Monday Mopup, 2-8-2021

                 Was there ever a doubt?

Tom Brady once again showed why he's the best that's ever played the position of QB in the history of the NFL, as he led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a Super Bowl Championship over the KC Chiefs, 31-9.

For a long, long, time, my favorite All-Time QB was the great Johnny Unitas, the Baltimore Colts HOFer who called his own plays in career that included back to back NFL Championships in 1958/'59, but as Brady continued to win, and win again, and again, Johnny has slid into my #2 position.

Say what you will, I know there's all the haters out there, but the simple fact is that Brady is the undisputed best ever, and his leaving the New England Patriots to go to play for the Bucs, winning his 7th Super Bowl, just cemented that fact.

I'm hoping I get this for my Birthday in a couple of weeks.

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Mrs. Brady posted this pic before the big game on Sunday night.

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The NFL announced the newest members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday night, and two of my favorites, Charles Woodson, and Calvin Johnson, were included.

🦁🏈 Johnson getting in on the 1st ballot was a win for every Lions fan who saw the greatest receiver in team history play every week.

👉 Maybe the voters realized that the "Calvin Johnson Rule" was such an injustice that they had to get "Megatron" in to let the NFL know that the rule stunk from the beginning, and, still, to this day, no fan knows if a catch is truly a catch.

💛💙🏈 Charles Woodson, the former Heisman Trophy Winner from Michigan, and Super Bowl Champ, was also elected to Canton.

That will give the Wolverines 11 former players on the HOF, the most in Big Ten history.

⚾ Oh, yeah, and there's some baseball stuff...

Trevor Bauer signed with the Dodgers, just when it looked as if he was headed to play for the Mets.

🔥I'm no fan of the 2020 N.L. Cy Young Award Winner, but, heck, his agent is pretty hot. 

Rachel Luba.

⚾🖊️ Here's a look at each big league clubs Best FREE AGENT signings,, from MLB

com.

The Tigers choice is in the article is outfielder Robbie Grossman, who signed a two year deal with Detroit in January. 

This is a decent signing for my Tigers, as Grossman is a solid veteran ballplayer who should help shore up both the batting order, and the outfield defense.

😢 The baseball community was devastated to learn of the sudden passing of reporter Pedro Gomez on Sunday, at the age of 58.

🐯 Pedro was a terrific reporter on ESPN, who, as a young boy growing up in the late 1960s, who, because of his grandfather, learned to love the Detroit Tigers. 

👍 Tim Kirkjian, long time colleague of Gomez, says that he especially loved the 1968 Tigers, and would take any chance he could to talk about them, including daily text quizzes to as Kirkjian if he could name the Tigers in a photo he sent. 

Well, that's it for today, this post has taken me almost 12 hours, on, and off, to write, and I'm pooped, and ready for the news, and late night TV.

1️⃣9️⃣6️⃣1️⃣ Before I finish up, be on the lookout for a very special Tigers Card Tuesday! tomorrow, it's pretty darn cool. 😎

Play BALL! ⚾