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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). Most popular first names: Tyler (34), Ryan (31), Nick (21). Longest last name: (Kyren) Gilmore-Parrott … Read moreFun with the names in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft
Sometimes you’ll be having a conversation with friends about ballplayers, and you’ll mistakenly mention someone with a very similar name to the one you are actually describing. For example, perhaps you meant to talk about the white, 46-year-old former reliever for the 1980s Orioles and a bunch of other teams, Gregg Olson. But you instead … Read moreThey Are Who We Thought They Were (with a slightly different name)
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 here in the US (William being the much more common variant). Mr. Hendriks is the … Read moreMost Popular First Names in Baseball History - by Birth Decade
I’ll leave the hard-core analysis of the recently-completed draft to the professionals. Let’s stick to the minutia of the names, shall we? There were 1,238 players drafted. Most popular last names: Smith (13), Johnson (12), Jones (9). Most popular first names: Michael (29), Tyler (23), Ryan (23). Longest last name: (Alfredo) Escalera-Maldonado (17 letters plus … Read moreFun with the names in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft
Its time for a new feature here at the VORG. A tough trivia quiz. The title of this quiz is: Initial Impressions. Every answer is the name of a person whose first name is/was initials, like R.A. Dickey, CC Sabathia, etc. Answers will be revealed tomorrow. In one of the more memorable three-for–one trades of … Read moreVORG Trivia: Initial Impressions
512 names, 514 polls, 21,092 votes cast . . . and in the end, it was the 5 foot 7, 154-pound catcher pictured above, with a career line of .223/.268/.283 in 654 plate appearances that walked away with the 2012 March Moniker Madness title. Congrats to William Martin Dillhoefer, better known as Pickles Dillhoefer! Thanks … Read moreAnd the 2012 March Moniker Madness Winner Is . . .
One semifinal was a runaway and the other was a nail-biter. In the end, Pickles Dillhoefer and Astyanax Douglass emerged victorious, and will now meet in the 2012 March Moniker Madness finals. *PDF of 64-name bracket to date* Here are the Madness finals. Voting will be open until early Tuesday morning.
It started out, as it so often does, as a simple, innocent tweet. Carrie Muskat, MLB.COM Cubs beat writer, tweeted the following Thursday afternoon: Carrie Muskat @CarrieMuskat Rotation order will be Demp, Garza, Samardzija, Volstad and Maholm. #Cubs I instantly noticed something cool/odd about that list and retweeted with this note: dianagram @dianagram … Read moreThey have an SP1 through 5, but no A,E,I,O,Us.