tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9419556099024232952024-03-13T16:14:34.760-07:00totally random garbagewhatever current obsessions don't fit in my other blogsCliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.comBlogger175125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941955609902423295.post-34073882247384608132024-03-08T10:39:00.000-08:002024-03-10T08:08:49.492-07:00Premier League Boobie Prizes<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Everybody knows who the winningest teams are, the greatest
players, the biggest matches, etc. Well, how about on the other side? What’s
the worst?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Two points of methodology:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">There are only 20 teams in the EPL at any one time, so I’m
expanding my data set to include any team that has played in the EPL since its
inception in 1992.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">I’m focusing on the stuff that doesn’t really matter – club
names, mascots, logos, etc. </span></li></ul><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Stupidest Club Name<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sheffield Wednesday - n</span><span style="font-family: arial;">othing else even comes close.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Now, if you’re familiar with this club, you may also be
familiar with how that name came about. It’s really pretty simple …</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sheffield Wednesday took their name from a local cricket
club that just so happened to play their games … drum roll, please … on Wednesdays.
Both the cricket and football clubs are some of the oldest out there (1820 and
1867, respectively), by the way.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The
team was originally known as the Wednesday Football Club. They switched to
Sheffield Wednesday to distinguish themselves from Sheffield United.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Interestingly, their mascot is an owl. And that undoubtedly
came from their move to a suburb called Owlerton.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Dumbest Nickname<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Boy, there sure was a lot of competition for this. You’ve
got your West Brom Baggies, AKA the Throstles. You’ve got your Wimbledon
Wombles (though they became the Milton Keynes Dons in 2004).</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">You’ve got your Portsmouth Pompey (after a
nickname for the city itself). And you’ve got your Reading Biscuitmen (from
local biscuit makers Huntley & Palmer).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">I’ve got to go, though, with the Everton Toffeemen. Now,
there happens to be no large toffee factory in Everton. I checked. There are,
though, a couple of shops near the stadium that sold the treat. Really, though,
it’s all a bit of a mystery.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">However it came about, Everton embraced it. They even went
so far as to have a girl go around the stands before a game tossing sweets into
the crowd.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately, those sweets were Everton mints. And that’s a
kind of candy that is pure sugar and has absolutely no toffee inside them
whatsoever. Go figure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Guess they should have been called the Mintmen, or the Minters, or the Minty Boys, or something like that.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Goofiest Grounds<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">More stiff competition here as well. This time, though, I
think I’m going to give everyone a gold star.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Bolton </b>– Toughsheet Comm Stadium. What the heck is “toughsheet”?
Actually, it’s a brand of building products. Kind of like a British Tyvek, I
would imagine.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Bradford </b>– Valley Parade. Named after the neighborhood in
which the grounds were sited. The neighborhood, in turn, was named after a flat
area (i.e., perhaps used as a parade ground) nestled in a valley.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Fulham </b>– Craven Cottage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Was built on the site of an old hunting lodge, built by the 6<sup>th</sup>
Lord Craven, in 1780. After that succumbed to fire in 1888, Fulham FC moved in.
</span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">As for that last one, I’ve got 2 fun facts:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Author
Edward Bulwer-Lyton lived in the cottage for awhile</span></span></li><li><span style="mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fulham’s
nickname are, of course, the Cottagers</span></span> </li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYaGz7wIdbHqJ2ajmrBar3lXZb4b1joDOyLE5hdW5cF7qmml7rhfhLBWW7RyoDOy0JVod94hA4SAVWqoZrLiO4cCnWZ-ztb4NcerpNakRduU21Dl1_N0U6EXJ5mWWJs-HSfv3rUY1QEhOdk2BHLmmA0Nj_jkjAJYsial0h2tanaImwiuKi-1xUNK7uoUI/s318/craven.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="318" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYaGz7wIdbHqJ2ajmrBar3lXZb4b1joDOyLE5hdW5cF7qmml7rhfhLBWW7RyoDOy0JVod94hA4SAVWqoZrLiO4cCnWZ-ztb4NcerpNakRduU21Dl1_N0U6EXJ5mWWJs-HSfv3rUY1QEhOdk2BHLmmA0Nj_jkjAJYsial0h2tanaImwiuKi-1xUNK7uoUI/s1600/craven.jpg" width="318" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One of the quainter grounds out there</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Dorkiest Logo<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Once again, we’ve got a couple of candidates. Bolton’s, for
instance is just super lame:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">And Bournemouth’s is just plain weird:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Why, for example, is there a moose on it? I mean, the team’s
nickname is the Hornets after all, right? And why is that moose red? Finally,
why is that moose so poorly drawn?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Well, the Interwebs can explain it all.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">First, that thing is a hart, a male red deer.
These animals, which are native to Britain, look primarily like an elk. Also,
they’re not quite as bright red as on the logo. To wit:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As for why that’s on the logo
in the first place, the Internet is telling me it’s on the coat of arms for
Herefordshire, where Watford is located. Except that’s actually - and no mistake about it - a bull:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Thanks for nothing, Interwebs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Lamest Motto<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Not every club has a motto. Those that do typically have
something in Latin. They usually equate to something boring and predictable
like “Skill and Work” (Blackburn), “Pride in Battle” (Man City), and “Wisdom and Courage” (Sheffield Wednesday).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Swindon Town seems to have the best one here, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Salubritas
et Industria.</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> And if you’re Latin’s a little rusty, that means “Health and
Industry.” Now, that also happens to be the motto of Swindon itself. It speaks, of course,
for the heavy industry in the area, but also for Swindon’s being a model for
the NHS. Not so sure, though, that that’s a such a great choice for their
football club.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">BTW, that’s supposed to be a robin (a nickname for the team)
in the upper left quarter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Worst Unis</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Not counting away kits or 3</span><sup style="font-family: arial;">rd</sup><span style="font-family: arial;"> colors here, as
those can be all sorts of craziness (and seem to change every season besides). Home
unis, though, seem to stick around forever.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Once again, I’m having a hard time picking choosing from
among several candidates. So, here they are:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Blackburn </b>– look like jockeys</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Sheffield </b>– kinda like gondoliers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Stoke </b>– a definite barbershop quartet vibe</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Newcastle </b>– look exactly like basketball refs</span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">And here’s what they actually look like, in order:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wow! There are so many of these. I’m going to have to come
up with a separate post. Stay tuned.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941955609902423295.post-58246279562567649312024-02-03T08:41:00.000-08:002024-02-15T08:06:45.428-08:00The Real Streets of Monopoly<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Everybody’s familiar with them – Oriental Avenue, Marvin
Garden, Park Place … Not everyone, though, knows these are real places. Yup,
Atlantic City has them all.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Of course, they’re not the same streets they were back when
Monopoly first came out, in the 1930s. Atlantic City has fallen on some pretty
hard times, both before and after gambling was legalized.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Let’s take a look at what those streets look like today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Mediterranean Avenue</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Oriental Avenue<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Vermont Ave.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Connecticut Ave.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>St Charles Place<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">This street actually does not exist anymore. It was replaced
in full by the Showboat Casino.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>States Ave.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Virginia Ave.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>St James Place.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tennessee Ave.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>New York Ave.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Kentucky Ave.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yup, those are homeless.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Indiana Ave.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Illinois<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Illinois doesn’t exist anymore. It is now MLK Blvd.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Atlantic Ave.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ventnor Ave.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Marvin Gardens<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Actually not in Atlantic City at all, but in Margate City,
two towns over. Also, it’s properly spelled “Marven.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Pacific Ave.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>North Carolina Ave.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTE5-FVlbnYdzp9mzSnwRrFdMS4X8RSPH_-UGNauPHSDXmkFAV-VkiVibYXJ0gfUL8YBUkpePQI2Jh-LOo06JnfP_yANdKQMZauatmOdTlMkrmEoruU0FdnZDtaNIMa9Y65EHhZbRbn2jjljZQMajXlOWQXvOTA1XZX7f9aDFYq1V3I6N96E4DtAa8Wpb/s780/pa.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="780" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTE5-FVlbnYdzp9mzSnwRrFdMS4X8RSPH_-UGNauPHSDXmkFAV-VkiVibYXJ0gfUL8YBUkpePQI2Jh-LOo06JnfP_yANdKQMZauatmOdTlMkrmEoruU0FdnZDtaNIMa9Y65EHhZbRbn2jjljZQMajXlOWQXvOTA1XZX7f9aDFYq1V3I6N96E4DtAa8Wpb/w400-h190/pa.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p>Yup, that does appear to be an abandoned church.</div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Park Place<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hard to believe, but I didn’t find any shots of desolation
here. And that’s partly because 1) it’s so darn short, and 2) it’s still a very
nice part of town.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Boardwalk<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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the teams </span><i style="font-family: arial;">are</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> in England.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">At the same time, it’s also the most competitive league in
the world. And I’m sure you can think of many players – and coaches – who are definitely
not English.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">So, let’s take a look see …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">NOTE:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do realize
England does not include Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, or even the Isle of
Man. Nevertheless, I will be including them here. It's just going to make it all so much simpler.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ownership<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">This seems like the most obvious play to start. I mean, they’re
all oil sheiks, aren’t they?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Surprisingly, it’s the US, with 40%. They also seem to have
cornered most of the heavy hitters – MANU (the Glazer family), Liverpool (John
Henry), Chelsea and Arsenal. There are, though, several smaller clubs –
Fullham, Palace, Bournemouth …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The UK, though, does come in second behind them, with 25%. The
biggest team here is undoubtedly Tottenham, with others including smaller clubs
like West Ham, Brighton, and Brentford.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The only other country that isn’t a one-off is Saudi Arabia.
They’ve been plowing their petro cash into Newcastle and Sheffield. The former
is owned by SA’s sovereign fund, with the latter controlled by a member of the
royal family.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One Prince Abdullah, to be exact<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Oil money is, of course, also funding Man City, owned by a
consortium from the UAE. Other one-offs include China (Wolves), Egypt (Villa),
Monaco (Everton), and Greece (Forest).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Not too surprisingly, UK ownership gets larger for the
lesser leagues:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Championship – 33%</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">League One – 85%</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">League Two – 85%</span></li></ul><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Managers<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another obvious place to look is managers. They <i>seem</i>
to be from all over Europe – Klopp, Ten Hag, Guardiola … And off the top of my
head, the only English one I can think of is Roy Hodgson (though I forget which
club he’s with this year).</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Well, at least the UK has a plurality here, at 35%. This
does, indeed, include Hodgson, at Palace. The rest, though, are neither
well-known nor at the top clubs. As for the former, David Moyes and Sean Dyche
are the only ones I’m familiar with. As for the latter, we’ve got Everton,
Newcastle, Wolves …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Roy Hodgson, CBE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The #2 position here is held by Spain, at 20%. And that
includes Man City (Guardiola), Arsenal (Arteta), Villa, and Bournemouth. Spain
shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, the only other country that has
multiple managers in the EPL, with 2.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">There are as many one-offs as there are English managers. These
include some heavy hitters – Germany (Klopp), the Netherlands (Ten Hag),
Argentina (Chelsea), as well as Belgium, Denmark, and even Australia. A little surprised
Italy only had one. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Herr Doktor Klopp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">As for the other leagues, the same rule holds as for
ownership, but even more so:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Championship – 54%</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">League One – 92%</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">League Two – 96%</span></li></ul><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Sponsorship<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sponsorships are funny. There are a number of them. The most
obvious one, though, is what appears on the jersey. So, let's go with that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">This one comes closest to a majority, with UK companies
representing 45% of the total. Interestingly, most of those are gambling
operations, typically set up on the Isle of Man (and representing Chinese
money, where gambling is illegal). I’d say the only really well-known British
company here is Liverpool’s Standard & Chartered, an insurance company.
They’ve actually sponsored the club since 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The US and the UAE both have 2 sponsorships. For the US,
this includes the well-known Amex (Brighton) and the rather obscure Infinite
Athlete (Chelsea). For the UAE, we’ve got 2 airlines, Emirates (Arsenal) and
Etihad (Man City).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">One-offs represent 35% of the total, and are kind of all
over the place. We’ve got Germany (TeamViewer, MANU) and the Phillipines
(Dafabet, Bournemouth). There’s China (Tottenham, AIA) and South Africa
(Hollywood Bets, Brentford). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">As you can tell from some of those companies, betting is
important here as well. Indeed, 40% of all sponsors make their money off of
gambling. The 2026 season will change all that, though, when betting companies
will not be allowed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sorry, no easy place to access the sponsorships for the
other leagues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Clubs<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Well, I guess one final place to look is at the players
themselves. Now, I’m not going to do this for all 20 teams. Even I have
(something) of a life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">I thought what I might do, though, is look at the top and
bottom clubs, and see what we get. For Liverpool, it looks like this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">For them, it looks like almost half (41%) are one-offs.
These include some stars as well – namely, Salah (Egypt) and Darwin Nunez
(Uruguay).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nice hair, dude</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The UK does come in 2<sup>nd</sup>, though, at 30%. The only
star here, however, is Trent Alexander-Arnold. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Spain and the Netherlands both have 3 players (11% each),
with Virgil van Dijk being the only real name. Brazil has two, with Alisson
being the much better known one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">On the other hand, of the clubs lowest 6 in minutes played,
5 are Brits. The top 6 in minutes played are all foreigners.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Now let’s take a look at the bottom of the table – namely,
Sheffield.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk5Mop1KfG5IlfltdD-G0Nll4kJMc_vqUsfI9IkCG3jRhECB1qTET9DIfE2Rpo_LgRFKGi8qjynlKCoMU6-97O0nCEtRwSy81tc7Qxxh2OYiwdzdmxqHZhMz3MQhdXORAAQQjnWMdIqI3Liq8yo7n5WsO_9HRlL-9GlbWdHDna2X0qic9N5QIIcWlB1T_x/s337/sheff.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="260" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk5Mop1KfG5IlfltdD-G0Nll4kJMc_vqUsfI9IkCG3jRhECB1qTET9DIfE2Rpo_LgRFKGi8qjynlKCoMU6-97O0nCEtRwSy81tc7Qxxh2OYiwdzdmxqHZhMz3MQhdXORAAQQjnWMdIqI3Liq8yo7n5WsO_9HRlL-9GlbWdHDna2X0qic9N5QIIcWlB1T_x/s320/sheff.png" width="247" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">As you can see, we do have a majority of Brits. Though I
can’t say I know </span><i style="font-family: arial;">any</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> Blades, I do see that their top 10 in minutes
played include 6 Brits. Among the others are a Yank, Brazilian, Dutchman, and
Bosnian. On the other hand, the bottom 12 also includes 10 Brits.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s true!</span><o:p></o:p></p>Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941955609902423295.post-12406550725612735772023-12-26T12:49:00.000-08:002023-12-28T09:17:36.127-08:00NFLers from Elite Schools<p><span style="font-family: arial;">I did this once with <a href="https://totallyrandomgarbage.blogspot.com/2017/01/nerd-baseball-superstars-top.html">baseball</a>. The idea was to see who were
the best players from the brainiest, most elite schools out there. So, why not do football?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">One thing before we get started... So, to get on this list, you’re going to have to have
some alumni actually <i>make </i>the NFL. And that eliminates MIT, Johns Hopkins, CMU,
Emory, and Cal Tech.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Let’s see how the rest shake out. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Swarthmore</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ned Wilcox, OB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">I always thought Swarthmore was a girls school. Bad on me.
It was, though, one of the first co-educational institutions out there. Another
thing that makes it unique is there is no grad school.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s one of the Little Ivys, and has been voted the top
liberal arts school in the country a number of times. Alumni include five Nobel
Prize winners and 11 MacArthur Foundation Fellows.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">At one time, it was a big football school, along with the other
private schools in the Northeast. In the early 1920s, though, the program was geared
back in favor of academics. And in 2000, football was eliminated altogether.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Swarthmore has only 5 NFL alumni. I picked Ned Wilcox as the
best of the 5 based solely on the number of games he played in – 26 total, 17
as a starter. He played for 2 years, 1926 and 1927, for the Frankford Yellow
Jackets.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">And, yes, that is indeed an NFL team. In fact, they won the
championship in 1926, one of the years Wilcox played with them. Frankford is a
suburb of Philadelphia, and the team was basically the first representative of
Philly in the NFL. They folded in 1931, just 2 years before the Eagles entered
the league. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">That’s our man, last row, 2<sup>nd</sup> from the right<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Georgetown<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Augie Lio, OL/K/P<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">With due respect to Notre Dame and Boston College,
Georgetown is the most elite Catholic school out there. This Jesuit-run school
in DC was founded in 1789, and lists 28 Rhodes Scholars, 429 Fulbright
Scholars, 8 billionaires, 2 Supreme Court Justices, 2 Presidents, and 14
foreign heads of state among their alumni. It’s also produced more U.S.
diplomats than any other school.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">I think we’re all familiar with their basketball team. Though
the football team dates back to 1874 and made an Orange Bowl appearance in 1941,
it’s seen some pretty hard times as of late. In fact, the program was suspended
from 1951 to 1970. Offering no scholarships, they’ve only had one winning
season since 2000.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">That said, they do have a fair amount of NFL alumni – 59, to
be exact. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Augie Lio is probably the
best. He played for 7 years, from 1941 to 1947. An offensive lineman, he was
also a kicker/punter, and was selected to the Pro Bowl twice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lio became an award-winning sportswriter after hanging up
his cleats.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Augie’s
full name was Agostine Salvatore.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Univ of Chicago<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Solly Sherman, QB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Probably the best university not on either coast, the
University of Chicago has turned out an incredible 99 Nobel laureates. It was
also the site of the first nuclear reactor and is the home of radiocarbon
dating.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Interestingly, it was also once known for its football team.
Coached by Hall of Famer Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons were a founding member
of the Big 10, winning 7 conference titles. The team was disbanded in 1939, however,
in an attempt to emphasize academics. It was reinstated 30 years later, in Div
III.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 3.65in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A local boy, Solly Sherman played
for the University of Chicago and also for the Chicago Bears. Though he was
with the latter for only 2 seasons (leaving to fight in WWII), he made the Pro
Bowl for one of those. Probably his lasting legacy, though, was teaching the then-novel
T formation to Sid Luckman (see below), who used it power a HoF career.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Solly, whose real name was Saul, lived to the ripe old age
of 93. And, yes, he was indeed Jewish.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tufts<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mark Buben, NT/DE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">There are so many good schools in Boston that I think Tufts often
gets overlooked. Like Georgetown, it’s known in particular for its
international relations program. Alumni & faculty include 3 Nobel Laureates,
12 Pulitzer winners, 5 governors, 2 senators, 4 Emmy winners, 3 Oscar winners, 17
Fulbright scholars & 4 Rhodes scholars. Specific alumni include Jamie Dimon
(head of Citibank), Pierre Omidyar (founder of eBay) & politician Daniel
Patrick Moynihan. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The football team has fielded a team consecutively since
1874, have played in over 1,000 games & was a participant in what may have
been the first football game ever, beating Harvard 1-0. They play today in Div
III.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">They’ve had 9 players make the NFL, mostly back in the
1920s. Their best player, though, is recent grad Mark Buben. He played from
1979 to 1981, getting in 35 games, mostly with the New England Patriots. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tufts
sports teams are known as the Jumbos after one of donor PT Barnum’s elephants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Williams<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Scott Perry, DB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Williams is another of the Little Ivys. Dating back to 1793,
its alumni include a president (Garfield), 9 Pulitzer Prize winners, 14
billionaires, 71 members of Congress, 22 governors & 40 Rhodes scholars.
It’s been ranked the #1 national liberal arts by USNWR since 2004.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The football program dates back to 1881. The now Div III
team has a huge rivalry with Amherst, with their matchup being called the Biggest
Little Game in America.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wiliams has sent 6 players to the NFL. Their top alum, Scott
Perry, played for 5 years, mostly with the Bengals. His best year was 1978, when
he made 3 interceptions, 2 of which he returned for touchdowns.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">A true preppy (his middle name is Endecott), he went to the
prestigious Kent School before heading to Williams. After the NFL, he started a
career teaching elementary school. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact: Williams teams are know as Ephs (pronounced
“eefs”), after founder Ephraim Williams. Their mascot is a purple cow.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Princeton<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dennis Norman, C/OT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Don’t need to say anything about Princeton here. It’s
currently the #1 school on USNWR rankings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Like the rest of the Ivys, Princeton was pretty big-time
football-wise, oh, about 100 years ago. The Tigers are generally credited with
being in the first college football game, getting beaten by Rutgers 6-4. Between
1869 and 1929, they won 22 national titles. Since the official start of the Ivy
League (in 1956), the Tigers have won 11 conference titles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">With all that history, it’s not too surprising that Princeton
has sent 37 players to the NFL. Dennis Norman rates the highest, having played
for 6 years total (from 2003 to 2009), mostly at center & mostly with the
Chargers. Post football, he got an MBA at Penn, worked for McKinsey & is
currently Senior Director for Product Strategic Planning at Cox Communications.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Middlebury<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Stephen Hauschka, K<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Middlebury is yet another of the Little Ivys. Dating back to
1800, the Vermont school’s alumni include 10 governors & 25 congressmen. A
classic liberal arts school, it hosts the prestigious Bread Loaf Writer’s
Conference. It’s also pretty well-known for being one of the most liberal
schools around.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The football team dates back to 1893. Unfortunately, the
program was disbanded in 1925, only coming back to life in 1959. Since then,
though, the Panthers have been pretty successful in DIII, notching 4 league championships
since 2000 & being the first team in their league to go undefeated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Only 3 alumni have made it to the NFL, with Stephen Hauschka
the only modern-era player. He played for 13 years, accounting for over 1,100
points. He was All Pro in 2013 and a Pro Bowl alternate in 2016. His longest
field goal was 58 yards, the league leader in 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Originally a soccer/lacrosse player at Middlebury, Hauschka
tried out for the football team after getting cut from the soccer team and with
the encouragement of some friends. He had actually never kicked a football
before his sophomore year. A cum laude grad, as well as the son of a doctor and
dentist, he turned dental school down to join the NFL.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>McGill<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, OT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">McGill, located in Montreal, is basically Canada’s Harvard. Their
alumni include 12 Nobel laureates, 147 Rhodes Scholars, 18 billionaires & 3
prime ministers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">And, yes, they do play football there. In fact, the Redbirds
(formerly, the politically incorrect Redmen), have been playing since 1874, getting
shut out by Harvard in their first game. Over the years, they’ve won 10
national (i.e., Canadian) championships. Things have been a little rough as of
late, though, with the team having winless seasons in 2011 and 2012. They’ve
gone 1-7 each of the last 3 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Though quite a few Redbirds have played in the CFL, only 3
have made the NFL. Probably the best is Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, who played
from 2015 to 2022, mostly with the Chiefs. All told, he played in 60 games, all
but a handful as a starter. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s what he’s done off the field, though, that really makes
him special. And that includes getting an MD, getting a Masters from Harvard
(in public health), being made a knight (of the National Order of Quebec), and
winning a number of awards, including SI’s Sportsperson of the Year. BTW, he is
the son of a former cabinet minister.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“So, Doc, I have this thing on my toe …”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Amherst<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Freddie Scott, WR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another Little Ivy, Amherst dates to back to 1821. The
Massachusetts-based school has produced 6 Nobel Prize winners, 20 Rhodes
Scholars, a president (Coolidge), a Chief Justice & 3 Speakers of the House
of Representatives. USNWR has ranked it the #1 liberal arts college 10 times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Mammoths played their first football game in 1877. The
Div III school is part of the Little Three, which also includes Williams and
Wesleyan. As mentioned under Williams, the rivalry between the two is one of
the best in the country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Five alumni have made the NFL, with only one of those dating
back to the early days of the league. The best of the modern players is
probably Freddie Scott, who played for 10 years as a pro. During that time, he
caught 262 passes for 4,270 yards. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Scott turned down medical school to play in the NFL. He now
works for the Arkansas Department of Education. The Arkansas native also has a
son who played in the NFL as well (though <i>he</i> went to Penn State). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Mammoths were formerly known as the Lord Jeffs, after Lord Jeffrey Amherst, for
whom the school is named. Unfortunately, he’s the same guy who supposedly gave
the Indians smallpox-infected blankets. The name Mammoths comes from a world-renown
specimen in the college’s museum.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Washington University<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Shelby Jordan, OT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Poor Washington U. Easily confused with George Washington
(in DC) and the University of Washington (in Seattle), it’s often (and
officially) called Washington University in St Louis. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">That said, it’s one the best schools in the Midwest, and definitely
the best in the Mississippi Valley. It’s known as one of the Hidden Ivies, and has
been ranked as high as 11th (WSJ) and 24<sup>th</sup> (USNWR) in the nation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The football program goes back to 1887. Two coaches, Weeb
Ewbank & Jimmy Conselman, have actually made it to Canton. Fourteen players
(Bears) have made it to the NFL, though only 1 in the last 70 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">And that man is Shelby Jordan. He played in the NFL for
11 years in the 70s and 80s, getting in over 150 games. Originally a night
school student at Washington U, he was convinced by the coaching staff to try
out, eventually making the College Football Hall of Fame.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">After football, he led a non-profit providing affordable urban
housing. He passed away just a couple of years ago, age 70.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Cornell</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Seth Payne, NT/DT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our second Ivy! Unlike the other Ivys, Cornell is different
in that in dates back to only 1865 and is a land-grant school (one of only a
handful of private ones). Alums & faculty include 62 Nobel laureates, 33
Rhodes Scholars, 10 current Fortune 500 CEOs & 35 billionaires.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The football program got going in 1887, though intramural play
began in 1869. The team, known as Big Red, has won 4 national championships
& 3 Ivy League ones (since 1956 for the latter).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">35 Cornellians have made it to the pros, with Seth Payne
ranking #1. He played for 10 years, with Jacksonville & Houston, getting in
over 120 games. He now hosts a sports radio show in Houston.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Yale<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Calvin Hill, RB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another Ivy, and one I probably don’t need to say much more about.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yale was pretty much it during the early days of college
football. The team dates back to 1872, with the Elis notching 26 national
championships between that year and 1909. Overall, the program produced 2
Heisman Trophy winners, 100 consensus All-Americans & 28 College Football
Hall of Fame inductees (including Walter Camp, the “Father of American Football”).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">They haven’t done too badly in the modern era either. Since 1956,
when the Ivy League officially got started, they’ve won 18 league
championships. Their biggest rivalry is against Harvard, with that matchup
being called simply “The Game.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Of Yale’s 33 NFL players, Calvin Hill ranks #1. The 1969
Rookie of the Year played for 7 seasons, making the Pro Bowl 4 times. He totaled
not quite 9,000 total yards rushing, and had 2 seasons with over 1,000 yards. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">After retirement, Hill has been quite active, speaking
regularly, serving on numerous boards, & being active in a number of
different organizations. You may have heard of his son Grant, who picked a <i>different</i>
sport to excel in.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Father & son</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Rice </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Frank Ryan, QB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">I guess you could call Rice the Harvard of Texas. They’re
currently ranked #12 according to Forbes and #17 according to USNWR. Alumni
include Joyce Carol Oates, Larry McMurtry, Howard Hughes & 14 astronauts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Owls have been playing football since 1912. They have 8
conference championships, 13 bowl game appearances & 93 NFLers to their
credit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Frank Ryan is the most impressive of those – both for his
pro career and academics. He played in the NFL for 13 years, made 3 Pro Bowls, and
passed for over 1,000 completions and 16,000 yards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">He also earned a PhD at his alma mater and taught math there
as well. In addition, he was appointed to Rice’s Board of Governors and was
made the VP of external affairs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Outside of Rice, Frank taught at Yale and was the AD there
as well. He was also a CEO, and is on the boards of several companies and
organizations. Finally, he was the IS director for the House of Representatives,
effectively bringing them into the computer age.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Temple,
Florida Atlantic & Bryn Mawr are also called the Owls.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Harvard<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Matt Birk, C/OT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Well, certainly don’t need to say anything about these guys.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">What’s surprising is how good the football program once was.
It began in 1873, with the Crimson notching 12 national championships between
1874 and 1919. Between 1889 and 1928, they had more than 80 first-team
All-Americans. Even in modern times, they’ve done fairly well, coming away with
18 Ivy League titles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">30 Harvard alums have gone to the NFL, with Matt Birk probably
being the best. He played for 14 years, mostly with the Vikings. He got in an
impressive 6 Pro Bowls and was the Walter Payton Man of the Year in 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Since retirement, Birk founded a Catholic school and became
involved in politics (including running – unsuccessfully – for lieutenant
governor in Minnesota).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Vanderbilt<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jay Cutler, QB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Vanderbilt has been called the Harvard of the South (though
Duke might disagree). The school has produced 54 members of Congress, 18 ambassadors,
13 governors, 8 Nobel Prize laureates, 2 Vice Presidents & 2 Supreme Court
Justices. Less than 7% of applicants get in.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Being in the SEC, Vandy has some pretty strong sports
programs. Being the only private school in the conference, though, has made it really
hard to shine. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Before joining the SEC (as a founding member), the
Commodores had a much better record. Starting play in 1890, they accounted for
14 conference championships & 6 national ones. They’ve been in 9 bowl games
overall.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">They’ve also had over 100 players make the NFL (113, to be
exact). QB Jay Cutler ranks as the best. The 1<sup>st</sup>-rounder played for
12 years, making the Pro Bowl once. He is still the Bears’ leader in passing
yards, touchdowns, attempts, and completions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cutler was
born in Santa Claus, IN.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Brown</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fritz Pollard, RB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our next Ivy, Brown dates back to 1764, one of only 9 US
colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Alumni include 11 Nobel
winners, 27 Pulitzer Prize winners, 21 billionaires, 1 Supreme Court Chief
Justice, 4 U.S. Secretaries of State, over 100 members of the US Congress & 58 Rhodes Scholars.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The football team dates back to 1878. No national
championships, but they did have an undefeated season in 1926. They’ve won 4
Ivy League championships.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Bears have sent 51 players to the pros, with Fritz
Pollard the Brownies only Hall of Famer. Pollard was something of the Jackie
Robinson of football, integrating the NFL way back in 1920. In total, he played
for 6 years, getting in one Pro Bowl. He was also a coach, leading Lincoln Univ
for a couple of years, and in the NFL for another couple as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yours truly
had an uncle who was a back-up QB for the Brownies in the 1940s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Dartmouth<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ed Healey, OL/TE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">And yet another Ivy! Dating back to 1769, Dartmouth started
out as a school for Native Americans. Its list of notable alumni include 170
members of Congress, 24 U.S. governors, 23 billionaires, 8 Cabinet secretaries
and 81 Rhodes Scholars. Located in the middle of absolute nowhere, it’s the
most rustic of the Ivys.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Big Green football dates back to 1879, with the first
intercollegiate game (against Amherst) coming in 1881. Things were a little
rough in the early days, with the team once losing 53-0 to Yale and 112-0 to
Harvard. Things started looking up, though, with the Indians going 105-20-10 from
1901 to 1916. They’ve won 21 Ivy League titles, the most of any team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dartmouth has sent 42 alum to the NFL, with one, Ed Healey,
making it to Canton. He played for 9 years in the 1920s, getting in 88 games. He
was a 4-time Pro Bowler.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My dad
tried out for the team, but didn’t make it. He still had the scars to show for
it though.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Duke<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sonny Jurgensen, QB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The <i>other</i> Harvard of the South. Dating back to 1838,
Duke can claim 15 Nobel laureates, 50 Rhodes Scholars, 14 living billionaires
& 1 president (Nixon). They have a 6% acceptance rate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Though mostly known as a basketball school, Duke has some football highights as well, including 18 conference championships &
15 bowl appearances. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">They also produced 3 NFL Hall of Famers. Probably the best
of them is Sonny Jurgensen. He played for 18 years, made the Pro Bowl 5 times
& led the league in total offense 4 times. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">After hanging up the cleats, Sonny was a long-time announcer
for the Skins.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yours truly
went to Duke. I had nothing to do with the football program whatsoever, apart
from attending a few games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Still goin’ strong at age 89<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Columbia<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sid Luckman, QB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another Ivy, Columbia dates back to 1754.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alumni include 7 Founding Fathers, 4 presidents,
34 foreign heads of state, 10 States Supreme Court justices, 103 Nobel
laureates, 53 living billionaires, 125 Pulitzer Prize winners & a partridge
in a pear tree. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The football program got started in 1870, and was involved
in some of the first football games ever. They claim 2 national titles & 1
Ivy League championship. That said, the Lions are really bad. They’ve got a 373–633–43
record all-time. They also set a record when they went winless in 47 games,
from 1983 to 1988. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nevertheless, they did produce one Hall of Famer (out of 41
NFLers). Sid Luckman, a local boy from Brooklyn, helmed the Bears for 12
seasons. He won 4 championships with them, was a 5-time Pro Bowler & MVP in
1943. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">After hanging up his cleats, he worked for the Bears org,
then got into business, eventually running his own company. And, yes, he is
Jewish too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jack
Kerouac came to Columbia on a football scholarship, breaking his leg in the
first game he played.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Chuck Bednarik, C/NT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The fourth-oldest college in the country, Penn was actually
founded by Benjamin Franklin. Its alumni list is truly impressive, and includes
8 signers of the Declaration, 7 signers of the Constitution, 3 presidents, 3
Supreme Court justices, 32 senators, 163 members of the House, 19 cabinet secretaries,
46 governors, and 9 foreign heads of state. It’s known in particular for its
business school, Wharton, often ranked tops in the country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The football team dates back to 1876, and notched 7 national
championships back in the early days. In modern times, they’ve done pretty good
as well, sharing the record for most Ivy titles with Dartmouth. Altogether, they've played the most football games of any program out there, with a grand
total of 1,413.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Quaker alumni include John Heisman and John Outland, the
namesakes of two important college trophies. Another alum, Chuck Bednarik, is
the source for a trophy I had never heard of before, given to the best college defensive
player in the country. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another NFL Hall of Famer, Bednarik was a #1 pick in the 1949
draft. He played for the hometown Eagles for 14 years, and was the last player to
play both offense and defense (and missing only 3 games over his entire career
to boot). He was a member of 2 championship teams and was in 8 Pro Bowls.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately, he’s remembered mostly for some on-field controversy.
The most famous of these unfortunate incidents is something called simply “The
Hit.” In it, he laid out running back (& future announcer and fellow Hall
of Famer) Frank Gifford. It was the celebration over the unconscious player,
though, that got him in trouble. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bednarik’s nickname, “Concrete Charlie,” actually came from his
job as a concrete salesman in the offseason – and not just his bone-jarring
tackles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Northwestern<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Otto Graham, QB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another excellent school not on either coast, Northwestern
claims 33 Nobel Prize laureates, 45 Pulitzer Prize winners, 23 MacArthur
Fellows, 20 Rhodes Scholars, 10 living billionaires & 2 U.S. Supreme Court justices.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The football program dates back to 1876, though they only
played their first intercollegiate game in 1882. Northwestern was a founding
member of the Big 10, where they continue to play to this day. Overall, they’ve
won 10 conference (or division) titles, and have been in 16 bowl games.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Wildcats have sent not quite 200 players to the NFL (they’re
2 short). They also have 2 players in Canton as well. One is John “Paddy”
Driscoll, a back in the 1920s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The other is Otto Graham. Playing for the Browns for 10
years in the 40s and 50s, Graham had them in the championship game every year,
winning the title 7 times. He was a Pro Bowler or All Pro for all but 1 one of
those 10 years, and was MVP no less than 3 times. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Interestingly, Graham was also on a championship NBA team, making
him one of only two people who have titles in multiple major sports. He also
coached in college and the NFL (as well as being a GM in the latter).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other
guy with multiple championships is Gene Conley, a journeyman pitcher & a benchwarmer in the NBA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Stanford<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">John Elway, QB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Though only founded in 1885, Stanford has produced 58 Nobel
laureates, 29 Turing Award winners, 74 living billionaires, and 17 astronauts.
They also claim 1 president (Hoover) and the current PM of the UK (Rishi
Sunak). Known in particular for entrepreneurship, companies founded by alumni
currently gross $2.7 trillion in annual revenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The current football program is probably the best of the
schools listed here. Overall, they can claim 20 conference and division titles
and have appeared in 30 bowl games. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">They’ve also sent 274 players to the NFL, including 4 Hall
of Famers. The best of them is probably John Elway. He played for the Broncos
for 16 years. The 6-time Pro Bowler also won the MVP and Walter Payton awards as
well. Finally, Elway helmed the Broncos to 2 Super Bowl championships, being
named MVP in one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">After his playing days were over, Elway stayed with the
Broncos in a number of different roles, including GM. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact: Elway was also drafted by the New York Yankees,
playing one season of minor league ball for them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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16 teams, 8 per league. New ones were of course added, bringing the total to 30
today. Some of those clubs – both old and new – also moved operations to new
cities.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">None of this, though, happened in a vacuum. Each new major
league team – whether brand new or
displaced – came to a city with
an existing baseball history.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are the minor league teams that those MLB teams
replaced. I’m ranking them in order of increasing longevity.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Phoenix Firebirds</b> (11 years)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Phoenix has fielded a baseball team for 131 years. Today,
that includes the Arizona Diamondbacks, as well as a number of Arizona Fall
League teams.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Before all that, though, there were several teams that
called Phoenix home. The longest-lived was the Senators, who played very on and
off from 1915 to 1953.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The most consistent team, though, were the Firebirds. They
were part of the AAA Pacific Coast League from 1986 to 1996.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s a great name, as a phoenix is, quite literally, a fire
bird, a mythological creature that arises from the ashes. And if you’re
wondering what all that has to do with the city itself, the original settler
suggested it based on the future city’s site on the ruins of a Native American
settlement.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The team won 2 PCL titles, and featured such stars as Willie
McCovey, Barry Bonds & Matt Williams. They played at Scottsdale Stadium,
which now hosts the San Francisco Giants for spring training.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">When the D-Backs came to town, the Firebirds moved to nearby
Tucson, becoming the Sidewinders. The team they displaced, the Toros, moved to
Fresno, becoming the Grizzlies.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The original name has been reused for local rugby, hockey
& basketball teams.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here’s our first team that simply adopted the name of the
local minor-league team. Hats off to them for that.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Of course, the major-league team originally claimed the
whole <i>state</i> of Florida, as the Florida Marlins. They reverted, though,
to the Miami Marlins in 2012.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The minor-league Miami Marlins were active, on and off, from
1956 through 1988. They played at both the A and AAA levels.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The latter is the older team, active from 1956 to 1960.
Alumni include Satchel Paige and Whitey Herzog. The former were active from ‘82
through ’88 and ’62 to ‘70. They were also the Miami Miracle for 3 years (and
owned partly by Jimmy Buffet and Bill Murray).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Miami has also fielded teams called the Sun Sox (7 years)
Wahoos (2) & Tourists (2).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tampa Tarpons</b> (28 years)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yes, I know the Trop is in St. Pete. The MLB team, though,
is called the </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Tampa Bay</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> Rays, so I figure either city is game.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Both cities have some definite minor league history. On the
west side of the bay, the Saints called St Pete home for 26 years. On the other
side, the Tarpons notched 28 years in Tampa.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">During those years, from 1957 through 1987, the Tarpons
represented both class D and A. In class D, they won championships 3 times.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Tarpons were a Cincinnati team, being active when a
number of members of the Big Red Machine were just coming up. So, alumni
include such big names as Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Dave Concepcion, Lee May
& Ken Griffey Sr.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another famous alum is Randy Poffo. Never heard of him?
Well, he did make a much bigger name for himself in another sport – as wrestler
Randy “Macho Man” Savage.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Rays have done a good job honoring the old Tarpons,
wearing their uniforms in a couple of games. (They did the same for the Saints
on at least one occasion as well.) The Tampa Tarpons name was also resurrected,
by the Yankees, for their Single A team, in 2018.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Interestingly, the Tarpons were known as the Smokers for 20
years, reflecting the area’s long history of cigar making. Probably not a name
that would go over very well today.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s a somewhat odd name. Yes, I know Mt Rainier’s nearby.
But still …</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">They were originally called the Indians, an apt but rather
boring choice. The name change came in 1938, when they were purchased by the
owner of the Rainier Brewing Company. Ah, that explains it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The team disappeared in 1968, when the city got an MLB
franchise (remember the woeful Pilots?). A class A team of the same name filled
in the gap between 1972 and 1976, when the Mariners returned Seattle to the
bigs.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Famous Rainier alumni include Jim Bouton, Lew Burdette, Jim
Longborg, Maury Wills & Andy Messersmith, all when the team were at the AAA
level. Throughout the years, Seattle also fielded teams at AA, A, B, C, D &
F.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Marlins have honored the Rainiers’ legacy by wearing
Rainier throwback unis and by renaming their AAA affiliate from the Tacoma
Tigers to the Tacoma Rainiers.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>San Diego Padres</b> (32 years)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here’s another team that kept their name when they moved up
to the bigs. From 1936 to 1968, the Padres appeared in the Pacific Coast
League, at both the AA and AAA levels.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alumni include hometown hero Ted Williams, Lee May, and Hall
of Famers Bobby Doerr and Minnie Minoso. The team was associated with a number
of different major league franchises.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The team played one year in Jack Murphy Stadium, where the
major-league Padres would play for many. The major league team has worn the PCL
unis on a couple of occasions.</span></p>
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line in the PCL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ft Worth Panthers</b> (42 years)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Rangers play in Arlington, about halfway between Dallas
and Ft Worth. Arlington has no real baseball history before the Rangers, but Ft
Worth and Dallas definitely do.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Interestingly, though there’s been minor-league baseball in
Ft Worth for 78 years, the local team has only had two names that whole time.
The Panthers played from 1888 to 1931, with the Cats (really just a nickname
for Panthers) taking over from 1932 to 1959.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dallas has a much more varied history, with the local team
being the Steers for 18 years, the Eagles for 10, the Spurs for 7, the Rebels
for 6 & the Rangers for 5. Those last two actually had Dallas-Ft Worth in
their name, though the stadium was still in Dallas.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Back to the Panthers … I’ll bet you didn’t know that Ft
Worth is known as the Panther City. The story is rather interesting.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the 1870s, when there was considerable rivalry between
the two cities, a Dallas paper ran an article about a panther sited sleeping in
downtown Ft Worth. There was also a dig about how sleepy the burg must be to
have that happen.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The citizens of Ft Worth, though, ran with it. First, the
local newspaper publisher bought two panther cubs as mascots. Since then, the
cat was added to municipal livery, commercial establishments were named after
it, statues of panthers have appeared downtown, and other sports teams have
adopted the name as well.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The team was particularly successful in the early 1920s, and
is often cited as one of the best minor-league teams in history. They won
league championships every year from 1920 to 1926, failing to win 100 games in
only one of those years. They also drew 140,000 to 160,000 every year – pretty
impressive for a city of 100,000 people.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The team also had a long history of playing major-league
teams on their way from spring training to their MLB homes. So, local fans got
to see stars such as Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby & Lou Gehrig.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>San Francisco Seals</b> (54 years)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Before the New York Giants came to town in 1958, the San
Francisco Seals ruled the roost, for more than half a century.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Because, however, minor-league ball in SF goes all the way
back to 1878, there are a bunch of other names as well. None of them had any
staying power, though, and include such oddballs as the Knickerbockers,
Metropolitans, Haverleys & Oriental.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Seals were one of the initial members of the Pacific
Coast League, primarily an AA franchise, and mostly associated with NY teams.
