Four Baggers and Foreclosures

Come on people!  Royce Lewis is here! Going into the 2022 season, I made a semi-serious pact with myself to quickly pump out a Royce Lewis story to coincide with his Major League debut. An unexpected injury to unexpected Twins shortstop, Carlos Correa, meant that time was sooner than expected. Now sitting at the top of the depth chart, we needed a shortstop immediately, and Lewis was excelling at AAA St. Paul. His first month at that level was promising... After missing two key seasons of development, can Royce Lewis perform at the Major League level? Now is our chance to find out. I distinctly remember sitting on the couch of my luxury Greenwood Point apartment, in Englewood, Colorado, getting ready to watch the 2017 Major League Baseball Draft. The Minnesota Twins had the first overall pick, because they were beyond awful in 2016. It was only the third time the Twins had the first overall draft pick. 2009 O Pee Chee - Joe Mauer In 2001, they took hometown hero, Joe Mauer. Who had...

Pro-Wrasslin has long been my go-to for "shut your brain off and stare at it" entertainment. Traditionally, there's usually a few good things mixed in with a whole bunch of bad. Which could range from poorly executed ideas, to just plain poor ideas. Yes, I'm well aware that it's pre-determined, just like all of "reality" television is. I know the fights aren't real, and a lot of the time, it's all just stupid.  But I still follow along to varying degrees, depending if there's anything that holds my interest. The last few years, that interest has been at an all time low. So I figured it may be a good time to look at some of the current crop of pro-wrasslin cards? After all, that market seems to really taking off over the last couple of years. That tagline comes courtesy of my friend, Scott, some 35 or so years ago. I don't even remember the story behind it, or the context in which the in-joke was born. Only that he wrote it down on his 10t...