Recent content by coolhandgopher

I have had this article sitting in my feed for awhile and I am finally getting around to sharing it-Richardson was playing and then getting suspended for life right when I was getting into the NBA—happy to read this and see how he bounced back where so many others have succumbed...

A fascinating article on the bumbling path taken by the Athletics owner and the mystery of whether a stadium will ever be built in Vegas (the term fail son emerged quickly in my mind): https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jul/02/athletics-las-vegas-stadium-john-fisher-mlb-debacle

Joe Posnanski does the baseball obits better than anyone out there (IMO) and he didn’t miss with Parker (apologies for the poor edit, was taking it from Posnanski’s newsletter and formatting was difficult): As the years roll by, it gets harder and harder to explain how things used to be. The...

Really nice write-up here, including his famous t-shirt and fedora photo along with the legendary throws during the ‘79 All Star game. The “We Are Family” Pirates were the first sports team I became enamored with and Parker was a centerpiece of that great team...

I went with: Expos: Charlie Lea (.3%) OF: Downtown Darrell Brown (.001%) 200: Sam Rice too! As with you, I was new player hunting and I think I accomplished the goal with the Twins row. Is there a way to check if you’ve used a player already? You are really killing it-I am at 1361 players...

I'm also working on seeing how many total players that I can accumulate. Because I have been more centralized than you, I have a larger number of completed grids (800) with a total number of 1348 players used. It's getting into territory where the "new" players used is getting pretty...

A lefty arriving for the bullpen: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45493610/twins-claim-leftt-hander-joey-wentz-waivers-pirates

I enjoyed Sly’s music for a long time, with two songs (Family Affair and If You Want Me To Stay) making my Sublimity playlist (highly exclusive in my world), but watching The Summer of Soul really took my appreciation to a new level. I am looking forward to watching the most recent documentary...

I almost went with Feagles before remembering it was another mustachioed kicker (Tony Franklin) who was their kicker with the Vermeil era Eagles.

I went with: Astros: Mark Davidson (.1%) ChiSox: “Lefty” Carlton (5%) 100 RBI’s: Bob Allison (1%) I thought I would be able to sneak Carlton past for a smaller score, but no dice; that along with Twins alum Don Baylor for the Angels/100 RBI’s slot at 8% put my score in the 20’s—nice work on...

I went: Reds-Kyle Farmer (5%) Dodgers-Geoff Zahn (.3%) Mariners-Justin Topa (1%) I was also able to slot Frankie Rodriguez into the Mariners/BoSox square for a cool .004%. I’m quite surprised Mickey Hatcher was a 3%’er. Journeyman outfielder who bounced between the two franchises with a...

Same happened to me, but in a different manner-I thought Early Wynn was a shoo-in for 6+ WAR with the ChiSox, turns out he only did that with the Indians. 🤬

I think the heart of the issue is that Jerry Kill set an impossibly high bar of expectations for ex-Gopher coaches to rehash their time at the "U". What I would suggest, as to why we haven't heard from Johnson, is a combination of the following: * He never showed himself to be someone who was...

A few months ago, Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson had Wendt join them on their podcast and it was a wonderfully nostalgic ride through the heydays of Cheers: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/where-everybody-knows-your-name-with-ted-danson-and/id1745204141?i=1000702803241

Nice use of all three of those guys, and particularly tip the cap to your utilization of Tippy. I went: Ken Schrom (.2%) Jimmie Hall (.1%--that man bounced around for a career that lasted 8 years, with the first 4 in MN) Terry Felton (.06%) Also slid Kirby into the 2B/only one team...