Category Archives: Names

Who Needs all 26 Letters Anyway?

Posted on 14 June, 2013 by Diane

When the Royals selected Sean Manaea in the recent MLB First-Year Player draft, the VORG noticed the paucity of unique letters in his name.  You could spell his entire ten-letter name with only five distinct letters (a,e,m,n,s). Previously, we had … Continue reading →

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Fun with the names in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft

Posted on 9 June, 2013 by Diane

Just as we did with the 2012 version of this post, I’ll leave the sophisticated analysis of the recently-concluded 2013 Draft to the real experts. There were 1,216 players drafted. Most popular last names: Miller, Smith and Williams (each 11). … Continue reading →

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Players with Alphagrammatic Names

Posted on 27 May, 2013 by Diane

An alphagram of a word (or of any group of letters) consists of the word’s letters arranged in alphabetical order. For example, the alphagram of marlins is ailmnrs (no, its not “LOSING” . . . quiet down in the peanut … Continue reading →

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You Were Meant to Play for Us!

Posted on 24 April, 2013 by Diane

Friend of the VORG Rob (aka @StumpTheRob) tweeted at me a couple of nights ago: rob ‏@StumpTheRob  @dianagram Got a project for you, but it starts with this trivia ?: what do Kyle Seager and Tony Cingrani have in common? … Continue reading →

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Your Last Name is My First Name!

Posted on 20 April, 2013 by Diane

Friend of the VORG Keith DeCandido alerted me to the following Wednesday afternoon: Keith R.A. DeCandido @KRADeC Ben Francisco batting before Francisco Cervelli, and I’m wondering how often that’s happened. (Paging @dianagram….) Well, after poring over the nearly 160,000 Retrosheet … Continue reading →

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The Shortest (Named) Batteries of All-Time

Posted on 10 April, 2013 by Diane

Tuesday night saw another instance of a Dillon GEE – Cliff LEE pitching matchup, the brevity of their last names having been written about before.  In the midst of (re)publicizing that post to the Twitterverse, one of my followers noted: … Continue reading →

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March Moniker Madness 2013 – Winner

Posted on 9 April, 2013 by Diane

In outpolling Gorkys Hernandez, Yasiel Puig has become the 2013 March Moniker Madness champion.  Thanks to all who took the time to vote in the tourney!

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