Because the weather was so nice in the PCL (and because they were so cut off
the from the rest of the country, at least in the early days), they played year
round. As a result, the Seals set a record for most games in a season, with a
whopping 230!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Local boy Joe DiMaggio is probably the Seals’ most famous
alum. Others include the other two DiMaggio brothers, Dom and Vince; Hall of
Famers Earl Averill, Lefty Gomez & Paul Waner; and many others.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Seals live on in the Giants’ current mascot, Lou Seal, as
well as a statue outside their current park, and in the name of a collegiate
wood bat league team.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Oakland Oaks</b> (56 years)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Oaks were another original member of the PCL. They were
in business from 1903 to 1955.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">After they moved to Vancouver in ‘55, Oakland was without a
baseball team until 1968, when the A’s came to town. Sounds like they’re going
to be in that same situation again pretty soon.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Oaks, who were an independent team, have a number of
distinguished alumni – Hall of Famers Ernie Lombardi, Billy Herman & Joe
Gordon; Cookie Lavagetto; Billy Martin … They also had a number of well-known
managers – Casey Stengel, Chuck Dressen, Mel Ott, Augie Galan …</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Interestingly, it was the Oaks who broke baseball’s color
line, way back in 1916, with a pitcher named Jimmy Claxton. I’m not sure we
should really give them credit though. One, they thought Claxton was Native
American. Two, they booted him from the team when they discovered he was half
Black.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The name has been resurrected by hockey and basketball teams,
and the A’s resurrected the unis a couple of times. The latter’s probably not
something that’s going to be repeated that now that the A’s are moving to Las
Vegas.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Los Angeles Angels</b> (56 years)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">This is where it gets confusing ...</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Now, the original minor-league team in LA was the Los
Angeles Angels. Another inaugural member of the PCL, they were around from 1901
to 1957. They were displaced, however, when the Brooklyn Dodgers went west in
1958, with the then Angels heading north to become the Spokane Indians.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Just a few years later (in 1961), the original name was resurrected
as the AL expansion Los Angeles Angels took the field. That, too, only lasted a
few years, however, with a name change to the </span><i style="font-family: arial;">California</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> Angels in 1965.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">From 2008 to 2015, the team reverted to the Los Angeles
Angels, but threw the weird “of Anaheim” on the end of it. Finally, in 2016,
the team settled again on plain ol’ Los Angeles Angels.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Got it? There </span><i style="font-family: arial;">will</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> be a test at the end.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The minor league Angels were the arguably the best team in
the PCL, notching no less than 14 championships. Famous alumni include Tommy
LaSorda, Sam Crawford, Gene Mauch, and Bobo Newsom.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Milwaukee Brewers</b> (62 years)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The major-league Milwaukee Brewers started in 1970, when the
woeful Seattle Pilots gave it up after a year and moved east. Previously, the
city had hosted the major-league Milwaukee Braves, from 1953 to 1965.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prior to all that, though, the minor-league Brewers were
pretty much the only show in town, dating all the way back to 1884. Famous alum
include managers Casey Stengel & Connie Mack; players Rube Waddell, Rudy
York & Hugh Duffy; and owner Bill Veeck.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Houston Buffaloes</b> (65 years)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Houston fielded a minor-league team from 1888 to 1961. For
all but a handful of years, that team was called the Buffaloes (or Buffalos, or
Buffs).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The interwebs are telling me that the name came from Buffalo
Bayou, Houston’s equivalent of a river. It does play an important part in the
history of the city, and is basically the Houston end of the Houston Shipping
Channel (which turned Houston into a real port).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Interestingly, the Buffaloes were the first minor-league
team to become associated with a major-league one, in 1921. That relationship,
with the St Louis Cardinals, would last until 1959. Card greats like Dizzy &
Paul Dean and Joe Medwick would all pass through on their way to the bigs.
Stars who were in Houston before then include Hall of Famers Chick Hafey, Jim
Bottomley & Tris Speaker.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">When Houston became major league in 1962, the Buffaloes
moved to Oklahoma City (becoming the 89ers). The new MLB team (originally
called the Colt 45s) did hire some of the old Buffs, including GM, manager,
announcers & a handful of players.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A fan models a hat from the 50s & a jersey from the 30s<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Toronto Maple Leafs</b> (66 years)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Having the same name for multiple sports used to be a real
thing. Typically, it was baseball and football – i.e., the New York Giants
& St Louis Cardinals (but also the Detroit Tigers, Boston Braves, Cleveland
Indians & New York Yankees).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Seeing as this is Canada, though, it makes a ton of sense to
go with baseball and hockey. Surprisingly, though, it was the baseball team
that came first.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The baseball Leafs were in place from 1902 to 1967. The
hockey Leafs, on the other hand, only got started in 1917. Interestingly, the
baseball team also previously sported the name of </span><i style="font-family: arial;">another</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> hockey team,
the Canucks, for 9 years.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Did you follow all that? It <i>will </i>be on the final exam.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">There’s quite a list of Hall of Famers who played for the
Leafs:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Sparky Anderson</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Ed Barrow</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Dan Brouthers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Leon Day</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Hugh Duffy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Charlie Gehringer</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Burleigh Grimes</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Carl Hubbell</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Willie Keeler</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Joe Kelley</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Ralph Kiner</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Nap Lajoie</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Tony Lazzeri</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Heinie Manush</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Dick Williams</span></li></ul><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another fan model<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Atlanta Crackers</b> (65 years)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here’s a name that might not go over so well today. A
cracker is basically a poor White Southerner. Synonyms include terms like
“white trash,” “redneck” & “peckerwood.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Interestingly, Atlanta’s Negro League club was called the
“Black Crackers.” Today, the Cracker name has been resurrected as a collegiate
league team.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">As for the original minor-league team, with the exception of
a few years here and there, the team name was intact from 1895 to 1965. As an
AA team, they were known as the “Yankees of the minors,” winning 17
championships in the competitive Southern Association.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">They actually only spent a handful of years at AAA, moving
to Richmond when the Braves came to town. The Crackers played their last season
in what would become the major-league Fulton County Stadium.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Over the years, the Crackers introduced two novel concepts
to baseball – the rain check and ladies’ day.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Famous alums include Billy Goodman, Chuck Tanner, Luke
Appling, Eddie Matthew, Tim McCarver and announcers Skip Carey & Ernie
Harwell.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Kansas City Blues</b> (66 years)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Except for 1968, Kansas City has had a major league team
since 1955. And that was the A’s from 1955 to 1967, and the Royals from 1969
on.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Before that, though, the Blues called KC home, from 1888 to
1954. They were a founding member of the American Association in 1902. In fact,
the 1900 team moved to Washington, DC, becoming the major-league Nationals. A brand-new
Blues club took their place.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The team was particularly good in the 30s and 40s, winning 5
championships. When the A’s came to town in 1955, the Blues became the Bears
(and moved to Denver).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hall of Fame alumni include:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Jake Beckley</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Phil Rizzuto</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Burleigh Grimes</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Tris Speaker</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Casey Stengel</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Mickey Mantle</span></li></ul><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Denver Bears</b> (70 years)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Speaking of Bears … These guys were the toast of the town
for 70 years, from 1913 to 1983. To continue that ursine theme, they were the
Grizzlies for another 16 before that.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Starting at A level, the Bears eventually went to AAA in the
American Association. At that level, they played some of their games in Mile
High Stadium, home of the Broncos. H of F members include Joe Tinker, Bobby
Richardson, Whitey Herzog & Tim Raines.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">By the way, the nickname came, not from the grizzlies in the
nearby Rocky Mountains, but from Teddy Roosevelt’s saving the life of a bear
cub while hunting (it’s also what gave rise to the popularity of the teddy bear
toy).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Pretty unique look<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Baltimore Oriole</b> (72 years)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">There’s only been one name associated with baseball in
Baltimore, and that’s the Orioles. Whether minors (1882-1953) or majors (1954
to date, but also 1901 & 1902), everything comes up Birds.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">During the 1920s, the O’s were something of an
almost-major-league team. They won seven straight International League championships
and also once won 27 straight regular-season games.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">They also regularly sold players to the bigs. Alumni include
Hall of Famers Chief Bender, Hughie Jennings, Home Run Baker, Lefty Grove and
hometown hero Babe Ruth. Fittingly, they would spend their last 4 years in what
would become the major-league-level Memorial Stadium.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Minneapolis Millers</b> (74 years)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here’s another city that’s really never had another
nickname. The Millers were the only game in town from 1884 until 1960 (when the
Washington Senators moved west.)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is, though, something of an unusual name. But when you
realize that Minneapolis is the home of Pillsbury and General Mills, and was
once known as Mill City, it make total sense.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The team was particularly known for individual
accomplishments, including 7 no hitters and 21 home-run kings. Their list of
Hall of Fame alum is probably the longest one out there:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Roger Bresnahan</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Orlando Cepeda</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Jimmy Collins </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Ray Dandridge</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Red Faber</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">George Kelly</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Billy Herman </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Monte Irvin </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Willie Mays </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Bill McKechnie</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Rube Waddell</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Zack Wheat </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Hoyt Wilhelm </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Ted Williams</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Carl Yastrzemski</span></li></ul><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Twins’ turn-back-the-clock unis</span><o:p></o:p></p>Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941955609902423295.post-39765257685596214102023-10-22T06:05:00.002-07:002023-10-23T08:21:13.338-07:00Worst of the Best - Directors<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Everybody has a bad day. Even such geniuses as Scorsese,
Kubrick & Coppola have directed some turkeys.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Methodology</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Identify the 20 top directors of recent date* from various
lists around the Interwebs</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Find their worst movie** based on IMDb score</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Order them here from best to worst (or, really, worse to
worstest)</span></li></ol><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">*<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m trying to limit
this to more recent directors, as I’m not sure the turkeys of Bergman, Fellini,
Godard, et al. might resonate as well (maybe I’ll save them for another post). In
the same spirit, I’m also definitely leaning toward American audiences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">** Real movies – no shorts, TV movies, TV shows, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>20 – Wes Anderson, Asteroid City <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>IMDb score</u>: 6.6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Crazy plot</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Following
a writer on his world-famous fictional play about a grieving father who travels
with his tech-obsessed family to small rural Asteroid City to compete in a
junior stargazing event, only to have his world view disrupted forever.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Stars</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scarlett
Johansson, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Scathing review</u>: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“If
you asked an AI program to create a Wes Anderson movie, you’d get Asteroid
City, the latest — and worst — film from the writer-director of ‘The French
Dispatch’ (2021) and ‘Isle of Dogs’ (2018).” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Boston Globe)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Interesting tidbit</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Filmed
in Spain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Vs. best movie</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Budapest Hotel (8.1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Difference</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1.5</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>19 – Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>IMDb score</u>: 6.6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Crazy plot</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“In 1970,
drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry ‘Doc’ Sportello investigates
the disappearance of a former girlfriend.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Stars</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Joaquin
Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Scathing review</u>: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Meandering
even by Anderson’s standards, is easily the worst of his movies, a soporific
2½-hour endurance test.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(New York Post)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Interesting tidbit</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First
movie treatment of any of Thomas Pynchon's novels <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Vs. best movie</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
Will Be Blood (8.2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Difference</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1.6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>18 – Guillermo Del Toro, Crimson Peak <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>IMDb score</u>: 6.5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Crazy plot</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“In the
aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her
childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape
the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds - and
remembers.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>“Stars”</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Burn Gorman,
Jim Beaver<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Scathing review</u>: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“All
surface and no substance, sinking under the weight of its own self-importance
into the sanguine muck below.” (Variety)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Interesting tidbit</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Filmed
in Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Vs. best movie</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pan’s
Labyrinth (8.2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Difference</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1.7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>IMDb score</u>: 6.2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Crazy plot</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“An
imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral
home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Stars</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Johnny Depp,
Michelle Pfeifer, Christopher Lee, Alice Cooper<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Scathing review</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Dark
Shadows manages in two hours what the TV show took six years to do: become
irrelevant and remembered only for how sloppy it was.” (Tampa Bay Times)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Interesting tidbit</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Johnny
Depp actually plays in a rock band with Alice Cooper called The Hollywood
Vampires.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Vs. best movie</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Edward Scissorhand (7.9)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Difference</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1.5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>IMDb score</u>: 6.2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Crazy plot</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“An
eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a classical
ensemble in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting but
sharp old landlady.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>“Stars”</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tom Hanks … Mi
Mi Green-Fan, Te Te Benn, Feda Foh Shen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Scathing review</u>: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Not
only have they (Coen Brothers) stripped it of all its wit and charm, they've
loaded it down with the kind of race-baiting and bathroom humor they've always
avoided in the past.” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Interesting tidbit</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Worst
Foreign Director, Yoga Awards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Vs. best movie</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No
Country for Old Men (8.2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Difference</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Actually, a remake of a 1955 British film<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>15 – Martin Scorsese, Boxcar Bertha<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>IMDb score</u>: 6.0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Crazy plot</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“During
the Great Depression, a union leader and a young woman become criminals to
exact revenge on the management of a railroad.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Stars</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Barbara
Hershey, David Carradine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Scathing review</u>: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“It's
not done in a way that suggests a fully formed talent—'promising juvenilia’ is
about the most one can say for it.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(Chicago Reader)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Interesting tidbit</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Won
7<sup>th</sup> place for best foreign film, Turkish Film Critics Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Vs. best movie</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Goodfellas
(8.7)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Difference</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2.7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>14 – Woody Allen, What’s Up, Tiger Lilly?</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>IMDb score</u>: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5.8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Crazy plot</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“A
Japanese James Bond-esque spy flick reused and redubbed into the plot of a
secret agent searching to uncover a recipe for the world's greatest egg salad
in Woody Allen's directorial debut.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>“Stars”</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Osman Yusuf,
Zal Yanofsky, Akiko Wakabayashi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Scathing review</u>: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Projects
like this are invariably hit-or-miss, and Tiger Lily misses more often than it
hits. Flashes of Allen's wit surface occasionally, particularly during bits in
which he appears as himself, but they're few and far between, and generally
drowned out by silly voices, a surprising amount of awkward silence, and pacing
that makes the film seem much longer than its 80 padded minutes.” (A.V. Club)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Interesting tidbit</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Allen’s
directorial debut<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Vs. best movie</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Annie
Hall (8)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Difference</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2.2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And, undoubtedly, <i>their</i> worst album<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>13 – Quentin Tarantino, My Best Friend’s Birthday <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>IMDb score</u>: 5.6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Boring plot</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“It's
Mickey's birthday and his girlfriend just left him, so that's when his friend
Clarence shows him a birthday he'll never forget.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>“Stars”</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stevo Polyi,
Rowland Wafford, Quentin Tarantino<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 1.45in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Scathing review</u>: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Real problem with this movie is that it lacks
style. It's a very amateur-like-looking movie and it uses standard
camera-positions and weak editing. Because of this not everything in the movie
works very well, such as most of the comical moments and the weird kung-fu
fight toward the ending.” (bobafett1138.sealteam1138.com)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Interesting tidbit</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lighting
equipment was rented on Friday. Because the rental company wasn't open on
weekends, Tarantino paid for one day, but got it for three.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Vs. best movie</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pulp
Fiction (8.9)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Difference</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3.3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>IMDb score</u>: 5.5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Crazy plot</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Menacing
flying saucers attack the citizens of a town.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>“Stars”</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lucky Lohr, Robert
Robyn, Nancy Spielberg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Interesting tidbit</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Made
at age 17<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Vs. best movi</u>e:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Schindler’s
List (9)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Difference</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3.5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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at a local theater</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>11 – Ridley Scott, The Counsellor <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">IMDb score: 5.4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Crazy plot</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“A lawyer
finds himself in over his head when he gets involved in drug trafficking.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Stars</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Penelope Cruz,
Javier Bardem, Cameron Diaz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Scathing review</u>: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The
Counselor is nothing but a dumb, gory, grab-bag of clichés and the biggest
waste of talent since ‘Savages.’ It makes Oliver Stone look subtle.” (Portland
Oregonian)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Interesting tidbit</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Screenplay
by Cormac McCarthy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Vs. best movie</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alien
(8.5)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Difference</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3.1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>10 – Stanley Kubrick, Fear and Desire <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>IMDb score</u>: 5.3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Crazy plot</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Four
soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>“Stars”</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stephen
Coit, Kenneth Harp, Toba Kubrick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Scathing review</u>: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“It’s
a film that constantly seems to be trying to convince us of its intelligence,
deep meaning and profundity, despite the fact it doesn’t really have any of
that.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(biggaypictureshow.com)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Interesting tidbit</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Disowned by Kubrick, who has tried to destroy all copes of it<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Vs. best movie</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dr
Strangelove (8.4)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Difference</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3.1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>IMDb score</u>: 5.1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Crazy plot</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“A puppet
is brought to life by a fairy, who assigns him to lead a virtuous life in order
to become a real boy.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>“Stars”</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tom Hanks … Poppy
Blackwood, Verity Constantinou, Amira Piddington, Marco De Marlo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Scathing review</u>: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Zemeckis’
Pinocchio prompts one to wish upon a star that Disney would stop diluting the
legacy of its beloved animated features with these soulless knockoffs.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Los Angeles Times)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Interesting tidbit</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>29% Rotten Tomatoes approval rating<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Vs. best movie</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Forrest
Gump (8.8)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Difference</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3.7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>8 – Robert Altman, Dr T and the Women <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>IMDb score</u>: 4.7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Crazy plot</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“A
wealthy gynecologist's ideal life is thrown into turmoil when the women closest
to him begin to affect his life in unexpecting ways.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Stars</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Richard Gere,
Helen Hunt, Farah Fawcett, Laura Dern, Shelley Long, Tara Reid, Kate Hudson, Liv
Tyler<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Scathing review</u>: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“About
the only good thing to say about this mess is that it's rotten enough that even
Altman cultists may be forced to reconsider their devotion.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(LA Weekly)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Interestng tidbit</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reportedly
inspired by the Book of Job.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Vs. best movie</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nashville
(7.6)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Difference</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2.9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>7 – Oliver Stone, Seizure <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>IMDb score</u>: 4.7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Crazy plot</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Jonathan
Frid portrays a horror novelist who has a recurring nightmare about three
figures out of his book who terrorize him and his family and friends during a
weekend of fun. Then the dream becomes reality and it never ends...”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>“Stars”</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jonathan
Frid (Barnabas Collins), Martine Bestwick, Herve Villechaize … Christina
Pickles<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Scathing review</u>: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“You
have to stretch to like it. It wasn’t great. I felt back then the same as I do
now, that I always wanted to direct, and the horror genre was easier to break
in with.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Oliver Stone)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Interesting tidbit</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Disowned
by Stone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Vs. best movie</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Platoon
(8.1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Difference</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3.4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>6 – Steven Soderbergh, Full Frontal <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>IMDb score</u>: 4.7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Boring plot</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“A day
in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up
to a friend's birthday party.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>“Stars”</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Julia
Roberts … Dawn Suggs, Pliny Porter, Al Ahlf<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Scathing review</u>: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Arid,
self-consciously arty and emotionally uninvolving.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Variety)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Interesting tidbit</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All
actors did their own hair, makeup & wardrobes, as well as arranging their
own transportation and food<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Vs. best movie</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Traffic
(8.1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Difference</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3.4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>IMDb score</u>: 4.5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Crazy plot</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“A
Copenhagen police officer seeks justice for his partner's murder by a
mysterious man.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>“Stars”</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Roca Rey, Bieke
Ilegems, Paprika Steen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Scathing review</u>: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Even
die-hard De Palma completists would be better served by forgetting this one
exists – a tedious, ugly thriller devoid of anything to say that will serve as
a regrettable footnote for a distinguished film-maker who is capable of so much
more.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(The Guardian)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Interesting tidbit</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cost
a mere $6 million<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Vs. best movie</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scarface
(8.3)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Difference</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3.8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>IMDb score</u>: 4.5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Crazy plot</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“An
anthropologist awakes with a thirst for blood after an assistant stabs him with
a cursed dagger..”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>“Stars”</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lil Buck, Al
Palagonia, Chrystal Atmosphere, Lady Peachena<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Scathing review</b>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Glacially
paced, stiffly acted, shapeless, and for the most part tremendously boring.”
(The Dissolve)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Interesting tidbit</b>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Funded
by Kickstarter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Vs. best movie</b>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do
the Right Thing (8)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Difference</b>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3.5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>IMDb score</u>: 4.1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Crazy plot</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“A poor
girl works in a general store with a blind boyfriend playing guitar. He becomes
famous and she also becomes blind.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>“Stars”</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pedro
Almodovar, 3 others (total cast)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Scathing review</u>: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>no
reviews at all (?!?!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Interesting tidbit</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Translates
as Fuck... Fuck... Fuck Me, Tim!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Vs. best movie</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women
on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (7.6)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Difference</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3.5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>IMDb score</u>: 3.8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Crazy plot</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“A scuba
diving instructor, her biochemist boyfriend, and her police chief ex-husband
try to link a series of bizarre deaths to a mutant strain of piranha fish whose
lair is a sunken freighter ship off a Caribbean island resort.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>“Stars”</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ancile
Gloudon, Gaetano Del Grande, Captain Kidd Brewer Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Scathing review</u>: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The
special effects are awful (the piranhas are obviously hand puppets) and the
script worse.” (TV Guide)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Interesting tidbit</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shared
directing credit with 2 others<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Vs. best movie</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Titanic
(7.9)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Difference</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4.1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>IMDb score</u>: 2.9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Crazy plot</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“This Bellboy
is after more than just big tips.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>“Stars”</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>June “The
Bosom” Wilkinson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Scathing review</u>: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The
issue with the film is that it's so atrociously boring that one might feel as
though watching paint dry would literally be a better and more exciting experience.”
(blue-ray.com)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Interesting tidbit</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
re-edited version of the 1958 German film The Sin Began with Eva<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Vs. best movie</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Godfather (9.2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Difference</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6.3</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTrurHQdClAKs_HQmABrUpB0puM4RBX5aniWZ8IqAjqdoF7wTMq0xqQdhl0tXPeKQcPIBdI1MdnWT7Hs-zzZW8O8R8nv9HfWrkxEU8UDrdBC3o-wGHGRH9r0Jns40wdswR4tP3-KSh7WwL2a3RWU5oukndQvgu0IDRAb_MB_l2DPDP9uWPR8d-HvTL88Ue/s617/coppola%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="407" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTrurHQdClAKs_HQmABrUpB0puM4RBX5aniWZ8IqAjqdoF7wTMq0xqQdhl0tXPeKQcPIBdI1MdnWT7Hs-zzZW8O8R8nv9HfWrkxEU8UDrdBC3o-wGHGRH9r0Jns40wdswR4tP3-KSh7WwL2a3RWU5oukndQvgu0IDRAb_MB_l2DPDP9uWPR8d-HvTL88Ue/s320/coppola%202.png" width="211" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941955609902423295.post-37091553883958126162023-10-02T09:02:00.004-07:002023-10-02T09:02:30.274-07:00Minor League Team Names – AAA<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Man, there sure are a lotta dumb minor league team names out there. I’m talking Sod Poodles, Muck Dogs, Rumble Ponies, Trash Pandas, Macon Bacon …</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I mean, it’s fun and all, but there are some of us who prefer something a little more dignified, maybe even something with some history behind it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So, here’s a look at team names for the top level of the minors, Triple A. I’m going to rank them, from best to worst. For the latter, I’ll even come up with some suggestions for name changes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Durham Bulls</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This one’s been around for over 100 years – 110, to be exact. There are also some great associations with the city. For one, Bull Durham was a famous tobacco back in the day. Two, probably the greatest baseball movie ever featured just this team. Total keeper.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6Ar5MEqbP6EydBMX70TRU2ffekZLtazHYSL1Bz9y0Fn0U2Ce0JONi8rclVwD885onTaP6wUISrHRvG0o98AJz7AfnVjlnkMyE6hJdgVF8OrW_jaFcHiNpS4hWYBgEva6gmlFECnbfRVCFMpVTJmtTSDhWjyq0Y5lnQKugmK1m_z5giA494IV_i6diyIk/s590/bulls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="590" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6Ar5MEqbP6EydBMX70TRU2ffekZLtazHYSL1Bz9y0Fn0U2Ce0JONi8rclVwD885onTaP6wUISrHRvG0o98AJz7AfnVjlnkMyE6hJdgVF8OrW_jaFcHiNpS4hWYBgEva6gmlFECnbfRVCFMpVTJmtTSDhWjyq0Y5lnQKugmK1m_z5giA494IV_i6diyIk/s320/bulls.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Rochester Red Wings</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This one’s been for almost 100 years (falling just 5 short, at 95). Interestingly, the name came from a contest. There were some ties to the parent club at the time (the Cardinals) as well as to local Native American history. As for the hockey team? They actually came four years later. Definite keeper.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQxVV7mhh-QftW_BvazJikmhC5a8gayJcIZ0lgUWlHgZh221Dz1HtDTn2wdTfQVtzhiSixxxWypEHaFLgy4l5sp7dUAC0hGs28OmXWP2NK530DGo3e_qx4Y6XCoT40FrBdoLYcqSRp2jDHGdb1_yBxhQw-igSTwy3o_tSzQBy2HgEIMeWUKkHZGuLFhbs8/s304/red%20wings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="166" data-original-width="304" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQxVV7mhh-QftW_BvazJikmhC5a8gayJcIZ0lgUWlHgZh221Dz1HtDTn2wdTfQVtzhiSixxxWypEHaFLgy4l5sp7dUAC0hGs28OmXWP2NK530DGo3e_qx4Y6XCoT40FrBdoLYcqSRp2jDHGdb1_yBxhQw-igSTwy3o_tSzQBy2HgEIMeWUKkHZGuLFhbs8/s1600/red%20wings.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Buffalo Bison</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">They’ve been around 145 years and relate to the city name well (better than the Bills, IMHO). Easy keeper.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiazKpJ2x8CZa6vdMU22CoEw5M2RFLALxXxMotEt9J9xeOxx76DIeQOLQr0LvmO5P6cj4A1Rbmni1nrHJBZiLKjq82HiTzaWTf27mepeeNKRKi3edFlcM1JcGsarfI2u04hrJGCgM6hBULkNeKzz_SVeddivtEifovUcqyH1v-cAr0-fGL-1KaGN2hv4Kc/s687/bison.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="540" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiazKpJ2x8CZa6vdMU22CoEw5M2RFLALxXxMotEt9J9xeOxx76DIeQOLQr0LvmO5P6cj4A1Rbmni1nrHJBZiLKjq82HiTzaWTf27mepeeNKRKi3edFlcM1JcGsarfI2u04hrJGCgM6hBULkNeKzz_SVeddivtEifovUcqyH1v-cAr0-fGL-1KaGN2hv4Kc/s320/bison.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>St Paul Saints</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">St Paul doesn’t have much history at AAA, but they certainly do with the name of Saints (122 years, no less). It’s also an obvious choice given the city name. Total keeper.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePRj5yg4xaL3kJTA0ZFwZwG6Q2G7EjsRKaa4NliI1vcXnkgWB7PYGPN-wI2wvYDlLDkZm2sW3edTLho65XkONN1YCush0Ntr8bdra2UDPiLuZJg1FdT1-tXDMAuZo-sreWAA_vd6ICHj1uno26DrEHzk5qX34JDZn1z86vE0_E-jadAya7HPHYDphS9QL/s780/saints.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="624" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePRj5yg4xaL3kJTA0ZFwZwG6Q2G7EjsRKaa4NliI1vcXnkgWB7PYGPN-wI2wvYDlLDkZm2sW3edTLho65XkONN1YCush0Ntr8bdra2UDPiLuZJg1FdT1-tXDMAuZo-sreWAA_vd6ICHj1uno26DrEHzk5qX34JDZn1z86vE0_E-jadAya7HPHYDphS9QL/s320/saints.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Indianapolis Indians</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Another obvious one from the city name. It’s also been around for 122 years. Definite keeper.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGeoRH4hKWdg2hGWQCxpXmBYGHJGKkPxN_0n8hsSCv6iH33nPo46fLcHBgRnuYKxfK7nnRTG53cp9-o4HLLvtzQ1_Hy9T6uyHoFfS-LNIjEI8AhuHFBwQxrjjyiNjZkKcuz8AxkxyryE5sslgsfKKwrwdqpO4FWdUuabRJOo0DJ8d4WA265RfKndmHmDR/s251/indians.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="251" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGeoRH4hKWdg2hGWQCxpXmBYGHJGKkPxN_0n8hsSCv6iH33nPo46fLcHBgRnuYKxfK7nnRTG53cp9-o4HLLvtzQ1_Hy9T6uyHoFfS-LNIjEI8AhuHFBwQxrjjyiNjZkKcuz8AxkxyryE5sslgsfKKwrwdqpO4FWdUuabRJOo0DJ8d4WA265RfKndmHmDR/s1600/indians.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Charlotte Knights</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Kinda surprised this one hadn’t been snagged by a major league franchise before the Golden Knights of Las Vegas sorta did so in 2017. The Knights have been in Charlotte for 41 years. (The Hornets had a longer association, but the name’s pretty much been taken by the NBA franchise.) There’s also a nice association with the city, which was named after Queen Charlotte. Easy keeper.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTBiY-cNaBjMHfEwBvLET1LW-RR0FOpH1WTACftHYyFL5qXzKAoK08WZVQiMrVRMRv8r9IXAokSdUf03RIAZRXp36ci3d6Q9Q57V1G13tb0_mvOIP7dRUTx3G_WGe0vzIaF8BPkU_NPYgX7OLYqirnrl_VJDg8K3NC7VVdL8WvpRNie-MSrukfTW3qTRzx/s259/knights.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTBiY-cNaBjMHfEwBvLET1LW-RR0FOpH1WTACftHYyFL5qXzKAoK08WZVQiMrVRMRv8r9IXAokSdUf03RIAZRXp36ci3d6Q9Q57V1G13tb0_mvOIP7dRUTx3G_WGe0vzIaF8BPkU_NPYgX7OLYqirnrl_VJDg8K3NC7VVdL8WvpRNie-MSrukfTW3qTRzx/s1600/knights.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Memphis Redbirds</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Though a number of cities have gone with this over the years, Memphis has owned it for the last 25. A more historical name would be the Chicks, or the Chickasaws, which tallied 65 years. Redbirds are just fine, though, so let’s stick with that.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK6rJ3I6vbcazqAfu6t3l3rNrzT9FDyfKWGEIC9BrcbgHzZIDdBF41qRmX0xzsd533f_Vk_muCA9v9PR-_OLjeoui0IeGXloJtmk6e38sOpRvRHxeEMet1lfe5OS8bBNDsXUDnUaJojCPMa9VHq5MyF36I4DEqr5AW5klJnwfTIc7J6NEHOFce49dCrSvT/s264/memphis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="191" data-original-width="264" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK6rJ3I6vbcazqAfu6t3l3rNrzT9FDyfKWGEIC9BrcbgHzZIDdBF41qRmX0xzsd533f_Vk_muCA9v9PR-_OLjeoui0IeGXloJtmk6e38sOpRvRHxeEMet1lfe5OS8bBNDsXUDnUaJojCPMa9VHq5MyF36I4DEqr5AW5klJnwfTIc7J6NEHOFce49dCrSvT/s1600/memphis.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Pete Gray</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Worcester Red Sox</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In general, I do not like names that are just repeats of the parent club. For Worcester, though, almost everyone calls them the Woo Sox. Same with the Paw Sox, when the team was in Pawtucket, RI for 49 years. Given that, I think the official name is just fine.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_onvK5q4QDkJA5k3Tcv2LXOh4bKeihmcy_i2CpXWc1yySLCXlVl0YL3-7pPVSzavtTboeTRsa-aN72IJve5VRjPAdnS5Z35teptv4zI9YvzYRPvvEKJNqeRtuy8iEEBiQdNOAR1AtZXX7RYBmoCmvi7JWE6WZxLlt7F9hUXCFZwxx-VEDgpaZOlNj43t/s263/woosox.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="263" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_onvK5q4QDkJA5k3Tcv2LXOh4bKeihmcy_i2CpXWc1yySLCXlVl0YL3-7pPVSzavtTboeTRsa-aN72IJve5VRjPAdnS5Z35teptv4zI9YvzYRPvvEKJNqeRtuy8iEEBiQdNOAR1AtZXX7RYBmoCmvi7JWE6WZxLlt7F9hUXCFZwxx-VEDgpaZOlNj43t/s1600/woosox.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Norfolk Tides</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This one’s been around for a good 60 years, as well as reflects the city’s location on the Chesapeake Bay. Keeper.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicN44SsFrFbiOiLKUp8_9Hm0etKARVWuu9oIR5rdY1EOS7uN9slJ6wd2vGGJ_peEYuSzb2jjuRBiCcOa0BvFAX6lULXq-Yg6FiDhUT2IyDmV3aO_p_Fmawep2LsbGlBHIooD2rheb3JN2Iqw6MpIS0ifRF4QpBgPgHC-j3qeWpRt-_hOMHfLoggtC4aKse/s620/tides.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="620" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicN44SsFrFbiOiLKUp8_9Hm0etKARVWuu9oIR5rdY1EOS7uN9slJ6wd2vGGJ_peEYuSzb2jjuRBiCcOa0BvFAX6lULXq-Yg6FiDhUT2IyDmV3aO_p_Fmawep2LsbGlBHIooD2rheb3JN2Iqw6MpIS0ifRF4QpBgPgHC-j3qeWpRt-_hOMHfLoggtC4aKse/s320/tides.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Nashville Sounds</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s a bit odd, but has been in place for 45 years, so I think it’s safe. They were the Volunteers for 62 years, but that’s so closely tied to the Univ. of Tennessee that it wouldn’t be right to repeat it here. Sounds it is.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg-iqFZhf1yqQjCjh52TtzYsXGumwOWPANYerpd8o8s8KLPDLNrvSq_Pc26uhyphenhyphenrkDC16scKAwUqrKp4VJXHaQINguxENr7jEZCSpRWBh1g7hrenRnMSMtpgcrVIIY6enLvPvVOh7AjZtIzOt55rtoAmGXwN_jXdjIMHPRDt3eDt1cQYEg8EVWlHa0qz2DI/s240/sounds.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="240" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg-iqFZhf1yqQjCjh52TtzYsXGumwOWPANYerpd8o8s8KLPDLNrvSq_Pc26uhyphenhyphenrkDC16scKAwUqrKp4VJXHaQINguxENr7jEZCSpRWBh1g7hrenRnMSMtpgcrVIIY6enLvPvVOh7AjZtIzOt55rtoAmGXwN_jXdjIMHPRDt3eDt1cQYEg8EVWlHa0qz2DI/s1600/sounds.png" width="240" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Columbus Clippers</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Now, this would be a great name for some city on the seaboard, not one in landlocked Ohio. That said, it’s alliterative and has been around for 46 years, so let’s keep it. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKY1fXQQtrGZkGXcd2WpzSUqVYi9VRKPub_qg7nYCm81ECUB7u4aYIm-ky_lun4fHAF0UnfA6GTypr0_UuZDtjGbxiSE9ANNkY_wY6Bn3fcXKhpoMmmCr8J6yuu0G4mt_Ijbd97CXav7uaA9rsdDWChxBweVcmum1tz5oHP7qWzqoS-Z-bdMLEsZNWO0Uv/s263/clippers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="192" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKY1fXQQtrGZkGXcd2WpzSUqVYi9VRKPub_qg7nYCm81ECUB7u4aYIm-ky_lun4fHAF0UnfA6GTypr0_UuZDtjGbxiSE9ANNkY_wY6Bn3fcXKhpoMmmCr8J6yuu0G4mt_Ijbd97CXav7uaA9rsdDWChxBweVcmum1tz5oHP7qWzqoS-Z-bdMLEsZNWO0Uv/s1600/clippers.jpg" width="192" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Toledo Mud Hens</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">At first blush, this seems like one that was just created – something along the lines of Muck Dogs or Trash Pandas, say. Interestingly, though, it’s over 100 years old (108, to be exact). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Wondering what a mud hen is? According to milb.com, “A mud hen is a marsh bird with short wings and long legs that inhabits swamps or marshes. Such birds have been known as marsh hens, rails, coots, or mud hens.” Turns out the original stadium was built on a marsh where these birds hung out. It’s a little out there, but history alone says it’s a keeper.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_1GK7VsklBUNTSR-AtDOoRI5qaMJHriBVhmQwKpycFi7qwv50af7MP6CMPgMs4WqlE58Qylpv8ulb6rA0QbloCapzQZpT1W4ozilpkJWrNVcvxOFtbJ9hen1Xfh6EnDHmgb7Qp66V-TgZO_nSfYfFFz8Gh4R7m38lcL3dJTJJCHYswtmZpc5siAuBxtt/s300/toledo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_1GK7VsklBUNTSR-AtDOoRI5qaMJHriBVhmQwKpycFi7qwv50af7MP6CMPgMs4WqlE58Qylpv8ulb6rA0QbloCapzQZpT1W4ozilpkJWrNVcvxOFtbJ9hen1Xfh6EnDHmgb7Qp66V-TgZO_nSfYfFFz8Gh4R7m38lcL3dJTJJCHYswtmZpc5siAuBxtt/s1600/toledo.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Iowa Cubs (Oaks)</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Like I said before, I don’t like team names that are just repeats of their parent club’s. For this one, we have several possible alternatives – Demons (15), Oaks (12) & Bruins (12). Demons are good, but that would force a change to Des Moines from Iowa. I have no idea what Bruins is doing here, so let’s go with Oaks. It goes with a former hockey team there called the Oak Leaves, as well as some oak-named urban features like neighborhoods, parks & streets.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjXzk-SM9cAJEgypABHkogeh6c7uVjWH7lXN9xKhsce2n3ExKOVQGP6TZ41MTtQ8O7KgJ-C-lWK8Ats5Lb54LqiolwCRkHEZ3HUEZa7oQTVdZcxY71pE-smM01MEBIwGJxfd0iuHxZvY7zFKGIgsZRs61-LVx61wOQBQpPzuMKomtGZFsqsxurg3zGhviT/s270/oaks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="187" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjXzk-SM9cAJEgypABHkogeh6c7uVjWH7lXN9xKhsce2n3ExKOVQGP6TZ41MTtQ8O7KgJ-C-lWK8Ats5Lb54LqiolwCRkHEZ3HUEZa7oQTVdZcxY71pE-smM01MEBIwGJxfd0iuHxZvY7zFKGIgsZRs61-LVx61wOQBQpPzuMKomtGZFsqsxurg3zGhviT/s1600/oaks.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Syracuse Mets (Chiefs)</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Where Cubs have been in Iowa for 45 years, Mets have called Syracuse home for only 4. Contrast that with the team’s former name, the Chiefs, which had been in place for 84 years. Really need to switch back.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihYjG0jl_m8Nwan-fu6D7jF52ytLT-PXvxp7Xyudh7czYBQ7LBY0a5vVJZmPY6Tj7u7PajnbYzpISHZ6VXc6oO0OLsJHv9Kowev6lPLpKHw_ljy5fxP81F2aogyyBAsKESP74lMMnuyUtRpgv6aVdIjOIPfvGLl9QiPtv7d0cZDucIB1k71Hq8YrG0nMdr/s252/chiefs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="252" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihYjG0jl_m8Nwan-fu6D7jF52ytLT-PXvxp7Xyudh7czYBQ7LBY0a5vVJZmPY6Tj7u7PajnbYzpISHZ6VXc6oO0OLsJHv9Kowev6lPLpKHw_ljy5fxP81F2aogyyBAsKESP74lMMnuyUtRpgv6aVdIjOIPfvGLl9QiPtv7d0cZDucIB1k71Hq8YrG0nMdr/s1600/chiefs.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Louisville Bats (Colonels)</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Once again, it’s clever (i.e., Louisville Sluggers vs mammals of the order <i>chiroptera</i>). Personally, though, I think it’s a little <i>too </i>clever. Though it’s been around for 21 years, a former moniker, Colonels, was around for 86. Given that, and its close association with Kentucky (Col. Sanders, anyone?), let’s go with Colonels.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg73h78ErmH6UGUJx3FG85z8Vt4M1oTWZY-QVqPPai9xE7k08nRmLBEpz1VGgF8sBE_L1niMq1k-aewG9dOxrPu6Vrerk_7zG80JIXAtg0rj5t6zE0p2iHixIVcYj4Ah45N67P4PI9gdlTUj8CDy4kNbi6TfbIfDxKJfEjKCrQoN-6I9G-wbknJsQT0qrZn/s251/bats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="251" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg73h78ErmH6UGUJx3FG85z8Vt4M1oTWZY-QVqPPai9xE7k08nRmLBEpz1VGgF8sBE_L1niMq1k-aewG9dOxrPu6Vrerk_7zG80JIXAtg0rj5t6zE0p2iHixIVcYj4Ah45N67P4PI9gdlTUj8CDy4kNbi6TfbIfDxKJfEjKCrQoN-6I9G-wbknJsQT0qrZn/s1600/bats.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Omaha Storm Chasers (Tornadoes)</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Sure, let’s name our team after a bunch of idiots who endanger their lives chasing tornadoes so they can capture footage of them and upload that footage to YouTube. Why not?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately, there aren’t many other candidates from the team’s history. They were the – boring – Royals for what seemed like forever.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">If they want to go with a tornado theme, why not just simply call them the Tornadoes, or Cyclones, or Twisters?</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-XJ-AjYT7-9Wybog1ZC2giBvA31NDqevM3P7wI-X3McTXH6eTdGz21WdsUC8WPko2RBjsTQFCx22IvAvPfdj3-a8hF5eDjXzP_NvzKjLsvgN7cDrQQsctmZTntJ388BnCXy25Dog_CULZsUF5g2RLEb56VLc9ZIHPql4ycz2S-JCHJlvVoc14yMbv2Kb/s275/omaha.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-XJ-AjYT7-9Wybog1ZC2giBvA31NDqevM3P7wI-X3McTXH6eTdGz21WdsUC8WPko2RBjsTQFCx22IvAvPfdj3-a8hF5eDjXzP_NvzKjLsvgN7cDrQQsctmZTntJ388BnCXy25Dog_CULZsUF5g2RLEb56VLc9ZIHPql4ycz2S-JCHJlvVoc14yMbv2Kb/s1600/omaha.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (Miners)</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This one wouldn’t be so bad if it weren’t for the faddish squeezing together of two words with a capital in the middle (YouTube, TikTok, WhatsApp …), And what’s a rail rider anyway? Do they mean hobos?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Luckily, there’s an alternative that makes a lot more sense, plus has 41 years of history behind it (RailRiders only has 10). And that would be the Miners.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEOxe7VJQm9M1Te0cbCIwG8LhEiWazZb-RR0bsYYfS4NDdnUijAEmtvL4LMRzRYDE7w7QEw86b8kNhjw90ITaZLKgKVeTG-At-JE_xv63LJALW6oj_gWrrt4oQFH2-wPAReCVqfs73i-nkUDzgFUpxAZNBfYdGH0NevJ1aqCkv_SJPmTzui6UhUakXmPMu/s225/miners.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEOxe7VJQm9M1Te0cbCIwG8LhEiWazZb-RR0bsYYfS4NDdnUijAEmtvL4LMRzRYDE7w7QEw86b8kNhjw90ITaZLKgKVeTG-At-JE_xv63LJALW6oj_gWrrt4oQFH2-wPAReCVqfs73i-nkUDzgFUpxAZNBfYdGH0NevJ1aqCkv_SJPmTzui6UhUakXmPMu/s1600/miners.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (Suns)</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Ugh! Honestly, what self-respecting ballplayer would want to be know as a Jumbo Shrimp? This one’s been around for only 6 years, contrasting with the previous name, the Suns, which was around for 47. Time to go back.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAte3CkESwA4dQLIG6V70SRS7wJEokxDJgsoL-T8bn8NPYLDbQAuWwIsBgMzFgyGHJ_A_eq8uhRPtYXjRIQWUk8tCqRZ3y9v-KFlO4mDJ420BRXwNqFK9Pg5iDm6z-eFsicaeghVfssAG9QlhWpJ6XaUwCzO4A2aIGsQ82N80qZ62bgCKFQh1SDYaHJyZv/s253/suns.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="199" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAte3CkESwA4dQLIG6V70SRS7wJEokxDJgsoL-T8bn8NPYLDbQAuWwIsBgMzFgyGHJ_A_eq8uhRPtYXjRIQWUk8tCqRZ3y9v-KFlO4mDJ420BRXwNqFK9Pg5iDm6z-eFsicaeghVfssAG9QlhWpJ6XaUwCzO4A2aIGsQ82N80qZ62bgCKFQh1SDYaHJyZv/s1600/suns.jpg" width="199" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yup, that’s Tom Seaver alright</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Dukes)</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The absolute worst. First, what the heck is an iron pig? Second is the cutesy – and annoying – spelling and capitalization. Hard to believe it’s been around for 15 years.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately, there aren’t a lot of historical names to choose from. We’ve got Ambassadors (7 years) and Dukes (4). Ambassadors makes no sense, so let’s go with Dukes.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvL9P9bOwXxuheIWTV0bH5cRd4yrKMweZbluriHVMV2Y1MkBdsp0iEnQGG9ESBVXoNxAHJtZIPbbYlehW_peiG8UI0M8MsVQsVUUm0s3pl7b74SQf7aZrR1wiEINHcMgt0k0Pc44pLZG4t590v7zW6mAo42OQl4ve6qdk80H8hNdh9TV5ooVWK1YnQAzR/s225/dukes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSvL9P9bOwXxuheIWTV0bH5cRd4yrKMweZbluriHVMV2Y1MkBdsp0iEnQGG9ESBVXoNxAHJtZIPbbYlehW_peiG8UI0M8MsVQsVUUm0s3pl7b74SQf7aZrR1wiEINHcMgt0k0Pc44pLZG4t590v7zW6mAo42OQl4ve6qdk80H8hNdh9TV5ooVWK1YnQAzR/s1600/dukes.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yup, they actually stooped that far</span></p><div><br /></div>Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941955609902423295.post-89133681580363874972023-09-29T07:27:00.008-07:002023-09-29T07:27:54.169-07:00MLB Ads on Shoulder Patches<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Well, they finally went ahead and done it. Pretty soon, MLB players are gonna look just as silly as soccer players or racecar drivers.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2R_-E8DVwoyldk-aBz3jiM1qDcLAb8nVvgKbmgAIhOu7KeFy-LFFeBsg7CnfEo6dwj2jmKOD52DnvFocZJblRn6tZQdv60WRP1KJrs3OExdxQhj-lgikcuemWB11q42bXrD-HZ88oJjISc7aSrBz0N3CC28_M4FH7t6LlsvbQwLE8BhonpsN3puibd2R/s287/race%20car.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="176" data-original-width="287" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2R_-E8DVwoyldk-aBz3jiM1qDcLAb8nVvgKbmgAIhOu7KeFy-LFFeBsg7CnfEo6dwj2jmKOD52DnvFocZJblRn6tZQdv60WRP1KJrs3OExdxQhj-lgikcuemWB11q42bXrD-HZ88oJjISc7aSrBz0N3CC28_M4FH7t6LlsvbQwLE8BhonpsN3puibd2R/s1600/race%20car.jpg" width="287" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Let’s take a look at the best and the worst. Or should I say, the worst and the least worst?</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Least Obtrusive</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Cards – Stifel</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I gotta give em credit – it’s small, it’s the same color as the unis & it’s just the company name. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">That said, who the heck is Stifel? According to their website, they’re “one of the nation's leading wealth management and investment banking firms.” Funny, I’m in the same business, and I never heard of ‘em.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Also, you’d think they could up with a better name. “Yeah, I really want to stifle my investing. Guess these are the guys I wanna go with …”</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxaWO-YMGsdITsbk8wiDXVh7CEASOyo7_bv9tuke1Jt3zmnhltPErKTJfB62UH6XVKvv3DmHgKBiyjDxF5cxIp2r_thofIulH53l60vX2lOunxAZXn3ytBq2HGQvfiLPKALqVaDMeuPRdMct5dHsxme864GQRW-mKq19g9TCvVvG8yPZOa-c0o4TUuH290/s286/stifel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="176" data-original-width="286" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxaWO-YMGsdITsbk8wiDXVh7CEASOyo7_bv9tuke1Jt3zmnhltPErKTJfB62UH6XVKvv3DmHgKBiyjDxF5cxIp2r_thofIulH53l60vX2lOunxAZXn3ytBq2HGQvfiLPKALqVaDMeuPRdMct5dHsxme864GQRW-mKq19g9TCvVvG8yPZOa-c0o4TUuH290/s1600/stifel.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s almost like it’s (thankfully) not there</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Most Obtrusive</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Astros – Oxy</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Geez, it’s bigger than the logo on their hat. I tell ya, it takes up most of the sleeve. Were they paying by the square inch?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Also, what the hell is Oxy? Do they make opioids?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Ah, it’s just another oil company. Surprise, surprise. I gotta tell you, though, maybe they need to have a little rebranding too.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEvs3PxnBXe0URW_pisW23BmaXaKdxWZ5aFemWODVkHZP0x0_nTD_rKjSalM7SOYXJ3do9WZKrwJusRrcCKZ9Bj7kjgFTFaTf4W27GLuQ6st7YVkshHtqWZLDjLqKaB268s1QRiiLtcvBQzwh9ddih4ghN0aZTdU7khdMg8Oiyb8JvR8aoJw-Gr8mogh9X/s333/oxy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="266" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEvs3PxnBXe0URW_pisW23BmaXaKdxWZ5aFemWODVkHZP0x0_nTD_rKjSalM7SOYXJ3do9WZKrwJusRrcCKZ9Bj7kjgFTFaTf4W27GLuQ6st7YVkshHtqWZLDjLqKaB268s1QRiiLtcvBQzwh9ddih4ghN0aZTdU7khdMg8Oiyb8JvR8aoJw-Gr8mogh9X/s320/oxy.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Standin up to bat for hillbilly heroin!</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Worst Color Coordination</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Blue Jays – TD </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Jays’ color palette is a nice mix of white, grey, a couple of shades of blue & a nice little grace note of red for the Canadian maple leaf. The TD logo is lime green. Stands out like a sore, gangrenous, neon-colored thumb. These two do <i>not </i>go together.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtifRrt4iXZ5MS9vnz4RudXLhp3AWxvtGEDGKsBDjUEO1s8NL0PMzQHD79Ljv4nTspun660vmx-bESYsNg9BygYuxU5S2lN62BQnUstA74gS_LIqvFXs-1W_sCYacoTMMvDXHpDMJvQwLDPUUjS3e-pV0sW4CVQe6FXGZEQgOqxhhdQkpcZTcm9z4ZnIAH/s280/td.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="280" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtifRrt4iXZ5MS9vnz4RudXLhp3AWxvtGEDGKsBDjUEO1s8NL0PMzQHD79Ljv4nTspun660vmx-bESYsNg9BygYuxU5S2lN62BQnUstA74gS_LIqvFXs-1W_sCYacoTMMvDXHpDMJvQwLDPUUjS3e-pV0sW4CVQe6FXGZEQgOqxhhdQkpcZTcm9z4ZnIAH/s1600/td.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Poorest Use of White Space</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Mets – NewYork Presbyterian</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Man, that thing’s huge! And it’s mostly just white space. Tighten that baby up a little, folks.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTEsneyVqUqt_bLG_8dExGeqsYiIEtv3Yo6n6QS6xVM0CD8ZVPt-pT4SAB2Mxap5jSOdQ9tf2fmbLJqbzldKf1C5rKankm-OOyZCu5X-nMQg_uxfI6zBv6Vn5SkCMe-23BJ2LMTsvgJoPnKRJpWRLW3BjPMKpvCdqRVjmwOzFbMiwvOqXZC-2K-F0mQdTU/s285/mets.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="285" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTEsneyVqUqt_bLG_8dExGeqsYiIEtv3Yo6n6QS6xVM0CD8ZVPt-pT4SAB2Mxap5jSOdQ9tf2fmbLJqbzldKf1C5rKankm-OOyZCu5X-nMQg_uxfI6zBv6Vn5SkCMe-23BJ2LMTsvgJoPnKRJpWRLW3BjPMKpvCdqRVjmwOzFbMiwvOqXZC-2K-F0mQdTU/s1600/mets.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Most Obscure Sponsor</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Yankees - Starr</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Cards are definitely in the running here. As are the Angels, with FBM (Foundation Building Materials).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I’m gonna have to go with the Yanks, though, and their sponsor Starr Insurance. And that’s just because we’re basically combining the biggest marketing force in MLB with an insurance agency I’m thinking few people have ever heard of (including me, who’s in the biz). </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxmyloD1SrBUyr2L4opNovz9vgeqm4EGCeG1WB1VHgGOU2iWnFdbW1BFZl5LLCNL_iKbuwjnAzpL9f2BcOYYrJxTcvFiq-W1b4g9Vx6zvF4FR2I45L1dphn6-byOhIyC5z70dU9maJI8_kIBZXFk4eEqYSGiMEql8tGUtx6f-40yWX2MuwTwEdAdxvWhN/s343/yanks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="274" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxmyloD1SrBUyr2L4opNovz9vgeqm4EGCeG1WB1VHgGOU2iWnFdbW1BFZl5LLCNL_iKbuwjnAzpL9f2BcOYYrJxTcvFiq-W1b4g9Vx6zvF4FR2I45L1dphn6-byOhIyC5z70dU9maJI8_kIBZXFk4eEqYSGiMEql8tGUtx6f-40yWX2MuwTwEdAdxvWhN/s320/yanks.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"Gerrit Cole’s serious about his insurance. </span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">That’s why Gerrit Cole gets his insurance from Starr."</div></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Most Embarrassing Sponsor</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Braves - QUIKRETE</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">They make concrete. Yup, concrete.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Now, what does that imply about the Braves? They’re target audience is construction workers? Their baserunning is slow and plodding? Watching them is like watching concrete harden?</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QrK4WE4oGiWNcjBu2199M2suoS1oSUpYBmDhE1fjYJ36T5e1bhMauFhxv23BYYmWzLqQbL2rwYGUEaDjQmlZZpJQv4h3uU3LnwhimZbk2XB-bzyny0ca7Ait3gm3Gayux39FM0BxF1sxepPJo8CZ-ueNuON1BkHnr4hj-PmThS7ZsDMVEejbsx_VXxtE/s259/braves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QrK4WE4oGiWNcjBu2199M2suoS1oSUpYBmDhE1fjYJ36T5e1bhMauFhxv23BYYmWzLqQbL2rwYGUEaDjQmlZZpJQv4h3uU3LnwhimZbk2XB-bzyny0ca7Ait3gm3Gayux39FM0BxF1sxepPJo8CZ-ueNuON1BkHnr4hj-PmThS7ZsDMVEejbsx_VXxtE/s1600/braves.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Gonna also deduct some points for the color clash (see Blue Jays, above).</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Most Embarrassing Logo</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Padres – Motorola</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I know it’s a fairly well-known name (though rather dusty), but when I look at that logo, all I can think of is Batman.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfwX9kfXLxCSZM8eHLVIfo268T-evtBdd3i636fNaz-Ice8BLtmDYwVsqE91SJwzK4LhDRWGmOT_WzfewM4Spra8tMHltRuy_fvQ9MG_mVtwH2Plb7XNIXbxBXXqptSak7fhVXlrpgKpzFVO-vlfhExdBBc0rFKBkqOIdg_9BraaDDwWE0ctqN8wEH92T/s300/pads.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfwX9kfXLxCSZM8eHLVIfo268T-evtBdd3i636fNaz-Ice8BLtmDYwVsqE91SJwzK4LhDRWGmOT_WzfewM4Spra8tMHltRuy_fvQ9MG_mVtwH2Plb7XNIXbxBXXqptSak7fhVXlrpgKpzFVO-vlfhExdBBc0rFKBkqOIdg_9BraaDDwWE0ctqN8wEH92T/s1600/pads.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Send out the bat signal, Commissioner Manfred!</span></p><div><br /></div>Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941955609902423295.post-77949304045486989602023-09-04T18:17:00.003-07:002023-09-04T18:21:31.745-07:00ACC Football - Odd Names<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Well, there goes the neighborhood. As a long fan of the ACC,
I had a hard enough time when Pitt, Notre Dame, et al. joined the conference.
