# The Atoz Game (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [January 24, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920 "2020-01-24T21:53:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 212

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4222 "2020-10-28T14:26:22Z")

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**Baseball**

Aaron Judge (NY Yankees)  
Bloop single  
Chicago Cubs  
Dugout  
ERA  
Fastball  
Giants  
Herbie Plews  
Indians  
Justice, David  
K (strikeout)  
Leadoff hitter  
Minor leagues  
Ninth inning  
Out  
Peanuts and Crackerjack

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**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:** [October 28, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4223 "2020-10-28T14:34:56Z")

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**Baseball**

Aaron Judge (NY Yankees)  
Bloop single  
Chicago Cubs  
Dugout  
ERA  
Fastball  
Giants  
Herbie Plews  
Indians  
Justice, David  
K (strikeout)  
Leadoff hitter  
Minor leagues  
Ninth inning  
Out  
Peanuts and Crackerjack  
Quisenberry, Dan

A submarine-style relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals in the 1980s.

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4224 "2020-10-28T15:08:13Z")

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**Baseball**

Aaron Judge (NY Yankees)  
Bloop single  
Chicago Cubs  
Dugout  
ERA  
Fastball  
Giants  
Herbie Plews  
Indians  
Justice, David  
K (strikeout)  
Leadoff hitter  
Minor leagues  
Ninth inning  
Out  
Peanuts and Crackerjack  
Quisenberry, Dan  
Robinson, Brooks

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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:** [October 28, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4225 "2020-10-28T15:14:20Z")

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**Baseball**

Aaron Judge (NY Yankees)  
Bloop single  
Chicago Cubs  
Dugout  
ERA  
Fastball  
Giants  
Herbie Plews  
Indians  
Justice, David  
K (strikeout)  
Leadoff hitter  
Minor leagues  
Ninth inning  
Out  
Peanuts and Crackerjack  
Quisenberry, Dan  
Robinson, Brooks  
Seaver, Tom

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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:** [October 28, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4226 "2020-10-28T17:10:36Z")

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**Baseball**

Aaron Judge (NY Yankees)  
Bloop single  
Chicago Cubs  
Dugout  
ERA  
Fastball  
Giants  
Herbie Plews  
Indians  
Justice, David  
K (strikeout)  
Leadoff hitter  
Minor leagues  
Ninth inning  
Out  
Peanuts and Crackerjack  
Quisenberry, Dan  
Robinson, Brooks  
Seaver, Tom  
Tekulve, Kent

A notable Pirates pitcher when I was a kid.

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**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4227 "2020-10-28T17:15:33Z")

</div>

**Baseball**

Aaron Judge (NY Yankees)  
Bloop single  
Chicago Cubs  
Dugout  
ERA  
Fastball  
Giants  
Herbie Plews  
Indians  
Justice, David  
K (strikeout)  
Leadoff hitter  
Minor leagues  
Ninth inning  
Out  
Peanuts and Crackerjack  
Quisenberry, Dan  
Robinson, Brooks  
Seaver, Tom  
Tekulve, Kent  
Umpire

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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:** [October 28, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4228 "2020-10-28T19:12:46Z")

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**Baseball**

Aaron Judge (NY Yankees)  
Bloop single  
Chicago Cubs  
Dugout  
ERA  
Fastball  
Giants  
Herbie Plews  
Indians  
Justice, David  
K (strikeout)  
Leadoff hitter  
Minor leagues  
Ninth inning  
Out  
Peanuts and Crackerjack  
Quisenberry, Dan  
Robinson, Brooks  
Seaver, Tom  
Tekulve, Kent  
Umpire  
Vladimir Guerrero

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**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4229 "2020-10-28T22:25:10Z")

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**Baseball**

Aaron Judge (NY Yankees)  
Bloop single  
Chicago Cubs  
Dugout  
ERA  
Fastball  
Giants  
Herbie Plews  
Indians  
Justice, David  
K (strikeout)  
Leadoff hitter  
Minor leagues  
Ninth inning  
Out  
Peanuts and Crackerjack  
Quisenberry, Dan  
Robinson, Brooks  
Seaver, Tom  
Tekulve, Kent  
Umpire  
Vladimir Guerrero  
World Series

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4230 "2020-10-28T22:36:28Z")

