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  1. coolhandgopher

    All Things TV Series Recommendations/Reviews

    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.
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    All Things Immaculate Grid-related (MLB, NBA, NFL)

    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...
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    Indiana a Team of Destiny?

    They’ve quickly become Cobra Kai
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    Indiana a Team of Destiny?

    Agreed-it’s not comparable at all to …umm…Hoosiers
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    Rob Manfred floats MLB realignment with American and National Leagues replaced by East vs. West

    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...
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    All Things Immaculate Grid-related (MLB, NBA, NFL)

    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...
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    All Things Immaculate Grid-related (MLB, NBA, NFL)

    I had no idea that Miller got some run in CF, I thought he was exclusively a catcher. What an amazing athletic family.
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    All Things Immaculate Grid-related (MLB, NBA, NFL)

    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...
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    All Things 2025-26 Minnesota Twins Off-Season Thread

    I thought of Griffey also. Pujols and Trout have great arguments. Ohtani could make this question irrelevant 5 years from now.
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    All Things 2025-26 Minnesota Twins Off-Season Thread

    I probably shouldn’t kick this hornet’s nest, but is Barry Bonds under consideration at all?
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    All Things 2025 Minnesota Vikings In-Season Thread

    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)
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    All Things 2025 Minnesota Vikings In-Season Thread

    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...
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    All Things Immaculate Grid-related (MLB, NBA, NFL)

    I was able to put a couple Twins to great use today on the Grid: Glenn Williams, foreign born, over .300 Eduardo Escobar, foreign born with ERA under 3.00 Escobar has to rank up there with most versatile Twins on the grid: Six teams (Twins, White Sox, Brewers, D-Backs, Mets, Angels) All-Star...
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    All Things Immaculate Grid-related (MLB, NBA, NFL)

    Tip of the cap to you Ope-today I finally used Diego Segui in the Seattle/Seattle slot, in my arduous march towards 2000 unique players. Also wanted to recommend another podcast Two Strike Noise, that’s more expansive and with quite a variety than the 1988 Topps podcast...
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    All Things Immaculate Grid-related (MLB, NBA, NFL)

    After being on a dry streak of new players the past few days, I broke out today, reeling in 5, between Twins in their assigned category and outside. I discovered a few days ago that Joe Altobelli (manager who succeeded Earl Weaver and led the Orioles to the World Series) had a cup of coffee with...
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    All Things Immaculate Grid-related (MLB, NBA, NFL)

    Thanks for the reminder that when in the States I can play the Grid when I wake up! I also went with almost all Twins (Steve Carlton replacing the namesake) but didn’t think Knoblauch would have grabbed a 6 WAR season, so used Frank Robinson there. We shared Olivia, Carew, Mauer, Killebrew and...
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    All Things 2025-26 Minnesota Twins Off-Season Thread

    I don't follow the Wild, and pay even less attention being overseas. What are the thoughts on Leipold as an owner? If memory serves, he spent big a few years back on Parise and Suter (?). Does he open the pocketbook? Is he meddlesome? Too reticent to make management moves?
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    Rob Reiner

    There was a wonderful thread on BlueSky yesterday about how he wanted to direct Shawshank, Frank Darabont (sp?) was unwilling to give it up, so Reiner served as producer and I believe it was Darabont’s first directing gig. As producer, Reiner got to see the first screening and Darabont was...



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