"Going Off The Grid" is a weekly survey of sports execs and personalities offering their thoughts on a handful of pressing (and trivial) issues in sports and pop culture. This week, our panelists discuss their favorite MLB postseason memories and the scariest Stephen King books and movies.
- CBS Sports Exec VP/Operations & Engineering Patty Power
-- Favorite new hobby is visiting her freshman son at Boston College.
- Rays VP/Player Development & Int'l Scouting Carlos Rodriguez
-- Has run several marathons and also climbed the Great Wall of China.
- UFC Fight Pass VP & GM Crowley Sullivan
-- Was the lead singer in a rock band all through college.
- PointsBet U.S. CEO Johnny Aitken
-- Favorite TV shows include HBO's "Barry" and Showtime's "The Loudest Voice."
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Scariest Stephen King book/movie? |
Go-to fast food item |
Best MLB postseason memory? |
Best Twitter follow in sports? |
No. 1 sport in the U.S. in 25 years? |
 Power |
"Misery"
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Starbucks egg bites
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Yankees-Mets '00 World Series
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Megan Rapinoe
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NFL
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Rodriguez |
"The Shining"
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Chick-Fil-A spicy chicken sandwich
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Evan Longoria's walkoff HR in game 162 in '11
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Pitching Ninja
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Baseball
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Sullivan
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The one where Kathy Bates takes the sledgehammer to Sonny Corleone
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Arby's roast beef & cheddar
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Cubs' '16 World Series title
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Rex Chapman. Everyone else is minor league
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Jet-pack racing
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Aitken |
Book: "Cujo"
Movie: "It"
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KFC -- big fan of The Colonel
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Luis Gonzalez' Series-winning hit in '01
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Allen Iverson
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Basketball
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