Monthly Archives: December 2012

The Most Memorable Names Project – Cal McLish

Posted on 27 December, 2012 by Diane

CAL MCLISH Birth name: Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish Position: Pitcher Height/Weight: 6′, 179 lb. Born: December 1, 1925 in Anadarko, OK Years active in the Majors: 1944, 1946-1949, 1951, 1956-1964 Family tree: father John, mother Lula, brothers Thomas, … Continue reading →

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The Most Memorable Names Project – Bris Lord

Posted on 24 December, 2012 by Diane

BRIS LORD Birth name: Bristol Robotham Lord Position: Outfielder Height/Weight: 5′ 9″, 185 lb. Born: September 21, 1883 in Upland, PA Years active in the Majors: 1905-1907, 1909-1913 Family tree: father Bristol, mother Ida, brother William, sister Sarah, wife Bertha, … Continue reading →

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The Last Baseball Game Ever Played by Your Team?

Posted on 20 December, 2012 by Diane

So tomorrow is apparently the last day on Earth for all of us, at least to some of us.  If that is indeed the case, here is how every team finished up their 2012 (and final) season. Here are the … Continue reading →

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Announcing “The Most Memorable Names Project”

Posted on 19 December, 2012 by Diane

If you are a loyal reader of the VORG, you know I love baseball player names.  I love to anagram them, figure out their Scrabble score, calculate their percentage of vowels and host a 512-name NCAA-like tournament to determine the … Continue reading →

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The VORG “All-Punctuation Mark” Team

Posted on 18 December, 2012 by Diane

Late last week, while the Twitterverse waited for the finalization of the “R.A. Dickey to the Blue Jays” trade, Gar Ryness, better known to the world as “Batting Stance Guy“, tweeted the following: If R.A. Dickey is traded for Travis … Continue reading →

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Twelve to the Third Powerhitter

Posted on 12 December, 2012 by Diane

So in case you’ve been asleep all day, today is “12-12-12″.  The VORG is celebrating by giving you the players with the most “twelveness” in a season, based on their major batting stat categories: Let’s start off by stating that … Continue reading →

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Ron Blomberg and “Sabbathmetrics”

Posted on 7 December, 2012 by Diane

Saturday night marks the beginning of Chanukah, the eight-day Jewish celebration commemorating the rededication during the second century B.C. of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, where according to legend Jews had risen up against their Greek-Syrian oppressors in the Maccabean … Continue reading →

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