# 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:** 9
**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 15, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/161 "2023-05-15T18:37:42Z")
Flood Paul and Tony ---
**Author:** ![double0gold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@double0gold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/double0gold)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/162 "2023-05-15T18:58:40Z")
Blair Keith and Aaron ---
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Hernandez Frank and Betty ---
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Thomas Frank and Bryce Dallas ---
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Howard Kevin and Joni ---
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Mitchell George and Jan ---
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Brett? There’s a Jan Brett who is a children’s book illustrator, but I’m not sure how well-known she is. If that was the correct answer, then: George and Lauren ---
**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 15, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/168 "2023-05-15T20:32:17Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > There’s a Jan Brett who is a children’s book illustrator, but I’m not sure how well-known she is. > > If that was the correct answer, then: That’s the one. What? Don’t people know [Hedgie](https://www.thriftbooks.com/series/hedgie/85004/)? Or _The Gingerbread Baby_? Or _The Mitten_? Anyway, Foster Darrell and Cole ---
**Author:** ![double0gold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@double0gold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/double0gold)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/169 "2023-05-15T20:42:52Z")
Porter Joe and John ---
**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 15, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/170 "2023-05-15T20:56:30Z")
> [@gnarator](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > There’s a Jan Brett who is a children’s book illustrator, but I’m not sure how well-known she is. > > > > If that was the correct answer, then: > > That’s the one. What? Don’t people know [Hedgie](https://www.thriftbooks.com/series/hedgie/85004/)? Or _The Gingerbread Baby_? Or _The Mitten_? > > Anyway, Foster > > Darrell and Cole Not who I was thinking of, but okay. My last was kind of a reach - Sisler. Lauren Sisler is an ESPN reporter who covers college sports. Wasn’t sure if she was sufficiently notable. ---
**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 15, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/171 "2023-05-15T22:57:35Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Not who I was thinking of, but okay. That seems to happen multiple times in this game. See below… > [@double0gold](#): > > Porter > > Joe and John Morgan Frank and Betty (second time) ---
**Author:** ![double0gold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@double0gold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/double0gold)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/172 "2023-05-15T23:08:12Z")
White Not sure who John Morgan is, so that’s not who I was intending… Joe and John (again 🙂 ) ---
**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 15, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/173 "2023-05-15T23:46:22Z")
> [@double0gold](#): > > Not sure who John Morgan is, so that’s not who I was intending… Country singer DiMaggio? Has it already been played? Al and Dave ---
**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 16, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/174 "2023-05-16T00:44:59Z")
Um…Newman? Unser? Jones? All of those fit, but I had to Google each baseball player, so not sure if that’s the couplet you had in mind. Tommy and Elton ---
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John Duke and Dee ---
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Snider Gaylord, Matthew, and Katy ---
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ETA: ninja’d No, none of them were who I had in mind. ---
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Perry (only two names to an entry, please) Boog and Anthony ---
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Bah! Powell. Bob and Little Jack ---
**Author:** ![double0gold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@double0gold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/double0gold)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-vs-everything-else/983467/180 "2023-05-16T01:17:11Z")
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