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VORG Crossword Puzzle #6

Everybody’s solving for the weekend!  Over in Brooklyn, the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament is taking place.  Here at the VORG, the puzzles aren’t quite as challenging, but they DO have a lot more baseball in them! Here is the … Continue reading

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The VORG’s “Electile Dysfunction” Team

Election Day is finally here.  If you had trouble voting, be it from long lines, voter suppression efforts, ballot tampering or something similar, the VORG feels your pain.  To commemorate the difficulty in this civil process, the VORG presents its … Continue reading

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Are you ready for some Football/Baseball?

The 2012 NFL regular season has begun, but the baseball pennant races are also competing for our attention.  To address these dueling pastimes, the VORG offers you the names of current or former baseball players (1871-2011) who had a football … Continue reading

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Ballplayer Name Anagram Quiz – ANSWERS

Last time out, we gave you phrases which, when rearranged, gave you ballplayer’s names.  Now here are the answers: I’m a bug clearer. – Miguel Cabrera Better spurn shags. – Stephen Strasburg Chew cunt. Mend car. – Andrew McCutchen An … Continue reading

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Ballplayer Name Anagram Quiz

[video youtube="Jyb-dlVrrz4"] The 2012 National Scrabble Championships have now concluded.  But here at the VORG, we’ll give you some more anagramming practice. Each of the following phrases anagrams to a ballplayer’s name.  The only hint you’ll get is that each … Continue reading

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Most Popular First Names in Baseball History – by Birth Decade

I went to Target Field last week as part of the SABR annual convention, and got to see a fellow named Liam Hendriks pitch for the Twins.  Liam, while a relatively popular name in the UK, is an uncommon name … Continue reading

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