so I went down that rabbit hole today and just mining the ‘70s was a boon to my unique player pursuit-step on up Pat Kelly and Don Buford! The expansion in 1969 and 1977 brought some dubious All-Stars into the fold throughout...

While there's been a drumbeat to get Mickey Gasper out of the lineup, I say leave him in--in this season of suckiness, embrace the suck, as something historic could be afoot. Here are the 10 lowest batting averages in Twins history (minimum 50 AB's): 1988 Tom Nieto .067 (60 AB's) 2014 Pedro...

Morton is a 41 year old whose ERA coming into this game was nearly 5.50. Jamie Moyer’s thinking about coming out of retirement to get a crack at this lineup.

The timing of ESPN rolling out the fan misery index today is eerie: https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/45344992/sports-misery-index

Well, this is f’ing depressing: https://www.startribune.com/live-pohlad-family-will-not-sell-minnesota-twins/601454306

All Hail Tony Fernandez, one of the underrated IG gods! 2000 hits: check 40+ WAR (career): check All-Star: check (with Toronto and San Diego) 200 hits: check (with Toronto) .300 average: check (with Toronto) Gold Glove: check (Toronto) 5+ WAR (season): check (Toronto) Teams played for: Blue...

It’s a really small sample size, but Griffin Jax’s start with the Rays has been inauspicious. He gave up a 3 run home run to Cal Raleigh the other night, which lost the game for the Rays and in another outing he gave up a run, so his ERA’s over 10 with the Rays and pushing near 5.00 for the...

A fascinating subplot of this season for me, particularly following the fire sale, has been the makeup of the bullpen and the mysterious journeymen that have found their way into a Twins uniform. I'm not including any homegrown products in the following list, this is a compilation of the veteran...

Today's board frustrated me, as the combination of Gold Glove, Silver Slugger and pitching categories really elevates my score and doesn't typically bring about new players--I really need to do some deep diving on that triad so I can move away from using Jim Kaat, Mike Hampton, Greg Maddux, and...

I It’d be wise for one/both to do so-Walker Jenkins is knocking on the door: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/twins-top-prospects-walker-jenkins-kaelen-culpepper-are-crushing-double-a/ar-AA1K28od

You and I shared Ron LeFlore today (a digression--does anyone remember the made for TV movie about LeFlore in the early '80s about his journey from prison to MLB? It barely registers, but I recall watching it as a kid) It was a banner day for newcomers on my end, as I picked up 5 newbies...