Now the Atlantic Coast Conference has members on the <i>Pacific</i> Coast. I
figure it’s pretty much all over at this point.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">So, this is probably my last chance to do one of my
favorites things. I present to you … The oddest names on ACC football squads,
from worse, to worser, to worst, to worstest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>NCSU <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Caden Noonkester<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Position:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>P<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">#:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>98<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Year:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>redshirt
sophomore<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Weight:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>215<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Height:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6’6”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: right 6.5in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>walk-on; majoring in Crop and Soil Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Honorable mention:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obadiah
"Obi" Obasuyi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Miami<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Xavier Restrepo <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Position:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>WR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">#:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Year:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>junior<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Weight:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>198<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Height:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5’10”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Played
tackle football at age 5; known as the X-Man<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Wake<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rushaun Tongue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Position:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>CB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">#:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>35<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Year:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>freshman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Weight:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>175<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Height:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6’1”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>pronounced
“tong,” unfortunately<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Georgia Tech<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Position:</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">LB</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">#:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>31<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Year:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>freshman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Weight:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>225<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Height:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5’10”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>surname is
“probably a nickname for someone with some peculiarity or deformity of the foot”
(ancestry.com)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>UVA<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Snoop Leota-Amaama<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Position:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>G<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">#:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>72<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Year:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sophomore<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Weight:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>364<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Height:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6’4”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>real name is
Tapuvae<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Honorable mention:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ugonna
Nnanna<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Pitt</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Konata Mumpfield<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Position:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>WR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">#:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Year:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>junior<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Weight:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>185<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Height:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6’1”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>pronounced
“koh-nah-TAY”; father is Ceeprian; transfer from Akron Zips<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Honorable mention:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maverick
Gracio, Bam Brimo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Florida St</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fentrell Cypress II<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">#:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>23<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Year:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>junior<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Weight:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>187<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Height:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6’0”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>transfer
from UVA <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Honorable mention:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Greedy
Vance, Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Syracuse<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Maximilian Mang<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Position:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>TE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">#:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>81<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Year:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>junior<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Weight:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>265<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Height:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6’7”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>from Nuthetal, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Honorable mention:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Marlowe
Wax<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Virginia Tech<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Zeke Wimbush<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Position:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>TE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">#:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>88<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Year:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>freshman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Weight:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>210<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Height:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6’3’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>real name
is Ezekiel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Honorable mention:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ishmael
Findlayter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>BC<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Christian Mahogany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Position:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>G<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">#:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>73<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Year:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>senior<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Weight:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>322<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Height:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6’3”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Petrillo
Family Scholarship winner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Honorable mention:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shitta
Sillah<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Clemson<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wise Seagars Jr<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Position:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>RB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">#:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>32<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Year:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sophomore<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Weight:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>205<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Height:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6’1”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>walk-on; last
name is pronounced “SEE-gurz,” unfortunately<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Honorable mention:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ruke
Orhorhoro, Wade Woodaz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Notre Dame<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Zachary Slapnicker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Position:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">#:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>79<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Year:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>junior<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Weight:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>320<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Height:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6’7”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is listed
on Nextdoor as a personal assistant, dog walker & landscape contractor;
nickname is Slap<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>UNC<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">British Brooks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">#:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Year: graduate student <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Weight:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>225<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Height:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5’11”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>also the
name of a company that makes bike equipment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Louisville<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Storm Duck<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Position:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>DB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">#:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>29<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Year:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>senior<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Weight:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>200<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Height:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6’1”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>named after
<i>The Bold and the Beautiful</i> character Storm Logan; has an older sister
named Tempestt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Duke<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Memorable Factor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Position:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">#:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>38<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Year:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sophomore<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Weight:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>215<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Height:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5’11”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fun fact: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>from
London; went to Eton; father has 4-page Wikipedia entry </span><o:p></o:p></p>Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941955609902423295.post-69354122996703599602023-08-27T14:53:00.008-07:002023-10-26T09:51:14.954-07:00Oddly Named Governors - Part II<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://totallyrandomgarbage.blogspot.com/2023/08/oddly-named-governors-part-i.html">Last week</a>, we looked at Alabama to whatever come before Montana. Now, on to Wyoming!</span></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">Montana</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Green Clay Smith (1866-1869, Unionist)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Graduate of
Transylvania Univ.; ran for president on the Prohibition Party ticket (see
Kansas for another one)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wiley
Scribner, Donald Grant Nutter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Nebraska<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ashton C Shallenberger (1909-1911, Democrat)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun facts</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C stood
for Cokayne<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Silas Garber, Albinus Nance, Ezra P Savage, Lorenzo
Crounse<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Nevada<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Tasker Oddie (1011-1915, Republican)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun facts</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Made millions in silver<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Steve Sisolak, Morely Griswold, Reinhold
Sadler, Denver S Dickinson, Roswell K Colcord<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>New Hampshire<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Moody Currier (1885-1887, Republican)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun facts</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Illegitimate, lived to age 92; see Oregon for
<i>another</i> Moody<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meschech Weare, Hiram A Tuttle, Ezekiel A
Straw, Person Colby Cheney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>New Jersey<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Peter Dumont Vroom (1829-1832, Democrat)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Not to be confused with the actor who plays
Lance Smart [Wikipedia].”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Foster McGown Vorhees, Woodrow Wilson (yeah, I
realize he was POTUS, but it’s still a funny name), Philemon Dickerson, Chris
Christie (2016 & 2024 presidential candidate)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>New York<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Enos T Throop (1829-1832, Republican)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Became governor when buddy Martin Van Buren
was made Secretary of State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John Jay (yup, that John Jay), Nelson
Rockefeller (ya gotta admit it, Rockefeller’s a pretty funny name), Horatio
Seymour (yup, that Horatio Seymour), W Averell Harriman (yup, that Averell
Harriman), Eliot Spitzer (yup, the guy who resigned after that prostitution scandal), Roswell P
Flower, Hamilton Fish<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>North Carolina<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Montfort Stokes (1830-1832, Democrat)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>: “Only soldier of the
American Revolutionary War buried in Oklahoma [thanks, Wikipedia!].”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John Baptista Ashe, John Motley Morehead (“the
Father of Modern North Carolina [NCpedia]”), Hutchens Gordon Burton, Clyde R
Hoey, Zebulon Vance <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>North Dakota<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ragnvald Nestos (1921-1925, Republican)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 203.35pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Native of Norway; became guv when the
previous guy was recalled<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ole
H Olsen, Walter Welford, Frederick B Fancher, George A Sinner, <span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Eli CD Shortridge<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ohio<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Return J Meigs Jr (1810-1814,
Democrat)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Won the 1807 gubernatorial contest, but
couldn’t take office because he didn’t meet residency requirements<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rutherford B Hayes (yeah, I know, POTUS, but
still pretty odd), Mordecai Bartley, Seabury Ford, Othniel Looker<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Frank Frantz (1906-1907,
Republican)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Appointed by his Rough Rider buddy, Teddy
Roosevelt<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thompson Benton Ferguson (sounds like a law
firm), Cassius McDonald Barnes, Dewey F Bartlett<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Oregon<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Zenas Ferry Moody (1882-1887,
Republican)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another Moody! (see NH for
more)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Governor Moody combines with discrimination
and firmness of purpose a courteous manner, that prompts him to accord a
respectful bearing to all. Physically he is of a splendid type. He is of compact
build, with a handsome, ruddy face that indicates sound health, a keen,
sparkling eye through which is displayed a cheerful and sociable nature,
determined to extract all good things from life consistent with sobriety, and
an elastic step and a rapid movement that bespeak the busy man of affairs. He
is one who lives well, and appears well, and in the discharge of all his
duties, public and private, redeems his promise of doing well. [History of the
Pacific Northwest Oregon and Washington]”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Theodore Thurston Geer, La Fayette Grover, Albin
Walter Norblad Sr, Sylvester Pennoyer<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Samuel W Pennypacker
(1903-1907, Republican)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Surname comes from the German for someone who
bakes tile (for roofs)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Simon Snider, John F Hartranft, Francis R
Shunk, Gifford Pinchot (yup, the forestry guy)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ambrose Burnside
(1866-1869, Republican)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Terrible Civil War general; namesake of
sideburns<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seth Padelford, Lincoln Almond, Aram J
Pothier, Royal C Taft, Emery J San Souci<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>South Carolina<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">C’mon, Arnie, give us a
smile<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Arnoldus Vanderhorst (1794-1796)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fought in the Revolutionary War under Francis
Marion (the Swamp Fox)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Burnet R Maybank, Strom Thurmond (died at age
100), Rawlins Lowndes, Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook (author has visited his
plantation), Cole L Blease, Barnabas Kelet Henagan<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>South Dakota<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Crawford, known as a
spirited orator and debater, is portrayed in an aggressive pose, <br />ready to
vigorously defend his position [trailofgovernors.com].”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Coe I Crawford (1909-1915,
Republican)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Married two sisters (the 1<sup>st</sup> one
having passed away)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Archie M Gubbrud, Merrell Q Sharpe, Nils Boe,
Harlan J Bushfield<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tennessee<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Henry Hollis Horton (1927-1933,
Democrat)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alliteration for the win!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Impeached for financial scandals, though able
to serve out his term<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Austin Peay (pronounced “pea”), Newton
Cannon, Buford Ellington, Dewitt Clinton Senter<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Texas<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Beauford H Jester
(1947-1949, Democrat)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>"Fun" fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only Texas governor to have died in office<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jim Hogg, Pendleton Murrah, James W
Throckmorton, Dolph Briscoe, Oscar Branch Colquitt, Elisha M Pease, Oran Milo
Roberts <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Utah<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Heber Manning Wells (1896-1905,
Republican)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Utah’s first state governor, as well as its
youngest (assumed office at 36)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Simon Bamberger, Norman H Bangerter, Samuel
Beach Axtel, Caleb Walton West<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Virginia<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Goin’ motorin’ with the
missus!</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Elbert Lee Trinkle
(1922-1926, Democrat)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Received a medal from the National Committee
on Prisons and Prison Labor for supporting the exchange of prison-made goods
between prisons of the various states [National Governors Association].”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fitzhugh Lee (Confederate general), Beverley
Randolph (a guy), J Lindsay Almond, Littleton Waller Tazewell<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Vermont<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Asahel Peck (1874-1876, Republican)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Originally a Democrat; life-long bachelor<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cornelius P Van Ness, Erastus Fairbanks, Urban
A Woodberry, Jonas Galusha, Carlos Coolidge (distant relation of Cal)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Washington<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Monrad Wallgren (1945-1949,
Democrat)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“An outstanding player of carom billiards
[Wikipedia]”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Watson C Squire<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>West Virginia<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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concerned<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Aretas P Fleming (1890-1893,
Democratic)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Big-time election dispute (so maybe that’s
what he’s worried about)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jay Rockefeller (c’mon, admit it,
Rockefeller’s a pretty funny name), Homer A Holt, Jim Justice (incumbent), Okey
Patteson, Gaston Caperton, Herman G Kump<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Wisconsin<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cadwallader C Washburn (1972-1874,
Republican)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Founded company that would eventually become
General Mills; left $90M at his death (adjusted for inflation)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tommy Thompson (longest-serving WI guv; ran
for prez in 2008), Gaylord Nelson, Oscar Rennebohm, Coles Bashford, Orland
Steen Loomis, Arthur McArthur Sr<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Wyoming<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Whoa, dude, that’s one
nasty cowlick<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Thomas Moonlight (1887-1889,
Democrat)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Native of Scotland; army officer, mustered
out of the service for drunkenness<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>David Freudenthal (“joyful valley,” <i>auf
Deutsch</i>), Millward Simpson, Matt Mead, Bryon Butler Brooks, Fenimore
Chatterton</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941955609902423295.post-71596442373755296402023-08-18T18:53:00.017-07:002023-10-26T09:49:31.679-07:00Oddly Named Governors - Part I<p><span style="font-family: arial;">There’s 50 states, right? And some of them have been around
for over 200 years. So, chances are we’re going to get some crazy names in
there, right? So … let’s have at 'em.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">NOTE: Some of these states actually haven’t been around that
long. So, I’m including territorial governors as well. Drawing the line on
colonial governors though. I mean, ya gotta draw the line <i>somewhere</i>, right?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Alabama</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Clement Comer Clay (1835-1837, Democrat)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nothing like a little of the ol’ alliteration to get us
started. </span></p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Father of
Clement <i>Claiborne </i>Clay, US & Confederate senator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Israel Pickens, Rufus W Cobb, Fob James (All-American running back at
Auburn), Bibb Graves, Chauncey Sparks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Alaska</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wait a minute. Shouldn’t this guy be a little further south
than this?</span></p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Civil War
general (for the Union); shot & killed his commanding officer, William
“Bull” Nelson, after getting sacked (& with absolutely no repercussions!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lyman
Enos Knapp, John C Tidball, Wilford Bacon Hoggett<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Arizona</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Frederick Augustus Tritle (1882-1885, Republican)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Associated
with the “Thieving 13<sup>th</sup>,” a corrupt legislature<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John
Philo Hoyt, Bruce Babbitt (Sec. of the Interior, 1988 presidential candidate), C
Meyer Zulick, Fife Symington (convicted of extortion & bank fraud), Rawghlie
Clement Stanford<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Arkansas</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_YvlVDNgv8JK7fQ6NJ3s3KTes594jzB2xiH92188nAQc9J_4zv25iNHbZ__VOg5mTjqLLn-8yWNJ2B4FFaANof0FJsQptCXe8FLJxlKIQLeOuOi1E03BjMsjpl1tG56p9YzkTabZyDBu4KRKjNbIhh4ejm74EaEeV6K5pfvH-xYVwQithX6fZsQyRwri7/s284/ark.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="284" data-original-width="178" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_YvlVDNgv8JK7fQ6NJ3s3KTes594jzB2xiH92188nAQc9J_4zv25iNHbZ__VOg5mTjqLLn-8yWNJ2B4FFaANof0FJsQptCXe8FLJxlKIQLeOuOi1E03BjMsjpl1tG56p9YzkTabZyDBu4KRKjNbIhh4ejm74EaEeV6K5pfvH-xYVwQithX6fZsQyRwri7/s1600/ark.jpg" width="178" /></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Xenophon Overton Pindall (1907-1909, Democrat)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Original
Xenophon was a Greek historian and military strategist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dale
Bumpers, Jeff Davis (again, and <i>not </i>the one you're thinking of), Ozra Amander Hadley, Orval Faubus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>California</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Astonishingly awesome alliteration</span></p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Probable namesake
for Haight-Ashbury<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Friend
Richardson, Arnold Schwarzenegger (3-time Mr Universe)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Colorado</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quaker,
presidential candidate, grand-nephew of Bourke B (see Iowa)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>: Roy Romer, Julius Caldeen Gunter, Teller
Ammons, John V Vanderhoof<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Connecticut</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">You can get married at his house!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Phineas C Lounsbury (1887-1889 , Republican)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shoe manufacturer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mentions</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland, Hobart B Bigelow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Delaware</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Simeon S Pennewill (1899-1907, Republican)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peach
farmer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sherman
W Tribbitt, Cornelius P Comegys (haven’t a clue how to pronounce that last
name), Gove Saulsbury, Ebe W Tunnell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Florida</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Offered a baseball
contract by Connie Mack but declined<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John
Milton, Ossian B Hart, Reubin Askew<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Georgia</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Button Gwinett (1777)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>: Also a signer of the Declaration of Independence; killed in a duel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wilson
Lumpkin, Herschell Vespasian Johnson, Rufus Bullock<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Hawaii</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First
female & first Jewish governor of the Aloha State; s</span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">houlda kept that maiden name (Cutter)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lucius
E Pinkham, John D. Waiheʻe III, Ingram Stainback<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Idaho</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Butch Otter (2007-2019, Republican)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Real given name
is Clement Leroy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dirk
Kempthorne, Barzilla W Clark<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Illinois</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And, no, there are no Meshachs or Abednegos out there</span></p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Came from a
part of Illinois called the American Bottom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ninian Edwards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Indiana<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ratliff Boon (1822, Democrat)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Such an
excellent wolf hunter that the state ended its bounty program after paying him
$700 (over $18,000 today)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ira
Joy Chase, Ashbel P Willard, Noah Noble<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Iowa<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bourke B Hickenlooper (1943-1945, Republican)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nickname
was “Hick”; is John’s great-uncle (see Colorado)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Horace
Boies, Herschel C Loveless<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Kansas<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Extra points for the ‘stache<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">John St John (1879-1883, Prohibition)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Now, <i>that’s </i>creative …</span></p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prohibition
Party’s presidential candidate in 1884 (see Montana for another one)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Harry
Hines Woodring, Lyman U Humphrey, George Washington Glick, Lorenzo D Lewelling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Kentucky<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Known as "the
terrible Turk from Madisonville”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Augustus
Owsley Stanley, Happy Chandler (2<sup>nd</sup> Commissioner of Baseball), Simon
Bolivar Buckner (terrible Confederate general), Flem D Sampson, Beriah Magoffin
(kept KY neutral in the Civil War)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Louisiana<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And here I thought he was named after my favorite radio
station</span></p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> 1st</span> African-American governor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Edwin
Edwards (served 8 years in federal prison for racketeering), Oramel H Simpson, Ruffin
G Pleasant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Maine<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was
president of Maine’s Senate when the previous guy passed away (Maine does not have lieutenant governors)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>William
D Williamson, Clinton Clauson, Hannibal Hamlin (Lincoln’s 1<sup>st</sup> VP), Sumner
Sewall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Maryland<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yup, he said it<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Spiro Agnew (1967-1969, Republican)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>US VP, 2<sup>nd</sup>
one to resign (Calhoun was the 1<sup>st</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Samuel
Sprig, Harry Nice, Levin Winder, Oden Bowie, Lloyd Lowndes Jr (say it three
times fast)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Massachusetts</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Increase Sumner (1797-1799, Federalist)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wrote 7
books<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Marcus
Morton, Endicott Peabody (hard to get any more Boston Brahmin than that), John
QA Brackett, Foster Furcolo, Leverett Saltonstall (I actually have this guy’s
autograph)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Minnesota<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Epaphroditus Ransom (1848-1850, Democrat)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun facts</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Original
Epaphroditus was Roman emperor Nero’s secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Adolph
Olson Eberhart, Henry H Crapo, Hazen S Pingree, Alfeus Felch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Mississippi<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Adelbert Ames (1870-1874, Republican)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Fun facts</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Union
general in the Civil War (Medal of Honor winner), he was the last surviving one, passing away at age 97
in 1930<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tilghman
Tucker, Alexander G McNutt, William McWillie, Theodore G Bilbo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Missouri<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">How appropriate he’s from M-M-M-Missouri</span></p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>“Fun” fact</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Became
governor when the previous guy, Thomas Reynolds, committed suicide<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Honorable mention</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kit
Bond, Trusten Polk, Daniel Dunklin, Lilburn Boggs, Meriwether Lewis (of Lewis
& Clark fame, I know, but still pretty odd), Elliott Woolfolk Major</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Need some more? Click <a href="https://totallyrandomgarbage.blogspot.com/2023/08/oddly-named-governors-part-ii.html">here</a>!</span></p>Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941955609902423295.post-37644460715519151372023-08-07T16:46:00.004-07:002023-08-07T16:47:39.475-07:00Dog Breed Name Generator<p><span style="font-family: arial;">You know, there are some pretty strangely named dog breeds out there. Have you, for example, ever heard of any of these:</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Azawakh</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Catahoula Leopard Dog</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Dogo Argentino</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Karelian Bear Dog</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Peruvian Inca Orchid</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Porcelaine</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Portuguese Podengo Pequeno</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Pudelpointer</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Small Munsterlander</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Xoloitzcuintli</span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_80OC6pwyh3tLBh3xvC90egdHWCsK9Rt2O0wYViRXzlQsbtX7LzEtYeNXaNlewwaW4XM2r5dlCTGCqBIUgCS4RULAvOS5V6UskSM-yHcNE7JJC70BEf2gUSYyLdwFdU69uVOkE3WwZd9CqJajrLO7vnCSY0rdh-MYmWdAvJH5t9K-1EgOryepui-kRAZh/s228/azawakh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="158" data-original-width="228" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_80OC6pwyh3tLBh3xvC90egdHWCsK9Rt2O0wYViRXzlQsbtX7LzEtYeNXaNlewwaW4XM2r5dlCTGCqBIUgCS4RULAvOS5V6UskSM-yHcNE7JJC70BEf2gUSYyLdwFdU69uVOkE3WwZd9CqJajrLO7vnCSY0rdh-MYmWdAvJH5t9K-1EgOryepui-kRAZh/w320-h222/azawakh.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Azawakh</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Believe it or not, they are all officially recognized by the AKC (American Kennel Club).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Which got me thinking ... Surely, I could come up with something even crazier on my own. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">And, indeed, I did. What might be even more fun, though, would be to create a dog breed name generator.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCssgpyoFL04WVtugGuPOKl_ATqlXm0XWCuEzu8tIZMJcqD4XsH4jgyw1Vr31YWhzpw5daPJ7owDvI7_m0h64z9IB5xqDDofjH0Ym13ZXwiZQ_4VNux0cPXHx8ArZcq00rKIBClYPO_RqOSO2Z8bEatNgpd2CXjRUDeilahJyZSlo9pHX8-9UNYl6rkgrn/s318/dogo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="318" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCssgpyoFL04WVtugGuPOKl_ATqlXm0XWCuEzu8tIZMJcqD4XsH4jgyw1Vr31YWhzpw5daPJ7owDvI7_m0h64z9IB5xqDDofjH0Ym13ZXwiZQ_4VNux0cPXHx8ArZcq00rKIBClYPO_RqOSO2Z8bEatNgpd2CXjRUDeilahJyZSlo9pHX8-9UNYl6rkgrn/s1600/dogo.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p style="text-align: center;">Dogo Argentino</p></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So, here’s how it works:</span></p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Take any 4-digit number (the year you were born, the day & year you were born, the 4 digits of your phone number, the last 4 of your Social Security number …).</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Match them up to the columns below </span></li></ol><p></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">Column 1</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">0 – Bulgarian</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">1 – Burmese</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">2 – Hawaiian</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">3 – Indonesian</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">4 – Lithuanian</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">5 – Mongolian</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">6 – New Jersey</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">7 – Peruvian</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">8 – Filipino</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">9 – Transylvanian</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Column 2</b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">0 – toy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">1 – standard</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">2 – pigeon-toed</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">3 – miniature</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">4 – long-haired</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">5 – hairless</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">6 – giant</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">7 – curly-haired</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">8 – cross-eyed</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">9 – brindled</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Column 3</b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">0 – coon</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">1 – ditch</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">2 – duck</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">3 – goat</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">4 – mud</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">5 – pig</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">6 – rat</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">7 – skunk</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">8 – squirrel</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">9 – swamp</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Column 4</b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">0 – terrier</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">1 – spaniel</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">2 – setter</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">3 – retriever</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">4 – poodle</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">5 – pointer</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">6 – mutt</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">7 – hound</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">8 – dog</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">9 – collie</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">For example, I was born in 1959. That gives us the Burmese Brindled Pig Collie. Month and day? May 10 gives us 0510, which gives us the Bulgarian Longhaired Ditch Terrier.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Phone? Well that’s 9086 for my mobile and 4352 for our land line. And that gives us the Transylvanian Toy Squirrel Mutt and the Lithuanian Miniature Mud Setter, respectively.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgILnZL7_4wIEf4Zjp-_eNPqpyC5YEZ_8IXaFVqnXDE2vczF0Iuyva-AgQ9--qb3j5QOP4KZ0xfYmqjxVdqnOfqxK-_XLSgpp-f1iw6wpEaMnr3gyaUGZSWQFWe7WASHghXH4Gzz2cglPnVdrSsV2H05VsL-CZaQL-SEY3txZzORewILwK7hI7eHlb5ZcuU/s400/komondor.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="400" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgILnZL7_4wIEf4Zjp-_eNPqpyC5YEZ_8IXaFVqnXDE2vczF0Iuyva-AgQ9--qb3j5QOP4KZ0xfYmqjxVdqnOfqxK-_XLSgpp-f1iw6wpEaMnr3gyaUGZSWQFWe7WASHghXH4Gzz2cglPnVdrSsV2H05VsL-CZaQL-SEY3txZzORewILwK7hI7eHlb5ZcuU/s320/komondor.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Komondor</span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Last 4 of my SSN? That would be the Burmese Cross-Eyed Ditch Hound.</span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">How about some famous dates? 1776? Burmese Curly-haired Skunk Mutt. 2001? Hawaiian Toy Coon Spaniel. Christmas day? Burmese Pigeon-Toed Duck Pointer. July the 4th? Bulgarian Curly-haired Coon Retriever.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Go ahead, try it out yourself. Just don’t expect to see any of these at Westminster.