# Why is Bill Mazeroski so obscene? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 12, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bill-mazeroski-so-obscene/612603 "2012-02-12T14:50:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bill-mazeroski-so-obscene/612603/21 "2012-02-13T00:38:04Z")
I have no idea who this guy is. But then, I’d be hard pressed to name a dozen baseball players total. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bill-mazeroski-so-obscene/612603/22 "2012-02-13T07:02:27Z")
Is this really the pit? This op deserves a pitting more than the linked op. Why prr decided to try to write a funny op is beyond me. After writing it, why hit “post” ? WTF indeed. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bill-mazeroski-so-obscene/612603/23 "2012-02-13T07:47:30Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > OK, I’ll spell it out for you. The linked thread asks why an athlete who has been elected to the Hall of F-A-M-E (read that last word very carefully) is so obscure. It asks why someone who has been elected to the very highest level of F-A-M-E in his profession is unknown. I find that funny, and am speculating on an only slightly sillier proposition, and one with more humorous visuals. Oh I got it. But there could be many reasons the OP in the link thought Bill M. is obscure. Hell, my grandfather played pro ball and I kept up with MLB quite a bit and I only vaguely know who Mazeroski is. Regardless, even if **thelabdude** was talking about someone genuinely famous (and somehow didn’t realize it) that’s still not pit worthy. If the satire had actually been, you know, funny - _maybe_ it might have worked. Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bill-mazeroski-so-obscene/612603/24 "2012-02-13T12:01:15Z")
**pseudotriton ruber ruber** , you are a fucking idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bill-mazeroski-so-obscene/612603/25 "2012-02-13T12:44:26Z")
Of course he’s forgotten. You need a hook. Like Mordecai Three-Finger Brown. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bill-mazeroski-so-obscene/612603/26 "2012-02-13T19:37:46Z")
PRR: What does your name mean?! 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bill-mazeroski-so-obscene/612603/27 "2012-02-13T20:03:43Z")
Yeah, I’m sorry, but this is … really … _really_ dumb. A for effort, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bill-mazeroski-so-obscene/612603/28 "2012-02-13T20:04:25Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > PRR: What does your name mean?! 😕 Did you try [Googling](https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&site=&q=pseudotriton+ruber+ruber&oq=pseudotriton+ruber+ruber&aq=f&aqi=g1g-v5&aql=&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=186387l195327l0l195954l24l24l0l9l9l0l238l1382l3.8.1l12l0)it? ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bill-mazeroski-so-obscene/612603/29 "2012-02-14T00:01:39Z")
Sure, he was obscene, but no more than most baseball players. I mean, come on, we’ve all seen _Bull Durham_ and read _Ball Four_. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bill-mazeroski-so-obscene/612603/30 "2012-02-14T00:46:09Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > Sure, he was obscene, but no more than most baseball players. I mean, come on, we’ve all seen _Bull Durham_ and read _Ball Four_. I’ve read about Balfour but not Ball Four. ---
**Author:** ![Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omg_a_Black_Conservative)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bill-mazeroski-so-obscene/612603/31 "2012-02-14T01:58:08Z")
I was moderately expecting to see some nudes. I’m seriously disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bill-mazeroski-so-obscene/612603/32 "2012-02-14T06:24:50Z")
Unlike Maz, **prr** failed to knock this one out of the park. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bill-mazeroski-so-obscene/612603/33 "2012-02-14T13:10:44Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > I was moderately expecting to see some nudes. I’m seriously disappointed. Not conservatively expecting? ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bill-mazeroski-so-obscene/612603/34 "2012-02-14T19:26:29Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > I’ve read about Balfour but not Ball Four. Yeah, you know, the _Ball Four declaration_. It was where we agreed to create a homeland for horny retired ballplayers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bill-mazeroski-so-obscene/612603.md?page=1)