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Timeout: Hayden Siddhartha Finch and Joe Shlabotnik
This post also appears today under a different name on The Blog of Funny Names “It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.”–Mark Twain With Minor League Baseball’s...
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Time Out: Moniker Madness 2014
Note: This post runs concurrently under a different name on The Blog of Funny Names “Every time I sign a ball I thank my lucky stars I wasn’t born Covelski or Wambgnass or Peckingpaugh”–Mel Ott Mel...
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Ova, Ova, Ova: Funny names in the 2014 U.S. Open
As luck would have it, my second annual sojourn to the U.S. Open Tennis Championships just happens to fall on the same day as my monthly guest post on The Blog of Funny Names. This post appears there...
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Time Out: Second Annual Outerbridge Horsey Awards for the Funniest Names on...
Note: This post appeared yesterday under a different name on The Blog of Funny Names “Awards do not pay the mortgage.”–Kevin Chamberlin I’m taking a poll. All those who don’t agree with the above...
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Taylor Harry Fritz–er, or is it Fritz Harry Taylor?
Note: This post previously appeared on The Blog of Funny Names “Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row.”–Vitas Gerulaitis when he finally beat Jimmy Connors after losing to him 16 straight...
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Cosmic Quote #81: Play Ball!
“Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.”–Vin Scully Non Sequitur Ah, it’s that time of the year again. And the statistical probability is that I will be...
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Anniversary rerun: The One Millionth Run
“It’s deja vu all over again.”–Yogi Berra Today is the 38th anniversary of Bob Watson’s scoring baseball’s 1 millionth run, May 4, 1975. I expect to meet Bill Brown, author of one of the books...
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Tribute Rerun: We interrupt this blog to bring you the World Series...
I’m not a really fan of sailing–I don’t even play one on T.V. But after Team Oracle USA’s stunning comeback victory–8 consecutive race wins to retain the Americas Cup after trailing New Zealand 8-1–I...
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2013 Funny Names In Review: Introducing the Horsey Awards!
Another guest post on the Blog of Funny Names. Check out the first annual Outerbridge Horsey Awards! The Blog of Funny Names “I don’t deserve this award. But then I have arthritis and I don’t deserve...
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In Memoriam: Candlestick Park
“The trouble with this ball park is that they built it alongside the bay. They should have built it under the bay.”–Roger Maris “If I had to play here, I’d think seriously about quitting the...
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