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDBxnya3eaKahBJYjJNBAvp-zgAifdBxpMU_3uJquBu3lZS3dWm9R9FJkLQE7B7ZVj6mLDB5Rj0mTvgNoN0c1ZIR04jx5Fi0WqQdzf3i4JnmPXy5iERnTqDbhv4qdUk749apkNt9m3U76ahac38LXJ-hlJTqvZxge4IhyhoEAXRgODI_GyfQSl_SA5W2o/s400/crested.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="400" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDBxnya3eaKahBJYjJNBAvp-zgAifdBxpMU_3uJquBu3lZS3dWm9R9FJkLQE7B7ZVj6mLDB5Rj0mTvgNoN0c1ZIR04jx5Fi0WqQdzf3i4JnmPXy5iERnTqDbhv4qdUk749apkNt9m3U76ahac38LXJ-hlJTqvZxge4IhyhoEAXRgODI_GyfQSl_SA5W2o/s320/crested.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Chinese Crested</span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941955609902423295.post-26489981948301450132023-07-24T12:59:00.031-07:002023-08-19T06:21:27.833-07:00Odd Mascots of Division I Sports<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Now, there are, of course, plenty of Bulldogs, Tigers, and Eagles out there. There are also, however, some that are a little different, maybe even unique.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We’ve all heard of some of these, right? I mean, Georgetown’s got the Hoyas, Ohio State the Buckeyes, and Tennessee the Volunteers. But what the heck do they mean? Where the heck did they come from?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In this post, I’m going to share some of my favorites, all from NCAA Division I schools.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Fighting Things</b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Notre Dame Fighting Irish</u> - originally after Irish immigrant soldiers who fought for the Union in the Civil War</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Illinois Fighting Illini</u> - after the Indian tribe, for which Illinois is named</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>North Dakota Fighting Hawks</u> - formerly the Fighting Sioux, which was deemed politically incorrect</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Campbell Fighting Camels</u> - from the name of the college</span></li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA7-vc6dlG1zKsDKdfCXvaPJ2JcBAOvdLC7hb2f2I6WXppgIEVBtJ_9JE-vkGu-GjUW8CeIprIrSd1KxtF9Giyn0qvJ6DewVuZeUf5zwdRA5PgWwwE9akDkv9wWqlMIpnJ-4GKpmMYFedlvWhIO_muwH8l0ySGtjUU_bfu7FxJ1ODuaMFoHaokdgwaKkRN/s225/campbell.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="224" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA7-vc6dlG1zKsDKdfCXvaPJ2JcBAOvdLC7hb2f2I6WXppgIEVBtJ_9JE-vkGu-GjUW8CeIprIrSd1KxtF9Giyn0qvJ6DewVuZeUf5zwdRA5PgWwwE9akDkv9wWqlMIpnJ-4GKpmMYFedlvWhIO_muwH8l0ySGtjUU_bfu7FxJ1ODuaMFoHaokdgwaKkRN/s1600/campbell.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mr. & Mrs. Gaylord and Gladys Campbell<br />(yup, Gaylord)</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Straight -Up Nouns</b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Elon Phoenix</u> - rising from the ashes, after a devastating 1923 fire</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Hofstra Pride</u> - formerly the Flying Dutchmen, changed in 2001because it was politically incorrect</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Northern Kentucky Norse</u> - Norse = men from the north; winner of 1971 student poll</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Tulsa Golden Hurricane</u> - originally, the Golden Tornadoes, which was already taken (by Georgia Tech, no less)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Marshall Thundering Herd</u> - from a popular 1923 Zane Grey novel about buffalo hunters</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Long Beach State Beach</u> - mascot is Elbee the Shark, who just so happens to be non-binary and uses the pronouns they/them (I kid you not)</span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHKy9Nx6fEMamj5T_NKixXe-VP28uFlTFmLibFXQ9Xk2p1Fdx99e28cVLbO_T8K1P5DhjR7mNGvbkOM4KXYi2c4aL-R2GLhNMZQlfMLW-MJP5t1uX0Cc6mEvUuNMdFGZyMHRWhI2kfGmt-QNETemYXQgNDjqn1yAu1Yksnu3jZ5PTwxtgUDO20FjvTPJt/s276/tulsa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="183" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHKy9Nx6fEMamj5T_NKixXe-VP28uFlTFmLibFXQ9Xk2p1Fdx99e28cVLbO_T8K1P5DhjR7mNGvbkOM4KXYi2c4aL-R2GLhNMZQlfMLW-MJP5t1uX0Cc6mEvUuNMdFGZyMHRWhI2kfGmt-QNETemYXQgNDjqn1yAu1Yksnu3jZ5PTwxtgUDO20FjvTPJt/s1600/tulsa.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s supposed to be a hurricane (hint, hint),<br />something which has never actually hit Tulsa</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Straight Colors</b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Harvard Crimson</u> - from the color of the jerseys; beat out magenta in an 1875 student poll</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Alabama Crimson Tide</u> - from the color of the jerseys; formerly the Thin Red Line, a reference to Alabama’s Civil War troops</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Syracuse Orange</u> - from the color of the jerseys; associated with the Dutch, who originally settled the area</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Dartmouth Big Green</u> - from the color of the jerseys; formerly the politically incorrect Indians</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Cornell Big Red</u> - from the color of the jerseys</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Stanford Cardinal</u> - from the color of the jerseys; formerly the Indians</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>North Texas Mean Green</u> - after a nickname for the defense & the color of the jerseys</span></li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQYhlvmqc1mgvLqFo4iJb20WYorp84-_lgpGXXr3XvH4oyyNT8-6pTgY2UcbuV0QgX0R-RhLXPpkMC2lgKIddYBaLMfqD3cdby0kgYbfSSUoDXnTOeJ-R2lBMOUnok-D_bamvbYv_kDEAjV-0dVHascP0lGe01LEzp0RfXlMruap2Hp0hQClrzqtX-671M/s275/otto.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQYhlvmqc1mgvLqFo4iJb20WYorp84-_lgpGXXr3XvH4oyyNT8-6pTgY2UcbuV0QgX0R-RhLXPpkMC2lgKIddYBaLMfqD3cdby0kgYbfSSUoDXnTOeJ-R2lBMOUnok-D_bamvbYv_kDEAjV-0dVHascP0lGe01LEzp0RfXlMruap2Hp0hQClrzqtX-671M/s1600/otto.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Otto the Orange</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Colorful Adjectives</b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Texas Tech Red Raiders</u> - from the color of the jerseys; formerly the Matadors</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>St John Red Storm</u> - from the color of the jerseys; originally, the politically incorrect Redmen</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>St Francis Red Flash</u> - from the color of the jerseys; also after a particularly quick offensive backfield from the 1920s</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Duke Blue Devils</u> - from the color of the jerseys; also after a crack French military unit in WWI</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders</u> - from the color of the jerseys; also after the Colgate Red Raiders</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Delaware Blue Hens</u> - after the blue hens that Delaware troops in the Revolutionary War brought to cockfights</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Presbyterian Blue Hose</u> - a variation of the Blue Stockings, from the uniform</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Tulane Green Wave</u> - from the color of the jerseys, as well as a fight song published in the school newspaper in 1920</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Canisius Golden Griffins</u> - a winged lion; also after French explorer Lasalle’s ship, the Griffin, built in Buffalo, the site of Canisius (perhaps the most obscure reference on here)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Kent State Golden Flashes</u> - after a 1927 contestant, with the winner picked by the school president; formerly the Silver Foxes, after a fox farm adjacent to campus</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Minnesota Golden Gophers</u> - from the color of the pants; Minnesotans have been known as “gophers” since the mid 1800s</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Niagara Purple Eagles</u> - from the color of the jerseys; formerly just the boring Eagles</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Evansville Purple Aces</u> - from the color of the jerseys; formerly just the Aces</span></li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzJceuOrWjMotS-qqM808IEEXiTKUolj8Gnthl4fa5-sxAUojShMSq73UZ402VyHcNkYZeGx8hEYjCQI_TdcscM69cD3WDxNDKRHC4k88tgBz9qxFFF2q55vNZvelsmPf8ddxlhTs712o0LDsakXDtYWVCPEixXF0gCC9rKrGpO66DMd4zMXKJHItbTX_/s276/hosey.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="183" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzJceuOrWjMotS-qqM808IEEXiTKUolj8Gnthl4fa5-sxAUojShMSq73UZ402VyHcNkYZeGx8hEYjCQI_TdcscM69cD3WDxNDKRHC4k88tgBz9qxFFF2q55vNZvelsmPf8ddxlhTs712o0LDsakXDtYWVCPEixXF0gCC9rKrGpO66DMd4zMXKJHItbTX_/s1600/hosey.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Scotty the Scotsman, a Medieval Scottish warrior (and Presbyterian’s mascot)</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Uninspiring People</b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Tennessee Volunteers</u> - from the number of volunteers who signed up to fight the War of 1812</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Navy Midshipmen</u> - a 17th century term for apprentice seamen, who berthed “amidship” </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Purdue Boilermakers</u> - from a typical occupation for the engineering-heavy school back in the 1800s when it was coined</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>UTEP Miners</u> - from the school’s original name, the State School of Mines and Metallurgy</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Nebraska Cornhuskers</u> - from one of the state’s main products; used derisively by Iowa after Nebraska scored an upset win against them</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Stetson Hatters</u> - from the Stetson hat; after John B Stetson, who started the company that made them & also founded the school</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Loyola Chicago Ramblers</u> - from the 1920s football team’s barnstorming reputation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Idaho Vandals</u> - from a sports writer who compared them to the barbarians who sacked Rome in the 5th Century</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Penn Quakers</u> - because so many Quakers settled in Pennsylvania, which is known itself as the Quaker State</span></li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNsWgvaXS4tXUZwqFhv6XdFfRDMqedosOYyR_PzmIEeitk7TsSo66KmBanbPr5Tnn_4hnwVvb823hQFMoy8yq4A7AgPlmUdUD2js_QbwpAmspd_n_x_MBloY8U2ommbVnXgQi2HGRRxSou6qIGUaAVIPshuX-_VNXLUPOX9Xozjn2L6OUc2jj6ij9-wqyi/s290/hatter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="290" data-original-width="174" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNsWgvaXS4tXUZwqFhv6XdFfRDMqedosOYyR_PzmIEeitk7TsSo66KmBanbPr5Tnn_4hnwVvb823hQFMoy8yq4A7AgPlmUdUD2js_QbwpAmspd_n_x_MBloY8U2ommbVnXgQi2HGRRxSou6qIGUaAVIPshuX-_VNXLUPOX9Xozjn2L6OUc2jj6ij9-wqyi/s1600/hatter.jpg" width="174" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">His nickname is the incredibly dull John B</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>What the Heck Is It?</b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Texas A&M / New Mexico State / NC A&T / UC Davis / Utah State Aggies</u> - from the “Agricultural” in or previously in these colleges’ names</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Utah Utes</u> - an Indian tribe, the source of the state’s name</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Ohio State Buckeyes</u> - from the tree, common in the state; the dried seeds look like the eye of a deer</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Georgetown Hoyas</u> - originally the Stonewalls; came from a Latin/Greek cheer, “<i>Hoya saxa</i>!” – basically “What rocks [these men are]”</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Virginia Tech Hokies</u> - nonsense words from a school cheer</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Hawaii Rainbow Warriors</u> - from the many rainbows that appear in Hawaii, as well as the warriors popular in Hawaiian history; originally the Deans</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>St Bonaventure Bonnies</u> - from the school name; originally the Brown Indians, from the color of their jerseys</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Chattanooga Mocs</u> - originally the Moccasins, after Moccasin Bend, where Chattanooga is located; also cited as referring to the water moccasin, the snake, and the shoe, with its Native American connotations</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Vermont Catamounts</u> - another term for cougar; the winner of a 1926 student poll</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Univ. of Kansas City Roos</u> - following the adoption of two baby kangaroos by the Kansas City Zoo</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>VMI Keydets</u> - a play on “cadets,” what the students at the military college are called; oddly, the mascot is a kangaroo</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Akron Zips</u> - from a 1927 student poll, perhaps referencing a local company’s product; the mascot, Zippy, is also a kangaroo</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Wichita State Shockers</u> - someone who harvests wheat – i.e., into shocks, or stacks</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Coastal Carolina Chanticleers</u> - a “proud and fierce” rooster, from Chauncer’s <i>Canterbury Tales</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Grand Canyon Lopes</u> - short for antelopes, common in the area</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>St Louis Billikens</u> - a mythical creature who brings good luck, sort of the opposite of a gremlin</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Manhattan Jaspers</u> - after the school’s first athletic director, Brother Jasper</span></li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghXtvJCkxd-CG7e_46QUoPEvqhbw3M50WhVeBKG6LyRsU3LvTmlTNqMx8uinK4ZzPX1cOnmYxqVkU7WyID0n5jLgsq2MwfRnyBiVOwbXCmESScYcbl3Ptf9iXaDjjPuuf3a3X8o5puq-toJbKw6L1PCCGDM8QL9Tv_JZvGrhs0fj92pUGRQuRX1KhgAyvv/s300/shocker.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghXtvJCkxd-CG7e_46QUoPEvqhbw3M50WhVeBKG6LyRsU3LvTmlTNqMx8uinK4ZzPX1cOnmYxqVkU7WyID0n5jLgsq2MwfRnyBiVOwbXCmESScYcbl3Ptf9iXaDjjPuuf3a3X8o5puq-toJbKw6L1PCCGDM8QL9Tv_JZvGrhs0fj92pUGRQuRX1KhgAyvv/s1600/shocker.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Looking more like Frankenstein, “Wu” is supposed <br />to be a "big, bad muscle-bound bundle of wheat”</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Uninspiring Pooches</b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Albany Great Danes</u> - originally the Pedagogues; student Kathy Earle won $25 in a 1967 contestant to come up with a new name</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Boston Univ / Wofford Terriers</u> - from the scrappy, feisty dog, originally bred to fight animals in their burrows</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>UMBC Retrievers</u> - after Chesapeake Bay retrievers; UMBC stands for University of Maryland Baltimore Campus, with Baltimore being located on the Chesapeake Bay; winner of a 1966 contest</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Southern Illinois Salukis</u> - after the “royal dog of Egypt,” with Southern Illinois long being nicknamed Little Egypt, for its rich soil between two rivers, the Mississippi and Ohio</span></li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg7BwcMRFD0HhubOyVdaM-y759TxilWjSbXOfxB7Pzy0-isH0OtMa_FjEIFYM4NNTowkX8GMxoeTS89yBTvF2JIJd8o7QGx9ip9yoOEG6uy3UG8Ra6eEfcCh1ibMkxxnuht2GiZdITO5Em-NyhqKQqVlcECl4ch7aIEtDt7ruqRmMF4b3M9OxZJ1f7M20M/s257/saluki.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="257" data-original-width="196" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg7BwcMRFD0HhubOyVdaM-y759TxilWjSbXOfxB7Pzy0-isH0OtMa_FjEIFYM4NNTowkX8GMxoeTS89yBTvF2JIJd8o7QGx9ip9yoOEG6uy3UG8Ra6eEfcCh1ibMkxxnuht2GiZdITO5Em-NyhqKQqVlcECl4ch7aIEtDt7ruqRmMF4b3M9OxZJ1f7M20M/s1600/saluki.jpg" width="196" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nightmare fuel, pure nightmare fuel</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Uninspiring Animals</b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Rice / Temple / Florida Atlantic Owls</u> - from their association with learning, particularly as the symbol of Athena, the Greek goddess of knowledge</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Oregon Ducks</u> - because of the state’s wet weather</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Oregon State Beavers</u> - because of the importance of beaver pelts in the state’s early history</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>TCU Horned Frogs</u> - origin unknown; formerly the Preacher Boys</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Richmond Spiders</u> - likely from the Cleveland Spiders, now the Cleveland Guardians, a very successful baseball team at the time</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>St Peters Peacocks</u> - resurrected itself, as did the peacock in mythology, after being closed during WWI</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Youngstown State Penguins</u> - from the cold weather there</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>UC Irvine Anteaters</u> - from a joke originally championed by the water polo team</span></li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEini8mkzgRWda2I-Blqz6Q4j4v6Gy8x4yH6JJbF5kZkJSPNy6ahELyzRxtf0d60fI8JfiEezJba1z_pnzNtTYSPO4NoACFw_iAcNTd0sg5bQplWjTIUHBa3tULra3bhHQINc2B3b5oRZD6wX1KjoYpSRiU3FMvVXdJXPV6VFueYLSOrg2zDdZjI9SrN8pWi/s472/anteater.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="472" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEini8mkzgRWda2I-Blqz6Q4j4v6Gy8x4yH6JJbF5kZkJSPNy6ahELyzRxtf0d60fI8JfiEezJba1z_pnzNtTYSPO4NoACFw_iAcNTd0sg5bQplWjTIUHBa3tULra3bhHQINc2B3b5oRZD6wX1KjoYpSRiU3FMvVXdJXPV6VFueYLSOrg2zDdZjI9SrN8pWi/s320/anteater.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">His name is Zot, he was inspired by <br />Johnny Hart’s comic strip <i>B.C.</i> & he's my fave</span></p><div><br /></div>Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941955609902423295.post-55931438583153852242023-06-03T06:40:00.005-07:002023-06-03T06:42:54.314-07:00How Italian is Moonstruck?<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> How Italian is Moonstruck?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s such a great movie. It’s my wife’s absolute favorite. She always says, “Everybody’s so Italian.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Looking at the actors’ bios on IMdB really got me thinking though. Exactly how Italian is this thing? Hint: it’s not just Cher.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Let’s take a look at the main actors in the film, as well as the director, writer & producer. Here’s what we’ll do …</span></p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">I’ll show you the character’s name and a still of them from the movie</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">You can guess whether they’re Italian or not (be sure to write down your answer)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Scroll down a bit</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">I’ll show you the actor’s name, as well as a standard photo</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Under the photo, I’ll list the actor’s real ethnicity</span></li></ol><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Ready? Here we go …</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">1. Loretta Castorini</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXfUhEiT58fZFMU105T7YLaejODtZnNvn3eUnDxL2uEkRmP_klTIBuc62BCVZBqNH0aVuw5eDMEjHdRoxAHyFLv1PbttWqssMg5bq2VC6_vCJdgzDZ42vAm-7WdLddAW_srcFjeRRFuNz11FyRFnmqTWEWHxS1M76RcCSg3E_fB79vyet_pOnPqTsQQ/s274/loretta.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="274" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXfUhEiT58fZFMU105T7YLaejODtZnNvn3eUnDxL2uEkRmP_klTIBuc62BCVZBqNH0aVuw5eDMEjHdRoxAHyFLv1PbttWqssMg5bq2VC6_vCJdgzDZ42vAm-7WdLddAW_srcFjeRRFuNz11FyRFnmqTWEWHxS1M76RcCSg3E_fB79vyet_pOnPqTsQQ/s1600/loretta.jpg" width="274" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">2. Rose Castorini</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZSLXcOKedm5Sk6OP0xqoL8W9AKoEjxQlNb_6XZx5MJAT1N0C94zu8IVwXMzTMXUNIQ3cLabh4qdwyv1S6zHmurfysAZYok8iVyj1opjOWwFOtnTMlhhH9T0VCfYabUoG-jK4Xq5LKGFfGd1eqTUkbY-MyZZPWa4KvcocDBHigfplxfeGPzSqOpKG6g/s306/rose.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="306" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZSLXcOKedm5Sk6OP0xqoL8W9AKoEjxQlNb_6XZx5MJAT1N0C94zu8IVwXMzTMXUNIQ3cLabh4qdwyv1S6zHmurfysAZYok8iVyj1opjOWwFOtnTMlhhH9T0VCfYabUoG-jK4Xq5LKGFfGd1eqTUkbY-MyZZPWa4KvcocDBHigfplxfeGPzSqOpKG6g/s1600/rose.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">3. Cosmo Castorini</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzRFCnXAjO_9OGK6eFDLu58r2S1-gylQ-tuJII5Xa7SC29qC8uIO2OFERLlFqSQWt4hAE9f0xn2UFlakzdHMI2TQH2fO7_W-spzPbkriCPszLLvuBkhw4GO5_JlcvRweKcwzz_I-_1gUIz0rzt9aJIQkoJ0Io9UULw6ldv19MREv_66cgwt_mTEAjKA/s225/cosmo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzRFCnXAjO_9OGK6eFDLu58r2S1-gylQ-tuJII5Xa7SC29qC8uIO2OFERLlFqSQWt4hAE9f0xn2UFlakzdHMI2TQH2fO7_W-spzPbkriCPszLLvuBkhw4GO5_JlcvRweKcwzz_I-_1gUIz0rzt9aJIQkoJ0Io9UULw6ldv19MREv_66cgwt_mTEAjKA/s1600/cosmo.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">4. Old Man (presumably Loretta’s grandfather)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj81arbVS02ZPbGG_1oD5bbWLqZ6q5lbdCtFnEkfLxd7HLYY-haxJz28VBy3Qp_KT7BAwImwweDpbg3v8QqtghaMbLHhZ85jgLFfytwa5QJzMnA3N3I81XZhyj9pILTg_Ztz63U7xzlZhgG87Po4c-8Y-eiOhCdkU74qQLlGcx5-Ijl8jyTEdx4xy3GGg/s303/old%20man.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="166" data-original-width="303" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj81arbVS02ZPbGG_1oD5bbWLqZ6q5lbdCtFnEkfLxd7HLYY-haxJz28VBy3Qp_KT7BAwImwweDpbg3v8QqtghaMbLHhZ85jgLFfytwa5QJzMnA3N3I81XZhyj9pILTg_Ztz63U7xzlZhgG87Po4c-8Y-eiOhCdkU74qQLlGcx5-Ijl8jyTEdx4xy3GGg/s1600/old%20man.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">5. Ronny Cammareri</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUnTjc_Vcdd8YQ3kyBYRBU2skdnGhMpEi483RMiP809rcegYybOXVczw8i2fD75P0OCacrL5yyINCEJUEzDWiis2ho-XjrPz4XDJvLIAZJM-EzcVlfZ7cV-ORTMNd-pCsqf3hwWDCcIEt2NMtzHXRz5DIG83m_n3dSBzIFW9cfeflFYNTuhvR93jZaXA/s306/ronny.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="306" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUnTjc_Vcdd8YQ3kyBYRBU2skdnGhMpEi483RMiP809rcegYybOXVczw8i2fD75P0OCacrL5yyINCEJUEzDWiis2ho-XjrPz4XDJvLIAZJM-EzcVlfZ7cV-ORTMNd-pCsqf3hwWDCcIEt2NMtzHXRz5DIG83m_n3dSBzIFW9cfeflFYNTuhvR93jZaXA/s1600/ronny.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">6. Johnny Cammareri</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiez-EQjvWpmBdwtDntBHD9Tf6f7Pi0JLfWTzJddjttaBTYC_Pk9BDo0VSYtK8T8ThBQXtHdq20hsv46l_0Kbcp6o9njMyul3e9YmVwQ_zFwFdrJnwF1tBR9deZd6GRKUx31Is_z3uv2IsA0z5c78yurX78e6X-5lwPS9O1N4tbGNrHnpi8OKR6cKnbA/s303/johnny.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="166" data-original-width="303" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiez-EQjvWpmBdwtDntBHD9Tf6f7Pi0JLfWTzJddjttaBTYC_Pk9BDo0VSYtK8T8ThBQXtHdq20hsv46l_0Kbcp6o9njMyul3e9YmVwQ_zFwFdrJnwF1tBR9deZd6GRKUx31Is_z3uv2IsA0z5c78yurX78e6X-5lwPS9O1N4tbGNrHnpi8OKR6cKnbA/s1600/johnny.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">7. Rita Cappomagi</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGv-DLyiXZSTWTm8y8qfWFGeC3wTfT0dSmcfHBVad2r7-9AQWPWEhzL8_h0nZpRtc4qIN6gccvOmlmoHWiludMKXkawfa5psQo-YJZJsNbn80M0q3PEoLNY9fJDptknycXgp8Ay6HdVszTUUMYYALYDw13EvwQxgUbxOLoW3NFIRmgX2nNXEPZ8HgQbA/s266/rita.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="266" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGv-DLyiXZSTWTm8y8qfWFGeC3wTfT0dSmcfHBVad2r7-9AQWPWEhzL8_h0nZpRtc4qIN6gccvOmlmoHWiludMKXkawfa5psQo-YJZJsNbn80M0q3PEoLNY9fJDptknycXgp8Ay6HdVszTUUMYYALYDw13EvwQxgUbxOLoW3NFIRmgX2nNXEPZ8HgQbA/s1600/rita.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">8. Raymond Capomaggi</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1GEluQ59tppuX50_OL5DbmrAwiFnK_gQpO-jyeL1rq2LtImadcOqkekE6t2KfS08qUs5s9GXBT3OC2PFQ_a2EurycabXmlffr0FFzwEU3Eb9dHLjXAfdhMcCiFbYLwIP2Z8prCmdYXy1uD-30Ap8-s1KPh7bXT5t1OFbag7-O_ONasqwY9ydwJzYaVQ/s303/raymond.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="166" data-original-width="303" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1GEluQ59tppuX50_OL5DbmrAwiFnK_gQpO-jyeL1rq2LtImadcOqkekE6t2KfS08qUs5s9GXBT3OC2PFQ_a2EurycabXmlffr0FFzwEU3Eb9dHLjXAfdhMcCiFbYLwIP2Z8prCmdYXy1uD-30Ap8-s1KPh7bXT5t1OFbag7-O_ONasqwY9ydwJzYaVQ/s1600/raymond.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">9. Director/Producer</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZSMoGeDYt-OciEbX6AIh9KPaHiueXXoq28Vc5DB8RSwi3gj-G56GexqMCm_boDg-keEkDGtXPNuyX2w_K00gv7Xh4uvxEtiAa88g7mfxr8zRxFhau6H2_y7S5un6wf0YGwpYOX44nXHCRujoO0MmdLPEVD5wH6zhkhAUETVCCdrf02b13rMdQRkOrg/s275/dir%20prod.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZSMoGeDYt-OciEbX6AIh9KPaHiueXXoq28Vc5DB8RSwi3gj-G56GexqMCm_boDg-keEkDGtXPNuyX2w_K00gv7Xh4uvxEtiAa88g7mfxr8zRxFhau6H2_y7S5un6wf0YGwpYOX44nXHCRujoO0MmdLPEVD5wH6zhkhAUETVCCdrf02b13rMdQRkOrg/s1600/dir%20prod.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">10. Writer</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWECQ54Y9hnTw1GAapCPI0fCPuFEufU89lYvM6bTZJnISIgzJD7H4hu7h3ai7UQy_AOd9-D5eXYQfLGyA9Lf1ZiffoNnt_c1TVpRpiIKqBq6SHPoO1UqN2B1RT86d8jmCaytzYcS4cqxI_AN9513s7Iwsw9bnU8aqahoVcM5DAM4mbsK8jF23yP1vxNA/s259/writer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="194" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWECQ54Y9hnTw1GAapCPI0fCPuFEufU89lYvM6bTZJnISIgzJD7H4hu7h3ai7UQy_AOd9-D5eXYQfLGyA9Lf1ZiffoNnt_c1TVpRpiIKqBq6SHPoO1UqN2B1RT86d8jmCaytzYcS4cqxI_AN9513s7Iwsw9bnU8aqahoVcM5DAM4mbsK8jF23yP1vxNA/s1600/writer.jpg" width="194" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Write down your answers? Okay, let's see how you did ...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">1. Loretta Castorini – Cher</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8zcnkYlii5df77qPiDqDoZRKuZdh4YrNOG5UTJP62Ekxqv5bDkKTZRBDiwbjo5iPjVgwcQQlD1SaESGkRWWxasovkbMaK2GF_qyD-DLkAviQDe7Z2ozJsfcquN8XrYh97GucrWtCA2cOqMhM1jC3ir_EZLrugfRiJtsqfCFwK_7zC714zILQ5mLEjQ/s743/cher.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="552" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8zcnkYlii5df77qPiDqDoZRKuZdh4YrNOG5UTJP62Ekxqv5bDkKTZRBDiwbjo5iPjVgwcQQlD1SaESGkRWWxasovkbMaK2GF_qyD-DLkAviQDe7Z2ozJsfcquN8XrYh97GucrWtCA2cOqMhM1jC3ir_EZLrugfRiJtsqfCFwK_7zC714zILQ5mLEjQ/s320/cher.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Armenian</b>. Cher was born Cheralynn Sarkasian, to an Armenian father and American mother. She also has a little Cherokee blood in her, something she always emphasized, especially early in her career.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">2. Rose Castorini – Olympia Dukakis</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTTN7s-e5BdjJDrlejw3YUwX59CkJd3ciNJS-tc-jhSN1pL8iixF0CxihLx8-y0IX5fw86xqoe46W4-8Ls1F5iWYsGGrXJXzAliMQea7SVx4zwoGNOFtyMfXobcyYdDOmrlE9026EgVBRXmla2l0zG9kL-yf84Fh7OlAKl5eUf9tz8h73D_hnNktYz9g/s230/dukakis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="220" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTTN7s-e5BdjJDrlejw3YUwX59CkJd3ciNJS-tc-jhSN1pL8iixF0CxihLx8-y0IX5fw86xqoe46W4-8Ls1F5iWYsGGrXJXzAliMQea7SVx4zwoGNOFtyMfXobcyYdDOmrlE9026EgVBRXmla2l0zG9kL-yf84Fh7OlAKl5eUf9tz8h73D_hnNktYz9g/s1600/dukakis.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Greek</b>. Her parents were Greek immigrants. Michael Dukakis, governor of Massachusetts and presidential candidate, is her cousin.</span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">3. Cosmo Castorini – Vincent Gardenia</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Italian</b>. Born Vincenzo Scognamiglio in Naples, Italy. Immigrated to the US at age 2.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxCATQ5By-KVo9dWDIjh0UBkBd0K5nOQ5T6EXstHglLVTROLrypr0bFb-IKoy3Fap9W0w0z25J5UW9dxQXRKblK0pbqBH5ObpTho3OjEcIkhtc_W1g48jJRnuqYpbE43bTu-Ksg12mR32ZRpp_cjeKBr6TZRzccKiVe1EFn8VwpUIvK3pZ6YZrhi-Y8Q/s271/gardenia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="271" data-original-width="186" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxCATQ5By-KVo9dWDIjh0UBkBd0K5nOQ5T6EXstHglLVTROLrypr0bFb-IKoy3Fap9W0w0z25J5UW9dxQXRKblK0pbqBH5ObpTho3OjEcIkhtc_W1g48jJRnuqYpbE43bTu-Ksg12mR32ZRpp_cjeKBr6TZRzccKiVe1EFn8VwpUIvK3pZ6YZrhi-Y8Q/s1600/gardenia.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">4. Old Man – Feodor Chaliapin Jr.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQtEACmDavrBeEbbOjb9geDgV744QZf3G8F7T9XEPCvowwDqlanvRsQGooxP5aJcxHhktNQRZQ6to9BHTgnY33YG6wak6v9ZfHtJwL3StQAFNIpcXn4kE51iYA-e17JWvGxjrU9m-FIYvFD_214BmtcpG2I1i4XcaE6lxE935Kc7qDX6UCJQ9k2jQ_Q/s225/chaliapin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQtEACmDavrBeEbbOjb9geDgV744QZf3G8F7T9XEPCvowwDqlanvRsQGooxP5aJcxHhktNQRZQ6to9BHTgnY33YG6wak6v9ZfHtJwL3StQAFNIpcXn4kE51iYA-e17JWvGxjrU9m-FIYvFD_214BmtcpG2I1i4XcaE6lxE935Kc7qDX6UCJQ9k2jQ_Q/s1600/chaliapin.jpg" width="225" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Russian</b>. Born in Moscow. His wealthy, well-known family fled the Bolsheviks for Paris when Feodor was 19. He later immigrated to the US to pursue an acting career. His father, Feodor Chaliapin Sr., was a famous opera singer.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">5. Ronny Cammareri – Nicholas Cage</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIxgVODuJnSKYehyH0vSeTyONpsHP10hSqdK4mBACTPizjj8e6y8YzCdhwSGdGBx_MFWTs4_dBxwH4YodyQ8gKMa3c69hU2TTeTdOLsYWX1yvB8VSW8gIEIU4S7NZJyY2bQ82swkV9I7VoBl2rh6-xK9epAjShsx8NBDW-Xt44EqFlp7IZV-zPEKyCg/s337/cage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="337" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIxgVODuJnSKYehyH0vSeTyONpsHP10hSqdK4mBACTPizjj8e6y8YzCdhwSGdGBx_MFWTs4_dBxwH4YodyQ8gKMa3c69hU2TTeTdOLsYWX1yvB8VSW8gIEIU4S7NZJyY2bQ82swkV9I7VoBl2rh6-xK9epAjShsx8NBDW-Xt44EqFlp7IZV-zPEKyCg/s320/cage.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Italian</b>. Born Nicholas Coppola, and related to Francis Ford Coppola, as well as the rest of the Coppola family. He changed his name to Cage to avoid any appearance of nepotism.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">He is actually only half Italian, through his father August, a comparative literature professor. His paternal great-grandparents immigrated to the US from Basilicata, in southern Italy. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">6. Johnny Cammareri – Danny Aiello</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTM6rReM6j3vWMMStcurmIiYkKIHEtqqXcVhsOVTAXNtNPLMcbcYajwNVnjxU4QTTAkk974yjolpeyHNIcMDrnOPVl_fb4x_XF7WTIGZF7icvlalWrX-w35peC7GwLLsI8-DlOTnzkHk_tvPQjCPB16ffWd1JUP9W-IV1jjvs7CqvqHveqb_ywIxS_3w/s234/aiello.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="234" data-original-width="216" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTM6rReM6j3vWMMStcurmIiYkKIHEtqqXcVhsOVTAXNtNPLMcbcYajwNVnjxU4QTTAkk974yjolpeyHNIcMDrnOPVl_fb4x_XF7WTIGZF7icvlalWrX-w35peC7GwLLsI8-DlOTnzkHk_tvPQjCPB16ffWd1JUP9W-IV1jjvs7CqvqHveqb_ywIxS_3w/s1600/aiello.jpg" width="216" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b>Italian</b>. Though both his parents were of Italian ethnicity, his mother was actually an immigrant (from Naples).</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">7. Rita Cappomagi – Julie Bovasso</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvi_5SymaVHLWWdABqbpj4qNn7uoikLuvQCjRsg4rTuqaMTq2m2gMe3uEj5Wr5wLyDJxD58hJevl7FDgaWTDCSNpfTVprZHLarPSTjZq-IyT9GaR5T6KFwfnR9oNMpma_DzWWxb4P904DfPX-W7kZsyrS29DRYM0hMP1os3o1BlWvA8hCe-1zaxCeV_g/s270/bovasso.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="187" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvi_5SymaVHLWWdABqbpj4qNn7uoikLuvQCjRsg4rTuqaMTq2m2gMe3uEj5Wr5wLyDJxD58hJevl7FDgaWTDCSNpfTVprZHLarPSTjZq-IyT9GaR5T6KFwfnR9oNMpma_DzWWxb4P904DfPX-W7kZsyrS29DRYM0hMP1os3o1BlWvA8hCe-1zaxCeV_g/s1600/bovasso.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p><b>Italian</b>. A serious theatrical actress, she also played in super Italian movies such as <i>Wise Guys, Saturday Night Fever </i>& <i>Staying Alive</i> (and playing John Travolta’s mom in the last two, no less).</p></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">8. Raymond Capomaggi – Louis Guss</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jewish</b>. “Often cast as Italian,” according to Variety. Was also in <i>The Godfather</i>.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzpdyV66a1hO2tlD_63cZAphXXbDv_GJ1zMaov14bbMzur1Yp6EPr_1vNj0EdVPb8Ra8iLjJoPfy-HqSxeftJ8ujEwB8-GY_xzWewr9uM_xnl5BTzZ47mbMndxIwrFYlmzcwcO3FFePA2Hcukr9g3tSxHVzAGT5dXiB2On_VWeFl8ZnCDOYJlQ93r2vg/s259/guss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzpdyV66a1hO2tlD_63cZAphXXbDv_GJ1zMaov14bbMzur1Yp6EPr_1vNj0EdVPb8Ra8iLjJoPfy-HqSxeftJ8ujEwB8-GY_xzWewr9uM_xnl5BTzZ47mbMndxIwrFYlmzcwcO3FFePA2Hcukr9g3tSxHVzAGT5dXiB2On_VWeFl8ZnCDOYJlQ93r2vg/s1600/guss.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">9. Director/producer – Norman Jewison</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx1ikDZFnuW1v-NODh3tHdIvjYqnDk6th4tmzuDnqw56u830uLVKY70XtDUKjRWhib44Qk0LRc7wNcpLAwn33GiDWSceIseS75aquPqVZjPVD25VSwYk5nt37OsVwnPhsSf3SKK0YmwUAFl3zx3uWLzT4yZQiVzdsN9HtiPrIAABU9C02jTaZSc9lblA/s245/jewison.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="245" data-original-width="206" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx1ikDZFnuW1v-NODh3tHdIvjYqnDk6th4tmzuDnqw56u830uLVKY70XtDUKjRWhib44Qk0LRc7wNcpLAwn33GiDWSceIseS75aquPqVZjPVD25VSwYk5nt37OsVwnPhsSf3SKK0YmwUAFl3zx3uWLzT4yZQiVzdsN9HtiPrIAABU9C02jTaZSc9lblA/s1600/jewison.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>English</b>. Despite that surname. Born in Canada.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">10. Writer – John Patrick Shanley</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizDGLeQrDZA7R5oZmzj8WrwAEl-KvC8_8jEKa2zPfDZqAPzIlzJgNdmGIyP-DLAWhgM3eJL9QQ-V8zoHgPivJNp3K_Rml62bgI_3CUQU850OE0Fli39ZGS30VSOeYM8U6qsPDMDj2V0LzJuNRV4I3OxIXUytL4W5vFdczSq_mEZMRuseoH-74m_Wy7dA/s246/shanley.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="246" data-original-width="205" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizDGLeQrDZA7R5oZmzj8WrwAEl-KvC8_8jEKa2zPfDZqAPzIlzJgNdmGIyP-DLAWhgM3eJL9QQ-V8zoHgPivJNp3K_Rml62bgI_3CUQU850OE0Fli39ZGS30VSOeYM8U6qsPDMDj2V0LzJuNRV4I3OxIXUytL4W5vFdczSq_mEZMRuseoH-74m_Wy7dA/s1600/shanley.jpg" width="205" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Irish</b>. In proper form, he remembers being “thrown out of St. Helena's kindergarten, banned from St. Anthony's hot lunch program and expelled from Cardinal Spellman High School."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Final tally … <i>Moonstruck </i>is approximately 1/3 Italian. Sort of like a pizza roll, you know.</span></p><div><br /></div>Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941955609902423295.post-36534330111177107742023-05-19T07:38:00.007-07:002023-05-19T07:41:16.044-07:00B Movie Title Generator – Action International Pictures Version<p><span style="font-family: arial;">If you’re a B movie fan like me, you’ve probably heard of American International Pictures. It gave us such classic titles as <i>The She-Creature, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, Invasion of the Saucer Men </i>&<i> Hot Rod Girl</i>. It was home to such luminaries as Roger Corman, Bert I Gordon & Edward L Cahn.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJk0nr5g2RCHKyHROXAvzaNmtE1HYLaC6i6Sk5eY0UxWNBAHXyXflLwjKD7QMwLhPi6uBL-RF_AjCT2fahZswciA8ADRz7J1zzUL3DqIES9ySCpsRpYvKS1s1qM7CWmPOmGVz8LSZpJ3D-ZS0DdDyib1lsKEYPI6Di4ycgrOt_ncZPUSuhGo4-pd4Uvw/s457/saucer%20men.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="292" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJk0nr5g2RCHKyHROXAvzaNmtE1HYLaC6i6Sk5eY0UxWNBAHXyXflLwjKD7QMwLhPi6uBL-RF_AjCT2fahZswciA8ADRz7J1zzUL3DqIES9ySCpsRpYvKS1s1qM7CWmPOmGVz8LSZpJ3D-ZS0DdDyib1lsKEYPI6Di4ycgrOt_ncZPUSuhGo4-pd4Uvw/s320/saucer%20men.png" width="204" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Hard to believe that someone would try and rip them off, but there is another AIP out there – Action International Pictures. It’s one of those straight-to-video companies from the 80s. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">No great movies here (exactly the opposite, actually), but plenty of risible titles. Indeed, they seem to follow a basic formula of two juicy key words, and nothing else:</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Space Mutiny</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Future Force</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Teenage Exorcist</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Death Chase</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Jungle Assault</span></li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqnimYA_6YnXt3WROKwWugCNxh3a2Hf0ytY8bNF0-WBReDpeHPhXOs9vYHxTJTSM3LwH7RYcI1cx4mEIGnn2u2s4PzCty5KzIr1g3pKDFSfOgLwR6Y82UQAbYTp5izjMlelnTEYeKwezM5JDtg63iX2PtFHw2ZFNlRQMPGcyG8RDWUcnVqBH6O6CMtDA/s441/jungle%20assault.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="259" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqnimYA_6YnXt3WROKwWugCNxh3a2Hf0ytY8bNF0-WBReDpeHPhXOs9vYHxTJTSM3LwH7RYcI1cx4mEIGnn2u2s4PzCty5KzIr1g3pKDFSfOgLwR6Y82UQAbYTp5izjMlelnTEYeKwezM5JDtg63iX2PtFHw2ZFNlRQMPGcyG8RDWUcnVqBH6O6CMtDA/s320/jungle%20assault.png" width="188" /></a></div><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Eternal Fist</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Project Vampire</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Operation Warzone</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Final Sanction</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Maximum Breakout</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Brutal Fury<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDG8Wm-7Qmk6b764z91Ilb5DkQEgQ5rfck7nwTLqNXKt23d4xWEy6LJZzQlydviyz4o_BaRh5mRAJBJrXAp_9zRXrQXghc8MSxgwvmT9UuqPUrN6jRh3yWu_8x1l2s51Kj8sRbqB51fj0cj958_BOidVoY_gvrgh7E9qp5xspR7FWZpFpHInGMhd05KQ/s420/brutal%20fury.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="235" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDG8Wm-7Qmk6b764z91Ilb5DkQEgQ5rfck7nwTLqNXKt23d4xWEy6LJZzQlydviyz4o_BaRh5mRAJBJrXAp_9zRXrQXghc8MSxgwvmT9UuqPUrN6jRh3yWu_8x1l2s51Kj8sRbqB51fj0cj958_BOidVoY_gvrgh7E9qp5xspR7FWZpFpHInGMhd05KQ/s320/brutal%20fury.png" width="179" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">They’re funny enough as is, but I noticed they seemed to all run together in my mind, making even funnier combinations. Jungle Fury, anyone? How about Teenage Warzone? Space Exorcist?</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieGtAbKuXAdGEfYRNq2SfqL6vTKrBC0OfnHa-5s4m4JJ0ZMeMOWUO1P0KupjaP7dGD9zeMTV98GSkqR34acbDi53FLfnNmCcjSTx1O3n3iqFvnvJhFdivvP_nqTkcci9PlIyKFPrK9WRekRGMUJ4nRPQ185ifkWnDj6TGvJkbGRQmSrXOLmNLmYFV3GQ/s267/jungle%20fury.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="188" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieGtAbKuXAdGEfYRNq2SfqL6vTKrBC0OfnHa-5s4m4JJ0ZMeMOWUO1P0KupjaP7dGD9zeMTV98GSkqR34acbDi53FLfnNmCcjSTx1O3n3iqFvnvJhFdivvP_nqTkcci9PlIyKFPrK9WRekRGMUJ4nRPQ185ifkWnDj6TGvJkbGRQmSrXOLmNLmYFV3GQ/s1600/jungle%20fury.jpg" width="188" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I wasn’t expecting that</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Here, try it for yourself… I’ve taken all the titles I could find under AIP, split them into their 2 components, then broken them into groups of 10:</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">0 action assault</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">1 alien avenger</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">2 blood breakout</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">3 brutal chase</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">4 battleground cops</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">5 deadly fire</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">6 death fist</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">7 double force</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">8 eternal fury</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">9 fatal hit</span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">0 final house</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">1 future island</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">2 invasion kill</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">3 jungle manor</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">4 last mutiny</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">5 lost nerve</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">6 maximum platoon</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">7 miami prey</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">8 hell reactor</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">9 mission ride</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">0 night sanction</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">1 project seed</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">2 rapid skies</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">3 raw threat</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">4 space thunder</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">5 street vampire</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">6 sudden vengeance</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">7 teenage wars</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">8 unknown zone</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">9 cyber hunter</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Now, all you have to do is:</span></p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Think of a 2-digit number (your age, birth date, birth month, address, favorite jersey number – you name it)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Look it up in one or more of the tables</span></li></ol><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">For example, my age (63) gives me:</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Death Chase</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Maximum Manor</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Sudden Threat</span></li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzSS0H_Q3EyfFvP7jEibmMYemUJn2t-FvuVdNmQs-iUVuYAUyFngo8WtMK37Isx9F30kZ3uHeUcJyu5hrBCNhhH7-YukBqzEj3Mx4Cpbuu9E4tC18D7dhbS2I80nMLxn8QZ1VE-xWJ00doajc_kKI7bE3uHXeubOBeqRhUbgO9fz61Rwn1QrO2jbAtg/s275/sudden%20threat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzSS0H_Q3EyfFvP7jEibmMYemUJn2t-FvuVdNmQs-iUVuYAUyFngo8WtMK37Isx9F30kZ3uHeUcJyu5hrBCNhhH7-YukBqzEj3Mx4Cpbuu9E4tC18D7dhbS2I80nMLxn8QZ1VE-xWJ00doajc_kKI7bE3uHXeubOBeqRhUbgO9fz61Rwn1QrO2jbAtg/s1600/sudden%20threat.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A book instead of a movie</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Not so sure about that second one, so let’s try my favorite jersey number (21):</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Blood Avenger</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Invasion Island</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Rapid Seed</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Rapid Seed? Once again, I’m not sure that’s gonna make the cut.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">One final try – the year of my birth (59):</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Deadly Hit</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Lost Ride</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Street Hunter</span></li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpW2WgpM-a45ZmAUIs9R7gLqL9b45YfSK3V35Z9FhyeaacX-5AMR3TraOgla4anILkkge-QOoxiC8kcfbNEYpVnb48qI0CxvtrYm1HALGYv5a5-PS6bUuTtcD1G9zCYiEoGr11G1WlM88jOnXEevKcWM77-aLntu9srnWsoXaq8uL1BUk2PfDfPsxcuA/s275/street%20hunter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpW2WgpM-a45ZmAUIs9R7gLqL9b45YfSK3V35Z9FhyeaacX-5AMR3TraOgla4anILkkge-QOoxiC8kcfbNEYpVnb48qI0CxvtrYm1HALGYv5a5-PS6bUuTtcD1G9zCYiEoGr11G1WlM88jOnXEevKcWM77-aLntu9srnWsoXaq8uL1BUk2PfDfPsxcuA/s1600/street%20hunter.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s a winner, folks!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Anyway, give it a try yourself. See what you come up with.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">By the way, if this sounds familiar, I actually did something like this <a href="http://totallyrandomgarbage.blogspot.com/2014/04/b-movie-title-generator.html">before</a>, though much more broadly.</span></p>Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941955609902423295.post-35426907523251550302023-05-01T18:06:00.008-07:002023-09-04T05:20:28.161-07:00Top NFL Draft Pick … Names<div><span style="font-family: arial;">I follow the draft somewhat closely. There’s always a hope that the loser teams I follow will catch lightning in a bottle somehow.