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Not only the stars--you'll also see Larry Tate from Bewitched, Mr. Hand from Fast Times. . ., and others who were all over episodic TV shows from the '60s to the '80s. For Rewatchables fans, there is a cornucopia of "that guys" in The Apartment.

I would have had one of my better scores today, if not for the Blue Jays/Padres cube--I went with Dave Winfield, thinking he might have a really low number because the likes of Roberto Alomar, Fred McGriff, Joe Carter were more recent players, but I got stuck at 12%. For the Rangers/Padres...

My perfect October nearly got clipped today by the dreaded Marlins (w/Reds) square, but I was able to stay alive by practicing (Edgar) Renteria. I think it's time for another "Holy Hell, I didn't know/don't remember that he played for that franchise!" with the Colt .45's/Astros on the docket...

I stuck with only Twins and didn’t get nearly the sparkling score you did Ope: Phils: Jim Eisenreich (3%) HOF’er: Jim Kaat (4%) 1st Round: Tim Belcher (.2%) I had a lot of bitterness in my heart towards Belcher as a 10 year old fanatic, not able to comprehend why he wouldn’t sign as the overall...

Impressive-I took a look at that final board and that’s no easy feat to get 9/9.

Thanks for the kind words NYC. I'm 52 years old. It's a combinaton of: 1) Baseball Reference & SABR Project providing great research tools 2) A life-long love for the minutia of sports and prioritizing that minutia over more important things :) 3) As prog-rock progenitors Styx proclaimed, "Too...

Rickey Young would like a word.

Alright, I made a promise to have this happen before October and with that month on the doorstep, it's happening today. . ."Holy Hell, I didn't know/don't remember that he played for that franchise!" for the Colorado Rockies. I will note, since the Rockies debuted in 1993, I extended the window...

For some reason, I was convinced Vince Coleman had a twilight appearance with the Rays which was not accurate. When I turn my attention to the Rays, I have a feeling it's going to be a grand tour of '80s luminaries (including Doc). Like a Stones tour, but with much less zest than Jagger.

The Marlins are no treat either.

I'm sliding at the end of this month like the hometown team. Missed on two blocks with the Rays today--Reds and Nationals/Expos.

Denny Hocking was my savior for that cube, especially since the other guy I could think of (Juan Pierre) was utilized for the Sox/Rockies cube. I think my next "Holy Hell. . ." will be dedicated to you and your personal kryponite, the Rockies. Not sure when I'll crank it out, but I'll make...

The next installment of "Holy Hell, I didn't know/don't remember that he played for that franchise!" is the Pittsburgh Pirates. Viewing the yearly rosters of the Pirates was a fascinating exercise in seeing the correlation of a strong farm system leading to success at the MLB level contrasted...

SON, you're one of my favorite posters on here and I'm just needling you here, but is there a Vikings fan alive who's advanced out of diapers that isn't aware of the long, sordid, heartbreaking history of these Vikings? Where's the reference to '75 and Armen Terzian? How bout the 41-0...

I almost pulled the trigger on Porter myself, but then remembered Tommy Lasorda's favorite utility infielder, Kurt $#%'in Bevacqua played for both the Royals & Brewers so I went with him at a cool .4%. I was headed towards a real fine overall score, but couldn't think of anyone other than Cesar...

My perfect September went down the tubes today, when I figured it was a lock that Julio Cruz was born out of country--turns out he's a NYC product. It stings to lose out on such an easy category. So, time to turn my attention to my promised featured, "Holy Hell, I didn't know/don't remember...

I like your thinking-of course, I will start sounding like Jim Boeheim around March Madness lobbying for an ever expanding field-hold on for Coolhand’s Baker Dozen squared! (169, if you don’t want to do the math 😎)

Re-watched The Apartment tonight and damned if I don’t think I’ll need to bump something from the Baker’s Dozen for this movie. I had forgotten how brilliant the whole movie is-directing, acting, screenplay-all of it. Mad Men’s spirit animal and Fred MacMurray in this movie makes Don Draper seem...

It’s a big reason I never can remember that Ken Brett was with the Twins—no Topps card cause he ended the season somewhere else.

One of my streaming services has a smattering of movies from the '70s/'80s that I had previously missed, which I'm really enjoying catching up with. Here's two of the more recent viewings I have something to share: The Long Goodbye is Robert Altman's adaptation of Raymond Chandler's classic...