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I was able to complete today’s grid with all Twins alums, in my ongoing quest to have my Top 20 all be former Twins, which is still an uphill climb-Kaat joined earlier this week, so I have 12 of the 20 squares represented by alums.

I introduced Smokey & the Bandit to my boys last night and we were a trio of 8 year old boys watching together. Fred (Cletus’ basset hound) stole the show for them, but the Bandit and Snowman’s hijinks against Buford T. Justice were well appreciated also. I have already fielded requests for...

I was excited to put Cotton Nash onto the grid for the first time today, he didn’t do much in baseball but he was a great basketball player for U of Kentucky, at one time he was their all-time leading scorer. Surprisingly, Matt Lawton was a newcomer for me today, I figured he would have been...

The first two perfect games at Yankee Stadium by Yankees pitchers were tossed by Don Larsen (1956 WS) and David Wells (1998 vs. Twins). They both attended the same high school, Point Loma HS in San Diego. (courtesy of the Two Strike Noise podcast)

The baseball gods gaveth to Adell earlier this season with his 3 HR stealing catches in one game, and taketh with this effort last night.

Twins on the grid, and I chose all newbies over all Dead Presidents (Ron Washington would have gotten me there, but I’ve used him previously).

In Ron Guidry’s spectacular 1978 season, he went 25-3. His three losses were all to left-handers and all had the first name Mike-Caldwell, Flanagan, and Willis.

Aaron Gleeman posted this the other day Boxscore, a daily email newsletter from a guy named Jeff Blankenburg that provides the standings, league leaders, all the box scores and the following day’s pitching matchups. As Gleeman stated, it’s reminiscent of reading the sports section of our youth...

My immediate thought is that they would never, ever agree to a cap on the top end. It also makes me wonder how they would police the chicanery of deferred salaries, such as what the Dodgers are currently doing (If memory serves).

I was two days late in doing my re-watch--just too busy, but it corresponded with the last day of school where I'm at, so it did align pretty nicely as I pounded 1 Budweiser tall boy (my personal moon tower party these days). Some observations: * First time observation--when the conversation is...

And with that, you've chosen my viewing for tonight :cool:

For the old timers here, is Rojas reminiscent of Tom “The Blade” Hall?

Mickey Gasper pinch hitting for the Red Sox in a critical situation-we live in wondrous times!

You can track down Roger Angell's essay The Web of the Game at The New Yorker’s archives, his account of the game and considered one of the finest essays on the game of baseball.