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Part of the fun, though, are the great names that pop up. I mean, there’s 259 picks, so there’s bound to be some good ones.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">This year was just okay, <a href="https://totallyrandomgarbage.blogspot.com/search?q=wirf">Last time</a> I did this, they were a lot better.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>#15 – Ameer Speed<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pick – 214<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">By – New England<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">From – Michigan State<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Plays – CB<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Note – He <i>does </i>run a 4.34 40-yard-dash</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9o_1sfxB7K3kfI_dZklySPKupBE-6L-U3CPzGZ3zI3gRzq6sMJUdrhxv63bTb5LmyjbO0bCtEkk0c1nPR1Rl9C3TErugTbcVBSGE-nNazeJe8TMT1sa62v7BD3ueRUvKK6dOX9_5nQ2dAwGplbItEFtuk8gbRHw5y10RnPEoJq2DVNcbMNuN64Z9Fyw/s299/speed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="299" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9o_1sfxB7K3kfI_dZklySPKupBE-6L-U3CPzGZ3zI3gRzq6sMJUdrhxv63bTb5LmyjbO0bCtEkk0c1nPR1Rl9C3TErugTbcVBSGE-nNazeJe8TMT1sa62v7BD3ueRUvKK6dOX9_5nQ2dAwGplbItEFtuk8gbRHw5y10RnPEoJq2DVNcbMNuN64Z9Fyw/s1600/speed.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>#14 – Felix Anudike-Uzomah<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pick – 31<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">By – KC<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">From – KSU<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Plays – DE<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Note – Several good Scrabble racks here</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7Qz12X3sP4GenPycy5y2eDuP9ybqFyjRMtZXWb96ofTNpE1HC5JPMUjzc5hg-CLdB1x9PaTw85P52ycZTDu7fR1lMcZbY2MBnzf_dhnS6Sd8TBexueP7dXHJPA_xXEfv4O1-QtdDpl_xR6zj22Fb4R8mq3igDusUDjvyIZy3CxwgbK6ZzqR4sQv52Q/s300/felix.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7Qz12X3sP4GenPycy5y2eDuP9ybqFyjRMtZXWb96ofTNpE1HC5JPMUjzc5hg-CLdB1x9PaTw85P52ycZTDu7fR1lMcZbY2MBnzf_dhnS6Sd8TBexueP7dXHJPA_xXEfv4O1-QtdDpl_xR6zj22Fb4R8mq3igDusUDjvyIZy3CxwgbK6ZzqR4sQv52Q/s1600/felix.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">The press pic as mug shot</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>#13 – Malaesala Aumavae-Laulu<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pick – 199<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">By – Baltimore<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">From – Oregon<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Plays – OT<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Note – Good luck, announcers!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWNd-uHCRcj_PIgPATovlnhhQjVp4sQrPa8TOnfhNqCqqrrcRtdJL_yhKdKt-QryApbQ3ywTmixHMBp8d2eQeeKmNGP2WNaszjNAgxpioFy4jcN3ydIA4XbgGKo9BQxh42Ui9La5tbWBextr8PB1sbkNzuHuP4tSV8H73u0YSsi0JRQaJjT7dIwPz-Aw/s292/wolfman.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="173" data-original-width="292" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWNd-uHCRcj_PIgPATovlnhhQjVp4sQrPa8TOnfhNqCqqrrcRtdJL_yhKdKt-QryApbQ3ywTmixHMBp8d2eQeeKmNGP2WNaszjNAgxpioFy4jcN3ydIA4XbgGKo9BQxh42Ui9La5tbWBextr8PB1sbkNzuHuP4tSV8H73u0YSsi0JRQaJjT7dIwPz-Aw/s1600/wolfman.jpg" width="292" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">If the Wolf Man played football</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>#12 – Zay Flowers<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pick – 22<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">By – Baltimore<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">From – Boston College<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Plays – WR<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Note – Zay is short for Zavien</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XooTmMUHsBTwgIWjWfDKU_wmqCFkY5akMRXXZNOi2L6qOV0m4KKrcECDQAYxHvTxX79ZQXOWJpSfFotw6uJjAmjigXheeQ64f31OmoSkfvCT73k956uZdy_DKU7QZcWL2YHlt6i9LQ2K5DRTNdl9expZuojRVAIsGp6ryyFIAqM9xNtl7nqGdmegow/s275/zay.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XooTmMUHsBTwgIWjWfDKU_wmqCFkY5akMRXXZNOi2L6qOV0m4KKrcECDQAYxHvTxX79ZQXOWJpSfFotw6uJjAmjigXheeQ64f31OmoSkfvCT73k956uZdy_DKU7QZcWL2YHlt6i9LQ2K5DRTNdl9expZuojRVAIsGp6ryyFIAqM9xNtl7nqGdmegow/s1600/zay.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>#11 – SirVocea Dennis<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pick – 153<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">By – Tampa Bay<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">From – Pitt<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Plays – LB<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Note – Father’s name is SirVantis</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqw3k5Gq89_FTB-WKqQTXEFtmllJeFqHILFKm_ixWNskbYhIE5vUeSrmdD_6gheotNXzbiqXfM6sQvG9bP0LVnJiS7ElXoy3NLkqyvGeI4eqIDI6f0AqPZOjJHMMa9dpZfs9b6TmX3PJKr04y5xa2E1s8h8Vf3mKaPfHldJ04oOzQW6osfjQaw9Np_Zw/s263/sirvocea.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="191" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqw3k5Gq89_FTB-WKqQTXEFtmllJeFqHILFKm_ixWNskbYhIE5vUeSrmdD_6gheotNXzbiqXfM6sQvG9bP0LVnJiS7ElXoy3NLkqyvGeI4eqIDI6f0AqPZOjJHMMa9dpZfs9b6TmX3PJKr04y5xa2E1s8h8Vf3mKaPfHldJ04oOzQW6osfjQaw9Np_Zw/s1600/sirvocea.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">I dunno – looks more like a stockbroker to me</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>#10 – Adetomiwa Adebawore<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pick – 100<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">By – Indianapolis <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">From – Northwestern<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Plays – DT<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Note – “add-E-TOMMY-wah add-E-BAR-eh” (thanks, Wikipedia)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1muzA5qi0nhBTMT4hsXh4NQPihiz8uhpRw85jDKNe81W4lzgbl0Wcg8oaopugw682XPg6V4uUQe74S6dq2t8hGZZRGxSHEjJpftUm6Y9v36TQIu4ltxZdd6KakF9nQqD8kaZovf34S-c2zHkv6Jsjn9_DrvMBExym_OX7icdXGgNXlrdK2IZ8DaF5Yw/s290/ade.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="290" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1muzA5qi0nhBTMT4hsXh4NQPihiz8uhpRw85jDKNe81W4lzgbl0Wcg8oaopugw682XPg6V4uUQe74S6dq2t8hGZZRGxSHEjJpftUm6Y9v36TQIu4ltxZdd6KakF9nQqD8kaZovf34S-c2zHkv6Jsjn9_DrvMBExym_OX7icdXGgNXlrdK2IZ8DaF5Yw/s1600/ade.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Showing off his dance moves</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>#9 – Juice Scruggs<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pick – 62<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">By – Houston <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">From – Penn State<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Plays – C<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Note – No relation to Earl (or OJ Simpson, for that matter)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigAGL3sdjDmPCeFaYHvZz_G18z6K_Q_vC42zs1xvtTC214Zpp85w6gZXeS1cZPxUWwTF41e4SCd_4e9nYASyCbzXynOhXWJO3IcK6wsL740wlWvaYQU3Luo22XRUmmR9KwqLBHov-9tgwnhBd6_pDnFsZt2mTH-bqx1jpTKFcC2Kop8VG_5KrD0EQKoA/s275/juice.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigAGL3sdjDmPCeFaYHvZz_G18z6K_Q_vC42zs1xvtTC214Zpp85w6gZXeS1cZPxUWwTF41e4SCd_4e9nYASyCbzXynOhXWJO3IcK6wsL740wlWvaYQU3Luo22XRUmmR9KwqLBHov-9tgwnhBd6_pDnFsZt2mTH-bqx1jpTKFcC2Kop8VG_5KrD0EQKoA/s1600/juice.jpg" width="275" /></a></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“So, what ya doing after the game?”</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>#8 – Henry To’oTo’o<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pick – 167<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">By – Houston <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">From – Alabama<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Plays – LB<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Note – C’mon, who names their kid Henry, right?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQUWqX66C5YRqlyUAGicC-XYtY7Iij5kPWHS0dkp21pg1lMo5E-C8_F3nc88L8XCXMcwzfgVKKVu7pTxWxk1gzwqdHNI4Bs65DtJkzxdhepBgy1B2FjJPwgrN9UWRWnZUQSAZUfUUkiKUyEtiQPzJPjxmJF_j8ee-kA3w1FX5xlbt5ID3uuGvS6Uzvw/s275/henry.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQUWqX66C5YRqlyUAGicC-XYtY7Iij5kPWHS0dkp21pg1lMo5E-C8_F3nc88L8XCXMcwzfgVKKVu7pTxWxk1gzwqdHNI4Bs65DtJkzxdhepBgy1B2FjJPwgrN9UWRWnZUQSAZUfUUkiKUyEtiQPzJPjxmJF_j8ee-kA3w1FX5xlbt5ID3uuGvS6Uzvw/s1600/henry.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">I have no idea what that thing is around his neck, but it looks serious</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>#7 – Jaxon Smith-Njigba</b><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pick – 20<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">By – Seattle <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">From – Ohio St<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Plays – WR<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Note – How’d the Smith get in there?</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBCjU4E9tM8MzxnFh85obNFrWSzR_P8OcdxBQsiMCQB1uqQ37ZVxwp87OLe6NbRtJkdeV-BUmjyIs52IULtik8UXL30W8-LkhE9VWkRrSbvOJBlnd52NAxUswENzZqeFTVRNqnX5EedB4dexCi3fCmgaYu1h9DPAYtx4EIbv3SOpkvt8Y34zPvMwS_4A/s259/jaxon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBCjU4E9tM8MzxnFh85obNFrWSzR_P8OcdxBQsiMCQB1uqQ37ZVxwp87OLe6NbRtJkdeV-BUmjyIs52IULtik8UXL30W8-LkhE9VWkRrSbvOJBlnd52NAxUswENzZqeFTVRNqnX5EedB4dexCi3fCmgaYu1h9DPAYtx4EIbv3SOpkvt8Y34zPvMwS_4A/s1600/jaxon.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>#6 – Kyu Blu Kelly<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pick – 156<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">By – LA Chargers <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">From – Clemson<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Plays – G<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Note – Dad Brian (c’mon, Brian?) played in the NFL</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEC4Sv5S5st6IP3tls6_oVXRv7VAj7lvGIyinFiMVJnreylrA0esR06SK2JnXb0-sr6bvgiWWAQKvEBrQJ3MIi5HSWL-6nHOEKWBYbPO25BhXwqbPQ8EEw0nS-AtWbKS2rIQBtIMCUFSmaRN9ixTTFOfQ4xW00Xti8R4dblYeZ3ysosm_Ym-a45E1LoQ/s275/kelly.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEC4Sv5S5st6IP3tls6_oVXRv7VAj7lvGIyinFiMVJnreylrA0esR06SK2JnXb0-sr6bvgiWWAQKvEBrQJ3MIi5HSWL-6nHOEKWBYbPO25BhXwqbPQ8EEw0nS-AtWbKS2rIQBtIMCUFSmaRN9ixTTFOfQ4xW00Xti8R4dblYeZ3ysosm_Ym-a45E1LoQ/s1600/kelly.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>#5 – YaYa Diaby<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pick – 82<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">By – Tampa Bay <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">From – Louisville<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Plays – TE<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Note – He’s a Greek grandmother?</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEjqBU7cVnmYojOuKU_XLJg6ZUPROot7NQSPPkC967g-uuOeKqGtGAvpvk5NlKrz_eYfJKjXl2sPYk1fOELC2SOxmtQltMqWZ3cc4A8BB5YYt14aMYeTgO7IcET1JPVEMfuGTRgvAdr_cpimoOvRY2PCtEdAExkFXWyCavhKo7e5xEMFh7LtHIFuXWLA/s225/yaya.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEjqBU7cVnmYojOuKU_XLJg6ZUPROot7NQSPPkC967g-uuOeKqGtGAvpvk5NlKrz_eYfJKjXl2sPYk1fOELC2SOxmtQltMqWZ3cc4A8BB5YYt14aMYeTgO7IcET1JPVEMfuGTRgvAdr_cpimoOvRY2PCtEdAExkFXWyCavhKo7e5xEMFh7LtHIFuXWLA/s1600/yaya.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>#4 – Rashee Rice<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pick – 54<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">By – Kansas City <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">From – SMU<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Plays – WR<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Note – Is your rice rashy? Then try new RashOff!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcl6kOdJnEd9SjGonzOYZLJhV3Bfg1nw8BdN3VOExvkr020bv-nBqfvhacAawnQ2Xu9uWRwvTD-BOmIp2XXwTf3Z0cotGCL4Ls8X610bnzAzjRGg7bWCXAwW68Ro1xbBzTJt2o07CAyzPm2hkJZYCt_xWaOxlHnFbWh29kWqoDA8OypIvgeAWQsO0Og/s263/rashee.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="191" data-original-width="263" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGcl6kOdJnEd9SjGonzOYZLJhV3Bfg1nw8BdN3VOExvkr020bv-nBqfvhacAawnQ2Xu9uWRwvTD-BOmIp2XXwTf3Z0cotGCL4Ls8X610bnzAzjRGg7bWCXAwW68Ro1xbBzTJt2o07CAyzPm2hkJZYCt_xWaOxlHnFbWh29kWqoDA8OypIvgeAWQsO0Og/s1600/rashee.jpg" width="263" /></a></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Do!</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>#3 – O’Cyrus Torrence<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pick – 59<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">By – Buffalo <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">From – Florida<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Plays – G<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Note – Begora, a lad from the Old Sod</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0b-BEawkM-7p8bxssnA-9faCYgxgGBSTpZ9KDQyFT2t6YpI2oQz5KaPpjdNextIVI80Xt7xwQnRtJ9_xNdoQedi-DXtBx6yxcjnIDdd5k7N3O57A-PjhEaZMrWMbH1ugWC-1DqIwSFpgncT8Q1dSwmkEHXnxvdbZ-PG3XJPAiEk_RvXIWVawEhwQ6Fw/s275/ocyrus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0b-BEawkM-7p8bxssnA-9faCYgxgGBSTpZ9KDQyFT2t6YpI2oQz5KaPpjdNextIVI80Xt7xwQnRtJ9_xNdoQedi-DXtBx6yxcjnIDdd5k7N3O57A-PjhEaZMrWMbH1ugWC-1DqIwSFpgncT8Q1dSwmkEHXnxvdbZ-PG3XJPAiEk_RvXIWVawEhwQ6Fw/s1600/ocyrus.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Obviously adopted</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>#2 – DeMarvion Overshown<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pick – 90<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">By – Dallas <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">From – Texas<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Plays – LB<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Note – As if Overshown wasn’t weird enough</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJ61lROaCHVEvVGmO9iw6GSAH7NOZQQEmc3RzzpNQSnAm7fuvFAyhQOPSoOqtHkDFSIzQwrf1FndaUguC3bjL-_UjtN1axwb_E5yGCcmO5e4DkJjvCn8ujIEKDacvrUShN3YeF-BGC3PB9i9LLiXIB8ENdu2fTG3AfmY12681oC3av10ZSrLa67kAVQ/s290/overshown.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="290" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJ61lROaCHVEvVGmO9iw6GSAH7NOZQQEmc3RzzpNQSnAm7fuvFAyhQOPSoOqtHkDFSIzQwrf1FndaUguC3bjL-_UjtN1axwb_E5yGCcmO5e4DkJjvCn8ujIEKDacvrUShN3YeF-BGC3PB9i9LLiXIB8ENdu2fTG3AfmY12681oC3av10ZSrLa67kAVQ/s1600/overshown.jpg" width="290" /></a></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What <i>are </i>those things on his arms?</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>#1 – Sidy Sow<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pick – 117<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">By – New England <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">From – Eastern Michigan<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Plays – G<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Note – He’s from Quebec, but I don’t think that explains it</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0F14XM5nOtKoiJomgSEqtCXiWM1YUh_Man3CTcDwhD4QnJpr9alzXg_2JwjNG6-6JtzxBMMIlCVek5iI0Ijoao_7x11CJvCkziJGo--DawQBJUIfWCKzZn8OeX6SrrC619YJkRnan-LdzKXugFJtTR7HLDg9J3PGG0tFp02ueBl4J_WCcNtn2b-5yIg/s634/sow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="634" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0F14XM5nOtKoiJomgSEqtCXiWM1YUh_Man3CTcDwhD4QnJpr9alzXg_2JwjNG6-6JtzxBMMIlCVek5iI0Ijoao_7x11CJvCkziJGo--DawQBJUIfWCKzZn8OeX6SrrC619YJkRnan-LdzKXugFJtTR7HLDg9J3PGG0tFp02ueBl4J_WCcNtn2b-5yIg/s320/sow.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wishing he could move like Adetomiwa Adebawore</span></div><p><br /></p>Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941955609902423295.post-23292262772013011412023-04-05T11:04:00.002-07:002023-05-07T08:04:00.334-07:00Funny WBC Names<div><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally got around to watching the WBC. Unfortunately, it was just the final (and my team lost!). I love baseball, but it’s hard to compete with soccer and March Madness.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">One player, though, really caught my attention – Lars Nootbar. It wasn’t just the crazy name though (I vaguely recall seeing him play in the MLB playoffs for … was it St. Louis?). What the heck was he doing playing for Japan? <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">If you’d like to know – and want to hear some other crazy names – continue reading.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jake Rabinowitz – Czech Republic<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">What’s a nice Jewish boy doing playing for the Czech Republic? Jake: Team Israel needs you.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Interestingly, Jake’s an American. Born in New York City, he played college ball at Fordham. From there, he went to the Extraliga, the Czech national league. He was basically their Shohei Otani. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">He pitched 1 perfect inning in this year’s WBC.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmX5ezdSGSH6IkJOIDqHZWc6xSO-ELsuure6AkkbVKpYicFCT1MjCwTDv6_1F4JrkEWWi1dgNlOpgOW9Ac7cJGGyiaL7VD7Hyv91BssvQDmsaGRvkcV9KkA3pE3nOa8zTm-cfAwMATADF02BH8o0kusW6oBf5CAqoiKY5Yv3DgeZJM13EdMwgqy3_HiQ/s267/czech.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="189" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmX5ezdSGSH6IkJOIDqHZWc6xSO-ELsuure6AkkbVKpYicFCT1MjCwTDv6_1F4JrkEWWi1dgNlOpgOW9Ac7cJGGyiaL7VD7Hyv91BssvQDmsaGRvkcV9KkA3pE3nOa8zTm-cfAwMATADF02BH8o0kusW6oBf5CAqoiKY5Yv3DgeZJM13EdMwgqy3_HiQ/s1600/czech.jpg" width="189" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial;">And</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> he’s a </span><i style="font-family: arial;">schwartzer</i><span style="font-family: arial;">!</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Evan Rutckyj – Canada<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I’d like to buy a vowel …<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Evan was born in Windsor, drafted by the Yankees, but never made it out of AA. After being released by them, the pitcher bounced around some independent, minor & other leagues in Canada, Mexico, Japan & Australia.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">This year’s WBC was not Evan’s best work. In 2.2 innings, he gave up 5 hits, 2 walks & 4 runs.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Oh, by the way, it’s pronounced “ROOT-skee.”</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpJ1hTnxFYFn_-JasuM4w79NhnICra8xmgLZLzdU_trZL1-bVmaznvroUJ30rox3kVfGyVSIrY5kEDyn5pBcIMXeD9dNORovFY9vunVyYcknin2q4l6xPkGi-_5M8jLBY4NjqpPdeCKw2GIOeiC9iFWWjycX4UQPs3c7tfHoCA4or_xThShmPNNRF5Iw/s274/canada.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="184" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpJ1hTnxFYFn_-JasuM4w79NhnICra8xmgLZLzdU_trZL1-bVmaznvroUJ30rox3kVfGyVSIrY5kEDyn5pBcIMXeD9dNORovFY9vunVyYcknin2q4l6xPkGi-_5M8jLBY4NjqpPdeCKw2GIOeiC9iFWWjycX4UQPs3c7tfHoCA4or_xThShmPNNRF5Iw/s1600/canada.jpg" width="184" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Not </i>a young Harrison Ford</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Lance Lynn – USA</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">I love the alliteration on this one. It also reminds me of <i>Lance Link, Secret Chimp</i>, a TV show from my youth that featured … you guessed it, chimps playing spies.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Alright! Here’s somebody I’ve heard of before. Indeed, Lance has been in the bigs for 11 years, has a record of 123-84, was a two-time All Star & a one-time World Series winner. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">In the WBC, Lance started two games, posting a 1-0 record with a 3.00 ERA, 0.78 WHIP & 8 K’s in 9 innings.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Lynn has battled weight issues throughout his career. He’s currently listed at 275. He lists his favorite foods as pizza, beer & vodka (I am not making that up).<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">BTW, he’s married to the equally wonderfully named Dymin Lynn.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YLZMmXv9rjuE97ZL64YfXZMmKoP1RG_J6tt3uJ0tZAlbg7qjky1nQIYCDIVkvwJwTYGhXd2YoRYxjPK2FV6VqKABK5JFZSFCwvJb9lTudmqvt8jXaU_l_1K8wJyZAITx1J8fCPKLT7i_Z-vIVeBX7_xNU1AjZm-KgP4MrBfvLeO7-I4GKtC075MFGw/s225/usa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YLZMmXv9rjuE97ZL64YfXZMmKoP1RG_J6tt3uJ0tZAlbg7qjky1nQIYCDIVkvwJwTYGhXd2YoRYxjPK2FV6VqKABK5JFZSFCwvJb9lTudmqvt8jXaU_l_1K8wJyZAITx1J8fCPKLT7i_Z-vIVeBX7_xNU1AjZm-KgP4MrBfvLeO7-I4GKtC075MFGw/s1600/usa.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Mitchell Stumpo – Italy<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Now, Stumpo’s pretty great all on its own. But combine it with the very non-Italian-sounding Mitchell …<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">But wouldn’t you know – the majority of Team Italy is made up of Americans (with Italian heritage, I would assume). Indeed, their manager is none other than Hall-of-Famer Mike Piazza.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">As for Mitchell, he’s a NC native, attended Guilford College there, and was drafted by the D-Backs in 2017. The pitcher made it to AAA last year.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">In this year’s WBC, Stumpo pitched 3 innings; gave up a couple of hits, 1 walk, and no earned runs; and struck out 5.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnXnQ5_IxFAq6j1a_FRyjqtXyVc4eGJaun8P92uwYrHnXYLDX41ysM1k7knkQZoDtoNoTyOkCH8hmAOFRKf1bvfkNcViFtKrbumlHNEUoRWp3NW7yixhTXYX8JSSO5-ILRfu3t9xMjwhCTg2i4vzaCQO5pjo1CltmXyHoNEhhu2CINx--I0CE2HR729Q/s275/italy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnXnQ5_IxFAq6j1a_FRyjqtXyVc4eGJaun8P92uwYrHnXYLDX41ysM1k7knkQZoDtoNoTyOkCH8hmAOFRKf1bvfkNcViFtKrbumlHNEUoRWp3NW7yixhTXYX8JSSO5-ILRfu3t9xMjwhCTg2i4vzaCQO5pjo1CltmXyHoNEhhu2CINx--I0CE2HR729Q/s1600/italy.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yup, the Amarillo Sod Poodles</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Yimi Garcia – Dominican Rep</b><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Yippin’ yimminy, it’s Yimi!<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Here’s another one I’m familiar with. If I hadn’t watched him in the postseason the last three seasons, though, I’m not sure I would be.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Yimi’s basically a middle reliever. Over 8 years, he’s been in over 300 games, with a strikeout per inning, 18 saves, but a 16-25 record. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">In this year’s WBC, he pitched 2 innings, giving up a walk, 2 hits, and an unearned run.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis7ZpyQybKJzCrFQYHs5NaqlcKU_qeBJ2eUj7c2NIyGa6G-bhI__4VRvxijzH7zrpDw6Wl8gUt5yCxp78XF-AKaHlhGyIB_wstc-kEOuYTgUhUe4QrYbGmDyGlL96cHwBUjNwKDnSsdzu2h2aH_asLUbKHcAkGoTa8M_tSkrdEdn3_HrAdOP64nBbVJw/s263/yimi.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="191" data-original-width="263" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis7ZpyQybKJzCrFQYHs5NaqlcKU_qeBJ2eUj7c2NIyGa6G-bhI__4VRvxijzH7zrpDw6Wl8gUt5yCxp78XF-AKaHlhGyIB_wstc-kEOuYTgUhUe4QrYbGmDyGlL96cHwBUjNwKDnSsdzu2h2aH_asLUbKHcAkGoTa8M_tSkrdEdn3_HrAdOP64nBbVJw/s1600/yimi.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, c’mon, Yimi – cheer up!</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Rowdy Tellez – Mexico</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Rowdy Roddy Piper, right? Well, how about Rowdy Randy Tellez?<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Another pretty familiar name. The first baseman has been up for 5 years, playing with Toronto and Milwaukee, blasting 78 homers and notching 216 RBIs in that time.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I was a little disappointed to learn “Rowdy”’ is a nickname. His real name is Randy John, and he was born & raised in Sacramento.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">His paternal grandfather played in the Mexican Baseball League though. Rowdy's Jewish through his mother, however, so I guess he could have played for Israel as well.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbt1ZihKRZDAAC9wVFvYSZG0gJEmccDVYgRJN9WoyJ15z_9TUfVOZ0Q9zSNi4X42BI-5YfRDTPwdSdlBUFE8k4HoE3Rh-ru2Jt0ugwHzFsod0CcOb14n9kzH-wi9IGfFMksCVKZa8f-DeOi9r85KoU0jzsqguqjo0uj5Q0vf921nJdlu8wurTAgEFUiQ/s251/rowdy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="251" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbt1ZihKRZDAAC9wVFvYSZG0gJEmccDVYgRJN9WoyJ15z_9TUfVOZ0Q9zSNi4X42BI-5YfRDTPwdSdlBUFE8k4HoE3Rh-ru2Jt0ugwHzFsod0CcOb14n9kzH-wi9IGfFMksCVKZa8f-DeOi9r85KoU0jzsqguqjo0uj5Q0vf921nJdlu8wurTAgEFUiQ/s1600/rowdy.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another follower of the Lance Lynn diet?</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Joshwan Wright – Panama<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Apart from Mr. Wright, a Google search on “joshwan” is giving me a kind of chair, a pair of Indian guys & a couple of dudes named Josh Wan.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Our Joshwan was drafted by the A’s in 2018, and has yet to make it past high A. In his four seasons, he’s played every position except short and first base. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Poor Joshwan got only one AB in the WBC, making an out.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZjXyU_qgfMaYgbwMs7XfeJ_XGjx7W6f_SdHTHVUbR_t06LLhuJgdg34zdw3KSS9Cxu-BUNwfWOwyUtWJIXy3sWqC7HH9fDtzIKXVO1PWXc9nmsPp3MWvaRn2qSrFNEEHJl4tDip-WVsQQZDYxy-c9lrqYptMrk9sOwRuWpMr3qlCqT7S3QpA1vMvfw/s225/joshwan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZjXyU_qgfMaYgbwMs7XfeJ_XGjx7W6f_SdHTHVUbR_t06LLhuJgdg34zdw3KSS9Cxu-BUNwfWOwyUtWJIXy3sWqC7HH9fDtzIKXVO1PWXc9nmsPp3MWvaRn2qSrFNEEHJl4tDip-WVsQQZDYxy-c9lrqYptMrk9sOwRuWpMr3qlCqT7S3QpA1vMvfw/s1600/joshwan.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Norwith Gudino – Venezuela<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Checking in with Google again, I see that “norwith” is typically a misspelling of “norwich.” You know, like Norwich, CT or Norwich City FC, or Norwich Terrier?<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">When I search on “norwich gudino,” however, I see that our guy was signed by the Giants in 2015 and spent 8 years in their organization. After being released (after testing positive for drugs), he signed with the Red Sox. Over his career, he’s been a Volcano, a Green Jacket & a Flying Squirrel.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_CZxjXQqBtIVB0zZvtcIFe0TSMDvkvcqvv--fX78hC6rhF7oD-b71JOo-RIxvvhowgwrHezJEfy0i1ZirWrpUhtKWQJt2IGdldrfJrk7LjzetKNFJhvLCsyWwsYqFxcJ8E-Yh7hH9WZ2EHniaTIhnN06K-hzor5FCDSpNTnzO28-VxfvSerHL7nI0Ig/s184/norwith.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="148" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_CZxjXQqBtIVB0zZvtcIFe0TSMDvkvcqvv--fX78hC6rhF7oD-b71JOo-RIxvvhowgwrHezJEfy0i1ZirWrpUhtKWQJt2IGdldrfJrk7LjzetKNFJhvLCsyWwsYqFxcJ8E-Yh7hH9WZ2EHniaTIhnN06K-hzor5FCDSpNTnzO28-VxfvSerHL7nI0Ig/w161-h200/norwith.jpg" width="161" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sick flow, dude</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Warwick Saupold – Australia<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Got a weird last name? Well, make sure you give your kid an odd first name as well.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Kind of surprised I never heard of this guy before, as he did make the majors. In particular, he was a reliever for the Tigers for three years. Overall, he had an ERA of 4.98, a WHIP of 1.584, but a record of 8-4. He went by the imaginative nickname of “Aussie.”<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">He also played in Australia for a couple of years before Detroit, as well as in the Tigers’ minor league system for the same amount of time. After the bigs, he played in Korea for a few years.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally, he’s also played in the WBC for Australia three times. This year, he pitched 2.2 scoreless innings.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuhiu4AwK-qKBfqf-7q-4GYweuAPgTgeuyANXN1jvcII4vaFzVOI6WpySnmWmuEsW5vAat2RxTisjbLO8YGeBP8Z40xmq9NJ6cnG7CJrDYQIs5SuICSMD2j8LI3if9LAI9oSm616awQR6YMwQrdeZrNBnSVN82cp6LcW8m9vOgXjiB7jMKeTAY6kO_vQ/s300/aussie.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuhiu4AwK-qKBfqf-7q-4GYweuAPgTgeuyANXN1jvcII4vaFzVOI6WpySnmWmuEsW5vAat2RxTisjbLO8YGeBP8Z40xmq9NJ6cnG7CJrDYQIs5SuICSMD2j8LI3if9LAI9oSm616awQR6YMwQrdeZrNBnSVN82cp6LcW8m9vOgXjiB7jMKeTAY6kO_vQ/s1600/aussie.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mug shot for assault in a Toledo bar</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><b>Chen Chen – China</b><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Short, sweet, efficient …<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Not a lot out there on this dude. All I could find was that he plays in the CPBL (Chinese Professional Baseball League), is primarily an outfielder, and has a pretty mediocre bat (.205 BA, with about a third of his at-bats being strikeouts). He’s still young (24), though, so maybe there’s hope. He plays for the Fubon Guardians.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Poor Chen got 12 at bats during the WBC, with nary a hit, but with 5 strikeouts. The Chinese team went a woeful 0-4.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHsAaj60omR0AhMW-UAkRFBX-8_twiFhrfcgX7nupQnfsu0VmhL8oE7u29fBEJgAJW1m5WNt_SAXvD9eZ_9nBxvqzCxF_szk8l7CtmaMPmrrGCJLfaui19ya3fo2RQ7eer6EORsuYL_lm9lxj4Pwi3REeIKwlK5IKiTv3kpaVE67Xru_gS5aMO-WtfEg/s225/chen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHsAaj60omR0AhMW-UAkRFBX-8_twiFhrfcgX7nupQnfsu0VmhL8oE7u29fBEJgAJW1m5WNt_SAXvD9eZ_9nBxvqzCxF_szk8l7CtmaMPmrrGCJLfaui19ya3fo2RQ7eer6EORsuYL_lm9lxj4Pwi3REeIKwlK5IKiTv3kpaVE67Xru_gS5aMO-WtfEg/s1600/chen.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There was actually a lot more info on this Brooklyn poet of the same name</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Yoennis Yera – Cuba<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Once again, can’t beat the alliteration. Especially when both names begin with a weird letter like Y. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">This guy’s a little older, at 33. A pitcher, he’s played for teams in Cuba and Mexico. He has been – in English translation – an Olmec, Horseman, Crocodile & Cotton Picker. He threw a no-hitter as an Olmec. He’s been in the WBC two times running.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Just to make things more confusing, he’s also referred to as Yoanni and Yoenni.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ZbwJ4wOQvpZJCU56xwwAIx_wq0wWDeK8qZLHZlOGhI31zHNeyhXbJP24sEVfVWDqU7AndYMr2iERy3GI8IMIEuDl73g7GqYHgJTJ7n4adpkGKQDAZBLgNsW89jeyZU7LYHb6EtR4qiludku8wPJ8z5DISKjtezelb8Qr_mzVryIgS4Sr0gawpMUPwg/s274/yoennis.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="274" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ZbwJ4wOQvpZJCU56xwwAIx_wq0wWDeK8qZLHZlOGhI31zHNeyhXbJP24sEVfVWDqU7AndYMr2iERy3GI8IMIEuDl73g7GqYHgJTJ7n4adpkGKQDAZBLgNsW89jeyZU7LYHb6EtR4qiludku8wPJ8z5DISKjtezelb8Qr_mzVryIgS4Sr0gawpMUPwg/s1600/yoennis.jpg" width="274" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Algodonero = cotton picker</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Cheslor Cuthbert – Nicaragua <br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Cuthbert’s bad enough. Combine it with the made-up Cheslor, though, and – congratulations! – you’ve made it onto to this list.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Cheslor is currently playing in the Mexican League, but previously played 6 years in MLB, almost all for the Royals. The corner infielder totaled over 1000 at bats, slugging 27 HRs, notching 119 RBIs, and batting .250 on the nose. He was the Royals’ starting third baseman for one year, batting .274 with 12 homers & 46 runs batted in.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">What’s interesting about Cheslor is that he was born on Corn Island, in the Caribbean. Most people don’t realize that Nicaragua’s Caribbean islands and eastern coast were a British protectorate until 1894. Thus, Cheslor grew up speaking a creole English, and had to learn Spanish when he joined the Nicaraguan team.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">By the way, his middle name is Jesly.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QOIPrSJTo-WoAQ-PL_Gw_zyDaROC7hTuxU44YCwfO78ZWJX5p49eU_ys9Y6JCMszt-ZvJuTJVVr5tn_6beFyXbOvFxAuNS_Lig7kqZdpus8L6BlzZBqf-FdOeEoHdh6aeU5CA-nSzgf3fGON_SBG5jyLoujoCaQgePmfBosfHX8Iw6tpXts2eRFW1g/s225/cheslor.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QOIPrSJTo-WoAQ-PL_Gw_zyDaROC7hTuxU44YCwfO78ZWJX5p49eU_ys9Y6JCMszt-ZvJuTJVVr5tn_6beFyXbOvFxAuNS_Lig7kqZdpus8L6BlzZBqf-FdOeEoHdh6aeU5CA-nSzgf3fGON_SBG5jyLoujoCaQgePmfBosfHX8Iw6tpXts2eRFW1g/s1600/cheslor.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Or should I say, <i>feliz cumpleanos</i>?</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Johneshwy Fargas – Puerto Rico<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Honestly, wouldn’t Johnny have been distinct enough? I mean, for a guy from Puerto Rico?<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Fargas (often misspelled “Vargas”) was in the majors for a single year, with that year being split between two teams, the Mets and the Cubs. The outfielder got 52 at bats, with no homers, 5 RBIs, 4 runs, and another .250 BA on the dot. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Before and after, he played nine seasons in the minors, in the Giants, Mets & Cubs organizations. He has been a Volcano, Greenjacket, Rumble Pony & Flying Squirrel. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Poor Johneshwy got only one AB in the WBC, failing to do anything with it.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-f26o1RCR2LZkhm7SbWzt5NnKNcDiL9FCSRcTqFQ4LDCSdukXJkYDyBVOiIGCdoiQ8O9KZ3HRcVf145LBYLZHgT4BofrG8UEqZxWyKJZ1W03owK-Ofar-UL1YHWX_AYUWCqlczNR4evLehF12Z37ri_uz4gyO7kBWNJu1OEQpkG16GmVPPD0Kebg-HA/s347/fragas.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="347" data-original-width="250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-f26o1RCR2LZkhm7SbWzt5NnKNcDiL9FCSRcTqFQ4LDCSdukXJkYDyBVOiIGCdoiQ8O9KZ3HRcVf145LBYLZHgT4BofrG8UEqZxWyKJZ1W03owK-Ofar-UL1YHWX_AYUWCqlczNR4evLehF12Z37ri_uz4gyO7kBWNJu1OEQpkG16GmVPPD0Kebg-HA/s320/fragas.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Shlomo Lipetz – Israel<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Shlomo, the Hebrew Samuel, is one of my all-time favorite names. It’s just so fun to say.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Though born in Tel Aviv, Lipetz now lives in Brooklyn. In addition to any baseball duties, he’s also Vice President of Programming and Music Director at City Winery, in Manhattan.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Shlomo’s baseball career started with a visit to NYC as a kid, catching a Mets game while there. He then made his way to the Little League World Series, pitching for the Israeli team at age 10. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Next, it was college ball at UCSD, following that up with semi-pro leagues in the States as well as teams in Mexico and Israel. He also played for Team Israel in the European Baseball Championship and the Olympics. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">This is his second WBC. He is the only native-born Israeli on the club, with everyone else being born in the US (but Jewish, I would assume).</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAdSJIelvyOQMOsGwC8drOz7pe0eeaB2IbETYWu1GMRGiN5xWTYJyGTpH0g9h1wIPWHm2THfMx0ItAPc9O1kWlVy72W6xTe7wXgf3uRhwjaOEKZHyJGnuztiBLiwz30QgZhVS6ErZmVy__F_9rhgyCkIOJac3qpcRHwgOZIruilXS9NOJbhZFYMRh9w/s307/shlomo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="307" data-original-width="164" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAdSJIelvyOQMOsGwC8drOz7pe0eeaB2IbETYWu1GMRGiN5xWTYJyGTpH0g9h1wIPWHm2THfMx0ItAPc9O1kWlVy72W6xTe7wXgf3uRhwjaOEKZHyJGnuztiBLiwz30QgZhVS6ErZmVy__F_9rhgyCkIOJac3qpcRHwgOZIruilXS9NOJbhZFYMRh9w/s1600/shlomo.jpg" width="164" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">He even has his own bobblehead</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Woo Suk Go – South Korea<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Anytime you can get “suck” into a name, you know you’ve got a winner.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Here’s Woo-Suk’s complete entry on Wikipedia:<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">“Go Woo-suk (Korean: 고우석; born August 6, 1998) is a South Korean professional baseball pitcher currently playing for the LG Twins of the KBO League. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics.”</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyBUxgqKdyrv2xLUd5n-lIsbtrBzoprakZphhDUXZhZkGK8HR_q_Np1D3y9mY_58q2zhHsRHcbOSeR04En6Otd6S3_5rCWl4fbWKDYHfNBt1C8tzIuuFP2GgZJrhBnVzWM1mRNiPaHgBsbxUBI_4Bsh18dwwQ4EWVLWNmZVC8jr0Tpm0xg6uhbqNSwUw/s256/suk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="197" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyBUxgqKdyrv2xLUd5n-lIsbtrBzoprakZphhDUXZhZkGK8HR_q_Np1D3y9mY_58q2zhHsRHcbOSeR04En6Otd6S3_5rCWl4fbWKDYHfNBt1C8tzIuuFP2GgZJrhBnVzWM1mRNiPaHgBsbxUBI_4Bsh18dwwQ4EWVLWNmZVC8jr0Tpm0xg6uhbqNSwUw/s1600/suk.jpg" width="197" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Caught channeling Bob Gibson here</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Nabil Crismatt – Colombia</b><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">What the heck is a “nabil”? Or a “Crismatt,” for that matter?<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Well, actually, Nabil is an Arabic name, meaning “noble.” As for Crismatt …<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Put the two together, though, and you’ve got a major league reliever who played the last three year with the Cards and Pads. He’s been in over 100 games, for 150 innings, an 8-3 record, 3.38 ERA, and 144 Ks. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">In the minors for 10 years, he’s been a Cyclone, Traveler, Chihuahua, Firefly & Tomato-Picker. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">He’s appeared for Team Colombia at the Pan American Games and twice in the WBC.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">In this year’s WBC, Nabil got a start, going 4 innings, giving up 3 hits & 1 run, and striking out 4.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikeEBAGUUf1S_b5tslRq8V_X6rA7EuxoOg4BDVqnIaDixowGxt0nOTb4aQzaSYB9BmGFWU4NCATHpcoLkcvQIRV_lGffc01_EDTCqy4m9gHOisKjp9OlagxgG6DxjS9TRE2NWve7Pi4V_FkteG7JmrMtjLku3dUMq78wAxPUhxqARWs7o3oHtwRkpMrA/s239/nabil.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="239" data-original-width="211" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikeEBAGUUf1S_b5tslRq8V_X6rA7EuxoOg4BDVqnIaDixowGxt0nOTb4aQzaSYB9BmGFWU4NCATHpcoLkcvQIRV_lGffc01_EDTCqy4m9gHOisKjp9OlagxgG6DxjS9TRE2NWve7Pi4V_FkteG7JmrMtjLku3dUMq78wAxPUhxqARWs7o3oHtwRkpMrA/s1600/nabil.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wait, he was a Rumble Pony <i>too</i>?</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Lars Nootbaar – Japan<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s a great name all on its own. But what is this guy doing playing for Japan?<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">So, first things first. Lars is indeed half Japanese, on his mother’s side. His father, on the other hand, is an American of Dutch (and English and German) descent. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Lars was born and raised in Southern California, playing his college ball at USC. An outfielder, he played the last two years for the Cards, notching 290 at bats, 14 dingers, but only a .228 average.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Lars has a brother named Nigel, who played in the Orioles org. Yup, Nigel Nootbar.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRk5FQ7wHr4RZMwQgJR6savXtR2KkNSUVPjyzv6PLlEeKt8T8t7_v_vK_cxD0xWDWNQh1V5CJKHugv2V3Xs1SqR6qjIRYEQ-B8bjGBfh28Gdr9W3ovHAjVAHIvVG-QJdX_MJmYNm0VpdPTxPuXYrt6PI4XqjK17cyZhBdpM22uWYqrwhu_60c6kL_h1g/s851/lars.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="851" data-original-width="446" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRk5FQ7wHr4RZMwQgJR6savXtR2KkNSUVPjyzv6PLlEeKt8T8t7_v_vK_cxD0xWDWNQh1V5CJKHugv2V3Xs1SqR6qjIRYEQ-B8bjGBfh28Gdr9W3ovHAjVAHIvVG-QJdX_MJmYNm0VpdPTxPuXYrt6PI4XqjK17cyZhBdpM22uWYqrwhu_60c6kL_h1g/s320/lars.jpg" width="168" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hi Mom!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Kungkuan Giljegiljaw – Chinese Taipei<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Most of these guys are named Chen. How in the world did this guy get in here?<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">This is actually his aboriginal Taiwanese name (he’s a member of the Paiwan tribe). It’s pronounced “gong-kwon gi-li-gi-lao.” He actually changed it from Chu-Li Jen.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A catcher, Kungkuan played in the Guardians org for 5 years, making it as far as AAA, but only getting 4 at bats there. He’s been in the CPBL, Taiwan’s professional league, for the past 3 years.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">He did quite well in the WBC, getting 12 ABs, batting .333, and tallying 1 homer & 3 RBIs.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtFcaCAvNmw0Ox6eF0AoNX7oAjc6CJvGJ5eBLZVUOts-gQC1X34u67QeT7i2I-7XzCppQgONoZF2s2-RIQbdoN4KGReY0S75ZRxcYbCmee3VfdvjaJQ2Y-R7CBS4zLH86V9O2tSOAJMfkLhlqL7c1wIdq1YfFvFbOhalTQZwfjcagTlBpR7NavMpoBjg/s845/taiwan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="563" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtFcaCAvNmw0Ox6eF0AoNX7oAjc6CJvGJ5eBLZVUOts-gQC1X34u67QeT7i2I-7XzCppQgONoZF2s2-RIQbdoN4KGReY0S75ZRxcYbCmee3VfdvjaJQ2Y-R7CBS4zLH86V9O2tSOAJMfkLhlqL7c1wIdq1YfFvFbOhalTQZwfjcagTlBpR7NavMpoBjg/s320/taiwan.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Have no idea what that thing on his cap is</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Cam Opp – GB<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Here I was thinking I’d find a good Nigel Sillybottom or Benedict Codswallop-Bummerton. I certainly wasn’t expecting something like this.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Wouldn’t you know, he’s a bloody Yank! Born in Colorado, Cam (short for Camrin) attended West Point! Turn out he, like the author, is a dual national.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">After playing a year in an independent league, Cam was signed by the Mets. Unfortunately, his 2 years in the minors has resulted in a 4-12 record, with a 6.98 ERA and 1.723 WHIP. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">In the WBC, he pitched 1 inning, giving up 1 run on 2 hits and 3 walks. Team GB didn’t make it out of pool play, going 1-3.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht7Zxc5dctJ_AVIlXVdsd5JWRYx5jS91LIZshowEY-T1geQZoCYs1yiqvqWYqonwlg8momzRewyP0PEF0ICwXLaMRl4PGiwbmfhK3GAPgej5SFI13W9n2IMHRALfYNH2cPEqDNWPGLTsqc5vF4zZ2WfLoeQ5Kn_L9_I8owYp2Y6mLHmF65rjl-l9ahqQ/s275/opp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht7Zxc5dctJ_AVIlXVdsd5JWRYx5jS91LIZshowEY-T1geQZoCYs1yiqvqWYqonwlg8momzRewyP0PEF0ICwXLaMRl4PGiwbmfhK3GAPgej5SFI13W9n2IMHRALfYNH2cPEqDNWPGLTsqc5vF4zZ2WfLoeQ5Kn_L9_I8owYp2Y6mLHmF65rjl-l9ahqQ/s1600/opp.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Sicnarf Loopstock – Netherlands<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Oh, c’mon! Somebody’s trolling me, right?<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">There’s actually a simple explanation for this. Sicnarf is simply his father’s name, Francis, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">backwards. As for Loopstock, supposedly it means “walking cane.”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Sicnarf is from Aruba, which probably explains why he speaks five languages – English, Spanish, Dutch, French & Papiamento. I tell ya, it’s a hotbed of polylinguists. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The catcher spent 8 years in the Guardians org, totaling over 1000 at-bats. He’s spent the past couple of years in the Dutch majors.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-IsMfdDwp_nTCNZevOtd2XC59JRKmuXYFolTFuznblBxxMOwc4CUhqLIHJ-QfRUSLXIh5d_SOvNeEWVKpe0XGHRvaUVz6wHVwxVHL0az_apJUnXV0z1qG3UVd88Mx0EcnCmmTZYk4iO0530QjHsOOI_Md8bdjwCgE1KMU9ETlawgIQ39Rfvfl_ibZA/s300/sicnarf.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-IsMfdDwp_nTCNZevOtd2XC59JRKmuXYFolTFuznblBxxMOwc4CUhqLIHJ-QfRUSLXIh5d_SOvNeEWVKpe0XGHRvaUVz6wHVwxVHL0az_apJUnXV0z1qG3UVd88Mx0EcnCmmTZYk4iO0530QjHsOOI_Md8bdjwCgE1KMU9ETlawgIQ39Rfvfl_ibZA/s1600/sicnarf.