Here is Part 1 of the final Round 1 group in March Moniker Madness, the “Mom and Dad” region*. After some feedback, we decided to break this group into two parts, so voters don’t need to spend so long looking at names in a single post. Part 2 of this group will go up in … Read more
Wednesday is Leap Day and to “celebrate”, the VORG hereby presents the single-season record holders specifically restricted to Leap Years. I limited this to post-1900, if you’re wondering . . . STAT LEADER RECORD YEAR AVG Rogers Hornsby .424 1924 OBP Barry Bonds .609 2004 SLG Babe Ruth .847 1920 OPS Barry Bonds 1.422 2004 … Read more
As of tomorrow we’ll have two regions down and two to go in the first round of March Moniker Madness. For now we’ll start the “Spelling Bee” region. Voting in this region will be open through 7:30 PM Eastern Wednesday evening. Once again, the letter and numbers to the left of the name are NOT … Read more
Results of the Round of 512 in the “Sounds Dirty” region are now final. The 32 winners move into the round of 256 next week. Here are the final tallies: SD-40 Dickie Thon (73%, 56 Votes) SD-39 Dickie Noles (27%, 21 Votes) Total Voters: 77 SD-17 Butch Huskey (88%, 66 Votes) SD-16 Butch Edge (12%, … Read more
So as the first round of the “Sounds Dirty” region winds down (you have until 11:30 PM Eastern Thursday evening to vote), let’s offer up first round matchups in the “Fun to Say” division. Voting in this region will be open through 8:00 PM Eastern Sunday evening. Once again, the letter and numbers to the … Read more
OK here we go. This group of polls (the first round in the “Sounds Dirty” region) will close Thursday evening at approximately 11:30 PM Eastern. The letters and numbers prior to each person’s name is NOT a seed. Its for my clerical purposes only. Enjoy! (Prior update)
After poring over at least 600 names via e-mail/comments and scouring the Lahman database, the field of 512 (!) names is set for the “March Moniker Madness”. Some comments before we get started: The four regions (each 128 names) are: “Sounds Dirty”, “Fun to Say”, “Spelling Bee” and “What were Mom and Dad thinking?”. Some … Read more
(Note: Some of this originally appeared in my piece in the “Lasting Yankee Stadium Memories” anthology) My parents were divorced in 1965, when I was two years old. In the prior couple of years, my father had begun exhibiting signs of mental illness, and my mother, knee-deep in her own issues with a child (me) … Read more