Recent content by coolhandgopher

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...

His money is all tied up in discos.

Paul Giel and Bud Grant would have valid arguments to the "best athlete ever at the U".

So, I love the whole movie, but I have friends that complain about it devolving from a comedy of debauchery to a rom-com, which I can see the argument. But the opening 10-15 minutes of Wedding Crashers is gold.

I saw it in the movie theater and went in with pretty low expectations, and had a good time with it. Certainly didn’t measure up to the original, but there were a couple scenes that had me laughing out loud and yeah, the plot line was ridiculous, but that was to be expected. It was nice being in...

Off the top of my head, I think I would place Kill Bill, Vol. 1, Inglorious Basterds, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood above Pulp Fiction, but PF's impact, upon release and until now, on cinema was revolutionary. And those two movies were released a week after Quiz Show, which too often gets...

The 1988 Topps podcast paid off today, as I was able to utilize Porfi Altamarino in the Phillies/Cubs square, knowledge only delivered to me by the recent segment on Keith Moreland, as Porfi was involved in a trade for/with (can't quite recall) Moreland. Btw, it's a nice little podcast-once a...

I'll see your Ripper, and raise you with Baby Doll Jacobson (he works for a slew of AL squads: Orioles, Athletics, Guardians, Tigers, and Red Sox): From Wikipedia: On opening day of the 1912 season, the band began playing the popular song, "Oh, You Beautiful Doll", as Jacobson came to the plate...

That's how they were able to move up a few years ago to get Walker Jenkins at #5. Hopefully they can slide up a spot, as the buzz on the shortstop from UCLA sounds like a can't miss'er.

Just got home from the movie, and what a corker of a movie-I had little background on the movie going in, but did those almost three hours fly by-DiCaprio was masterfully comedic and tender, Penn should clear some shelf space for best supporting actor and Del Toro was brilliant as always. The...