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941955609902423295.post-72955487923745346492023-04-01T08:15:00.000-07:002023-04-01T08:15:44.857-07:00Odd Soccer Trophies<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I’m sure everyone’s familiar with the Ballon d’Or. You might even be aware that it’s French for “golden ball.” How many other individual awards are you familiar with though?</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There <i>are </i>plenty of them. And some of them sound a little odd – at least to my American, English-speaking ears. No, wait, my ears don’t speak English. My English-hearing ears, maybe? Nah, that’s not right. English-understanding ears? Ah, you know what I mean.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So, here they are. Let me know if they crack you up as much as they crack up me. Huh, that didn’t sound right either …</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Golden Shoe<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Europe</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">You might know this one better as the Golden Boot, which does indeed sound a little more classy.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s for the top scorer in the major European leagues. Lionel Messi has won it 6 times. The latest winner is Robert Lewandoski.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Because the award used to include all European leagues, winners have also included folks like Tanju Colak (Turkey), Sotiris Kaiafas (Cyprus), Hans Krankl (Austria) & Zviad Endeladze (Georgia), </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh92y8lez4GnX-SOq_NuOn_V3kkMOmvq5r3oj6gl1hLpxVWLKJDlPDVZdqBGQCy4R7_WsYgXgq_6iyVZfJnCMq7ImG3WBJPOkyeAdXEL4pbr7dffva1Sp6dsyzya505Ftt6cNqhODjv36e1JP_a7Xe9k-ncpnLlSIj6g2x_vNhN60QygYGEP9IfZMPE_Q/s1027/golden%20shoe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1027" data-original-width="693" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh92y8lez4GnX-SOq_NuOn_V3kkMOmvq5r3oj6gl1hLpxVWLKJDlPDVZdqBGQCy4R7_WsYgXgq_6iyVZfJnCMq7ImG3WBJPOkyeAdXEL4pbr7dffva1Sp6dsyzya505Ftt6cNqhODjv36e1JP_a7Xe9k-ncpnLlSIj6g2x_vNhN60QygYGEP9IfZMPE_Q/s320/golden%20shoe.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Silver Ball (<i>Palone d’Argento / Bola de Prata</i>) <br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">World Cup / Italy / Brazil / Portugal</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yup, this one is given for the World Cup and in three countries.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For the World Cup, it’s given to the second highest scorer. It’s been around since 1982, with the last three winners being Kylian Mbappe, Eden Hazard & Thomas Muller.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Italian award was for Serie A players who demonstrated talent, fairness & moral character. It was awarded from 2000 to 2017. Andrea Pirlo, Kaka & Francesco Totti were some of the winners I recognized.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In Brazil, it’s still around, and is for the top player at each position. Since that means 11 players per year, that gives us such wonderfully named players as Socrates, Leonardo, Picasso, Bismarck, Manga, Bobo, Dudu, Biro-Biro, Junior, Baby & Hulk.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In Portugal, it’s for the top scorer. Eusebio tops all winners with 7. He also won 5 consecutive titles, another record. The current holder is Darwin Nunez.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoSr_5quS3Vet5MADr9ZU1AQq_qUZx1-kd8tFC5KRMw5evaMr3-wD38ydexOmQKFgDeaEZGhuXH03sM5dxw6J_IyZYNg4HxGL-NDo4IGV90NyGkFNL9uC0aZ2OHMVGeCJQOl4ZgrKz2tnQ8ohok4h4__zNZxTWW6e-Lyjgmcz_efSuVNHTOXne7njn4g/s273/silver%20ball.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="273" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoSr_5quS3Vet5MADr9ZU1AQq_qUZx1-kd8tFC5KRMw5evaMr3-wD38ydexOmQKFgDeaEZGhuXH03sM5dxw6J_IyZYNg4HxGL-NDo4IGV90NyGkFNL9uC0aZ2OHMVGeCJQOl4ZgrKz2tnQ8ohok4h4__zNZxTWW6e-Lyjgmcz_efSuVNHTOXne7njn4g/s1600/silver%20ball.png" width="273" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Golden Glove<br /></b>World Cup / Premier League</p></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">No, this has nothing to do with boxing. Or baseball.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The World Cup award goes back to 1994, and was originally named after Soviet great Lev Yashin. Since this one is so new, I know all but one of the 8 winners. Emiliano Martinez, with Argentina, won the last one. It is, of course, awarded to the best boxer ... er, goalie.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Premier League award goes back to 2004, and is based on the total number of clean sheets. Joe Hart, with Manchester City, has won it a record 4 times. Ederson, also with City, is the current holder, and has 3 titles himself. Damn Blues!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqS4YlBTguvvQzZqkOOsiMl8fJDUOeIaj6T6ZPAcQJkBKB0Trp7g6FLMCJGm5b59_D7MA4drcf3i6byDamNDOF8uNR9zosbbCMAvgZcnSsg5C3PZ4b0juyFmIjKKMTyDwQbpmZ6r7Ac7NkXxPtthEclSQeCEbWbas-w5Y5DWXUSlhlQm8OygBuLLhPgQ/s260/golden%20glove.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="171" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqS4YlBTguvvQzZqkOOsiMl8fJDUOeIaj6T6ZPAcQJkBKB0Trp7g6FLMCJGm5b59_D7MA4drcf3i6byDamNDOF8uNR9zosbbCMAvgZcnSsg5C3PZ4b0juyFmIjKKMTyDwQbpmZ6r7Ac7NkXxPtthEclSQeCEbWbas-w5Y5DWXUSlhlQm8OygBuLLhPgQ/s1600/golden%20glove.jpg" width="171" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Bronze Ball<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">World Cup</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What’s that expression again? Oh, balls of <i>brass</i>. Never mind.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As with the Olympics, bronze represents third place. In this particular instance, it’s for the third best all-around player. Winners include stars like Maradona, Andrea Pirlo, Antoine Griezmann & the current holder, Luka Modric.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There is a similar award for the Club World Cup as well. It features some stars, like Neymar, Xavi, Ronaldinho & Andres Iniesta. There seem to be plenty of total unknowns, though, as well: Gaku Shibasaki (Japan), Jonathan Urretaviscaya (Uruguay), Mouhcine Iajour (Morocco) …</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmHJjJXkQ0vqvcH0oFOIbJFXcaLrll4YASxtw_TZr_MIYiSKb4LQiPDf7W_8ESTBhhEewxanRusV034YxwBk4AXBIoVC-lebsIB0yL8wgmI02Jz03SIbwbFg6vvj_8HCXqvFfvObqsFk-M9kMQ4GAkcsJlzzEbWOqPZ-bIuAoIl99pt5AN9SiLxCtpA/s261/bronze%20ball.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="193" data-original-width="261" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmHJjJXkQ0vqvcH0oFOIbJFXcaLrll4YASxtw_TZr_MIYiSKb4LQiPDf7W_8ESTBhhEewxanRusV034YxwBk4AXBIoVC-lebsIB0yL8wgmI02Jz03SIbwbFg6vvj_8HCXqvFfvObqsFk-M9kMQ4GAkcsJlzzEbWOqPZ-bIuAoIl99pt5AN9SiLxCtpA/s1600/bronze%20ball.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Looks like it’s also a thing in plumbing (a kind of valve)</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Azure Football (<i>Pallone Azzuro</i>)<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Italy</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Well, this is certainly preferable to the Blue Ball Award. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This one’s voted on by the Italian national team’s fan club. Winners include Andrea Pirlo and Gianluigi Buffon. It’s only been awarded 6 times, and not since 2021. There’s also a women’s, futsal & beach soccer version.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8KE726OVhyToT1aMIy-IHSkONwKH0NNdtzNU1rtVZmh3EkT1opFZKJVbdQReFMcN7evohETYEISDb27fUgxzWjqTDKh2mSNNGvp-7mubLwSLLlAeG-Z4BtI6-BaQXjLDS1_20DQQcy2vKYz43cYwG4warYIr0ln-_FWJ4ZMxYH9zsv7hvK-kRfcDqg/s267/azure%20football.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="189" data-original-width="267" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8KE726OVhyToT1aMIy-IHSkONwKH0NNdtzNU1rtVZmh3EkT1opFZKJVbdQReFMcN7evohETYEISDb27fUgxzWjqTDKh2mSNNGvp-7mubLwSLLlAeG-Z4BtI6-BaQXjLDS1_20DQQcy2vKYz43cYwG4warYIr0ln-_FWJ4ZMxYH9zsv7hvK-kRfcDqg/s1600/azure%20football.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Thank you, Google Images</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Football Oscar<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Croatia</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Not sure if there’s a Football Emmy, Football Grammy, or Football Tony award. But you get the idea.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This should really be called the Football Oscar<i>s</i>, as awards are given for best player, team, goalie, manager and under-21. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Best player includes one for any Croatian and one for the best player in the Croatian national league, the HNL. Not too surprisingly, Luka Modrich has won that first one all 10 years the award has been in place. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">All the rest are HNL exclusively. And, yes, these include a ton of guys no one’s ever heard of before, and whose name all end in “ic.”</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja0Py9F2c41cCcMf4oRP8HI1MbAvzcAxKWZIeupSjZnSfBXqlgnJY-gXj_NYRrj_rS5nfLOOy8WB8Maom8fi7O0sF8E8LyEjt3UBFLOkvUpcS2ZKHwuEpS8YNoIUQC8SdwUa7phNBr9NdXEMk7pKT2yIB6VT0olfLQdS9jcbVVE-El5Rs-Ds74neBkXA/s300/oscar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja0Py9F2c41cCcMf4oRP8HI1MbAvzcAxKWZIeupSjZnSfBXqlgnJY-gXj_NYRrj_rS5nfLOOy8WB8Maom8fi7O0sF8E8LyEjt3UBFLOkvUpcS2ZKHwuEpS8YNoIUQC8SdwUa7phNBr9NdXEMk7pKT2yIB6VT0olfLQdS9jcbVVE-El5Rs-Ds74neBkXA/s1600/oscar.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And then there’s this guy</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Giant-Killing Award<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">FA Cup</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Given to the best Jack in soccer for that year. Last year’s winner was Jack Grealish. Previous winners have included Jack Charlton, Jack Wilshire, and Jack Butland.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Seriously, though, this award is given to the team in the FA Cup who posts the most unlikely win in that year’s tournament. Winners include Crawley Town (against Derby), Luton Town (against Norwich), Swindon Town (against Wigan), and Bradford City (against Chelsea!).</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Too bad this is no longer around. It only really lasted from 2011 to 2019.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghrd5as2FjCGAuFu7_JfO-7jGVPc7BJhQ3ofDZNE96L_4xUo9QmGnhMhX8pV4YRrDDJp_vuQyaDz32WMOH_Cy2x6qt-pWozbJa20o-YTEAnlZGkJSrcHm7Arrgd8faRgtgfTWXJx_0vFUMJOpKJB365GtYJoBXDMPPviGuCMOyy6NHZKGNmb9Ic5r-BQ/s265/giant%20killing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="265" data-original-width="190" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghrd5as2FjCGAuFu7_JfO-7jGVPc7BJhQ3ofDZNE96L_4xUo9QmGnhMhX8pV4YRrDDJp_vuQyaDz32WMOH_Cy2x6qt-pWozbJa20o-YTEAnlZGkJSrcHm7Arrgd8faRgtgfTWXJx_0vFUMJOpKJB365GtYJoBXDMPPviGuCMOyy6NHZKGNmb9Ic5r-BQ/s1600/giant%20killing.jpg" width="190" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s also a Japanese manga series</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Golden Bench (<i>Panchina d’Oro</i>)<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Italy</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s for managers, so I guess they had to come up with <i>something</i>. And I’m guessing the Golden Whistle, Golden Clipboard, Golden Suit, or Golden Puffy Jacket just weren’t making it.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Winners include such well-known names as Carlo Ancelotti, Antonio Conte, Roberto Mancini & Jose Mourinho (wait, how did he get in there?). There is a Silver Bench (for the next league down), women’s award, futsal award, Special Golden Bench, Lifetime Achievement Golden Bench, Special Award for Enhancing Young Players, Positive Message Award, Mino Favini Award & Best Supporting Hairstylist in an International Musical Documentary Short. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Okay, so I made that last one up.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtSJllmLXYmQegFylgulOIKfJK7NcWkVQ2H_Rgo83aFavP4XozqO9zOH89o1ldWMZ6y6PsN4Fwdno_aYO4QMuSI-3BoPsvWqBakM3xCNRWQmKUgA_sldd-xdNfB3T2KgOBg1jZugHBO4DQjEt8zcE7SuanSoBN5DHHROoPiYV7dyGWFkFk_Tf7svKd-Q/s370/golden%20bench.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="278" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtSJllmLXYmQegFylgulOIKfJK7NcWkVQ2H_Rgo83aFavP4XozqO9zOH89o1ldWMZ6y6PsN4Fwdno_aYO4QMuSI-3BoPsvWqBakM3xCNRWQmKUgA_sldd-xdNfB3T2KgOBg1jZugHBO4DQjEt8zcE7SuanSoBN5DHHROoPiYV7dyGWFkFk_Tf7svKd-Q/s320/golden%20bench.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Obviously, the silliest looking award out there</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Golden Boy<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Europe</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ya gotta wonder, is there a Silver Boy and a Bronze Boy as well?</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This one, dating back to 2003, is a veritable roll call of stars. I’m talking Messi, Rooney, Pogba, Mbappe, Haaland … Of course, there are also a few who didn’t really pan out in the same way: Anderson (yup, that’s his full name), Isco (ditto) & Alexandre Pato. It’s for the best up-and-coming player.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNtUyVFLtuLfmsnLjHs7wMmCi_Rz6DJsAKmUk6jNzHSqYHLNbPvFPEvyZif99cUiuyP_ebrAeHRLzwCUunabKYwFSH9aPiePy97mypjXwEh4dh4Md7hYR5QCPvH4LhKcYrI52MptjjTKRyLU_MRHrPp1lqwKYqpxPe9bfxElcIk7uOjBhSBSAYIX7KA/s342/golden%20boy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="225" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNtUyVFLtuLfmsnLjHs7wMmCi_Rz6DJsAKmUk6jNzHSqYHLNbPvFPEvyZif99cUiuyP_ebrAeHRLzwCUunabKYwFSH9aPiePy97mypjXwEh4dh4Md7hYR5QCPvH4LhKcYrI52MptjjTKRyLU_MRHrPp1lqwKYqpxPe9bfxElcIk7uOjBhSBSAYIX7KA/s320/golden%20boy.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p style="text-align: center;">No, he was <i>not </i>a winner</p></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Golden Talent of Ukraine<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Ukraine</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Is “golden” really an adjective you can use with “talent”? Not according to Google at least.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Of course, I am getting <i>some </i>hits. It’s for some pretty weird stuff though. I mean, the 2nd hit is for an Egyptian recruiting agency. And the 1st gives me an Instagram error page.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As for soccer, we’ve got two awards, one for under 21 and one for under 19. There are monthly awards and an annual one as well. The winners get “diplomas, game shoes and watches.”</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Seeing as there are 25 awards given every year, there are plenty of opportunities for funny names, both for individuals (Mykola Matviyenko, Heorhiy Tsitaishvili) and clubs (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih).</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sadly, this one is currently suspended.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHDMKhs6NThXlY3U8ORQFG3yUGZamlMqtjCMd4kcLib1ePG49NbQGpbRimHKUCCmj6rWcOAHlTpSCRB30oAv9730RWQjKBVBx6V1jJ9XYSJ3ZWXsYSxaTtX-9e00vXq0z1dk2KDDL3VDtH13HWBZW8j5FwRcvgkmvG_lSvRJm7s2BNidylOgsSefiVXw/s911/golden%20talent.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="911" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHDMKhs6NThXlY3U8ORQFG3yUGZamlMqtjCMd4kcLib1ePG49NbQGpbRimHKUCCmj6rWcOAHlTpSCRB30oAv9730RWQjKBVBx6V1jJ9XYSJ3ZWXsYSxaTtX-9e00vXq0z1dk2KDDL3VDtH13HWBZW8j5FwRcvgkmvG_lSvRJm7s2BNidylOgsSefiVXw/s320/golden%20talent.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Pichichi Trophy<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Spain</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">No, this is <i>not</i> named after a Pokemon character. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s for the top goal scorer in Spain’s La Liga.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s named for Rafael (“Pichichi”) Moreno, a forward for Athletic Bilbao who played in the 1910s and 20s. He died young (29, of typhus), which is, of course, a great way to get yourself immortalized. Moreno was notable for the white cap he wore on the pitch. His nickname was due to his “slight build.” I don’t know Spanish well enough for that to make any sense to me, so I guess I’ll just have to take your word for it, Wikipedia.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This one’s been a thing since 1952, and was also rewarded retroactively all the way back to 1929</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Not too surprisingly, Messi leads everyone with 8 awards all time.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And, of <i>course</i>, I’ve got some funny names for you. Let’s see, would Mundo, Bata, Pruden, Vava II & Quini do?</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh605trrz3hz194pw1F7jf1t9xoTAJ6x--Ife6UGqRAAI1Ov9fbbioj02pw48XSYRu4QYKSSSBJtIA3rhV_mhnHuuoK7EwkXg_qRGT80hvz-zMSjlB4Vx_290XdomhSIZTeSLd52gK6ZfMHHjBAhkH1RDwksiXXn-I8AvEiHYHFBLcWTTwDVtDcmadL3w/s274/pichichi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="184" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh605trrz3hz194pw1F7jf1t9xoTAJ6x--Ife6UGqRAAI1Ov9fbbioj02pw48XSYRu4QYKSSSBJtIA3rhV_mhnHuuoK7EwkXg_qRGT80hvz-zMSjlB4Vx_290XdomhSIZTeSLd52gK6ZfMHHjBAhkH1RDwksiXXn-I8AvEiHYHFBLcWTTwDVtDcmadL3w/s1600/pichichi.jpg" width="184" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yup, that’s him alright</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Club 200 of Berador Abduraimov</b><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Uzbekistan</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">No, this is <i>not</i> a disco in Tashkent.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To quote Wikipedia, “is club of the best goalscorers with over 200 goals in the history of Uzbek football.” It is named after “after the <i>famous </i>Pakhtakor player, Berador Abduraimov [italics mine].” </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Berador’s own entry tells me that “he is regarded as one of the best strikers and greatest football players in the history of Uzbek football.” That said, Word still wants me to change his first name to “Eardrop.” Go figure.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Oddly, this is a very exclusive club, with only 12 members (including our very own Berador, by the way). Guess they’re just leaving plenty of room to grow.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcicO6zF2iAHlVTbG9ikDV3iNqhCca4MuEV7Z91lBCcvq8EnC2Xh5ZRJKOm2_bBNNQ1sw5fOuPt65K7iKB_SqZXRW61KLgPN8txELVLDGhHqPnfQGpYD9SbtKQelRcg0MOLaathZeTlwddexRUYLeW556iGqevaCeUC00OhuJaFWC4Vd-b58A1DMv0-A/s260/club%20200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="194" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcicO6zF2iAHlVTbG9ikDV3iNqhCca4MuEV7Z91lBCcvq8EnC2Xh5ZRJKOm2_bBNNQ1sw5fOuPt65K7iKB_SqZXRW61KLgPN8txELVLDGhHqPnfQGpYD9SbtKQelRcg0MOLaathZeTlwddexRUYLeW556iGqevaCeUC00OhuJaFWC4Vd-b58A1DMv0-A/s1600/club%20200.jpg" width="194" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yup, that’s him (if my Cyrillic is correct, that is).</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ebony Shoe<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Belgium</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Did something get lost in translation here? Maybe they meant to say “Black Boot.” Or perhaps “Inky Cleats“? “Sable sabot”? </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s called the <i>Ebbenhouten schoen</i> in Flemish, and the <i>Soulier d'ébène</i> in French, if that’s any help.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">If you’re thinking this is for the best Belgian player (black is, of course, part of the Belgian flag), you’d be wrong. It’s actually for the best African player. Which, to me at least, sounds a tad non-PC.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There are actually 3 different levels. Gold, silver & bronze ebony shoes, if you will.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Winners include a couple of names I recognize (Vincent Kompany, Marouanne Felani, Romulu Lukaku), as well as plenty I don’t (Copa, Mido, Yaw Preko, Jean-Jacques Misse-Misse).</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Interestingly, there are a number of winners who were born in Belgium. The award also includes winners from countries on either side of the Sahara – Egypt & the Ivory Coast, Algeria & Angola, Tunisia & Tanzania – as well as one from the Netherlands to boot.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Wb6sT2Y60qLWrX9OAnYlbGORUfdCMKVFZGwFgdrtloZJ1dzo_nlxtQXiTpDsqHt1-0qdQyFbWzCtqD4f4gHgZMsbX2O5RELwwzIYUKGenT7iXNhxhBR2jNgKA5GIpDDsIrE_Ez7gFgJucd6riIBFnXOmyHsuO8pS-Xw8WtspX9Cqt5OATtrj4igRJA/s275/ebony%20shoe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Wb6sT2Y60qLWrX9OAnYlbGORUfdCMKVFZGwFgdrtloZJ1dzo_nlxtQXiTpDsqHt1-0qdQyFbWzCtqD4f4gHgZMsbX2O5RELwwzIYUKGenT7iXNhxhBR2jNgKA5GIpDDsIrE_Ez7gFgJucd6riIBFnXOmyHsuO8pS-Xw8WtspX9Cqt5OATtrj4igRJA/s1600/ebony%20shoe.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">You knew this was comin’, right?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Bronze Onze (Onze de Bronze)<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">France (Europe)</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hey, it rhymes (and sounds ridiculous) in two languages.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Okay, so first of all, what the heck is an “onze”? Well, my community college French is telling me that all that is is the number eleven. So, “Bronze Eleven”? Geez, that makes even less sense.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Well, <i>Onze </i>also just so happens to be a French sports magazine, specializing in soccer. Gonna go out on a limb and speculate that the number of players on a soccer team might be playing some kind of role here.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And it’s those folks who hand out awards every year for best European player and coach, with gold, silver & bronze levels. None of the names here should be unfamiliar this time.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hard to believe, but the magazine also sponsors a best team, the Onze de Onze. What an excellent note to go out on.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-wl8N723Vse7dwF0plr0N5QFQijWnzj6hREzPZtQDlY_hvcGVOl9DrdQ9jxqMOz5yhhcJ21Wi8Qxxjjhkh1SnuvhuQtygpp2GRakFJPjf3q3nJ-3So1SZwEzIOXlDhk7bBa0C34ekU3chSncxVsMiXe3fIMy0uxTU8XnhEPHsdLETolQilodZpxncA/s276/bronze%20onze.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="183" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-wl8N723Vse7dwF0plr0N5QFQijWnzj6hREzPZtQDlY_hvcGVOl9DrdQ9jxqMOz5yhhcJ21Wi8Qxxjjhkh1SnuvhuQtygpp2GRakFJPjf3q3nJ-3So1SZwEzIOXlDhk7bBa0C34ekU3chSncxVsMiXe3fIMy0uxTU8XnhEPHsdLETolQilodZpxncA/s1600/bronze%20onze.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I honestly have no idea</span></p><div><br /></div>Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941955609902423295.post-32636350380228291552023-03-07T04:07:00.005-08:002023-03-07T04:07:51.137-08:00Worst Congressional Scandals by State<p><span style="font-family: arial;">I must admit … I’ve really been enjoying following all the recent coverage of newly elected congressman George Santos. Or should I say Anthony Devolder, or perhaps Kitara Revache?</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBLTxF_LI_2k-hbI4bOcPh-l3H8RaObMtrwM9Q4mma4AcgHRaVvNMLRecHV35oA9syNcTGhM0sttuvL45Gt_KBZ3NpNx2dTdyRJu433Y1jIVyO10PwOYkuGEppwN7niJcPX_n4hxnSFKiW-rnSJ42cHiv2g-F_gAluPwVTApNKIeM5F1Nd8ztgjFLXvQ/s250/santos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="201" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBLTxF_LI_2k-hbI4bOcPh-l3H8RaObMtrwM9Q4mma4AcgHRaVvNMLRecHV35oA9syNcTGhM0sttuvL45Gt_KBZ3NpNx2dTdyRJu433Y1jIVyO10PwOYkuGEppwN7niJcPX_n4hxnSFKiW-rnSJ42cHiv2g-F_gAluPwVTApNKIeM5F1Nd8ztgjFLXvQ/s1600/santos.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This all will undoubtedly go down as New York’s worst congressional scandal (though do check out George Horton, below). And that got me thinking … Who are the worst senators and congressmen from the other states? And, not just now, but overall?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">And what constitutes “worst”? Though I was tempted to go with something nice and concrete like years in prison or money amounts, I opted with the ones that – kind of like with Santos – just made my jaw drop.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A little note on structure … Wikipedia actually has a page out there devoted to this stuff. So, all I did was search on the different scandals, pick out the one I liked best, and then simply just cut and paste what they had (with some italicization for the really juicy/telling/WTF details). Enjoy!</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Scandal-free States</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Hard to believe, but this is what Wikipedia is telling me, so it must be right. </span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaska</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Colorado</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Connecticut</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Delaware</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Hawaii</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Iowa</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Mississippi</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Missouri</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">New Mexico</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">North Dakota</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Oklahoma</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Vermont</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Washington</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">West Virginia</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Wisconsin</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Wyoming</span></li></ul><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Idaho</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Mike Crapo (R-ID) US Senator was arrested on December 23, 2012, and later pleaded guilty to drinking and driving in a Virginia court on January 4, 2012. The court fined him $250 and received a one-year suspension of his driver's license. He was also sentenced to 180 days in prison, but served no time.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2HU0_ZWTSk128Je6Wdm5phGr3S0YFGrxDZ7IApuBvab1HbbpgG6UJrI8hPfU4PeCRstZF3N_hULDneV_DmeSPIcxPHUboNo_a3wiHjVpaHuda-ayiAmbOeil1eoYWU4UIsCoPYhTLuwEvnQL71YMMQqVW9jfmHLD8zeVN48BMyalgqBv4JMMVR7xYA/s251/id.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="200" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2HU0_ZWTSk128Je6Wdm5phGr3S0YFGrxDZ7IApuBvab1HbbpgG6UJrI8hPfU4PeCRstZF3N_hULDneV_DmeSPIcxPHUboNo_a3wiHjVpaHuda-ayiAmbOeil1eoYWU4UIsCoPYhTLuwEvnQL71YMMQqVW9jfmHLD8zeVN48BMyalgqBv4JMMVR7xYA/s1600/id.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Pronounced “cray-poh”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Rhode Island</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">James F. Simmons (R-RI) US Senator had confirmed corruption charges against him reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee and the charges were then referred to the full Senate for action on July 14, 1862. The Senate adjourned three days later without acting. Before it could reconvene, Simmons resigned on September 5, 1862.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3qcCkwHHlrDilJRUJe4ZGyNasVH9vkDviA0zg9sDnuW1E2Z_n4jFFjXlySCSU-O21EKBwUkgdVak8EOj_5TlwOIC4gVPSyi2bfOMUKo0FkJQ6_itIqV-LSDY24VxWbSIJguaT14GtbPwyK1UyhoYeUGfqpMDi1tM0eaKrzZdeTVdO8LBW6jd9GmUsg/s1458/ri.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1217" data-original-width="1458" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3qcCkwHHlrDilJRUJe4ZGyNasVH9vkDviA0zg9sDnuW1E2Z_n4jFFjXlySCSU-O21EKBwUkgdVak8EOj_5TlwOIC4gVPSyi2bfOMUKo0FkJQ6_itIqV-LSDY24VxWbSIJguaT14GtbPwyK1UyhoYeUGfqpMDi1tM0eaKrzZdeTVdO8LBW6jd9GmUsg/s320/ri.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2nd from right, thumbing his nose at a baby</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Alabama</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Frank W. Boykin (D-AL) was placed on six months' probation in 1963 following conviction in a case involving a conflict of interest and conspiracy to defraud the government. His prison sentence was suspended on age and health grounds and he was fined $40,000 total. He was pardoned by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUgkvMNbweK-FqbCBydVcOlziCIohqbRDAQCGhe-AxGRXPLlUVjTyknvCWF6ObhuTVMd5ACCEWApcsVg5MkDu3CtCDGxeL-rc8ZPmu62JObB2NFp8K7pvqE58n917kNcGC0GFkCmt0uA_aMlkXD52kWTS4Cioq1P6lvp5Pdx9dqqtUH_EdQANMiAgFQ/s290/al.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="152" data-original-width="290" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUgkvMNbweK-FqbCBydVcOlziCIohqbRDAQCGhe-AxGRXPLlUVjTyknvCWF6ObhuTVMd5ACCEWApcsVg5MkDu3CtCDGxeL-rc8ZPmu62JObB2NFp8K7pvqE58n917kNcGC0GFkCmt0uA_aMlkXD52kWTS4Cioq1P6lvp5Pdx9dqqtUH_EdQANMiAgFQ/s1600/al.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Michigan</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Charles Diggs (D-MI) was convicted on 29 charges of mail fraud and filing false payroll forms which formed a kickback scheme with his staff. Sentenced to 3 years (1978)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNO9ppQT1bVRnn9lR6jnbh1VotlwGihXhEGcpAOabrCAhBCGWTkDAnFO4H5QtoO2-od9k9qZ8LTBCeO0IWkrj_orzgrfOvQzhTRncZbXKpKPhY2h_naEVUL_gW8sqz2DdC3OOYVy1TGOmexKY5Br_V8rZ9pc5h2WvKaMVVRFVdH2K_5TxCzZg8r2LvJA/s174/mi.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="131" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNO9ppQT1bVRnn9lR6jnbh1VotlwGihXhEGcpAOabrCAhBCGWTkDAnFO4H5QtoO2-od9k9qZ8LTBCeO0IWkrj_orzgrfOvQzhTRncZbXKpKPhY2h_naEVUL_gW8sqz2DdC3OOYVy1TGOmexKY5Br_V8rZ9pc5h2WvKaMVVRFVdH2K_5TxCzZg8r2LvJA/s1600/mi.png" width="131" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Maine</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Donald F. Snow (R-ME) was committed to the Maine State Prison for two to four years for embezzlement. (1935)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UD9gzjoFzoX8PFJYV4A5ybgh21R41c2yVEy1zDi7u0DuSJ6v_cAkhJxh9KTiEg9dyS1LskTOokm47VbG6-IP6vKpUIaLgNO4G5yNwUXFZhDzIdFC5RD7siiJ76QdZdt2DHUM6p2toFJTmAotl4MvGaEHitcBO4sFGN8B-gAhE_6G5bxg5NxGVKlylw/s221/me.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="221" data-original-width="175" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UD9gzjoFzoX8PFJYV4A5ybgh21R41c2yVEy1zDi7u0DuSJ6v_cAkhJxh9KTiEg9dyS1LskTOokm47VbG6-IP6vKpUIaLgNO4G5yNwUXFZhDzIdFC5RD7siiJ76QdZdt2DHUM6p2toFJTmAotl4MvGaEHitcBO4sFGN8B-gAhE_6G5bxg5NxGVKlylw/s1600/me.jpg" width="175" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>New Jersey</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Senator Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ) was convicted on nine counts of bribery and conspiracy, and was sentenced to three years in prison. (Abscam, 1980)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRm48MhkXwQBbgLemK5KPZGD6TVPDe7784ujkSwm1c_Bc4KDA-Ff1Ke0DwIAFKt4xaLpSfCuIaz4u6f_QgaUKIdJa5xIU-IZcr9J_N2MKoozotlTJt39iiwneIiKQIsk8VyIdVyL-PGR5pPY1VR6ssCy96bFRu7Pa9zepuBBKtyu_H7MxjgFg25J7uGA/s300/nj.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRm48MhkXwQBbgLemK5KPZGD6TVPDe7784ujkSwm1c_Bc4KDA-Ff1Ke0DwIAFKt4xaLpSfCuIaz4u6f_QgaUKIdJa5xIU-IZcr9J_N2MKoozotlTJt39iiwneIiKQIsk8VyIdVyL-PGR5pPY1VR6ssCy96bFRu7Pa9zepuBBKtyu_H7MxjgFg25J7uGA/s1600/nj.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Harrison & friend</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Virginia</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Tom Garrett (R-VA) US Representative from Virginia's 5th District, was accused by four of his staff of using them for personal chores such as walking his dog and driving his kids. An investigation was begun, after which Garrett suddenly announced he was an alcoholic and would not seek re-election. (2018)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkizJGFt2T25eukn92nWy0x4iDisxB0SMcNqCaY3i8lZUCSynyoWBiwZeOON7e4S6bt_0CD1tj0ReSxUc2IA4EbUrMyCNCvijcg3bEp_P2N1nFKhndps-JAMs8wpA7FsB46Xdh8vY88WBUN-WZR0vd7xMpY6_57icq1pY1CgrOMv_gloUx-rC9TP05fg/s300/va.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkizJGFt2T25eukn92nWy0x4iDisxB0SMcNqCaY3i8lZUCSynyoWBiwZeOON7e4S6bt_0CD1tj0ReSxUc2IA4EbUrMyCNCvijcg3bEp_P2N1nFKhndps-JAMs8wpA7FsB46Xdh8vY88WBUN-WZR0vd7xMpY6_57icq1pY1CgrOMv_gloUx-rC9TP05fg/s1600/va.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Lemme say thish abou’ that”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Kansas</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Alexander Caldwell (R-KS) US Senator, was elected to the US Senate. It was discovered that his rival candidate, Thomas Carney, dropped out of the race, admitting that he had accepted a bribe of $15,000 to leave the race allowing Caldwell to win. He was impeached and the US Senate declared that Caldwell had not been "duly and legally elected" and moved to expel him. Before a vote could be taken, Caldwell resigned (1873)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBRNaaTu5pa7VjJPoVrFFGYxbJyLdrh8GiyVQ3j9vQcKtQgDlIaFGYg1Ig2164TFrO6o5Q_OPs-4UopIHdFqUmU-vfVcMxL7wHymV-hLAPaDNcH3fsPnqEBOhKN4bcJILiVtjrIaI0Ap9wIrhvA-s0ZFMiosMa2QSA0itCtovHXyaU49TF4Y0B6ZWkg/s287/ka.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="287" data-original-width="176" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBRNaaTu5pa7VjJPoVrFFGYxbJyLdrh8GiyVQ3j9vQcKtQgDlIaFGYg1Ig2164TFrO6o5Q_OPs-4UopIHdFqUmU-vfVcMxL7wHymV-hLAPaDNcH3fsPnqEBOhKN4bcJILiVtjrIaI0Ap9wIrhvA-s0ZFMiosMa2QSA0itCtovHXyaU49TF4Y0B6ZWkg/s1600/ka.jpg" width="176" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Arizona</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Rick Renzi (R-AZ) US Representative on June 12, 2013, was found guilty of 17 counts against him, which included wire fraud, conspiracy, extortion, racketeering, money laundering, and making false statements to insurance regulators.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1edCuUz7n4BT3G4uc7cF1Kuhva4iTssBwdDEPvlRhczDJRp-NPtom9pe9bHmsoL1tU5UBNiwS_hDO0yWJPu9srVI3-SXCmnIDSBAjJZwmzvlltFOZJCuPbYpRHaYCYl20sVgvQK2xr7kdzTCIglfcEhVmC3x-ZHPtHG2m7XT2kWWVjdVv-z1Y8gFxLw/s230/az.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="219" data-original-width="230" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1edCuUz7n4BT3G4uc7cF1Kuhva4iTssBwdDEPvlRhczDJRp-NPtom9pe9bHmsoL1tU5UBNiwS_hDO0yWJPu9srVI3-SXCmnIDSBAjJZwmzvlltFOZJCuPbYpRHaYCYl20sVgvQK2xr7kdzTCIglfcEhVmC3x-ZHPtHG2m7XT2kWWVjdVv-z1Y8gFxLw/s1600/az.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“You talkin’ to me?”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Nevada</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Jim Gibbons (R-NV) US House of Representatives from the 2nd District was campaigning for Governor when he walked waitress Chrissy Mazzeo to her car. She claimed he threw her against a wall and threatened to sexually assault her. He claimed she tripped and he caught her. The civil lawsuit was settled by the payment of $50,000 to Mazzeo. Six weeks later he was elected governor. (2006)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkiPW7kV8j6cGHGAZ96_-jr8nQAulfb5SrLs_9i9fKJh_a5E9t8EHINCNY9wXQHTV_8waqft-nZDS3f2ncZPHuvYWvMzT3-OLVCUQR7oCdBui1BE9krkA42ddfSZJIhMkrE9TvsCxFtj5JWLgDR_qsAV0jigAbDZhvJucWEwEY60Lz0tQ3UKbLlCIkg/s229/nv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="229" data-original-width="220" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkiPW7kV8j6cGHGAZ96_-jr8nQAulfb5SrLs_9i9fKJh_a5E9t8EHINCNY9wXQHTV_8waqft-nZDS3f2ncZPHuvYWvMzT3-OLVCUQR7oCdBui1BE9krkA42ddfSZJIhMkrE9TvsCxFtj5JWLgDR_qsAV0jigAbDZhvJucWEwEY60Lz0tQ3UKbLlCIkg/s1600/nv.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bye Felicia</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Arkansas</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Wilbur Mills (D-AR) stepped down as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee after his affair with Argentinian stripper Fanne Fox was made public in 1974.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNG9zLEwYOh9HzEPBq6XXgTswI1-cl24cD4GOwrQwulizXlVVQV1km2ggJHcX4cHOkBm6nkN9LT5RzFGEGWBJjQ0eo021s5zvhhRpJ8Py4mklnjHyH4lA4OXqSTMhgO7vEfQryaH4mpq8YG_CcHk39G-wPjAohNYofSk5nGmT8Xm7hIww7fD2IlJLcw/s305/ar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="305" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNG9zLEwYOh9HzEPBq6XXgTswI1-cl24cD4GOwrQwulizXlVVQV1km2ggJHcX4cHOkBm6nkN9LT5RzFGEGWBJjQ0eo021s5zvhhRpJ8Py4mklnjHyH4lA4OXqSTMhgO7vEfQryaH4mpq8YG_CcHk39G-wPjAohNYofSk5nGmT8Xm7hIww7fD2IlJLcw/s1600/ar.jpg" width="305" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>South Dakota</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Bill Janklow (R-SD) was convicted of second-degree manslaughter for running a stop sign and killing a motorcyclist. He resigned from the House and was given 100 days in the county jail and three years' probation (2003)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_iYkZFDgnRYiiKmEa-ErYUvsUstL_VotjwpcZ3qUG-aXNFfh4F4ZtoQ0RyWhA2YcQ5tg1PjparnForBD2OE4LlpKu0Cd3nCfq17dJB8285mlBF7nd7VlcLdA7T_ao5Vkrz3cftvj8mKHp1eZdSu06eWb-8dQOF71K9DFGVXoBC68jMjjyiiFUHRtRug/s318/sd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="318" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_iYkZFDgnRYiiKmEa-ErYUvsUstL_VotjwpcZ3qUG-aXNFfh4F4ZtoQ0RyWhA2YcQ5tg1PjparnForBD2OE4LlpKu0Cd3nCfq17dJB8285mlBF7nd7VlcLdA7T_ao5Vkrz3cftvj8mKHp1eZdSu06eWb-8dQOF71K9DFGVXoBC68jMjjyiiFUHRtRug/s1600/sd.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nuthin like a good perp walk</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Georgia</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Newt Gingrich (R-GA), the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, was charged $300,000 in sanctions by the majority Republican House ethics committee for an unethical book deal leading to his eventual resignation from office. (1997)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMnRHEnYPyRYWZxnI7Y98ifBSzyPPvz1RvR_tfL_dgS8Z9o75z_pGTXzt9h5ChOKD1XhOWahMvo9Yh7zcfRQNI4I_JF-1Z33qKc2e6RYh-Q301jehT_FtG3B08AX3ShFhDCpKleCHkpmpzfq4ceB_UYdhRhPEfBmPDL2tNGh7HaDbn71Ptbcf-r9_fww/s277/ga.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="182" data-original-width="277" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMnRHEnYPyRYWZxnI7Y98ifBSzyPPvz1RvR_tfL_dgS8Z9o75z_pGTXzt9h5ChOKD1XhOWahMvo9Yh7zcfRQNI4I_JF-1Z33qKc2e6RYh-Q301jehT_FtG3B08AX3ShFhDCpKleCHkpmpzfq4ceB_UYdhRhPEfBmPDL2tNGh7HaDbn71Ptbcf-r9_fww/s1600/ga.jpg" width="277" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Newt and friend</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Utah</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Douglas R. Stringfellow (R-UT) abandoned his 1954 re-election bid after admitting to embellishing his war record. Stringfellow falsely claimed to have been awarded a Silver Star and feigned paraplegia.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmoX0BqyGRuUVS5jbDTBm-Aa7b-gIzTLMhrg1-1nP69cfQu8H9U_bWtlgV6QFQGs2JxekBJ6cZUYVyn-QOER-UIn1RYQeXKrqaKcBwhTDzpqZBvWTIdNZErwcUdui6U2MaRlTAtDoQGlxT2q3CpnO2qGXxpdWXFYWLJ3JcvIXq99bDMYtXrCIJl0Auxg/s593/ut.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="479" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmoX0BqyGRuUVS5jbDTBm-Aa7b-gIzTLMhrg1-1nP69cfQu8H9U_bWtlgV6QFQGs2JxekBJ6cZUYVyn-QOER-UIn1RYQeXKrqaKcBwhTDzpqZBvWTIdNZErwcUdui6U2MaRlTAtDoQGlxT2q3CpnO2qGXxpdWXFYWLJ3JcvIXq99bDMYtXrCIJl0Auxg/s320/ut.jpg" width="258" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Indiana</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Dan Burton (R-IN) US Representative and a combative critic of the Clinton/Lewinsky affair, admitted that he had fathered a child out of wedlock. (1998)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHshBR1O4R3fnLW-QpqC9E7rNWzWUIxrOMHWtzT1q6c8e0vX3YMjtVJ0hhQyglpIJu7rh86NTW1tCgC9sSyDFEbMo229dm4X3tFtlDPUmM0aCHCQh0v7gCNHWuQdkafWB0yWvu1NJ3VRVcjbhkFzcazhOnXWzOpuhK0IOZhn9hCgbnGYM3pw4hQ0wfw/s240/in.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="161" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHshBR1O4R3fnLW-QpqC9E7rNWzWUIxrOMHWtzT1q6c8e0vX3YMjtVJ0hhQyglpIJu7rh86NTW1tCgC9sSyDFEbMo229dm4X3tFtlDPUmM0aCHCQh0v7gCNHWuQdkafWB0yWvu1NJ3VRVcjbhkFzcazhOnXWzOpuhK0IOZhn9hCgbnGYM3pw4hQ0wfw/s1600/in.jpg" width="161" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>North Carolina</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Ron A. Taylor (D-NC) US Representative from the 11th District, was accused of bribery and <i>burning four tobacco warehouses</i> of his political rival, Democratic State Senator J. J. Harrington. Taylor resigned his position and pled guilty to conspiracy as well as bribery. He served four years in prison. (1977)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUukCrZzJy1nyMvO9L3SiYLP59HHzAVlF2q9rCr_LkPVwa_VZELxla3cRq9fYZpmrLyy_cRZs1j5mcq2QzKVhe5TSmZsmFtVFEfi-qWQGE1QTV-vXJgGjyCR_UZEog6wshUnoWKU7ats8Ivwx6sOKll4_YatKLONM_0Bp71edhbETAl9Tm8W7pPI_7tQ/s246/nc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="246" data-original-width="205" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUukCrZzJy1nyMvO9L3SiYLP59HHzAVlF2q9rCr_LkPVwa_VZELxla3cRq9fYZpmrLyy_cRZs1j5mcq2QzKVhe5TSmZsmFtVFEfi-qWQGE1QTV-vXJgGjyCR_UZEog6wshUnoWKU7ats8Ivwx6sOKll4_YatKLONM_0Bp71edhbETAl9Tm8W7pPI_7tQ/s1600/nc.jpg" width="205" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Google Images let me down on this one</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Florida</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Richard Kelly (R-FL) accepted $25K and then claimed he was <i>conducting his own investigation into corruption</i>. Served 13 months. (Abscam, 1980)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDVZ6AHxK2mRmiISkJfFbaKJiSKZl5mQEvhvpFIXtOH0ovPVoUi_Bq-X6qkrMj6cdXGovVtKpT9jL73EK-kboM2km51fOC_Aot9v3fCvW8FwsKT1zAL0xYV38WBmenEm_ZRjTrN2wr6d2pBYc7N__Z0EDoIufBMAiOFPcW5MBn5zIo59LPq2xbBcRZw/s281/fl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="250" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDVZ6AHxK2mRmiISkJfFbaKJiSKZl5mQEvhvpFIXtOH0ovPVoUi_Bq-X6qkrMj6cdXGovVtKpT9jL73EK-kboM2km51fOC_Aot9v3fCvW8FwsKT1zAL0xYV38WBmenEm_ZRjTrN2wr6d2pBYc7N__Z0EDoIufBMAiOFPcW5MBn5zIo59LPq2xbBcRZw/s1600/fl.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Nebraska</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) US Representative from Lincoln in the 1st District, was indicted for making false and misleading statements to the FBI about the source of $189,000 in campaign contributions from a <i>Nigerian billionaire</i>. When found guilty he resigned. He was then sentenced to two years probation, fined $25,000 and given community service. (2021)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4d6cE1bPGJ80LstRviimgxw_-y5E1lAuCoaxqbkBlArqp3J9K1vhbadb4G6jxJr-Cwty3PlhLKDEyCE0koUZs2ZhQArEpZWRANUa5pzJYE6-pwqCkQaz17UpSxGqaQHA0fvda6NKWVwi8HB4WZ_bK9s8ihBeSSzBHvkyUgT544ZQ5divTTDb6R79FEw/s224/ne.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="224" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4d6cE1bPGJ80LstRviimgxw_-y5E1lAuCoaxqbkBlArqp3J9K1vhbadb4G6jxJr-Cwty3PlhLKDEyCE0koUZs2ZhQArEpZWRANUa5pzJYE6-pwqCkQaz17UpSxGqaQHA0fvda6NKWVwi8HB4WZ_bK9s8ihBeSSzBHvkyUgT544ZQ5divTTDb6R79FEw/s1600/ne.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bye Felicia</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Montana</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Greg Gianforte (R-MT) US Representative, <i>body slammed</i> reporter Ben Jacobs. Gianforte was then found guilty of assault and sentenced to 40 hours of community service, 20 hours of anger management, a 180-day deferred sentence, a $385 fine and court fee. As part of his settlement with Jacobs, Gianforte donated $50,000 to the Committee to Protect Journalists. (2017)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzLTBZOGc5STdx0I_DVqcwW-IKPW2GFw1LrzmhGkfBlPg2RD2irK93Dayhjav6pMXCqypMfH1B3f28dqOvW0CvgESnK1wKnHL78t9l0amhIVzw3HEVjqLuj6Nq1MByJOjJjhFGw89Ft5WNdNVBQXP4o7nzuDwtcuaKYsNMEO-XeTxeJeeRPrDEF2EnbA/s300/mt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzLTBZOGc5STdx0I_DVqcwW-IKPW2GFw1LrzmhGkfBlPg2RD2irK93Dayhjav6pMXCqypMfH1B3f28dqOvW0CvgESnK1wKnHL78t9l0amhIVzw3HEVjqLuj6Nq1MByJOjJjhFGw89Ft5WNdNVBQXP4o7nzuDwtcuaKYsNMEO-XeTxeJeeRPrDEF2EnbA/s1600/mt.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Oregon</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Bob Packwood (R-OR) was accused of sexual misconduct by <i>nineteen </i>women. He fought the allegations, but eventually, the US Senate Ethics Committee found him guilty of a "pattern of abuse of his position of power and authority" and recommended that he be expelled from the Senate. He resigned on September 7, 1995.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE19KClOk4GVrvfJoVlLrFS4k2Tra3iTrSVoSOBZluhcab445qTlJYQF6XDDPZgP8iGBzemSyknhE7pYexRK4x6NOA2Bl38o8wWlCeWcOldA9yxApnTI0amkZjjmnrpJCc2zqeYcVL0JaLF_V2HMic7Vre1ZALkG02otmYj05ZJ2hp_O8TndPbnNmDrg/s660/or.