# 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:** 4
**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 4, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/61 "2023-05-04T18:23:15Z")
Sosa? I had to Google, and there _is_ a Columbian musician called Jimmy Sosa. Trevor and Abbie. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/62 "2023-05-04T18:25:57Z")
Hoffman Kurt and Akiko ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/63 "2023-05-04T21:52:54Z")
Suzuki Hank and Martin H. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/64 "2023-05-04T22:21:11Z")
Greenberg. Mark and Topher ---
**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 4, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/65 "2023-05-04T22:53:56Z")
Grace Ben and Paul ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/66 "2023-05-05T04:17:53Z")
Joyce Brandon and Joan ---
**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 5, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/67 "2023-05-05T05:20:54Z")
Not the ones I was thinking of, but ok I’ll save it for later Crawford Kirby and Gary ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/68 "2023-05-05T05:23:41Z")
Yeah there’s some ambiguity in this game. Puckett Fred and Carl ---
**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 5, 2023, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/69 "2023-05-05T08:52:09Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > ambiguity in this game Definitely. We should probably avoid very common name pairs, like Joe and Jim, to sidestep the ambiguity. ---
**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 5, 2023, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/70 "2023-05-05T11:45:21Z")
> [@slicedalone](#): > > Definitely. We should probably avoid very common name pairs, like Joe and Jim, to sidestep the ambiguity Or include some specifier. That’s why I wrote “Alexander G” for “Bell”, and “Dr. Andrew” for “Wakefield”. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/71 "2023-05-05T14:09:21Z")
Oh I don’t know, i think the ambiguity can be fun. I’ve put a couple pairings out there that came back with answers i wasn’t expecting. ---
**Author:** ![double0gold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@double0gold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/double0gold)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/72 "2023-05-05T14:52:09Z")
Lewis Homer and George ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/73 "2023-05-05T16:06:40Z")
Bailey Orval and Park ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/74 "2023-05-05T17:30:51Z")
Overall Walton and Tom ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/75 "2023-05-05T17:49:32Z")
Cruise Cecil and Alice ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/76 "2023-05-05T17:56:22Z")
Cooper Ricky and Gustav ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/77 "2023-05-05T17:57:32Z")
As an aside, this is a very fun idea. I know almost all the baseball players, but there are a LOT of people I’ve never heard of who are being paired with them. Makes it hard! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/78 "2023-05-05T18:21:58Z")
I’m okay with the ambiguity. The game is fun as is. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/79 "2023-05-05T18:33:36Z")
Mahler Brooks and Sugar Ray ---
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