To our business first.
Rushmore of baseball brothers: Paul and Lloyd Waner are the only brothers to both be in the Hall, so they are there. The DiMaggios likely would have had two in Cooperstown if the youngest of the three Dom, who was a career .298 hitter, had not missed four seasons in WWII. After that give me Roberto and Sandy Alomar, and of all the great pitching brothers out there, I’ll take the Neikros, who combined for 539 wins, a record for brothers.
Rushmore of Steve: Sports version, Steve Young, Steve Spurrier, Steve Carlton and Steve Sabol of NFL Films who is a sneaky all-time NFL Rushmore candidate to be honest. (All apologies to Steve Garvey, the father of our country who was my first favorite ballplayer.) Non-sports: Steve McQueen, Steve Austin, Steve Jobs and Steve Martin (and whoever suggested that “The Jerk” is one of the funniest movies ever, you are spot on). And buckets if we used Steven/Stephen this one becomes all-time hard.
Rushmore of Must-see tourist things in these United States: Statue of Liberty, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone (or Jellystone if you have a pic-a-nic basket), D.C.’s history.
Rushmore of memorable movie court scenes: The “Now imagine she’s white” scene in “Time to Kill” is strong. And the movie took more than a few million liberties with the protocols and dialogue between offices, but the “You can’t handle the truth” scene from “A Few Good Men” is there too. Atticus Finch deserves a spot. And with all due respect to “Scent of a Woman” and “Liar, Liar” and even the inspired call of “Primal Fear” — hey why did Ed Norton not become a bigger star? — the soft spot in my heart for “My Cousin Vinnie” wins the final spot.