# Baseball vs. Everything else **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 2, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467 "2023-05-02T14:15:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/201 "2023-05-17T15:53:28Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > There are a lot of ball players named Kyle, but Google doesn’t cough up any famous Sophie _Lewis_ for me. I had never heard of Sophie Tucker till I Googled the name. I read an article a few weeks ago that mentioned an author named Sophie Lewis. ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/202 "2023-05-17T21:34:13Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > never heard of Sophie Tucker till I Googled the name. I read an article a few weeks ago that mentioned an author named Sophie Lewis. I would estimate that Sophie Tucker is about 1500 times more famous than Sophie Lewis. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/203 "2023-05-17T22:18:21Z")
I know 0 about Sophie Tucker, 1500 times 0 is still 0. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/204 "2023-05-18T00:41:25Z")
That’s kinda the challenge of this game, isn’t it? Especially with common names like Johnson and Miller and Martinez, you can almost always find some non-baseball person with that surname. So notability becomes an issue. How about this, as a solution - if a particular couplet hasn’t been guessed in 18 hours, the poster gives the answer, then proposes another pair. Sound fair? ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/205 "2023-05-18T00:49:42Z")
ok w/me ---
**Author:** ![double0gold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@double0gold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/double0gold)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/206 "2023-05-18T01:53:45Z")
In that case…Daniel and Charlie was Murphy. Rod and Glenn ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/207 "2023-05-18T02:10:37Z")
Beck Tim and Eli ---
**Author:** ![double0gold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@double0gold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/double0gold)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/208 "2023-05-18T02:17:21Z")
Wallach Lou and Bruce ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/209 "2023-05-18T03:10:57Z")
Boudreau Ty and Randall ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/210 "2023-05-18T04:15:37Z")
Cobb Sam and Broderick ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/211 "2023-05-18T08:54:31Z")
Crawford Don and Willie (BTW, was “Charlie Murphy” Eddie’s little-known dead brother or an Irish BBC actress? Both are equally obscure–why not just go with “Eddie”?) ---
**Author:** ![double0gold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@double0gold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/double0gold)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/212 "2023-05-18T13:23:30Z")
The actress…in the moment, I somehow didn’t even think of Eddie. I think this thread has demonstrated that obscurity is in the eyes of the beholder. 🙂 Sutton Jason and Cameron ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/213 "2023-05-18T14:40:38Z")
Heyward Mike and Nate ---
**Author:** ![double0gold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@double0gold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/double0gold)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/214 "2023-05-18T14:41:52Z")
Schmidt Corey and Bret ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/215 "2023-05-18T14:49:25Z")
Hart? Gary and Lester ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/216 "2023-05-18T15:48:38Z")
I want to say Maddox, but it’s _Garry_. Cornelius and Lee ---
**Author:** ![double0gold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@double0gold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/double0gold)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/217 "2023-05-18T16:00:55Z")
Was the player known as Cornelius, or was that a birth name? If the later, Mack. If the former…maybe Cook? Larry and Alan ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/218 "2023-05-18T16:12:44Z")
> [@double0gold](#): > > Was the player known as Cornelius, or was that a birth name? If the later, Mack If the former…maybe Cook? > > Larry and Alan Yes, I was being a bit sneaky, since he was known as “Connie”. And of course his surname wasn’t actually “Mack”, but “McGillicuddy”. But hey, _you_ try finding another famous McGillicuddy. ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/219 "2023-05-18T16:23:52Z")
Sorry, you are correct. It should be: Garry and Lester ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/220 "2023-05-18T16:24:48Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > But hey, _you_ try finding another famous McGillicuddy. Dr. McGillicuddy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467.md?page=12)