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="660" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE19KClOk4GVrvfJoVlLrFS4k2Tra3iTrSVoSOBZluhcab445qTlJYQF6XDDPZgP8iGBzemSyknhE7pYexRK4x6NOA2Bl38o8wWlCeWcOldA9yxApnTI0amkZjjmnrpJCc2zqeYcVL0JaLF_V2HMic7Vre1ZALkG02otmYj05ZJ2hp_O8TndPbnNmDrg/s320/or.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>New Hampshire</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">H. Styles Bridges (R-NH) US Senator, during the Lavender Scare of the 1950s, Bridges threatened to expose the son of US Senator Lester Hunt (D-WY) as a homosexual unless Hunt immediately resigned from the Senate, thus giving Republicans the majority. Hunt refused, but did not seek re-election and then shot himself. (1954)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWoCBesudc2Fp5fWYU-W4QzAAfVNiHzurmi1o11-cHo06KVuASgDAc6YBwu1xCLEJ4avgEPER_4fDvi1Y3Q_zPGvQOqDfJZmeCqWJ3Z9oUpf3gdMtDDwPA6gZ_GxvUzvcEKFGKoiWA4njIatbz_vlKxkPC94p0iSc4P2kZ2VsfdM4Z4Z-4X9zgecfG5g/s261/nh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="193" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWoCBesudc2Fp5fWYU-W4QzAAfVNiHzurmi1o11-cHo06KVuASgDAc6YBwu1xCLEJ4avgEPER_4fDvi1Y3Q_zPGvQOqDfJZmeCqWJ3Z9oUpf3gdMtDDwPA6gZ_GxvUzvcEKFGKoiWA4njIatbz_vlKxkPC94p0iSc4P2kZ2VsfdM4Z4Z-4X9zgecfG5g/s1600/nh.jpg" width="193" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Pennsylvania</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Timothy F. Murphy (R-PA) US Representative, the married, anti-abortion congressman resigned just before an investigation could begin concerning his allegedly <i>urging his mistress to seek an abortion</i>. (2017)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XPFjLcEwaf2uub3vnRxw2m95osY1jk65ywJKmPrDr_EStF73gdD970AD_O5PPw4fhunaqIBN7w67RusdZNNSg8FkHO1FtIboesUnhfdo7EyciBKFXkZhK35aAZRCqNf8ugm1Mxr5mEsXz1Hfri58fS07gzAvgP5MQVxPP-EOPGzOhmxTXivt7YalaA/s224/pa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="200" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XPFjLcEwaf2uub3vnRxw2m95osY1jk65ywJKmPrDr_EStF73gdD970AD_O5PPw4fhunaqIBN7w67RusdZNNSg8FkHO1FtIboesUnhfdo7EyciBKFXkZhK35aAZRCqNf8ugm1Mxr5mEsXz1Hfri58fS07gzAvgP5MQVxPP-EOPGzOhmxTXivt7YalaA/s1600/pa.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Kentucky</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Matthew Lyon (Democratic-Republican KY) was the first Congressman recommended for censure for <i>spitting </i>on Ralph Griswold (Federalist-CT). The censure failed to pass. Also found guilty of violating John Adams's Alien and Sedition Acts and sentenced to four months in jail, during which he was re-elected. (1798)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRvJaRzyI6BNkmKrDcRGtsoxKx8UKKBY3r3ZTZdIh8I8b-Poaz8lVtRCgpeNCOt-1u6ncKHgDVGQs002vuho9A5a92UCiEObm4dLg_rewJfpL2cee9Vz-LQnLrpZ_SQhoFEJUqOdYZRxSLYdntFCqdkLPjCE8nAqNxmKZH3L0kJvj3U1yUgdQU5ubjwQ/s225/ky.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRvJaRzyI6BNkmKrDcRGtsoxKx8UKKBY3r3ZTZdIh8I8b-Poaz8lVtRCgpeNCOt-1u6ncKHgDVGQs002vuho9A5a92UCiEObm4dLg_rewJfpL2cee9Vz-LQnLrpZ_SQhoFEJUqOdYZRxSLYdntFCqdkLPjCE8nAqNxmKZH3L0kJvj3U1yUgdQU5ubjwQ/s1600/ky.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Louisiana</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">David Vitter (R-LA) US Senator, Vitters' name was discovered in the address book of DC Madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey. He admitted his adultery and lost his race for governor. (2007)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFSIW2NFBwYYiQL-QfM3Djs9WUuQ4kpjaFb6_t0dVamQ3-Zh0LW5wqQaTBIY9p9aQkiSGkKlzEsszKikaWXM5h5gmwPUVWwdO574-LyMTbenfIltCsEKGlsgnkkdCM-TVzkdqn2HqO1C0u6oAVfipvOCaUdS1SuIY8cdxc5iohj683T1RxW2FZ-QTaw/s329/la.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="153" data-original-width="329" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFSIW2NFBwYYiQL-QfM3Djs9WUuQ4kpjaFb6_t0dVamQ3-Zh0LW5wqQaTBIY9p9aQkiSGkKlzEsszKikaWXM5h5gmwPUVWwdO574-LyMTbenfIltCsEKGlsgnkkdCM-TVzkdqn2HqO1C0u6oAVfipvOCaUdS1SuIY8cdxc5iohj683T1RxW2FZ-QTaw/s320/la.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Stand by your man …”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Texas</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Van Taylor (R-TX) US Representative and married with three children, was accused of having a nine-month affair with Tania Joya who was once married to a <i>Commander for the Islamic State</i> and has been referred to as the “<i>Isis Bride</i>.” Taylor allegedly paid Joya $5,000 to keep quiet. The news was leaked during the Republican primary for his seat, causing Taylor to admit to the affair and withdraw from the campaign. (2022)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-Xr4bII1ys-dq0d01ITzLhsXUMjGS93rL9rKXbHcVojws65DFD-rZkhMhmgQGS4689Vl3z9JJseI3wVgW81LIWtcZi-WP29IkpUZa14CKInHHOuLUQlwcdF8Od80IhPfN6CdAFMJNJ8wi51EclgDeqA69huby43_p7jUCmnjC_IWmHt6APYkrxHOEg/s225/tx.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-Xr4bII1ys-dq0d01ITzLhsXUMjGS93rL9rKXbHcVojws65DFD-rZkhMhmgQGS4689Vl3z9JJseI3wVgW81LIWtcZi-WP29IkpUZa14CKInHHOuLUQlwcdF8Od80IhPfN6CdAFMJNJ8wi51EclgDeqA69huby43_p7jUCmnjC_IWmHt6APYkrxHOEg/s1600/tx.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>California</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Katie Hill (D-CA) U.S. Representative, resigned following the start of a House Ethics Committee investigation involving Hill's alleged improper relationship with a male subordinate. After the investigation's announcement, Hill also admitted to an inappropriate relationship with a <i>female </i>campaign staffer. She resigned. (2019)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBiJXf25ptUyUhNmaY5FLYimSY_bGEHG9iVkwXiYFcD1ktR3PZWA-op-1v2TRVjHVmJfYBw_xuk-qXtyyYfQv6MdY1pkZoGR8OZ_E9IouK1oZOoX0d1UxElmALTMJhkNm5bGALd33bf5Npdyf__l3pu1UpAktQ10IbNY5knlxwvYamUSiYDqWAjEXfJw/s184/ca.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="163" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBiJXf25ptUyUhNmaY5FLYimSY_bGEHG9iVkwXiYFcD1ktR3PZWA-op-1v2TRVjHVmJfYBw_xuk-qXtyyYfQv6MdY1pkZoGR8OZ_E9IouK1oZOoX0d1UxElmALTMJhkNm5bGALd33bf5Npdyf__l3pu1UpAktQ10IbNY5knlxwvYamUSiYDqWAjEXfJw/s1600/ca.jpg" width="163" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>New York</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Frank Horton (R-NY) pleaded guilty to a DWI (arrested at <i>105 mph</i> with <i>two women</i>; neither were his wife) and was sentenced to 11 days in jail. (1976)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KyfYT_34-c68tlYIdOs3Vw3xrS-CIJiFSRA6bzjCUDyvikd4xPE_XGJ2yvLUEqGtJ60eHQGKzJVjf5YxybCJVEd-Lf3phFuAT9UxkGqo4qeuQJ56Vmjw0ZZiCSLJu-PEkxN8QorKyrnJxJm0Bsx9gKorLwC55lbPE114wn9UL88S1Dg5i7GWkhW5mg/s239/ny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="239" data-original-width="211" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KyfYT_34-c68tlYIdOs3Vw3xrS-CIJiFSRA6bzjCUDyvikd4xPE_XGJ2yvLUEqGtJ60eHQGKzJVjf5YxybCJVEd-Lf3phFuAT9UxkGqo4qeuQJ56Vmjw0ZZiCSLJu-PEkxN8QorKyrnJxJm0Bsx9gKorLwC55lbPE114wn9UL88S1Dg5i7GWkhW5mg/s1600/ny.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>South Carolina</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Preston Brooks (D-SC) US Representative and fervent advocate of slavery, beat abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner (R-MA), until his cane broke, leaving him bleeding and unconscious on the floor of the House of Representatives. (1856)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_K8AlY9OY405oupjhDyvDXoJxS8QG5a5U-Y-g7U9Tm75_Kq0em4YjLXsBnlrwKm7AzKj3YtUOJ2goaDQ8WYMP7kqmmileyCKeinFMUl6LYs74BWZ96NrjqjdTKD2nM2XiChghSEKaxkjx2TC_lUJjRZyDrZsZDfR_h-qGwgFAA1iZrjLNGwIseRqiQ/s276/sc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="182" data-original-width="276" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_K8AlY9OY405oupjhDyvDXoJxS8QG5a5U-Y-g7U9Tm75_Kq0em4YjLXsBnlrwKm7AzKj3YtUOJ2goaDQ8WYMP7kqmmileyCKeinFMUl6LYs74BWZ96NrjqjdTKD2nM2XiChghSEKaxkjx2TC_lUJjRZyDrZsZDfR_h-qGwgFAA1iZrjLNGwIseRqiQ/s1600/sc.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tennessee</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) U.S. Representative, while running for re-election on an anti-abortion platform, it was discovered that he had made his wife have two abortions, and tried to persuade his mistress (who was also his patient), to have one as well. He also admitted under oath that while a married physician at Grandview Medical Center in Jasper, Tennessee, he had six affairs with three co-workers, two patients and a drug representative. He was investigated by the Tennessee Board of Health, pleaded guilty and was fined.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjDkL2ChOwDyfkAwJos2JBaXHrvAd6Bslosqxcw62P3pYipo_HF6YapwALPT48LxlJkWpq9DazKIDuWn1X_GDk1Abva7Z4kwUIG92MdpRNLIWCgJbvz3vAQwWFpCvFocct_4Y09m6nJSYWi5jjPv_tLPU3QHzOMU7Ecoj3KHGuktPW9J76Ky_ZQncHQ/s304/tn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="304" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjDkL2ChOwDyfkAwJos2JBaXHrvAd6Bslosqxcw62P3pYipo_HF6YapwALPT48LxlJkWpq9DazKIDuWn1X_GDk1Abva7Z4kwUIG92MdpRNLIWCgJbvz3vAQwWFpCvFocct_4Y09m6nJSYWi5jjPv_tLPU3QHzOMU7Ecoj3KHGuktPW9J76Ky_ZQncHQ/s1600/tn.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">You sure he’s allowed around interns?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Maryland</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Robert E. Bauman (R-MD) US Representative, was charged with soliciting sex from a <i>teenage boy</i> in a gay bar. After counseling, the charges were dropped, but he lost his next two elections. (1980)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqYL0B7dYuvfgRJmlBT10VyDpQFGbBXcJeRuTCYAKUN5oRLGdoy6AKfUsMMjZ9Mp7PmFsDmei98Ta2SCE7k2BBu9yK9FbRKgiy_vZUp9jttTmhPsjjxWtg-YPDDi7HlRsNcs0VXu3S9tdQmadwei3zc8_8UHoJYAQivfSoQmagCbVExsgYtxz_5XTgQ/s252/md.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="200" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqYL0B7dYuvfgRJmlBT10VyDpQFGbBXcJeRuTCYAKUN5oRLGdoy6AKfUsMMjZ9Mp7PmFsDmei98Ta2SCE7k2BBu9yK9FbRKgiy_vZUp9jttTmhPsjjxWtg-YPDDi7HlRsNcs0VXu3S9tdQmadwei3zc8_8UHoJYAQivfSoQmagCbVExsgYtxz_5XTgQ/s1600/md.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ohio</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Donald E. "Buz" Lukens (R-OH) was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a minor for having sex with a <i>16-year-old girl</i>. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $500. (1989)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ZSkzT2soR0YGZohnNRaLU-xna-L3PecNTovF9zLAZC_IDK59rmmiDTbYzAL3kK9Ivb8FgGHoJIPdAwe0rxsO9mebP5r8aB2Zm2Kmexl52GjGf-4eFyJBb9GZ9Dx5rTwr3RefEmsxz8ADO7vWk3BnceDMFwUW6osKa41yLRCXv4gbIjoutiJ0_5XMNw/s287/oh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="287" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ZSkzT2soR0YGZohnNRaLU-xna-L3PecNTovF9zLAZC_IDK59rmmiDTbYzAL3kK9Ivb8FgGHoJIPdAwe0rxsO9mebP5r8aB2Zm2Kmexl52GjGf-4eFyJBb9GZ9Dx5rTwr3RefEmsxz8ADO7vWk3BnceDMFwUW6osKa41yLRCXv4gbIjoutiJ0_5XMNw/s1600/oh.jpg" width="287" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I’m sure he had no comment</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Illinois</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Dennis Hastert (R-IL) US Representative, pleaded guilty to charges that he violated banking rules and lied to the FBI in a scheme to pay <i>$3.5 million</i> in hush money to conceal sexual misconduct with an <i>underage boy</i> from his days as a <i>high school wrestling coach</i>, from 1965 to 1981. (2015)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcVZ3x5u7Z_zdeDrg5dqVw4ICTBCZu1SCot3LYqKNyqXlszVnr-2PGiMg-FfPSqKRHBXejO_vMxfOl88mDv5HA4zpb98AcP-tyKY_f88dIxgecEmBvPcQMtxFAKC6CIDwk_IqB8LejrinXB-6CXs8XcA9XAPmfTzIMmcqzbiuYD-1WHITxoJEoz6MgkA/s275/il.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcVZ3x5u7Z_zdeDrg5dqVw4ICTBCZu1SCot3LYqKNyqXlszVnr-2PGiMg-FfPSqKRHBXejO_vMxfOl88mDv5HA4zpb98AcP-tyKY_f88dIxgecEmBvPcQMtxFAKC6CIDwk_IqB8LejrinXB-6CXs8XcA9XAPmfTzIMmcqzbiuYD-1WHITxoJEoz6MgkA/s1600/il.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Massachusetts</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Barney Frank (D-MA) US Representative, lived with convicted felon Steve Gobie, who ran a <i>gay prostitution operation</i> from Frank's apartment without his knowledge. (1987)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOC5YMNqj7W2jcMS4F6u_bY5E0LNkoYej4b3WlC8Cop3mvr3aMsbDrquNSsR-uRby3atgxyR60_ogf-es-IQRvIg-scNNuE8RXDguCiRXDQ2OFcfBcvMjb7ieSDqu_TOP6RoMBsp-HIHcUAUweDARXvhN8nx1nnTt-bD32t6dEQpXZk_n7UGDVn5YDJA/s300/ma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOC5YMNqj7W2jcMS4F6u_bY5E0LNkoYej4b3WlC8Cop3mvr3aMsbDrquNSsR-uRby3atgxyR60_ogf-es-IQRvIg-scNNuE8RXDguCiRXDQ2OFcfBcvMjb7ieSDqu_TOP6RoMBsp-HIHcUAUweDARXvhN8nx1nnTt-bD32t6dEQpXZk_n7UGDVn5YDJA/s1600/ma.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Pretend you didn’t see that</span></p><p><br /></p>Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941955609902423295.post-41462347888918553052023-02-16T21:59:00.060-08:002023-04-04T18:22:11.137-07:00First Name / Last Name Repeats<div><span style="font-family: arial;">English surnames are full of patronymics. Now, that’s just a fancy way of saying that you’re basically named after your father. You know, Johnson meaning “son of John” and Richards meaning “Richard’s son.”</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Well, probably the last thing you want to do is combine your patronymic surname with the given name that spawned it. Not sure what I’m talking about? Well, here, let’s take a vide …</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>John Johnson </b>– athlete<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Safety for the Cleveland Browns, played college football at Boston College</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgETSmBlPV7cPOp2F746mS969eSyv9YMKngAl1g51LJA8ii-oMlEzGL6oA30s2ZB7s-7wYo-F2g6B3yETEy6U74zxeX8a8PJMH--gJ9QjySCGI19RTJ_Er234vZAyAVefrN7SqFFiRJAZfB1vBfDrkumEZOwoeevKerwhgS8DcboyzzKHIl8qxp4JeVwA/s193/johnson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="193" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgETSmBlPV7cPOp2F746mS969eSyv9YMKngAl1g51LJA8ii-oMlEzGL6oA30s2ZB7s-7wYo-F2g6B3yETEy6U74zxeX8a8PJMH--gJ9QjySCGI19RTJ_Er234vZAyAVefrN7SqFFiRJAZfB1vBfDrkumEZOwoeevKerwhgS8DcboyzzKHIl8qxp4JeVwA/s1600/johnson.jpg" width="193" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>John Johns </b>– religious<b> <br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">The fourth Episcopal bishop of Virginia, previously president of William & Mary</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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shot himself when cornered by police; worked at a mental health facility (!?!?)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5HYD4EomRr36SqCVz-vtsDN9eaQk1YcnpbjYvIEvpz2-x2CbNFSa21tFMGExQkGe67UIFmud-QWobeZ6OR9lgLLLhUOfRIkDCD7Nsd8wFqVn2iqzzF5O4UZwfi4s4l05oBURiTqxAg655ss9DQ0uOT51J3nvzOOszawdHWPsDOwrHovv_36NhtpZXPg/s249/stephens.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="202" data-original-width="249" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5HYD4EomRr36SqCVz-vtsDN9eaQk1YcnpbjYvIEvpz2-x2CbNFSa21tFMGExQkGe67UIFmud-QWobeZ6OR9lgLLLhUOfRIkDCD7Nsd8wFqVn2iqzzF5O4UZwfi4s4l05oBURiTqxAg655ss9DQ0uOT51J3nvzOOszawdHWPsDOwrHovv_36NhtpZXPg/s1600/stephens.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Steven Stevenson</b> – academic <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Associate professor of chemistry at Indiana-Purdue University at Fort Wayne (IPFW); “Investigations of Newly Discovered OxoMetallic Clusters Inside Fullerene Cages,” “Novel Water-Soluble TNT Metallofullerene Derivatives for Imaging Applications,” “Nanocaged Metal Tags Massively Multiplexed Leukemia Bioassays and Beyond” …</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPhQ41Ou8tZZOA85Bccbmi4buBtWOnAMGYxX3x83-EjpZHl0Ycno3t7HyRvf_OVCNx18DeAlcgOzsZX_HrliJH2XnvhLQ63zw67O60wv7zzNON_URmTC12V2UkSmqZYBpwA-aiQtIshU4SAi-lzzLYfuOq7N-XJglj0YWMIfzbIgCc2lA0S8Do1mj0g/s274/stevenson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="184" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPhQ41Ou8tZZOA85Bccbmi4buBtWOnAMGYxX3x83-EjpZHl0Ycno3t7HyRvf_OVCNx18DeAlcgOzsZX_HrliJH2XnvhLQ63zw67O60wv7zzNON_URmTC12V2UkSmqZYBpwA-aiQtIshU4SAi-lzzLYfuOq7N-XJglj0YWMIfzbIgCc2lA0S8Do1mj0g/s1600/stevenson.jpg" width="184" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Joseph Josephs </b>– artist <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">“Commercial and sign painter, folk artist and political figure in Buffalo”; known as “Buffalo Joe”; described as “a man of no small ego,” he painted numerous self-portraits</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM7gnY3cKMrC14LGuRVFMd5v8DApd8qweCZEjqFCIf-q3cPMIg8iGlHJqC04hJEMS0cS7MyVJjHIgxOzaAr8ippc-NAGZwaUHRlrBL3O7Wbi0jw7f75XutyfJjQlRLVNxA8UWuoWnMU7h6xv4UISEXmiyjNKhUV2WdE0mhYV75VLeKdLzFI8v4DtiYZA/s259/josephs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="194" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM7gnY3cKMrC14LGuRVFMd5v8DApd8qweCZEjqFCIf-q3cPMIg8iGlHJqC04hJEMS0cS7MyVJjHIgxOzaAr8ippc-NAGZwaUHRlrBL3O7Wbi0jw7f75XutyfJjQlRLVNxA8UWuoWnMU7h6xv4UISEXmiyjNKhUV2WdE0mhYV75VLeKdLzFI8v4DtiYZA/s1600/josephs.jpg" width="194" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Joseph Josephson</b> – politician<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Alaskan lawyer; assistant to US Senator; Anchorage city councilman; State Co-Chairman, Joint State-Federal Land Use Planning Commission</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpcioHfk4c0uUFKXLeEq4VZAk0RaPBU4upwcXlZtOstlM9V7Mc1Q2NTl6F4Bt4S_OWaf0JOWNF0mv8GAEHFalmbz5meTAzt8bgKNKD3uPUvSsRAKuTGxn_2a89VpWXZBCrnamLlWTdVcwM0ujx6LIK_xaSgZtva77bYErEEIu3WIYOP-r0-Ity0Vtfvw/s701/josephson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpcioHfk4c0uUFKXLeEq4VZAk0RaPBU4upwcXlZtOstlM9V7Mc1Q2NTl6F4Bt4S_OWaf0JOWNF0mv8GAEHFalmbz5meTAzt8bgKNKD3uPUvSsRAKuTGxn_2a89VpWXZBCrnamLlWTdVcwM0ujx6LIK_xaSgZtva77bYErEEIu3WIYOP-r0-Ity0Vtfvw/s320/josephson.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Peter Peters</b> – athlete<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Australian rugby player, color commentator, born as Panoutas Peterides, nicknamed “Zorba”</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJzkhlMLBlqF-IOHVj5VHTXWCncY4QCaHNW6CyU1l6Ar6AAaeLGMPpYoBLsasgZnzDWjFk9owoD3jzkiDl5fwHfvxOsRGbQKX_yiUyXtdm-ALtr1v5XtJu6HYRviy1eEAgzw_V8WpAxXIBZBNbSbCKzH5uf0zOyyvvdFNG9LR4rgCYLXxXE1_dtZydw/s231/allison.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="218" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJzkhlMLBlqF-IOHVj5VHTXWCncY4QCaHNW6CyU1l6Ar6AAaeLGMPpYoBLsasgZnzDWjFk9owoD3jzkiDl5fwHfvxOsRGbQKX_yiUyXtdm-ALtr1v5XtJu6HYRviy1eEAgzw_V8WpAxXIBZBNbSbCKzH5uf0zOyyvvdFNG9LR4rgCYLXxXE1_dtZydw/s1600/allison.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">So, overall not too bad. Nobody we could really call famous, but at the same time just a handful or murderers and criminals.</span></div>Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941955609902423295.post-48380779004246478322023-02-11T09:42:00.017-08:002023-04-04T18:32:11.784-07:00Worst Draft Picks – All Sports<div><span style="font-family: arial;">Well, the Super Bowl is tomorrow. After that, the news will be all about the 2023 draft (April 27th, by the way).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">My team, the Carolina Panthers, have had some good ones – Christian McCaffery, Cam Newton, Luke Kuechly, Julius Peppers … They’ve also had some turkeys – Vernon Butler, Jimmy Clausen, Tim Biakabutuka, Rae Caruth, Kerry Collins …</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl2JZKa62og7cgV1FaZdAsTlczq0y_IwZfgJqU3j6XqCnRUAGkZTz34Pe9dUUpZwpd2-w1KZFPgab8cX6KvekWwk2ehEmi0Wwvn9glMNXah-iDPqyjzYqkYq6Smmnd_qfz7W3A6KhtXEkp91XfAr9Ue0ZoFRC2oWtDaTCoFpCrUtdkX5c-oSXoy-KlrA/s247/clausen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="247" data-original-width="204" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl2JZKa62og7cgV1FaZdAsTlczq0y_IwZfgJqU3j6XqCnRUAGkZTz34Pe9dUUpZwpd2-w1KZFPgab8cX6KvekWwk2ehEmi0Wwvn9glMNXah-iDPqyjzYqkYq6Smmnd_qfz7W3A6KhtXEkp91XfAr9Ue0ZoFRC2oWtDaTCoFpCrUtdkX5c-oSXoy-KlrA/s1600/clausen.jpg" width="204" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">That got me thinking … What were some of the work picks in the NFL draft? Actually, lets make that the worst <i>#1</i> picks. And how about the other major sports? <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Let’s get started…</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>NHL</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Alexandre Daigle / OTT / 1993 / C</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I am not a big hockey fan, so I’m afraid I’m a little outta my comfort zone with this one. Daigle does, though, seem to be something of a consensus pick here.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">He was actually in the NHL for 8 years, but was then out of hockey at age 25, citing a lack of interest and a desire to never play hockey again. During those years, he was known for a lack of effort and a desire to be in the limelight instead of on the ice. Highlights of the former include posing in a nurse’s outfit and making a bomb joke on an airplane.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">What did the Senators see in him? Well, it seems he was widely recognized as a can’t-miss, future superstar. Ottawa was, in fact, accused of tanking to get him with the #1 pick. This would actually lead to an investigation, as well as a change to the lottery the following year. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Ottawa also gave him the largest starting salary in league history, a whopping $12.25M. Daigle was so bold as to quip, "I'm glad I got drafted first, because no one remembers number two." By the way, that #2 was Chris Pronger, who would make it to the Hall of Fame.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">After hanging up his skates, Daigle started an event promotion company, but soon grew bored. He then decided to return to the ice, playing 3 more years in the NHL, as well as some more in the AFL and over in Europe.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Today, he’s in the movie biz, working as a studio manager.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2V3QV4pvTTei8yCHRSlGHQY2Vv0hvii0RSbxms0mnfMkKAxIkmRaVBunJUKrS5dpX7F1IZUFF7Fm93tkjaVc7en0asyLILk657_Hi8d6PYOA70KvaO7S-VFvioWBaehgt0w-x9c0ItzVxm0LyjGeVIypUmyRhhx-ZZ4KhnD7_KESRJgInd-JZ3viMBA/s320/daigle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="244" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2V3QV4pvTTei8yCHRSlGHQY2Vv0hvii0RSbxms0mnfMkKAxIkmRaVBunJUKrS5dpX7F1IZUFF7Fm93tkjaVc7en0asyLILk657_Hi8d6PYOA70KvaO7S-VFvioWBaehgt0w-x9c0ItzVxm0LyjGeVIypUmyRhhx-ZZ4KhnD7_KESRJgInd-JZ3viMBA/s1600/daigle.jpg" width="244" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>NBA</b><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Larue Martin / PORT / 1972 / C<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Martin was in the NBA for four years, with per-game averages of 14 minutes, 5.3 points, and 4.6 rebounds. Not <i>too</i> bad.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">So, what did the Trailblazers see in him, especially when they passed over Bob McAdoo and Julius Irving in making him #1? Well, I’m sure being 6’11” had a lot to do with it. Unfortunately, he only had 200 to drape over that frame (i.e., BMI = stringbean; see below). <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">He also had some pretty good college numbers, averaging 18.2 pts and 15.9 rebounds per game. Unfortunately, those were with the Loyola of Chicago Ramblers, a Div 1 school, but just barely. They also were only 25-54 while he was there. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">After retirement, Martin did pretty well for himself. He’s a manager with UPS and is on the board of the National Basketball Retired Players Association. He’s also involved with the City Club of Chicago, YMCA, Urban League, and Boys and Girls Club. He’s even won awards from the Urban League, as well as the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Award and the Black Heritage Award.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2IS_qOfklrNqzf7eneNewCSnfWvq6t3F03QXnnHFYR33927YiJPt5ldZB0ffPp0zN4h2cJLd3alTfIIAYpyP09blLUqlkgacfQrxZ875XPP-mNXT4jcXlon_CyRoxgBrDVhOAtXg1cQCgyVWlsUNUi8LMNQAi4_HkDDDp-nSTzKc03A0sq_dsH1yrLA/s266/larue.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="189" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2IS_qOfklrNqzf7eneNewCSnfWvq6t3F03QXnnHFYR33927YiJPt5ldZB0ffPp0zN4h2cJLd3alTfIIAYpyP09blLUqlkgacfQrxZ875XPP-mNXT4jcXlon_CyRoxgBrDVhOAtXg1cQCgyVWlsUNUi8LMNQAi4_HkDDDp-nSTzKc03A0sq_dsH1yrLA/s1600/larue.jpg" width="189" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>NFL<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">JaMarcus Russel / QB / OAK / 2007<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Russell was up for 3 seasons total, notching a 52.1% pass completion rate, an 18/23 TD/INT ratio, and a passer rating of 65. He also managed to fumble 25 times, losing 15 of them. He didn’t make things any better by being a holdout his rookie year, having a notoriously poor work ethic, and being overweight (290 in his last year).<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">What did the Raiders see in him? Well, he was a star at LSU, being named MVP in the Sugar Bowl. Oh, he was also 6’5”, 265, and with throw-it-length-of-the-field arm strength.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">How did it go after Oakland? Well, the Raiders sued him to recover $9.55M, if that gives you any idea. He also tried out with 4 other teams, without getting any offers. He then sent a letter to all 32 NFL teams, offering to play for 1 year free. Still no bites.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Life after his playing career ended reached its nadir when he was busted for possession of codeine syrup (“purple drank”). It sounds, though, like he was taking it all along, all the way back to the very beginning of his NFL career.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">On the positive side, he did open up his place for Katrina refugees, including housing music star Fats Domino. He’s currently QB coach at Williamson HS, his alma mater, in Mobile, AL.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz8Q31EhAg2Kcpl4MvhI9ylNVGQwMyb_Nd7WzYmNkJsVzEIbX6Zba8YOi4Y37r7j7QxY8qDpSUwoQ76XPBqYowYHz3Do9LWbjKgh2ScaLrGlqdswHSXBl1dxzXFyR7W7xEJnF7l3Ql6Vh_FCiR3YxeKVeFPLhIv0Sig08tptQMTlCaojvE9i6mrPDBsA/s275/jamarcus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz8Q31EhAg2Kcpl4MvhI9ylNVGQwMyb_Nd7WzYmNkJsVzEIbX6Zba8YOi4Y37r7j7QxY8qDpSUwoQ76XPBqYowYHz3Do9LWbjKgh2ScaLrGlqdswHSXBl1dxzXFyR7W7xEJnF7l3Ql6Vh_FCiR3YxeKVeFPLhIv0Sig08tptQMTlCaojvE9i6mrPDBsA/s1600/jamarcus.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>MLB<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Brien Taylor / NYY / 1991 / P<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Taylor is our only pick here who never made it to the majors. Over 7 years in the minors, he compiled a 22-30 record and a 5.12 ERA, never getting above class AA. Things actually were not going that bad, until he injured his shoulder in a fight.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">What did the Yankees see? A lot, actually. In high school, Taylor reached 99 mph on the radar gun, as well as 213 Ks in 88 IP, a 29-6 record, and a 1.25 ERA. His agent, the infamous Scott Boras, actually got him a then-unheard-of bonus of $1.55M.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Life after baseball was not good. Taylor worked as a UPS package handler, a beer distributor, and a bricklayer, and ended up living at his father’s. He was also arrested for cocaine distribution, spending 3 years in prison.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBeY2cN-g1886Q_Av_4sdMUrVB3HsDJ2_Jz0faC4J0_XN1xrWJaf7GgrAxwdumBmRwRShZ62Z99F7--vv2EZV4s_NUTK9pglffV8RYuacDD542GTs5--qyw4WVOgOujHOPx2koJBkREXIQzFwd1hiQr_cEbVuBLMLsnIaoLhg_HegIangxK-LClU53IA/s259/brien.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBeY2cN-g1886Q_Av_4sdMUrVB3HsDJ2_Jz0faC4J0_XN1xrWJaf7GgrAxwdumBmRwRShZ62Z99F7--vv2EZV4s_NUTK9pglffV8RYuacDD542GTs5--qyw4WVOgOujHOPx2koJBkREXIQzFwd1hiQr_cEbVuBLMLsnIaoLhg_HegIangxK-LClU53IA/s1600/brien.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941955609902423295.post-74634761438578318682023-02-04T06:58:00.011-08:002023-02-04T08:53:08.744-08:00Most Common Presidential First Names<p><span style="font-family: arial;">There’s been 46 of them. And they’ve been doing it since 1789. So, we should be able to see some interesting patterns here. Let’s see how they all break out.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>One-Offs (20)</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Not quite half the presidents are one-offs. Interestingly, these include several fairly common names – Richard (Nixon), Joseph (Biden), Steven (Grover’s Cleveland’s real first name), Martin (Van Buren), Benjamin (Harrison)…. Now, they also include such oddities as Dwight (Eisenhower), Lyndon (Johnson), Ulysses (Grant), Millard (Fillmore), and Barack (Obama).</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7Bxp0WBIn-DB8E8BWg3lythkc9x67EkfAdHkriQG8jCR61wlG1Ib-pa5f9GLK3h66BJ7U3SekpsfVlv7vQGLkdxQ-HV7AFi0UJ3ihseuqOyEJvBBb3Ny5e2Kzkd6qLWN0tw5rW1AVDlBk1vNkdBgBlN2A2RcI_tdKd_j-IzyWf6H9_x3nWR20OKPog/s500/millard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7Bxp0WBIn-DB8E8BWg3lythkc9x67EkfAdHkriQG8jCR61wlG1Ib-pa5f9GLK3h66BJ7U3SekpsfVlv7vQGLkdxQ-HV7AFi0UJ3ihseuqOyEJvBBb3Ny5e2Kzkd6qLWN0tw5rW1AVDlBk1vNkdBgBlN2A2RcI_tdKd_j-IzyWf6H9_x3nWR20OKPog/s320/millard.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Somebody lend this guy a comb</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Franklin (2)</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s not that common a name. So, it’s a little surprising that there are two presidents – Pierce and Roosevelt – claiming it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As with Frank and Francis, the basic root for Franklin means “free.” “Franklin” itself denotes a “freeholder,” someone who held land, but was not a noble. A similar term might be “yeoman.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Franklin is, of course, also a surname. And I’m that guessing both of our presidents may owe their first names to Benjamin Franklin. I’m afraid I just can’t be certain on that though.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s not a very popular name, coming in at #395 in 2021.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tCHel3MkKtoy1FLihcm2wFK2xRKjKdM3X5noLBPzLSDPl5Tj_fWcBR09JfsZHIxJnXS6fPGi_ZRK0i5si9Nk_J4knZVlVlVZelOWHgSuz4kdzH3ZUrNn3G6DNcrvxNNLMdld9sMu2ex_w_kA8bSqxAvyTYF66Sv0ccicnbdav9UMdzDxpjJSSEBwNw/s302/franklin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="302" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tCHel3MkKtoy1FLihcm2wFK2xRKjKdM3X5noLBPzLSDPl5Tj_fWcBR09JfsZHIxJnXS6fPGi_ZRK0i5si9Nk_J4knZVlVlVZelOWHgSuz4kdzH3ZUrNn3G6DNcrvxNNLMdld9sMu2ex_w_kA8bSqxAvyTYF66Sv0ccicnbdav9UMdzDxpjJSSEBwNw/s1600/franklin.jpg" width="302" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p style="text-align: center;">Not too many other famous Franklins out there</p></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Thomas (2)</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">You might be scratching your head about this one. I’m sure you got Thomas Jefferson. Bet you didn’t know, though, that Woodrow Wilson’s first name is actually Thomas.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Thomas means “twin,” and comes from the apostle. I’m guessing that Thomas was indeed a twin himself, though I really couldn’t find anything on it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The name comes from the Aramaic <i>to’ma</i>, which means “to cleave,” which I guess could indeed be said of twins. The Greek form (i.e., how he was actually referenced in the NT) is <i>Didymus</i>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The name’s been popular since the Norman Invasion. As recently as 2006, it ranked 16th in the US (but is at 46 in 2021). Other popular Thomases include Aquinas, Becket, Hobbes, Hardy, and Edison.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Interestingly, the two presidents were both Virginians and both Democrats.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKhBqdtdnjdjaxlhcjHkErOWlp-xLFjVlk8KqCJ2xAHOCYplCYLCYX90erfs3A5ZRF4d4bm4bg88G1hGggnl-DT7qelq5lS0zpSUP7vovcoYYtTm-AWGfRwLMCyc8Y04q6vP_uPyG7POvNRZjYJWiUaFmcUbD8vLQNJeBQBWjVKu5jy1aBAncE8Hx-w/s251/thomas.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="251" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQKhBqdtdnjdjaxlhcjHkErOWlp-xLFjVlk8KqCJ2xAHOCYplCYLCYX90erfs3A5ZRF4d4bm4bg88G1hGggnl-DT7qelq5lS0zpSUP7vovcoYYtTm-AWGfRwLMCyc8Y04q6vP_uPyG7POvNRZjYJWiUaFmcUbD8vLQNJeBQBWjVKu5jy1aBAncE8Hx-w/s1600/thomas.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p style="text-align: center;">Virginia is also known as the Mother of Presidents</p></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Andrew (2)</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland. Seeing as there are 19 presidents with some Scottish or Scots-Irish background, it’s not too surprising that there would be a couple of Andrews. In particular, we’ve got Andrew Jackson and Andrew Johnson.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Andrew is another apostolic name. Legend has it that the saint’s relics were shipped to Scotland by one St. Regulus. St Andrews is an important town there, home to a major university as well as the preeminent Scottish golf course.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Interestingly, Andrew was crucified on an x-shaped cross. A victory over the English in which an x-shaped cloud appeared in the sky cemented Andrew’s status as Scotland’s patron saint, as well as an x as the Scottish flag.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The name itself derives from the Greek <i>Andros</i>, meaning “man,” and would denote something like “manly” or “brave.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Andrew was the 11th most common boy’s name in 2006. It’s now at #57, however, probably due to the scandals surrounding Prince Andrew.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQN2Wl2Rk97HEwYQClwmJmgf_xA5zYRPoRscaACU-zi7IN34sPGOXCeThuaDT3WFFZzVZFBNlqrirWmgA5iWEPKvZQ-mNh_K5ri9I2rZZgsu28VstvgnNuN3HFp2vCoFOHNJKqSzXqaoYFeu6CrMF1lDg_Z3UMWTJockYcietoAUtxGJP1uwOyK3L2iw/s318/andrew.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="318" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQN2Wl2Rk97HEwYQClwmJmgf_xA5zYRPoRscaACU-zi7IN34sPGOXCeThuaDT3WFFZzVZFBNlqrirWmgA5iWEPKvZQ-mNh_K5ri9I2rZZgsu28VstvgnNuN3HFp2vCoFOHNJKqSzXqaoYFeu6CrMF1lDg_Z3UMWTJockYcietoAUtxGJP1uwOyK3L2iw/s1600/andrew.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>William (3)</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The name William also came over with the Norman Invasion. William the Conqueror was a huge figure in English history, so it’s not too surprising that there have been four King Williams throughout the centuries, including the 1000s, 1100s, 1600s, 1700s, and 1800s. There will also be a William sometime in the 21st Century, when Prince William inherits the throne. He will, in fact, be William V.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The name itself is Germanic, and means “will helmet.” That kinda makes sense, though why anyone would name their darling baby boy such a combination certainly does not. It does, though, reflect a very common Germanic naming convention, where random words are combined. Herbert (as in Herbert Hoover), for example, means “army bright.” And Ronald (as in Reagan) means “strong ruler.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Our three Williams include William Jefferson Clinton, William Howard Taft, and William Henry Harrison. That first one’s rather interesting, for a couple of reasons:</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">He typically went by the nickname, Bill</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">His middle name is after another president</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">His original name was William Jefferson Blythe III, after his father, who died three months after he was born (Clinton was the surname of his stepfather)</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In 2021, William came in at #6 in the US. Interestingly, the Irish version, Liam, came in first.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhWZ3DtF0jFy495ZJ1zKIZkGToSsRIKWSu8Opfh5l9guL5PBbUM4RZk98Jt5cZ3s134Wv86zWe4K_fwu7IcdjSPuDnrTt1SyUCnZvAyxsFYYwY7nOys7130s9K2l1bHtu6eRjWSvct6q6cOeQeIi6JF6UE6TF4OXUL-Tpr2zxwpIWcRsk46iVrdUUqg/s259/william.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhWZ3DtF0jFy495ZJ1zKIZkGToSsRIKWSu8Opfh5l9guL5PBbUM4RZk98Jt5cZ3s134Wv86zWe4K_fwu7IcdjSPuDnrTt1SyUCnZvAyxsFYYwY7nOys7130s9K2l1bHtu6eRjWSvct6q6cOeQeIi6JF6UE6TF4OXUL-Tpr2zxwpIWcRsk46iVrdUUqg/s1600/william.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>George (3)</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Nothing too obscure here. You’ve got the Father of His Country (Washington) and two of the last six presidents (Bush). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">That those last two are related certainly helped. What’s interesting about them, however, is that, though they were father and son, the son was not a “Junior.” Instead, we’ve got a George Walker Bush and a George <i>Herbert </i>Walker Bush.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Once again, we’ve got a name with a close association with England. In fact, St George is <i>that </i>country’s patron saint.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">How that came about, though, is a little obscure. The real St George was most likely a Roman soldier who was martyred somewhere in the Middle East. No actual ties to England, I’m afraid.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">There have actually been six Georges sitting on the English throne, starting in 1714. In fact, they constitute no less than half of all British monarchs since that time.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The name itself means “farmer” in Greek. It actually comes from a title for Zeus, who was originally an agricultural god.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">George is one of those names that, though hugely popular in the past, is definitely on the way out. Currently, it doesn’t even break the top 100, coming in at 134 in 2021. I’m guessing young Prince George will probably help a little though.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_tOkZDnk_aO7Ym6WcccJPpwGYyRlWaCLn7ukcp0y6PkB8O8FR_sAli-70IlWqWmZV30TX0lqlSK75dyswFXE9WKCwxJKZlTAL0hqKs8HtRP42zWSfdv7cLkXW9Wa6zI_FtAiskkd7loCNqskxuiJjrwJhkdezYxdM1t4BCRitga8zFjp8qM0Ln1jSvw/s232/george.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="165" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_tOkZDnk_aO7Ym6WcccJPpwGYyRlWaCLn7ukcp0y6PkB8O8FR_sAli-70IlWqWmZV30TX0lqlSK75dyswFXE9WKCwxJKZlTAL0hqKs8HtRP42zWSfdv7cLkXW9Wa6zI_FtAiskkd7loCNqskxuiJjrwJhkdezYxdM1t4BCRitga8zFjp8qM0Ln1jSvw/w228-h320/george.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>John (4)</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We’ve got another father-son match here. And as with the Bushes, the son is not a junior. Instead, we’ve got John Adams and John <i>Quincy </i>Adams. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">You can probably guess John Fitzgerald Kennedy as one of the others. Extra points, though, if you guessed the fourth, John Tyler. He is indeed pretty obscure.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">John is such a common name that it’s made its way into the generic John Doe. It was indeed the #1 name in the US in the 19th Century and the first half of the 20th. Probably through overuse, though, it dropped in 2021 to 27th. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Its initial popularity probably comes from its being both the name of another apostle, but also of John the Baptist, probably the main figure in the Jesus narrative apart from Jesus himself.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The name started out as the Hebrew <i>Yehocanon</i>, meaning “God is Gracious” (and probably more familiar to us as Jonathan). John is a shortened form, and comes from the Greek <i>Ioannis</i>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Interestingly, there is only one British monarch with the name. The original King John was such a disaster that the name subsequently fell out of favor. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">You may have heard of his involvement with the Magna Carta, where he gave away a lot of his royal rights (but also paved the way for democracy). He also lost Normandy, bankrupted the country, was excommunicated by the church, and was known for a mean and spiteful personality.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN-LiltMTMs8GwB-_Kqmlj1hbmUFQi7FHdJ7q1V22WBkP3hYwqA-HgEFblY3FojO9HKTX25DEIvq7_mG9r6RlD3O8zs_LIkW1OOg_4budD1UO2qZWT6An1GgQQ4hlkpx2R3fLZ6vUrQb7H9rPw6_4c-T7OmbTEhrVQUMHosdgqMcimdRriHQPupNf1aA/s300/john.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN-LiltMTMs8GwB-_Kqmlj1hbmUFQi7FHdJ7q1V22WBkP3hYwqA-HgEFblY3FojO9HKTX25DEIvq7_mG9r6RlD3O8zs_LIkW1OOg_4budD1UO2qZWT6An1GgQQ4hlkpx2R3fLZ6vUrQb7H9rPw6_4c-T7OmbTEhrVQUMHosdgqMcimdRriHQPupNf1aA/s1600/john.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p style="text-align: center;">As portrayed by actor Paul Giamatti</p></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>James (6)</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">James is another name with Scottish roots. Indeed, of our six presidential Jameses, four have Scottish blood. Our two outliers are James Madison and James Garfield. Of the other four, two – James K Polk and James Buchanan – are purely Scottish. And that leaves us with our remaining two mixed breeds, James Monroe and James Earl (“Jimmy”) Carter.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As for that Scottish connection … Though James has been one of the most popular names of all time in any English-speaking country, it was even more popular in Scotland. And that may be due to the string of Scottish kings who reigned from 1400-1625, all six of whom were named James.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Interestingly, James is originally from Jacob, a Hebrew name meaning “supplanter” (literally, “one who takes by the heel”). That rather odd definition comes from the Biblical Jacob, another twin, who was born after his brother Esau, and supposedly holding his heel. He would later cheat the elder Esau out of his birthright, pretending to be Esau and getting his blind father, Isaac, to give him his blessing. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">There are also two apostle Jameses, and a half-brother of Jesus as well, so I’m sure they also helped its popularity. It still ranked #5 in 2021.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2etE4r8LE98azZmp95P296euwvrJuMrxWTE4Ub38oJ8-6Wc2DiuOusVET4TmEgFzm-YI2vWhfmdhYNQm3jVOSkdQPiorHwREnK7uXgpW8ta0wHJ2ak1ndU7GdNivkecUCzec21YuOK7HYMfcz_GTJqT15asZMyCH3buOrgAZuf1lb1pBUp8FFvMkVA/s1875/james.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1875" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2etE4r8LE98azZmp95P296euwvrJuMrxWTE4Ub38oJ8-6Wc2DiuOusVET4TmEgFzm-YI2vWhfmdhYNQm3jVOSkdQPiorHwREnK7uXgpW8ta0wHJ2ak1ndU7GdNivkecUCzec21YuOK7HYMfcz_GTJqT15asZMyCH3buOrgAZuf1lb1pBUp8FFvMkVA/s320/james.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>A final note … </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">One thing you may have noticed is that are some very common names that are totally lacking from the list of presidents – Robert, Charles, David, Daniel, Alexander, Christopher, Michael, Henry …</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Which is odd, as five presidential names – Millard, Ulysses, Dwight, Barack and Rutherford – didn’t even make the top 1000 in 2021. In fact, two didn’t even break the top 20,000, with Barack coming in at #20,959 and Millard at #25,242.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhInHwXPC-68Qv6eQhtw9A5qoPRya6sd1dSzjWLtwwK1LWxTVgHWfVAFDkUHF4HXWhZiZ8TbnIqohNkW7pHgnKkv2xuVGS3osQL2acGe5UpDFw44UOI0FJv3s44b4RkaKHVAAnz01vSR9sBKSaN_KjBzkklCGNpdnvrjiKCY0RMFN5XgMmZw175QjPsbA/s308/obama.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="182" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhInHwXPC-68Qv6eQhtw9A5qoPRya6sd1dSzjWLtwwK1LWxTVgHWfVAFDkUHF4HXWhZiZ8TbnIqohNkW7pHgnKkv2xuVGS3osQL2acGe5UpDFw44UOI0FJv3s44b4RkaKHVAAnz01vSR9sBKSaN_KjBzkklCGNpdnvrjiKCY0RMFN5XgMmZw175QjPsbA/s1600/obama.jpg" width="182" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p style="text-align: center;">Bet you didn’t know Obama is a junior (this is his dad)</p></span><p></p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941955609902423295.post-41447232472382865772023-01-06T08:13:00.003-08:002023-01-06T12:54:42.664-08:00Just Another Day in January<p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSMSQUwKwW25FertAz14UGgauicVnO_eSo-Zvl_lCnKGgqO9d6XBnFGZ3Ea7Q--ydHx23CK2pX3z4CUArST6Id9ehYOeVCZuGsWmUH26hvmJq5y6xuSvCQ-7AhXdtI4GFeHUaYVOuG2ZBLHTSYrXUhS4bGVTauhQkdramva71BPpTLXplC3nyqIZ2fw/s259/jan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSMSQUwKwW25FertAz14UGgauicVnO_eSo-Zvl_lCnKGgqO9d6XBnFGZ3Ea7Q--ydHx23CK2pX3z4CUArST6Id9ehYOeVCZuGsWmUH26hvmJq5y6xuSvCQ-7AhXdtI4GFeHUaYVOuG2ZBLHTSYrXUhS4bGVTauhQkdramva71BPpTLXplC3nyqIZ2fw/w320-h240/jan.