# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 2309

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46166 "2016-09-05T16:45:39Z")

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Something I once owned that I wish I still had.

1. Sansui 8080db stereo receiver, vintage 1978
2. Mont Blanc fountain pen
3. A working dishwasher
4. A framed letter/photograph of the composer Sergei Rachmaninoff

It mysteriously disappeared in a move.

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46167 "2016-09-05T18:51:26Z")

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Something I once owned that I wish I still had.

1. Sansui 8080db stereo receiver, vintage 1978
2. Mont Blanc fountain pen
3. A working dishwasher
4. A framed letter/photograph of the composer Sergei Rachmaninoff
5. My previous smartphone with phone contact list and photographs

I lost it last week and am still adjusting to my new, more expensive replacement

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46168 "2016-09-05T20:08:37Z")

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Something I once owned that I wish I still had.

1. Sansui 8080db stereo receiver, vintage 1978
2. Mont Blanc fountain pen
3. A working dishwasher
4. A framed letter/photograph of the composer Sergei Rachmaninoff
5. My previous smartphone with phone contact list and photographs
6. Tiffany silver penknife which was a wedding gift

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**Author:** ![Nelson\_Pike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Nelson\_Pike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nelson_Pike)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46169 "2016-09-05T22:52:51Z")

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Something I once owned that I wish I still had.

1. Sansui 8080db stereo receiver, vintage 1978
2. Mont Blanc fountain pen
3. A working dishwasher
4. A framed letter/photograph of the composer Sergei Rachmaninoff
5. My previous smartphone with phone contact list and photographs
6. Tiffany silver penknife which was a wedding gift
7. 1963 2-door Dodge Dart

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46170 "2016-09-05T22:54:20Z")

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Something I once owned that I wish I still had.

1. Sansui 8080db stereo receiver, vintage 1978
2. Mont Blanc fountain pen
3. A working dishwasher
4. A framed letter/photograph of the composer Sergei Rachmaninoff
5. My previous smartphone with phone contact list and photographs
6. Tiffany silver penknife which was a wedding gift
7. 1963 2-door Dodge Dart
8. 1997 BMW Z3

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46171 "2016-09-05T23:13:27Z")

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omething I once owned that I wish I still had.

1. Sansui 8080db stereo receiver, vintage 1978
2. Mont Blanc fountain pen
3. A working dishwasher
4. A framed letter/photograph of the composer Sergei Rachmaninoff
5. My previous smartphone with phone contact list and photographs
6. Tiffany silver penknife which was a wedding gift
7. 1963 2-door Dodge Dart
8. 1997 BMW Z3
9. My autograph Baseball  
It had Sandy Koufax, Bob Feller, Mrs Babe Ruth, Casey Stengel, Mickey Mantle, and several others. Lost it in one of many moves we made when I was a kid.

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46172 "2016-09-06T09:59:00Z")

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Something I once owned that I wish I still had.

1. Sansui 8080db stereo receiver, vintage 1978
2. Mont Blanc fountain pen
3. A working dishwasher
4. A framed letter/photograph of the composer Sergei Rachmaninoff
5. My previous smartphone with phone contact list and photographs
6. Tiffany silver penknife which was a wedding gift
7. 1963 2-door Dodge Dart
8. 1997 BMW Z3
9. My autograph Baseball
10. Al Kaline rookie card

A family friend gave it to me back in the 60s, when no one knew from collecting cards. It was many years after it disappeared that I realized it was his rookie year.

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46173 "2016-09-06T11:03:32Z")

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Something I once owned that I wish I still had.

1. Sansui 8080db stereo receiver, vintage 1978
2. Mont Blanc fountain pen
3. A working dishwasher
4. A framed letter/photograph of the composer Sergei Rachmaninoff
5. My previous smartphone with phone contact list and photographs
6. Tiffany silver penknife which was a wedding gift
7. 1963 2-door Dodge Dart
8. 1997 BMW Z3
9. My autograph Baseball
10. Al Kaline rookie card
11. My house

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46174 "2016-09-06T13:10:28Z")

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Something I once owned that I wish I still had.

1. Sansui 8080db stereo receiver, vintage 1978
2. Mont Blanc fountain pen
3. A working dishwasher
4. A framed letter/photograph of the composer Sergei Rachmaninoff
5. My previous smartphone with phone contact list and photographs
6. Tiffany silver penknife which was a wedding gift
7. 1963 2-door Dodge Dart
8. 1997 BMW Z3
9. My autograph Baseball
10. Al Kaline rookie card
11. My house
12. The 1972 Rock Tarot Card Calendar

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46175 "2016-09-06T13:30:00Z")

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Something I once owned that I wish I still had.