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**Baseball**

Aaron Judge (NY Yankees)  
Bloop single  
Chicago Cubs  
Dugout  
ERA  
Fastball  
Giants  
Herbie Plews  
Indians  
Justice, David  
K (strikeout)  
Leadoff hitter  
Minor leagues  
Ninth inning  
Out  
Peanuts and Crackerjack  
Quisenberry, Dan  
Robinson, Brooks  
Seaver, Tom  
Tekulve, Kent  
Umpire  
Vladimir Guerrero  
World Series  
Yastrzemski, Carl

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**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:** [October 28, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4231 "2020-10-28T22:59:52Z")

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**Baseball**

Aaron Judge (NY Yankees)  
Bloop single  
Chicago Cubs  
Dugout  
ERA  
Fastball  
Giants  
Herbie Plews  
Indians  
Justice, David  
K (strikeout)  
Leadoff hitter  
Minor leagues  
Ninth inning  
Out  
Peanuts and Crackerjack  
Quisenberry, Dan  
Robinson, Brooks  
Seaver, Tom  
Tekulve, Kent  
Umpire  
Vladimir Guerrero  
World Series  
Xander Bogaerts  
Yastrzemski, Carl

X got skipped; fixed it. Play ball!

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4232 "2020-10-28T23:16:30Z")

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D’oh! Brain fart. Thanks, **kenobi\_65**!

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4233 "2020-10-29T02:56:05Z")

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**Baseball**

Aaron Judge (NY Yankees)  
Bloop single  
Chicago Cubs  
Dugout  
ERA  
Fastball  
Giants  
Herbie Plews  
Indians  
Justice, David  
K (strikeout)  
Leadoff hitter  
Minor leagues  
Ninth inning  
Out  
Peanuts and Crackerjack  
Quisenberry, Dan  
Robinson, Brooks  
Seaver, Tom  
Tekulve, Kent  
Umpire  
Vladimir Guerrero  
World Series  
Xander Bogaerts  
Yastrzemski, Carl  
Zernial, Gus

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4234 "2020-10-29T02:58:43Z")

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First Google hit after entering one letter in search field (not first autofill)

Attack on Titan

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**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:** [October 29, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4235 "2020-10-29T03:00:46Z")

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First Google hit after entering one letter (not firs autofill)

Attack on Titan  
B, Cardi

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4236 "2020-10-29T03:32:17Z")

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First Google hit after entering one letter (not firs autofill)

Attack on Titan  
B, Cardi  
Canadian Tire

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4237 "2020-10-29T10:10:42Z")

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This may be an unworkable topic. Google is now not returning links to my one letter entry. We’ll seeee how it goes… Oops, now it does again. Might depend on OS or bruwser.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4238 "2020-10-29T10:14:11Z")

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First Google hit after entering one letter (not firs autofill)

Attack on Titan  
B, Cardi  
Canadian Tire  
Domino’s Pizza

It’s not hard–just put one letter in the Google search box, and see what you get. What you get is what you post.

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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:** [October 29, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4239 "2020-10-29T12:27:29Z")

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First Google hit after entering one letter (not firs autofill)

Attack on Titan  
B, Cardi  
Canadian Tire  
Domino’s Pizza  
E! Entertainment News

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4240 "2020-10-29T13:21:47Z")

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First Google hit after entering one letter (not firs autofill)

Attack on Titan  
B, Cardi  
Canadian Tire  
Domino’s Pizza  
E! Entertainment News  
Ford Motor Company

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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:** [October 29, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/4241 "2020-10-29T13:41:26Z")

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First Google hit after entering one letter (not first autofill)

Attack on Titan  
B, Cardi  
Canadian Tire  
Domino’s Pizza  
E! Entertainment News  
Ford Motor Company

> **[Gmail](https://accounts.google.com/v3/signin/identifier?dsh=S-1023219410%3A1675960528987002&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2Fu%2F0%2F&emr=1&followup=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2Fu%2F0%2F&osid=1&passive=1209600&service=mail&flowName=GlifWebSignIn&flowEntry=ServiceLogin&ifkv=AWnogHc9L3e-Nvgnb31uG5J5mHVWw8AVdJPj1UgGkF2_p15ZmRTvIeaGuBlNkIykTqAmuzuROSvNDA)**
>
> Gmail is email that’s intuitive, efficient, and useful. 15 GB of storage, less spam, and mobile access.

No particular surprise there.

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