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />So quoth the outgoing Vice President, a man whose life just so happened to be in danger on that "just another day."</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Let's take a look at some other "just another days" in American history.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Just Another Day in February</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5rrTxE93bbKs5L3EiLLJ1qbFXifu7vBzAWlrcya6pf_ROVRxnK-fbf1CGD45EXoTAwdmtDRgxn31t0BdQi3ZY56_XJteIB9BYSkYtDG50iKBBCvz-gQBhm4emPNaUtBrNl0PKIQjbBJvMe9G9JarX0H7Uyr4vy_L9wQkVutQpw_wuiAks8buDXtxhow/s273/feb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="185" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5rrTxE93bbKs5L3EiLLJ1qbFXifu7vBzAWlrcya6pf_ROVRxnK-fbf1CGD45EXoTAwdmtDRgxn31t0BdQi3ZY56_XJteIB9BYSkYtDG50iKBBCvz-gQBhm4emPNaUtBrNl0PKIQjbBJvMe9G9JarX0H7Uyr4vy_L9wQkVutQpw_wuiAks8buDXtxhow/w217-h320/feb.jpg" width="217" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">Just Another Day in </b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>March</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydDLPTPHsDqkoFpcoRnlLKCUSbOLSjpNgokLYh9ZJeCFedolgBxLdYjzJtavPGVeyyJo7imzghFyyoe6W3XY_DT-1QQ8iE-3EG3w-PZC5702Y2M0sdPEKJHIwebnS2hKVZ7ezJfROqTX9foYUN-R7R97bYll7yqMrccMe72ElX_7FjLA4JjW1s5wKaQ/s270/mar.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="186" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydDLPTPHsDqkoFpcoRnlLKCUSbOLSjpNgokLYh9ZJeCFedolgBxLdYjzJtavPGVeyyJo7imzghFyyoe6W3XY_DT-1QQ8iE-3EG3w-PZC5702Y2M0sdPEKJHIwebnS2hKVZ7ezJfROqTX9foYUN-R7R97bYll7yqMrccMe72ElX_7FjLA4JjW1s5wKaQ/w220-h320/mar.jpg" width="220" /></a></span></div><b style="font-family: arial;"><p><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></p>Just Another Day in </b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Apri</span><span style="font-family: arial;">l</span></b><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-eYJmqjT6XqzFEoyfo3hi24vIqwK29ag6J3O8K5bV5HTKLZvzS-lcAsaOoGPsHT8yJjRoKa3Klmwxvh8sT4pDkiK0gN1mi0OTtz7DKq0eDLg6o7VITyCC8JOIoy_B5E74V8LEz2bpGg4Be8whWFVB1lBZR7T5NVAa9h7UD-uMThvqnMcCComYrXE0sQ/s259/apr.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="259" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-eYJmqjT6XqzFEoyfo3hi24vIqwK29ag6J3O8K5bV5HTKLZvzS-lcAsaOoGPsHT8yJjRoKa3Klmwxvh8sT4pDkiK0gN1mi0OTtz7DKq0eDLg6o7VITyCC8JOIoy_B5E74V8LEz2bpGg4Be8whWFVB1lBZR7T5NVAa9h7UD-uMThvqnMcCComYrXE0sQ/w320-h241/apr.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">Just Another Day in </b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>May</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmY3LeGDZzCXXFRr7kKVTtY1twSopQgcUWG8XzSPOrwP61Ossh-kIVYLKY6ERMeyljusVCu579_rK9WxhaQYdAoRVl3JkaIVVxqCXADuTVJMOMfI5gP7SHSCOkiXjHxiepEZAjf4j7Pm_CCoprrtfY6Sq7gASlv19Ey3LBmJKfS0ppGCXWUQy5wZ1TnA/s268/may.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="188" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmY3LeGDZzCXXFRr7kKVTtY1twSopQgcUWG8XzSPOrwP61Ossh-kIVYLKY6ERMeyljusVCu579_rK9WxhaQYdAoRVl3JkaIVVxqCXADuTVJMOMfI5gP7SHSCOkiXjHxiepEZAjf4j7Pm_CCoprrtfY6Sq7gASlv19Ey3LBmJKfS0ppGCXWUQy5wZ1TnA/w224-h320/may.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">Just Another Day in </b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>June</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXE32WMgVrAjBM0NOTBd2lL0p6oBcJWzRMEpkc4oLgFVcIXgi6fypMBPm0Psiyj-hqDqZp40ByR5q0YzUquEY6myDRhjHyzwpg0eQ5DQqiAe5XIZa1MN2evDp2dYmGft1wLxomvtAxca7IqEwDd2RIveFxyNCAKOdQgW5VIc1PfAetbMwAZxmyCWDwg/s310/jun.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="310" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXE32WMgVrAjBM0NOTBd2lL0p6oBcJWzRMEpkc4oLgFVcIXgi6fypMBPm0Psiyj-hqDqZp40ByR5q0YzUquEY6myDRhjHyzwpg0eQ5DQqiAe5XIZa1MN2evDp2dYmGft1wLxomvtAxca7IqEwDd2RIveFxyNCAKOdQgW5VIc1PfAetbMwAZxmyCWDwg/w320-h168/jun.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">Just Another Day in </b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>July</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg853-GIpVq6gcFXFdekiZxEb47RXrv0e9oj25OBj5gvURIIqB11p3x_zKbJWtnNEOCEFt2gFDvVe58P4wBmcBCpkOwZICgla_JH9kqfbCfWHrnK4LE_ZNXxa4bt_xVJSRdpX23ORila87YkZTprNY_Bp-oizG2s5sWesTSvSzZDQ4icQoUnEyhhldFQw/s299/jul.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="169" data-original-width="299" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg853-GIpVq6gcFXFdekiZxEb47RXrv0e9oj25OBj5gvURIIqB11p3x_zKbJWtnNEOCEFt2gFDvVe58P4wBmcBCpkOwZICgla_JH9kqfbCfWHrnK4LE_ZNXxa4bt_xVJSRdpX23ORila87YkZTprNY_Bp-oizG2s5sWesTSvSzZDQ4icQoUnEyhhldFQw/w320-h181/jul.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">Just Another Day in </b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>August</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamO7VibL6JKUuNrSlf3PyyIVS_hhpMNy1atH6kiMm44LnWOps5RU777RYZ0m0G4iLeBDphHsJA9W2HvnzZjWkAX-_XcZsSpiZRX7H4sT03Fo17-GY-whv0uiiTukmXwAlc8z3Piib1odH53OEg2XcIhfmPteCAV3HzHQWa-0iaiNK6qOM6y1RVlZQhw/s273/aug.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="184" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamO7VibL6JKUuNrSlf3PyyIVS_hhpMNy1atH6kiMm44LnWOps5RU777RYZ0m0G4iLeBDphHsJA9W2HvnzZjWkAX-_XcZsSpiZRX7H4sT03Fo17-GY-whv0uiiTukmXwAlc8z3Piib1odH53OEg2XcIhfmPteCAV3HzHQWa-0iaiNK6qOM6y1RVlZQhw/w216-h320/aug.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">Just Another Day in </b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>September</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-814PdOegGY-R5m-pHmynxuRHlQW9eBiE74AOWeRhdsMrm8kAS7Sb5Oo4VziYEM_BkRWCEMu_L5uPix2nVw0BBZXsdAZ9V8c1XQHFkjH9HEV3G5J4_zPN0VwdazAp21ylDa3Sl-Fa6NgZY0Cvx-MMifEZ9hWN95uAe0ToDdUiOg4TWzoIb3-gezyqA/s241/sep.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="241" data-original-width="209" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-814PdOegGY-R5m-pHmynxuRHlQW9eBiE74AOWeRhdsMrm8kAS7Sb5Oo4VziYEM_BkRWCEMu_L5uPix2nVw0BBZXsdAZ9V8c1XQHFkjH9HEV3G5J4_zPN0VwdazAp21ylDa3Sl-Fa6NgZY0Cvx-MMifEZ9hWN95uAe0ToDdUiOg4TWzoIb3-gezyqA/w278-h320/sep.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">Just Another Day in </b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>October</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxMl04DZZCgeooicVJUTDqaiKpavS6DCOammMDEX3CjTDlTIdQGKRareUEZzHZ8eZnBWPvystGNVqFUMY47GI0wnVJrywVzPvDr3PTajnAbgp6HYw9846N8ltMdqHMqIasI93PW3MHleMpzgbKhDsRsVqyhvaF5RDZp6yYqy7qc8pudF3VFziOeWNbg/w320-h213/nov.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;">Just Another Day in </b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>December</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Iw5A6RqcXPo6dx0l084DgyWET0I49mkfxIYKmmvmFy9uUVoV5e67KeeL1WXINtMjUffBrWAwZXnrLuY5f9R2-ZZmzjgt3FSwEq6edShbreFmHvLPlj0jX8EOBYGztsgWPizpNc_Fnl0Acs1lCW1K_CFf-hYlwqzUtPA9U0fXuTT95FHJidmtLHHjFw/s292/dec.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="173" data-original-width="292" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Iw5A6RqcXPo6dx0l084DgyWET0I49mkfxIYKmmvmFy9uUVoV5e67KeeL1WXINtMjUffBrWAwZXnrLuY5f9R2-ZZmzjgt3FSwEq6edShbreFmHvLPlj0jX8EOBYGztsgWPizpNc_Fnl0Acs1lCW1K_CFf-hYlwqzUtPA9U0fXuTT95FHJidmtLHHjFw/w320-h190/dec.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p>Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941955609902423295.post-40984518377221403782023-01-02T14:51:00.016-08:002023-10-26T09:53:39.570-07:00Top Celeb Politicians<div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Four presidents have ascended to the highest office in the land without having any previous political experience. Three of them, though – Eisenhower, Grant, and Zachary Taylor – did have experience as major generals, serving their country and providing it with key leadership in a time of crisis.</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Donald Trump was the first to have neither political nor military experience. He was also the first chief executive to move from business straight to the Oval Office. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Of course, he was also known primarily as a celebrity. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And that’s actually not an uncommon background for political office these days. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Methodology</b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There are actually a ton of these folks. 80% of them, though, I’ve never heard of. So, to narrow things down, I went with the ones I <i>have </i>heard of. Sophisticated, I know.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There were also a ton who had run, but who had not actually won. Now, anyone can lose an election, right? Just give me the folks who actually <i>were </i>politicians.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Finally, I was more interested in people who went straight to high office. It really wasn’t the same if they went from star NFL quarterback or Oscar-winning actor to dog catcher, then worked your way up, you know? </span></li></ul></span></div><div><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Notes</b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Interestingly, all but a couple of the 21 are male.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">3/4 are Republican.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The group divides pretty evenly between sports and entertainment (with wrestling firmly in the latter category).</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There’s nothing particularly embarrassing about being a sports star.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There are many things embarrassing about being an entertainer.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I’ve listed these in order of increasing embarrassment. </span></li></ul></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">#21 - #12 - athletes</b></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Byron “Whizzer” White – NFL, Supreme Court Justice</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Bob Mathias – Olympic decathlete, actor, US Rep (CA, Rep)</span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKiBecl2JC8kbXsfH-YcYmQgVILBpSmrYzkP0aYxzMBzJrdDrHKY7j-fILk_BixO_Br6KWhyVA1tYChKZYj8oZHgpU8Lq-zwiN56dEsWm-LDfdNdFqOEPQBQGvEUgV_j_GxReM44O58TcbV1qrnsl3LEM5cg3Kjdf_jY8wEYl3mdnMENFJsDtq-MnHdg/s748/matthias.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKiBecl2JC8kbXsfH-YcYmQgVILBpSmrYzkP0aYxzMBzJrdDrHKY7j-fILk_BixO_Br6KWhyVA1tYChKZYj8oZHgpU8Lq-zwiN56dEsWm-LDfdNdFqOEPQBQGvEUgV_j_GxReM44O58TcbV1qrnsl3LEM5cg3Kjdf_jY8wEYl3mdnMENFJsDtq-MnHdg/s320/matthias.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Jack Kemp – NFL, US Rep (NY, Rep), Housing Secretary, VP candidate</span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhyFFrbccR0kgYp4O6RRQ8IJiJQZYj1RA2UTk2ZaE3u9fPx_dmpdvulZqh0ncb8fcDN_619W6d9y8sxhvUHMe8IB1nR-FgG7Ndhb1BAavREZclH-VYOwM4R59vtOCM7AyLTvAm4Bm4i2Iyj6oM4TOcboixk106L-q8TasaYV8JUh3ZsiLqzbPqpp3sw/s1910/kemp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1910" data-original-width="1359" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhyFFrbccR0kgYp4O6RRQ8IJiJQZYj1RA2UTk2ZaE3u9fPx_dmpdvulZqh0ncb8fcDN_619W6d9y8sxhvUHMe8IB1nR-FgG7Ndhb1BAavREZclH-VYOwM4R59vtOCM7AyLTvAm4Bm4i2Iyj6oM4TOcboixk106L-q8TasaYV8JUh3ZsiLqzbPqpp3sw/s320/kemp.jpg" width="228" /></a></div></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Steve Largent – NFL, US Rep (OK, Rep)</span></li></ul></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhXH1pZNQ65UPhhwYeSXAIYOP33QSTLMZHwkA13qmsYEWVv8QX_Jw74iTLHjkNSAbu2pOhWnv892-2jd3siigKcoDxp3HurGWbC9rgov7Ihtoh6YjUy4BDHWCkZLi4iegcvrgYdr7kGOgeYXPwhvJD7MW0L1r8jIGUa1Ip-ryogKGDbdpwFv_hqw65g/s1734/largent.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1247" data-original-width="1734" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhXH1pZNQ65UPhhwYeSXAIYOP33QSTLMZHwkA13qmsYEWVv8QX_Jw74iTLHjkNSAbu2pOhWnv892-2jd3siigKcoDxp3HurGWbC9rgov7Ihtoh6YjUy4BDHWCkZLi4iegcvrgYdr7kGOgeYXPwhvJD7MW0L1r8jIGUa1Ip-ryogKGDbdpwFv_hqw65g/s320/largent.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Heath Schuler, NFL, US Rep (NC, Dem)</span></li></ul></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;">Kevin Johnson, NBA, mayor (Sacramento, Dem)</span></li></ul></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Jim Bunning, MLB, US Senate (KY, Rep)</span></li></ul></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ugb96qKaXsrWYUrJ7WoAy7HG90332ql2U1jNQkofqfL4tM8pTqgJs6aETMNcmlVUjhgpbN3YuuuaJxARcyHzoxRfMNVkDNWKS9IWCVqpdNERxpQB5dQ2aK4s7XBjSN5ZZawUwjvyKN8kmcT0qyDf5lltSMoEIBHDrV1ULdtypTfucE6ZyxnNcXhlNQ/s428/jimbun.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="428" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ugb96qKaXsrWYUrJ7WoAy7HG90332ql2U1jNQkofqfL4tM8pTqgJs6aETMNcmlVUjhgpbN3YuuuaJxARcyHzoxRfMNVkDNWKS9IWCVqpdNERxpQB5dQ2aK4s7XBjSN5ZZawUwjvyKN8kmcT0qyDf5lltSMoEIBHDrV1ULdtypTfucE6ZyxnNcXhlNQ/s320/jimbun.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Jim Ryun, Olympic runner, US Rep (KS, Rep)</span></li></ul></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSIb03ARCb_WooDYamuDIO66t6IGMCC80XywcWtNjSEF4CMjwJEQndIi3gMnNl3COGxbZmDMU0pkzkqSV1wFmLylY_Vw_B8_axbY176BbSAAFXyd3dF-t-LlXT77OMAU9TcrEtMjo_5Rl1UWGPlTaVtddsqIeATkxUX_NELY9QAwltUbWMjQppc9ITA/s900/jryun.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="680" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSIb03ARCb_WooDYamuDIO66t6IGMCC80XywcWtNjSEF4CMjwJEQndIi3gMnNl3COGxbZmDMU0pkzkqSV1wFmLylY_Vw_B8_axbY176BbSAAFXyd3dF-t-LlXT77OMAU9TcrEtMjo_5Rl1UWGPlTaVtddsqIeATkxUX_NELY9QAwltUbWMjQppc9ITA/s320/jryun.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">#11 – Fred Thomson, US Senate (TN, Rep)</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Started out as lawyer</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Was a staff member at the Watergate hearings</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Most famous role was DA Arthur Branch on <i>Law and Order</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Others include Andrew Jackson, US Grant, and William Jennings Bryant</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Other titles include <i>Evel Knievel, Curly Sue, Baby’s Day Out, </i>and <i>Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">According to IMDb, “often played figures of authority”</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Was 6’6”</span></li></ul></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;">Started her film career at age 3, retiring at 22 </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Biggest box office champ 1935-38</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Youngest Academy Award winner & presenter</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lost a Republican primary for a US House seat</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Also Chief of Protocol for the United States</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">On the boards of Disney, Del Monte, National Wildlife Assoc. & others</span></li></ul></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-48socQDtTO9yDgv8pGzWHvfHfYp-w1EoCmtRzkzJFzwWVogsZYEUF0hpIUnN2GzEB7ljOFLPOsSb6sLFSoS2ZiI2wp2LWUUQJhDrtmfXq51ATz5c7G6TtkZrYldbccbQo2uxocS5TLaeV3z458dX8YPLEACkcVFbEDIjdu5GVaOJ0S-9DWQLkLxTDQ/s300/temple.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;">Lost a senate bid to Richard Nixon, who attacked her as a Communist sympathizer</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Came up with the nickname “Tricky Dick” for her opponent</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Had an affair with LBJ</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Married fellow actor Melvyn Douglas</span></li></ul></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfDNw3zav0siZWuVGewQlJNDED7e5jHz3LIDZxU4V5-mBh4MoQLVzWs1kz7VhDw5Vthquw2AyGJ4hsE3j3BEjWelanca3tA1jAq_Nk8Ig0EXzOFc2PZlddueB21VqGeGQ1QX5fyMcyhm0lHOq1QLemFp0_RSAmjmsMXTTClaRcbyZrKEq-UWlALDV4g/s1000/douglas.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="722" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfDNw3zav0siZWuVGewQlJNDED7e5jHz3LIDZxU4V5-mBh4MoQLVzWs1kz7VhDw5Vthquw2AyGJ4hsE3j3BEjWelanca3tA1jAq_Nk8Ig0EXzOFc2PZlddueB21VqGeGQ1QX5fyMcyhm0lHOq1QLemFp0_RSAmjmsMXTTClaRcbyZrKEq-UWlALDV4g/s320/douglas.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">#8 Al Franken, US Senate (MN, Dem)</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">On the wrestling team in high school</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Graduated from Harvard cum laude with a BA in poli sci</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>SNL </i>star during the ‘70s, ‘80s & ‘90s</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Winner of 5 Emmys </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Author of 4 NY Times bestsellers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Won his Senate seat by 312 votes (0.01%)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Resigned his seat after allegations of sexual misconduct, plunging him into a depression</span></li></ul></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;">College cheerleader</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Started out as a radio sportscaster</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">83 screen and TV credits</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Screen credits include <i>Juke Girl, She’s Working Her Way Through College, Girls on Probation, Brother Rat and a Baby, </i>and <i>Bedtime for Bonzo</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Spent WII making training films</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">One-time union leader & liberal Democrat</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Spent his retirement years suffering from Alzheimer’s</span></li></ul></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeKlCEfj-HoJwoLbMj4nAPhFMwFuSGfecHC4iM0c9EtReNV14FJg7Nq5d_4ocCRSriZ1VqHQ2rgcvT8Ulj9EioYyXsMYzcetEcm4MR5GcbRgpj_Kb8Gajxt22bThcuTStYfMTuHDF5rkqMsJHlKyxO9U0DQ5Vsdt_Yz8OEumZbtqJNlHKS3lYzX97fDg/s400/reagan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="400" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeKlCEfj-HoJwoLbMj4nAPhFMwFuSGfecHC4iM0c9EtReNV14FJg7Nq5d_4ocCRSriZ1VqHQ2rgcvT8Ulj9EioYyXsMYzcetEcm4MR5GcbRgpj_Kb8Gajxt22bThcuTStYfMTuHDF5rkqMsJHlKyxO9U0DQ5Vsdt_Yz8OEumZbtqJNlHKS3lYzX97fDg/s320/reagan.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">#6 Donald Trump (Pres, Rep)</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Penn grad </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Inherited and grew family business</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">6 bankruptcies</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">3 wives & 2 divorces</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">With a ghost writer, penned a NY Times bestseller</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Owned the New Jersey Generals in the USFL</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Cameo appearances in <i>Sex and the City, The Nanny, Home Alone 2 </i>and<i> Wrestlemania 23</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Is in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Hall of Fame</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Producer on multiple beauty pageants</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Producer & host of <i>Celebrity Apprentice</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">No previous political offices before becoming POTUS</span></li></ul></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwqfUMRpnTx2kPNTy1sWufT8qIf0PViHezA6N4hVqsmQ8n3Y1jxosyD0suX5HV95HYdWa0mVaogoh9qnlHscUiTIRDSJcVYQPVwFgzx1PPgAObvns3ewzVUl6TQ0fKU79ppZSy0dMBs70XBXtEq1vPYj9Lm1tj_VRnKbN_4dNJU55QCYxJJ26lgwyaFw/s624/trump.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="624" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwqfUMRpnTx2kPNTy1sWufT8qIf0PViHezA6N4hVqsmQ8n3Y1jxosyD0suX5HV95HYdWa0mVaogoh9qnlHscUiTIRDSJcVYQPVwFgzx1PPgAObvns3ewzVUl6TQ0fKU79ppZSy0dMBs70XBXtEq1vPYj9Lm1tj_VRnKbN_4dNJU55QCYxJJ26lgwyaFw/s320/trump.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">#5 Sonny Bono – US Rep (CA, Rep)</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Born Salvatore</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Published his first song at age 16</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Before making it big, was a waiter, truck driver, construction laborer & butcher's helper</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Had a variety TV show with his wife Cher</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Had bit roles in <i>Hair Spray, The Golden Girls, The Love Boat </i>and<i> Fantasy Island</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Was a Scientologist</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Mayor of Palm Springs</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Killed in a skiing accident</span></li></ul></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoBjDuXd1YGcmwrrcZHLnnlyhftCc06smcqH0uXGcltXWs0-fy0Dfh0Ek0EepM0W4waf4dMdilDIt16QlFrgJaRsd-cvivnIjoRZDEbGhRe4eC9JWYO3FRtGUSBUtHZ-lTWmiHaM9VwoKNr3UswINEs0mBw1A64ORfvMSZQmErweFj_8O9W4VI4FoLQ/s209/bono.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="209" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoBjDuXd1YGcmwrrcZHLnnlyhftCc06smcqH0uXGcltXWs0-fy0Dfh0Ek0EepM0W4waf4dMdilDIt16QlFrgJaRsd-cvivnIjoRZDEbGhRe4eC9JWYO3FRtGUSBUtHZ-lTWmiHaM9VwoKNr3UswINEs0mBw1A64ORfvMSZQmErweFj_8O9W4VI4FoLQ/s1600/bono.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">#4 Fred Grandy – US Rep (IA, Rep)</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Orphan at age 13</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Graduated from Exeter, Harvard (cum laude) & George Washington</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Best man at David Eisenhower’s marriage to Julie Nixon</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Has 36 credits, all but a few for TV</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Best known as “Gopher” on <i>The</i> <i>Love Boat</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Also in <i>General Hospital, Fantasy Island, Love American Style </i>and<i> Charlie’s Angels</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Was Herman the German in the classic B movie <i>Death Race 2000</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">After Congress, was President & CEO of Goodwill Industries</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Now a Senior Fellow for National Security Affairs at the far-right Center for Security Policy</span></li></ul></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqS_Fy1P9FS6smjbuS99mkZrEiI5axDMcgKoaiDoqm08jy17VrRnKRxzWiyl-SiBEa1Li5mes040ByPaeCR0TpRoZ1yqVKlzmLr57ncDbLTZiqMCV85MV8GJb0EK30sb4JGA9lz5ae9bZ2k1syVTrl1K6sScJ9FFZPfDKj0V7p9UnfsN9s-Gesb5A14Q/s450/grandy.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="450" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqS_Fy1P9FS6smjbuS99mkZrEiI5axDMcgKoaiDoqm08jy17VrRnKRxzWiyl-SiBEa1Li5mes040ByPaeCR0TpRoZ1yqVKlzmLr57ncDbLTZiqMCV85MV8GJb0EK30sb4JGA9lz5ae9bZ2k1syVTrl1K6sScJ9FFZPfDKj0V7p9UnfsN9s-Gesb5A14Q/s320/grandy.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">#3 Linda McMahon – Administrator, SBA (Rep)</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Married at age 17</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Was on food stamps as a newlywed</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">President & CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Involved in a steroid scandal</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">IMDb credits include <i>WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown!, WWF No Mercy</i> & so on</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Was appointed to the Connecticut Board of Education</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Lost a US Senate bid in Connecticut</span></li></ul></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jTgSkxdVRrZgMWO2f4ByXU4PP3UpRnkmQST51izqaJGSUn9sC1e9jZxhv6mcZ9faai6CJKH4wiPSC2CzW1cgRssrzE4-yHSx7uDXq1nu38oHG-OuaIH53cAKzhgczgGmV4CEbfc7dC9LWptfbrXXJOsgm8U_wyTC_zvAa4J9WCR783Dyz6XmS7gU4g/s480/mcmahon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;">Chairman of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Has 77 IMDb credits, including movies, TV shows & music videos</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Was on <i>The Dating Game</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Took over <i>Celebrity Apprentice</i> from Donald Trump (see above)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Married a niece of JFK, got divorced when he knocked up the nanny</span></li></ul></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2OwWbcR_6ZEK9QWmDHUG_4KNNDTJ8BDUrXzkx2X5PnLT91JU80c0W_zfrqhdgfJ0dx6oQZakxkfyuQJ7hK_--CBaqhMkrNZDwEboaG1RmDlgmrCmFuZ_y0XRG6mEH5M8-8y389d5d-lyUDRZ8P8A6dFstXvt7jG_R2NtPGYwS0G1BCfZZOsgo4b1qA/s268/arnold.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="188" data-original-width="268" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2OwWbcR_6ZEK9QWmDHUG_4KNNDTJ8BDUrXzkx2X5PnLT91JU80c0W_zfrqhdgfJ0dx6oQZakxkfyuQJ7hK_--CBaqhMkrNZDwEboaG1RmDlgmrCmFuZ_y0XRG6mEH5M8-8y389d5d-lyUDRZ8P8A6dFstXvt7jG_R2NtPGYwS0G1BCfZZOsgo4b1qA/s1600/arnold.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">#1 Jesse Ventura – Governor (MN, Reform, Ind)</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Born James George Janos</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Served in Vietnam as part of the Navy’s Underwater Demolition Team</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Member of the Mongols motorcycle club</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Bodyguard for the Rolling Stones</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Known as “The Body”</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">97 film, TV & video credits, incl. <i>WWE Raw; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; </i>B movie classic <i>Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe, </i>and <i>Wrestlemania IV</i></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Author of 10 books</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Mayor of Brooklyn Park, MN</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Visiting Fellow at JFK School of Government</span></li></ul></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiziR99h5JZ4j9gLTEIif4QFCuFRz3PbeXg_azkLO6JAliZy1ooacTU9xlnwC2EQ3bRdQ32TCpynSnjnLlmUqFDHcu0OCcqW2RXXzo9X621rC2eSe1iXXjoLDYwlvxGfWqSYvM9w5vtorylmh3vvlrOmbaNQAUAVvsWlX2_Jpwg03w6aN33nUt-UG1b7g/s297/ventura.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="297" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiziR99h5JZ4j9gLTEIif4QFCuFRz3PbeXg_azkLO6JAliZy1ooacTU9xlnwC2EQ3bRdQ32TCpynSnjnLlmUqFDHcu0OCcqW2RXXzo9X621rC2eSe1iXXjoLDYwlvxGfWqSYvM9w5vtorylmh3vvlrOmbaNQAUAVvsWlX2_Jpwg03w6aN33nUt-UG1b7g/s1600/ventura.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941955609902423295.post-63908852742725161762022-12-09T15:01:00.002-08:002022-12-09T15:01:24.168-08:00If Hallmark Did True Crime<p><span style="font-family: arial;">I like true crime. My wife likes sappy Hallmark stuff. We were joking at dinner the other day what a combination of those two genres might look like. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Methodology</b></span></p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Find a list of all Hallmark’s Christmas movies (their cheesiest product)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Substitute “murder” for “Christmas” in the title and description (more or less)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Make a few more edits, if needed (including turning infinitive phrases into “to commit murder”)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Cull the list for the best ones</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Present them here in no particular order</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Throw in some pix from real, honest-to-goodness Christmas horror movies (there is such a thing)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Enjoy!</span></li></ol><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Murder Spirit</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A women lands in a coma but realizes her spirit is awake, so she tries to communicate with people in her town and convinces them to commit murder.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Murder Shepherd</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The search for a missing dog leads to murder.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Murder Secret</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">While her life is falling apart, single mom Christine finds a magical family heirloom that leads to murder.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Murder Ornament</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A widow plans to give Christmas festivities a miss, as they bring back too many memories of murder.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>My Murder Dream</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">An ambitious store manager of a renowned retail flagship store must enlist the help of a struggling, single-father handyman to help her commit murder.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUa2Z2NSfHkt12aCcTeXv1BSk2msWiuIdxHfsE1FAiLX4PigQPL43OkXJWjgcWbcDf_aB3TOyartrCOQ5DD-mMdYQtxHy4BN1nvheWIxjL1S0nIdF6uawkaIkKRz3LS61YTYsxLMEQ1KOmZkJo0RRUBtRXO4yVXSotEc0DOnCcl1-DCcsTdbCt5xXC8g/s1560/1cane.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1169" data-original-width="1560" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUa2Z2NSfHkt12aCcTeXv1BSk2msWiuIdxHfsE1FAiLX4PigQPL43OkXJWjgcWbcDf_aB3TOyartrCOQ5DD-mMdYQtxHy4BN1nvheWIxjL1S0nIdF6uawkaIkKRz3LS61YTYsxLMEQ1KOmZkJo0RRUBtRXO4yVXSotEc0DOnCcl1-DCcsTdbCt5xXC8g/s320/1cane.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ice Sculpture Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Callie, an aspiring chef, with her childhood friend David, enter Callie into a club's annual Christmas ice sculpting competition against her boss. Callie's passions for cooking and ice sculpting are met with murder.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>A Perfect Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A newlywed couple prepare to host their first murder together, but things don't go according to plan.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Murder Incorporated</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Riley lands herself a new job via a case of mistaken identity, and her first assignment is to murder her new boss on a trip to save a failing toy factory.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Most Murderous Time of the Year</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Corporate analyst and single mom Jen tackles murder with a business-like approach until her uncle arrives with a handsome stranger in tow.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Once Upon a Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">When a Princess escapes her entourage to explore New York City over Christmas, she meets a young man who murders her.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3A_b3kXgN9Y-OxZIDPWnA0g3CZgiB1UvJ-sx2k5PP8UoXwvrkaRJgzZa8kc0VcTEjWETXbereBZaTAEOw8l-iWPbrjNuZIX-wMFhBvSRHYVD8X94UCJoopuw1FAKOlgiiX3rriaXGecuIlOgWGv1sTP5fUz-r85g8OSAVzhGmDFKeZD18pKGQ92vIJg/s624/2jack%20frost.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3A_b3kXgN9Y-OxZIDPWnA0g3CZgiB1UvJ-sx2k5PP8UoXwvrkaRJgzZa8kc0VcTEjWETXbereBZaTAEOw8l-iWPbrjNuZIX-wMFhBvSRHYVD8X94UCJoopuw1FAKOlgiiX3rriaXGecuIlOgWGv1sTP5fUz-r85g8OSAVzhGmDFKeZD18pKGQ92vIJg/s320/2jack%20frost.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>A Murder for Christmas</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A single man tries to win a bet by getting a woman recovering from a broken engagement to murder him by Christmas.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>A Cookie Cutter Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Two schoolteachers take their rivalry to a new level, while they scramble to win a holiday baking contest and the affections of a handsome single murderer.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>A Rose for Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Andy's family has built Rose Parade floats for generations. When her Dad gets sick, Andy's forced to supervise the construction and decoration of their client's float and deal with a murder.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>A Nutcracker Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">When her niece is cast in The Philadelphia Ballet's production of the Nutcracker, a jaded ex-ballerina is forced to commit murder.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Eve’s Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A wealthy and successful career woman gets a second chance in life when a magical wish transports her back in time eight years to when she murdered her fiance to lead a business life in New York.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8snoVIYleJjSHqlcEPfTjSOcxEOZdL5D3XrT2raGlle8eDNQoe7OnVKx0vwfT8uoaemwMyTcvsC2ENUhvYgPWyaEeXmGUgEauN7avR2p8vdi4c4PFAQ-uQgldmaG8DaWqXwdn0OZmeA0vpFtGVrmXsY8mV96rYYv-CKJ0V9N5A6Be9LIP5ogzZ9JkBQ/s624/3grey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="624" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8snoVIYleJjSHqlcEPfTjSOcxEOZdL5D3XrT2raGlle8eDNQoe7OnVKx0vwfT8uoaemwMyTcvsC2ENUhvYgPWyaEeXmGUgEauN7avR2p8vdi4c4PFAQ-uQgldmaG8DaWqXwdn0OZmeA0vpFtGVrmXsY8mV96rYYv-CKJ0V9N5A6Be9LIP5ogzZ9JkBQ/s320/3grey.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Our First Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Murder plans are destined to be ruined when two families come together.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>A Dog Named Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A developmentally challenged young man with a penchant for caring for animals in need sets out to convince his family - and their whole rural community - to participate in a local shelter's inaugural "Murder a Dog for Christmas Program."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Mrs. Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Overwhelmed widower Seth Webster is searching for a housekeeper to help him with his unruly six-year-old twin sons. "Mrs. Murder" mysteriously appears and quickly becomes an irreplaceable nanny, chef, friend... and murderer.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Murder Pageant</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">When a temperamental Broadway director is fired from yet another job, she is forced to commit a murder.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I’ll Be Home for Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Jackie Foster is a dynamic Assistant District Attorney and single mom. But when Jackie's estranged dad, Jack, a gruff retired police officer, unexpectedly shows up at her door, they will be forced to confront an old murder.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9zcAE-0lt5ZzJiQOJ7NrZQ1lnzO8OPufF5cn3lu-0tEvckFbi7LgywxwPqqTL6IPppwAPXUpM0uUVENhvQ_8TxdbVPrf15A5geqSTxzRhv4Pn-l7fwGAj7MKZGn9UxA861T-yCry2Jle2oGpe7DO0U_48ts5CXOwaz91X2K5aofhk7ktIT_SqUOL_w/s480/4ginger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="480" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9zcAE-0lt5ZzJiQOJ7NrZQ1lnzO8OPufF5cn3lu-0tEvckFbi7LgywxwPqqTL6IPppwAPXUpM0uUVENhvQ_8TxdbVPrf15A5geqSTxzRhv4Pn-l7fwGAj7MKZGn9UxA861T-yCry2Jle2oGpe7DO0U_48ts5CXOwaz91X2K5aofhk7ktIT_SqUOL_w/s320/4ginger.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Hearts of Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">When Jenny plans a Christmas retirement party for her beloved hospital supervisor, she butts heads with Matt, a new manager determined on murder.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Enchanted Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Young widow Laura Trudeau was a remarkable dancer. As a project manager she is tasked with renovating a lodge in her hometown and having it ready by Christmas Eve. She is stunned it's the lodge where she and her former love committed murder.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Finding Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Grace is thrilled to be taking over the town's Christmas parade, but when the man playing St. Nick is murdered, she needs to find a replacement, even if the replacement is unwilling.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Murder Train</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A cynical journalist decides to take a train from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles for Christmas to get inspiration for a story in honor of his late father. He gets to know the other passengers and runs into an old flame while aboard, whom he murders. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlaN4shpgXB6JGZ3XxrWjvG_HtceSonKaqoR38fV_7r9StWaO7xJoe5MHBZCZTFWf7HXv2XBMt0EpIbm9A3xuQoUkyLDJ3OdvaBO6qY87pg57w_aVF_yY-2bdsSidTqGwXpAh3RNgarVQ4E7Z8EI5NCj-7u0MzMHkpKNH7BqdtdWIf6GEwEetbqYmrmA/s624/5switchblade.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="352" data-original-width="624" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlaN4shpgXB6JGZ3XxrWjvG_HtceSonKaqoR38fV_7r9StWaO7xJoe5MHBZCZTFWf7HXv2XBMt0EpIbm9A3xuQoUkyLDJ3OdvaBO6qY87pg57w_aVF_yY-2bdsSidTqGwXpAh3RNgarVQ4E7Z8EI5NCj-7u0MzMHkpKNH7BqdtdWIf6GEwEetbqYmrmA/s320/5switchblade.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Switched for Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">When identical twin sisters are stuck planning their respective Christmas parties, they're convinced the grass is greener on the other side and decide to commit murder.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Sharing Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Stephanie Nichols takes over the Christmas Shop, but a property developer has bought the building and is terminating the retail leases. She finds help and love from Michael Kilpatrick, who murders him.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Murder for Christmas Day</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A young woman begins a long-distance relationship with an active-duty soldier, then murders him.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Murder in the Air</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Struggling with his work-life balance, a widowed father-of-two enlists the help of a professional organizer for the holiday season, then murders her.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhn1NPV3zA-WwW3_DQnWePeNr5y_ZSmVbW5O0sV9p1rYqRUPXFSN6e68D5FjrXuJv_XKgM_3cSwrKhl9DDq2ffInJjWj0EWzF-Hgeq42H5P5CPB-DWF4MB4SHHzfAUHHQljIc5EC1h4CfOe3bcswLhSyhKb61nYdmXeXB2h_rem9lD0dFCxFOXi0dWQ/s480/6axe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="480" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhn1NPV3zA-WwW3_DQnWePeNr5y_ZSmVbW5O0sV9p1rYqRUPXFSN6e68D5FjrXuJv_XKgM_3cSwrKhl9DDq2ffInJjWj0EWzF-Hgeq42H5P5CPB-DWF4MB4SHHzfAUHHQljIc5EC1h4CfOe3bcswLhSyhKb61nYdmXeXB2h_rem9lD0dFCxFOXi0dWQ/s320/6axe.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>A Song for Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Country music's latest "It Girl," Adelaide Kay, has a hit single and is linked with a hot star. She should be overjoyed, but dislikes pretending she's in love. Even worse, her manager doesn't want her to write her own songs anymore. She murders him.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Murder Homecoming</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A widow of a war hero takes in an injured soldier who has just returned from Afghanistan. Together they commit murder.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Rocky Mountain Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After her breakup with a famous tech entrepreneur makes national headlines, Sarah returns to her uncle's ranch to escape the spotlight where she crosses paths with a Hollywood actor and murders him.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Sons of Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A foster home for boys is in danger of being closed when its benefactor is murdered.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmHFVBU5u8uW1VGFlOaw6-BZ3xLQQ4-d8Y4mF5Aa1k6uvJacdlNqlJxNME_IMUOefbqoYBS6jysjvpia08UCO2T4_zh_rfatrTjck3YX4IklI9cH6TVOrzLV-o3RoUiMtK02bNRpRHvBEojhd7tyRuWLPo3nL1R6uxWtFSL4JNr1YB2HjqFJ-XWHMd9Q/s1950/7iceman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1461" data-original-width="1950" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmHFVBU5u8uW1VGFlOaw6-BZ3xLQQ4-d8Y4mF5Aa1k6uvJacdlNqlJxNME_IMUOefbqoYBS6jysjvpia08UCO2T4_zh_rfatrTjck3YX4IklI9cH6TVOrzLV-o3RoUiMtK02bNRpRHvBEojhd7tyRuWLPo3nL1R6uxWtFSL4JNr1YB2HjqFJ-XWHMd9Q/s320/7iceman.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Slayer Bells</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Manhattanite Catherine O'Mara bonds with a young man who has run away from his father. When the father returns to New York a year later to sell his Christmas trees, they murder him.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Mr. Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A Guardian Angel, posing as an English teacher, helps a young woman commit murder.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">When the beloved quartet of postal detectives discover an urgent letter written to God on Christmas Eve, they delay their own plans to help a little girl commit murder.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>A Royal Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">While on a last-minute European holiday, a young woman finds herself in the middle of a real-life fairy tale when a chance meeting with a handsome local leads to murder.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Murder Me at Christmas</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A bridal boutique owner who is deep in the flurry of planning an exquisite Christmas wedding, is unexpectedly murdered by the bride's brother.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhptOWnkF606hHPPjrMs4lFN6V_wctSFpYiSHwPHn0aA_kpOTd4VruZBWImKudZa0pwP506M_GKL8uui5ifzYSTsaU_9DHf7L9fMzWherfLb_1jiVMQFCQa_exvunNFtGkHEcROWYEpyRemnastvjCTtgd2uM8-TTvgZVTlAoBlejN4CfOBO9wDasNs6Q/s462/8revolver.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="462" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhptOWnkF606hHPPjrMs4lFN6V_wctSFpYiSHwPHn0aA_kpOTd4VruZBWImKudZa0pwP506M_GKL8uui5ifzYSTsaU_9DHf7L9fMzWherfLb_1jiVMQFCQa_exvunNFtGkHEcROWYEpyRemnastvjCTtgd2uM8-TTvgZVTlAoBlejN4CfOBO9wDasNs6Q/s320/8revolver.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Sweetest Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Kylie is expecting a proposal from her boyfriend/boss at a restaurant and gets a promotion instead. The restaurant owner is her old high school boyfriend, who she hasn't seen in years. They help each other out. Is murder in the air?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>One Starry Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">When journeying by bus to surprise her boyfriend for Christmas, Holly meets a charming cowboy who she murders.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Murder and Mistletoe</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A young woman who left the year-round holiday party of "Santaville" - where her dad reigns as the resident St. Nick - returns to find her father murdered.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Catch a Murder Star</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">With the help of his two precocious kids, a widower murders his high school sweetheart, who just happens to be one of the biggest pop stars on the planet.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Northpole: Open for Murder</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">When Mackenzie inherits her aunt's once-majestic inn, she decides to sell it. But fixing up the rundown place is more challenging than she had anticipated. Then the magic of murder intervenes, with unexpected help from killer elves.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHDCvHOU22e80n1uqzv7823Lo35W7mRuGZpQDSe8AfQHWE9bTDQJJ9dqxE2V6aH9XPB3aTlyEF6N9KWld_KLAc2dqYLOmri9fFyFjgp0iIFvM8jKHuCiIdWkdT7PK-iRMdqUVZI5svN-t4DeDV-DF-ImiZFMGf-aob42NCAINPTLW3j0SL0lLedfAHQ/s480/9knife.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHDCvHOU22e80n1uqzv7823Lo35W7mRuGZpQDSe8AfQHWE9bTDQJJ9dqxE2V6aH9XPB3aTlyEF6N9KWld_KLAc2dqYLOmri9fFyFjgp0iIFvM8jKHuCiIdWkdT7PK-iRMdqUVZI5svN-t4DeDV-DF-ImiZFMGf-aob42NCAINPTLW3j0SL0lLedfAHQ/s320/9knife.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Cliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109085007044124766noreply@blogger.com0