Gopherballs
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Extra from Little Big League. I watch baseball, college football, and TV. Cup of Coffee subscriber. “Critical Spirit” — Dayton Moore, former Kansas City Royals General Manager
Taco Bell now down to combining four ingredients in a totally new way. We need an update, @theonion.com
When they get to the part about trying to figure out how fast the bison could close the distance, it unintentionally turns into the “unladen swallows” bit from Holy Grail.
We had the board game from Milton Bradley and played it long after the show was off the air and until we wore it out.
Hazy memories of: -flags and bunting everywhere -ad and packaging bicentennial tie-ins (saved a fancy Spirit of 76 syrup bottle) -bicentennial stickers -Ben Franklin, pop culture icon -got a bank similar to this one for saving special 1976 quarters and silver dollars (not allowed to spend)
One of the funniest “you would not believe this happened unless you lived through the 1990s” was the brief period of time when the Colorado Rockies cap was the hottest thing around even though they had not played a game yet. Black and purple and being the first new team in decades had a moment
We got one of the in-laws’ sets as a wedding gift, but they also registered us for the missing pieces, so we kept getting envelopes like this every month for the next decade or so.
The one time I went to Hawaii as a kid we rode a bus that went right by Aloha Stadium on a day the Islanders were playing. This was me when I caught just a glimpse of the multi-colored stands.
I prefer their earlier incarnation as Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters.
My kid discovered Mad Men, and I got to enjoy their delightful reaction when Pete Campbell gets his first of many comeuppances.