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Part of the movie that makes me cringe....


Having to see Tom Selleck in a Yankees uniform. As an avid Detroit Tigers fan, as well as a Magnum P.I. (and of course Tom Selleck fan), I hate having to see that part of the movie.

Of course it's a phenomenal movie and this post is just in gest. It is, however, great to see him in a Tigers uniform at the end.

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Yeah, I thought something was out of place seeing that NY hat on his head. I rewatched this movie the other day due to interests in a upcoming trip to Japan.
For a year or so Magnum PI was my favorite show. Need to rewatch some of those terrific episodes.

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I can't stand the Yankees. The pre-free agency guys are okay. Those teams were built and developed from the farm system and with smart personnel moves. But the bought-and-payed-for teams make me sick. I guess every team is trying to do that these days. So I suppose it is the free agency that I loathe. It has ruined the game. All pro sports for that matter.

Remember Rabbit Ears with tin foil?

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I can't stand the Yankees. The pre-free agency guys are okay. Those teams were built and developed from the farm system and with smart personnel moves. But the bought-and-payed-for teams make me sick.


Before free agency, the Yankees signed high end prospects with both cash and prestige. The baseball draft was instituted in the 1960s to thwart big market teams from signing all the best prospects. The idea was to allow the teams with the worst records to draft first.

Further, when the big spenders sign a free agent, they lose a draft pick. This has enabled many small market, small salary teams to field a more competitive team.

I'm a lifelong Yankee fan, but I love when small market teams have great years. I became a fan in the mid 60s, when the Yankees were putrid. When the Yankees finally won in 77, it was the first time in my life being a Yankee fan wasn't just about trotting out the legends on old timer's day; it was about a team that didn't suck.

It's for this reason I have great empathy for teams like the Pirates that hadn't had a winning season in something like twenty years. I'm hoping the Dodgers win a World Series so my hero (Mattingly) can get a ring, if only as a manager. If they don't, I'm rooting for the Pirates.

I'd love to see the Cubs win one in my lifetime, and I actually rooted for the Red Sox in 04 after the Yankees were eliminated.

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brutal. 



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It is even weirder now to me to see a young Frank Thomas in a Yankees uniform. Tom Selleck gave me a Don Mattingly-like vibe, since this was about the time Donnie baseball's career was starting to go on the bad side. I guess it was the mustache.

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He reminded me more of Keith Hernandez, the Mets first-baseman in the 1980s

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