#1ShaneMackFan

Adam Scott and Scott Aukerman. First it was called "U Talking U2 2 Me?" When they finished U2, it was called "RU Talking REM Re:ME?" Now they are on "You Talkin' Talking Heads to my Talking Head?" And there have been a few in between. They are hilarious, pick great bands, and actually know a lot about music and the subjects they cover. They also have a lot of nonsense. Some hits, and some misses.

Great stat. Maybe they are a lot of pitchers who would succeed that way now as well, but we'll never know, because no one is allowed to pitch like that anymore.

Or even a game or two...

Then why have playoffs at all? Crown the team with the best record.

And those are on top of the goose bumps from the end of the 5th inning where Morris got a huge K and showed the first big emotional response of the night with his own fist pump/arm swing.

I don't care what the stats say. This list isn't complete without Didi Gregorious and Edwin Encarnacion.

Mack vs. Bruno at #24 is one of the more competitive ones. They played a similar amount of time and both contributed big time to a WS championship. The general public remembers Brunansky more and he will have the connection to the '80's teams who came up together and brought championship #1. But I think Mack was the better overall player.

Pedro Munoz. I thought he was the next Puckett. I thought with Mack, Puckett, and Munoz, we would have the best outfield in the game for years. He had his moments, but obviously it never really worked out.

Just watched Game 2. It's like a whole different universe. 8th inning and the game is tied. Tapani is still in with runners on 1st and 3rd and 1 out with Gant and Justice up. HE'S STILL IN???!! Today, not only is he no way allowed to pitch in that situation, he was probably pulled 2 innings prior. And he got out of it. What a joy to watch. Leius's home run clears the fence by a couple inches. The crown goes nuts for about 5 minutes. No words spoken by McCarver or Buck the whole time. It is pandemonium and they shut up like they should. It was also great to see every home run led to a curtain call. Leius, Chili, Herbie in game 1 (I missed checking to see if Gagne did it, but he had to considering the rest did. Chili's was a first inning curtain call!) I love that series. I was thinking today of amazing games 3-4 were too, and how excruciating it was to lose. But if we win 1 or both of those, we are robbed of the ultimate drama in games 6-7. In hindsight, it was all worth it. The series was basically perfection.

The Chili home run in game three was one of my favorites, even in a losing effort. That was heart pumping. I think my "favorite" play of all was the 3-2-3 DP in game 7. Herbie's fist/arm pump give me goosebumps every single time. So mush drama and intensity. What does it say about this series that the decoy play and Galdden's double aren't even on the list? Then there are the great Braves plays like the end of games 3-4, Mark Lemke, etc... Simply amazing.

That's how I remember it.

I am sure someone can go into specific details, but that is not how I remember it. I don't remember the Twins letting him go. I remember him going to Japan because of the strike. And that killed me.

Wow. That is amazing.

Do you have Frikadeller ever? That's another of our favorites. And Junket. Those were the big ones my mom would make anytime. Delicious.

We don't generally have it anymore. But it used to be every Christmas Eve.