Recent content by coolhandgopher

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.

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...