# Baseball game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 31, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184 "2010-08-31T21:28:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/1 "2010-08-31T21:28:23Z")
I’ll start by giving a brief series of MLB players’ names, and your job (initially) is to guess the thing they have in common that I’m thinking of. They make have other things in common, perhaps many other things, but you must supply the one I’m thinking of. If you guess right, you win that round, and you get to suggest the next series of names. If you guess wrong, then I have to add another name to my list. When I’ve reached the fullest listing I can think of (not necessarily the fullest listing possible), then you get to guess until you get it right. The right answer might be statistical, it might be biographical, it might be any common link these men have in common with each other. For example, say I pick Henry Aaron and Willie McCovey. You might guess, “powerful hitters in the 1960s” and I’ll answer “Wrong” (although they certainly fit your answer, but that’s not what I was thinking of) and I’ll add “Reggie Jackson” and someone else then guesses “sluggers who wore the number 44,” and I’ll go “right,” and then that person gets to start another series of names. Okay? Stan Musial and Carl Yastrzemski. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/2 "2010-08-31T21:47:41Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > I’ll start by giving a brief series of MLB players’ names, and your job (initially) is to guess the thing they have in common that I’m thinking of. They make have other things in common, perhaps many other things, but you must supply the one I’m thinking of. If you guess right, you win that round, and you get to suggest the next series of names. If you guess wrong, then I have to add another name to my list. When I’ve reached the fullest listing I can think of (not necessarily the fullest listing possible), then you get to guess until you get it right. The right answer might be statistical, it might be biographical, it might be any common link these men have in common with each other. > > For example, say I pick Henry Aaron and Willie McCovey. You might guess, “powerful hitters in the 1960s” and I’ll answer “Wrong” (although they certainly fit your answer, but that’s not what I was thinking of) and I’ll add “Reggie Jackson” and someone else then guesses “sluggers who wore the number 44,” and I’ll go “right,” and then that person gets to start another series of names. Okay? > > Stan Musial and Carl Yastrzemski. Each had four letters in his first name. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/3 "2010-08-31T22:03:47Z")
Played 22 seasons in MLB all with the same team. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/4 "2010-08-31T23:44:25Z")
Neither has been in my kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/5 "2010-09-01T00:08:44Z")
All correct, all not what I’m thinking of. For the two guesses (I’m not counting Cliff Clavin’s as a serious guess), I’ll add Al Simmons and Greg Luzinski. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/6 "2010-09-01T00:36:03Z")
Ballplayers of Polish descent. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/7 "2010-09-01T00:38:44Z")
Correct. Your go, **RickJay** ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/8 "2010-09-01T00:58:45Z")
Joe Mauer and Pete Rose. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/9 "2010-09-01T01:19:51Z")
Ballplayers born in April ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/10 "2010-09-01T01:23:31Z")
Both won three league batting titles. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/11 "2010-09-01T02:03:01Z")
Good guesses but no. Let me add two more (this isn’t an easy one to find so I hope someone gets it soon): Alex Rodriguez Fred McGriff ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/12 "2010-09-01T16:15:29Z")
They all last played (or currently play) in the city they were born? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/13 "2010-09-02T01:27:41Z")
Very good, Jas09! All those players played for their hometown team. (Mauer was born in St. Paul, close enough.) Your turn. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/14 "2010-09-02T02:20:45Z")
Will Clark Jay Bell ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/15 "2010-09-02T02:26:39Z")
Each hit a homer in his first MLB at-bat. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/16 "2010-09-02T15:05:56Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Each hit a homer in his first MLB at-bat. Yup, 'fraid it was too easy. :mad: You’re up! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/17 "2010-09-03T01:57:26Z")
Harmon Killebrew Jack Morris ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/18 "2010-09-03T11:28:09Z")
Both played for the Twins. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/19 "2010-09-03T11:38:28Z")
Both played in one World Series for the Twins. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184/20 "2010-09-03T16:40:52Z")
Correct, but not what I’m going for. Vern Law Cory Snyder [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-game/552184.md?page=2)