# The Atoz Game (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 2, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341 "2025-12-02T22:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 53
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1041 "2026-05-17T18:11:44Z")
**Ordinary or uncontroversial names you wouldn’t give your kid** Angela Burton Chaz Dave Edgar Francis Gail Harcourt Ike Junior Karen Leroy Minnie Nero Oscar Phillip Quentin Ralph Sam Taylor Ursula Victor Wayne Xavier Yvonne ---
**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:** [May 17, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1042 "2026-05-17T18:53:50Z")
[quote=“themapleleaf, post:1041, topic:1025341, full:true”] **Ordinary or uncontroversial names you wouldn’t give your kid** Angela Burton Chaz Dave Edgar Francis Gail Harcourt Ike Junior Karen Leroy Minnie Nero Oscar Phillip Quentin Ralph Sam Taylor Ursula Victor Wayne Xavier Yvonne Zeke **Take Me Out To The (Base)ball Game** Aaron, Hank ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1043 "2026-05-17T18:59:37Z")
**Take Me Out To The (Base)ball Game** Aaron, Hank Brett, George ---
**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 17, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1044 "2026-05-17T19:13:24Z")
**Take Me Out To The (Base)ball Game** Aaron, Hank Brett, George Cecil Cooper Five-time All-Star, three-time Silver Slugger first baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1980s. He should have had a batting title in 1980, when he hit .352, but he had the misfortune of doing that in the same year that George Brett hit .390. ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1045 "2026-05-17T20:12:12Z")
**Take Me Out To The (Base)ball Game** Aaron, Hank Brett, George Cecil Cooper Dennis Lamp ---
**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:** [May 17, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1046 "2026-05-17T21:00:38Z")
**Take Me Out To The (Base)ball Game** Aaron, Hank Brett, George Cecil Cooper Dennis Lamp Earned Run Average ---
**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:** [May 17, 2026, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1047 "2026-05-17T22:35:38Z")
Take Me Out To The (Base)ball Game Aaron, Hank Brett, George Cecil Cooper Dennis Lamp Earned Run Average First Base And @Bayaker that wrong pronunciation Ek-zavier is one of my pet peeves! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1048 "2026-05-17T23:05:32Z")
**Take Me Out To The (Base)ball Game** Aaron, Hank Brett, George Cecil Cooper Dennis Lamp Earned Run Average First Base Gehrig, Lou ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1049 "2026-05-17T23:51:33Z")
**Take Me Out To The (Base)ball Game** Aaron, Hank Brett, George Cecil Cooper Dennis Lamp Earned Run Average First Base Gehrig, Lou Hit by pitch ---
**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:** [May 18, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1050 "2026-05-18T01:29:53Z")
**Take Me Out To The (Base)ball Game** Aaron, Hank Brett, George Cecil Cooper Dennis Lamp Earned Run Average First Base Gehrig, Lou Hit by pitch Indians, Cleveland Since 2022, they’ve been the Guardians. ---
**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 18, 2026, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1051 "2026-05-18T01:58:28Z")
**Take Me Out To The (Base)ball Game** Aaron, Hank Brett, George Cecil Cooper Dennis Lamp Earned Run Average First Base Gehrig, Lou Hit by pitch Indians, Cleveland Jackie Robinson ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1052 "2026-05-18T02:01:45Z")
**Take Me Out To The (Base)ball Game** Aaron, Hank Brett, George Cecil Cooper Dennis Lamp Earned Run Average First Base Gehrig, Lou Hit by pitch Indians, Cleveland Jackie Robinson Kansas City Royals ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1053 "2026-05-18T03:26:43Z")
**Take Me Out To The (Base)ball Game** Aaron, Hank Brett, George Cecil Cooper Dennis Lamp Earned Run Average First Base Gehrig, Lou Hit by pitch Indians, Cleveland Jackie Robinson Kansas City Royals Long ball Chicks dig it. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1054 "2026-05-18T03:34:31Z")
**Take Me Out To The (Base)ball Game** Aaron, Hank Brett, George Cecil Cooper Dennis Lamp Earned Run Average First Base Gehrig, Lou Hit by pitch Indians, Cleveland Jackie Robinson Kansas City Royals Long ball Mabel Holle Third base and outfield, South Bend Blue Sox and Kenosha Comets, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, 1943. Later a girls’ PE teacher at my high school. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2026, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1055 "2026-05-18T03:36:42Z")
**Take Me Out To The (Base)ball Game** Aaron, Hank Brett, George Cecil Cooper Dennis Lamp Earned Run Average First Base Gehrig, Lou Hit by pitch Indians, Cleveland Jackie Robinson Kansas City Royals Long ball Mabel Holle Niekro, Phil ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1056 "2026-05-18T03:38:50Z")
**Take Me Out To The (Base)ball Game** Aaron, Hank Brett, George Cecil Cooper Dennis Lamp Earned Run Average First Base Gehrig, Lou Hit by pitch Indians, Cleveland Jackie Robinson Kansas City Royals Long ball Mabel Holle Niekro, Phil Oakland Athletics ---
**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 18, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1057 "2026-05-18T03:41:10Z")
**Take Me Out To The (Base)ball Game** Aaron, Hank Brett, George Cecil Cooper Dennis Lamp Earned Run Average First Base Gehrig, Lou Hit by pitch Indians, Cleveland Jackie Robinson Kansas City Royals Long ball Mabel Holle Niekro, Phil Oakland Athletics Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies ---
**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:** [May 18, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1058 "2026-05-18T12:11:08Z")
**Take Me Out To The (Base)ball Game** Aaron, Hank Brett, George Cecil Cooper Dennis Lamp Earned Run Average First Base Gehrig, Lou Hit by pitch Indians, Cleveland Jackie Robinson Kansas City Royals Long ball Mabel Holle Niekro, Phil Oakland Athletics Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies Quality start ---
**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:** [May 18, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1059 "2026-05-18T13:09:19Z")
**Take Me Out To The (Base)ball Game** Aaron, Hank Brett, George Cecil Cooper Dennis Lamp Earned Run Average First Base Gehrig, Lou Hit by pitch Indians, Cleveland Jackie Robinson Kansas City Royals Long ball Mabel Holle Niekro, Phil Oakland Athletics Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies Quality start Roger Maris ---
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**Take Me Out To The (Base)ball Game** Aaron, Hank Brett, George Cecil Cooper Dennis Lamp Earned Run Average First Base Gehrig, Lou Hit by pitch Indians, Cleveland Jackie Robinson Kansas City Royals Long ball Mabel Holle Niekro, Phil Oakland Athletics Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies Quality start Roger Maris Strike out [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341.md?page=54)