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When I was in my late teens, I liked Kent Hrbek. He was a boy playing for his hometown team. He hit homeruns. He did interesting things on the field. He was a good player for a horrendously bad team (at least they were when he joined them in the early 80s). I liked that … Read moreGood “Chemistry” in this Clubhouse
My Twitter friend docworn (proprietor of the nifty Tigers blog “Walkoff Woodward“) was annoyed by some of the justifications BBWAA members were giving for including or excluding certain players from their Hall of Fame ballot. He exclaimed: Joshua Worn @docworn I would like some1 to do a mock HOF ballot based on surnames with HOF … Read moreLet’s put the “HOF” back in the Hall of Fame!
You might have missed this minor transaction from this morning’s sports section, but the Washington Nationals now possess a true “4-A” player, as Atahualpa Severino was recalled from the minors today. Just who or what IS an “Atahualpa“: Atahualpa, Atahuallpa, Atabalipa, or Atawallpa (March 20, 1497 – July 26, 1533), was the last Sapa Inca … Read moreGreat Names in Baseball History: A true “4-A” player
So we’ve been through the guys whose names are acceptable in Scrabble. But what about the guys whose names are worth the most points in Scrabble? We’re not going to concern ourselves with those names that can’t be formed with the standard English distribution of tiles. So, nobody with two Zs in their name are … Read moreBest Players with Tiles in Scoring Position
The Tigers called up reliever Alberto (Al) Alburquerque this week. Now, I’m not the only blogger with a fondness for great names, but what struck me about this fellow beyond the name’s alliteration was the matched sequence of the first three letters in the first and last names. Lets hear it for tautograms! You know … Read moreI’m “All In” for Alliteration, Alberto Alburquerque!
As a tournament Scrabbler, I spend a lot of time anagramming. That hobby trickles into my day-to-day activities, as I often find myself passing street signs and rearranging the letters. So it should come as no surprise that I like to anagram baseball player names. Sometimes there is nothing really wonderful to be done with … Read moreThe Anagrammatical Beauty of Warner Madrigal
If you listen to NPR’s Weekend Edition on Sundays, you are familiar with “Puzzlemaster” Will Shortz’s puzzles. Shortz offers a challenge for the listeners to solve, and a randomly selected correct respondent gets to come on the show the following week. Well, I’m going to put on my Value Over Replacement Grit “Puzzlemaster” hat and … Read moreVORG’s version of an NPR Weekend Edition “Sunday Puzzle”