The Atoz Game (Part 3)

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

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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

Take Me Out To The (Base)ball Game

Aaron, Hank
Brett, George

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.

Take Me Out To The (Base)ball Game

Aaron, Hank
Brett, George
Cecil Cooper
Dennis Lamp

Take Me Out To The (Base)ball Game

Aaron, Hank
Brett, George
Cecil Cooper
Dennis Lamp
Earned Run Average

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!

Take Me Out To The (Base)ball Game

Aaron, Hank
Brett, George
Cecil Cooper
Dennis Lamp
Earned Run Average
First Base
Gehrig, Lou

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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