Yours truly spotted a quirky occurrence regarding names and lengths of
words during last night’s RedSox-Phillies game. I alerted my
ESPN-aligned Twitter followers/friends to it, and a few hours later,
this happened on ESPN’s “Baseball Tonight”.
Thank you @SBerthiaumeESPN for the shout-out.
[My thanks to @bubbaprog for the video]
That is awesome.
Thanks …. it was pretty cool
Massively cool, indeed.
Thanks Marc!
What’s the most combined letters on a 25-man roster in Major League history, I wonder? The Red Sox are making a serious run, having recently added an 11-letter name (Lillibridge) to a roster that already contained a 14-letter name (Saltalamacchia), a 12-letter name (Middlebrooks), and numerous 8- and 9-letter names (Matsuzaka and Mortensen 9; Gonzalez, Atchison, Doubront, Melancon, Shoppach, McDonald 8). Their roster should get even longer with the impending return of Carl Crawford and Jacoby Ellsbury, both of whom have 8 letters and at least one of which would likely be replacing someone with a shorter name (McDonald, at 8 letters as well, has the longest name among the Sox’ outfielders, not including the utility player Lillibridge).
I wonder…
Interesting ….. I’ll take a look at that some point down the line.