1. Sansui 8080db stereo receiver, vintage 1978
2. Mont Blanc fountain pen
3. A working dishwasher
4. A framed letter/photograph of the composer Sergei Rachmaninoff
5. My previous smartphone with phone contact list and photographs
6. Tiffany silver penknife which was a wedding gift
7. 1963 2-door Dodge Dart
8. 1997 BMW Z3
9. My autograph Baseball
10. Al Kaline rookie card
11. My house
12. The 1972 Rock Tarot Card Calendar
13. A bunch of back copies of various magazines

Next: Fiction about a sports come-from-behind victory (in a game or over a season) and the sport

1. Emergency, “The Firehouse Quintet” episode, basketball.

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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46176 "2016-09-06T13:42:45Z")

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Fiction about a sports come-from-behind victory (in a game or over a season) and the sport

1. Emergency, “The Firehouse Quintet” episode, basketball.
2. _Major League_, baseball

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46177 "2016-09-06T13:47:37Z")

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Fiction about a sports come-from-behind victory (in a game or over a season) and the sport

1. Emergency, “The Firehouse Quintet” episode, basketball.
2. _Major League_, baseball
3. _Dodgeball_, dodgeball

Sue me. I thought it was a pretty good movie.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46178 "2016-09-06T14:11:26Z")

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Fiction about a sports come-from-behind victory (in a game or over a season) and the sport

1. Emergency, “The Firehouse Quintet” episode, basketball.
2. _Major League_, baseball
3. _Dodgeball_, dodgeball
4. _The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh_, basketball

By no means a good movie.

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46179 "2016-09-06T14:55:40Z")

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Fiction about a sports come-from-behind victory (in a game or over a season) and the sport

1. Emergency, “The Firehouse Quintet” episode, basketball.
2. _Major League_, baseball
3. _Dodgeball_, dodgeball
4. _The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh_, basketball
5. _The Bad News Bears_, Little League baseball

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46180 "2016-09-06T15:28:55Z")

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Fiction about a sports come-from-behind victory (in a game or over a season) and the sport

1. Emergency, “The Firehouse Quintet” episode, basketball.
2. _Major League_, baseball
3. _Dodgeball_, dodgeball
4. _The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh_, basketball
5. _The Bad News Bears_, Little League baseball
6. _Hoosiers_, basketball

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46181 "2016-09-06T15:48:48Z")

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Fiction about a sports come-from-behind victory (in a game or over a season) and the sport

1. Emergency, “The Firehouse Quintet” episode, basketball.
2. _Major League_, baseball
3. _Dodgeball_, dodgeball
4. _The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh_, basketball
5. _The Bad News Bears_, Little League baseball
6. _Hoosiers_, basketball
7. _Miracle,_ Olympic hockey

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**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46182 "2016-09-06T16:07:24Z")

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Fiction about a sports come-from-behind victory (in a game or over a season) and the sport

1. Emergency, “The Firehouse Quintet” episode, basketball.
2. Major League, baseball
3. Dodgeball, dodgeball
4. The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, basketball
5. The Bad News Bears, Little League baseball
6. Hoosiers, basketball
7. Miracle, Olympic hockey
8. Slap Shot, minor league hockey

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46183 "2016-09-06T16:57:21Z")

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Fiction about a sports come-from-behind victory (in a game or over a season) and the sport

1. Emergency, “The Firehouse Quintet” episode, basketball.
2. Major League, baseball
3. Dodgeball, dodgeball
4. The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, basketball
5. The Bad News Bears, Little League baseball
6. Hoosiers, basketball
7. Miracle, Olympic hockey
8. Slap Shot, minor league hockey
9. Cinderella Man, boxing

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46184 "2016-09-06T17:07:10Z")

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Fiction about a sports come-from-behind victory (in a game or over a season) and the sport

1. Emergency, “The Firehouse Quintet” episode, basketball.
2. Major League, baseball
3. Dodgeball, dodgeball
4. The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, basketball
5. The Bad News Bears, Little League baseball
6. Hoosiers, basketball
7. Miracle, Olympic hockey
8. Slap Shot, minor league hockey
9. Cinderella Man, boxing
10. Semi-Pro, basketball

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**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46185 "2016-09-06T17:52:39Z")

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Fiction about a sports come-from-behind victory (in a game or over a season) and the sport

1. Emergency, “The Firehouse Quintet” episode, basketball.
2. Major League, baseball
3. Dodgeball, dodgeball
4. The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, basketball
5. The Bad News Bears, Little League baseball
6. Hoosiers, basketball
7. Miracle, Olympic hockey
8. Slap Shot, minor league hockey
9. Cinderella Man, boxing
10. Semi-Pro, basketball
11. Grand Prix, Formula 1

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