wutka@gitpyr.UUCP (Mark Wutka) (03/18/85)
I was thumbing through the Baseball Book of Lists today and I found a few interesting lists. Red Foley's All-time All-star Team of Players Who Never Played a Day in the Minor Leagues first base: Ernie Banks, Frank Chance second base: Frank Frisch third base: Bob Horner (hoorah!!), Eddie Yost shortstop: Dick Groat, Jack Barry outfield: Dave Winfield, Mel Ott, Al Kaline, Ethan Allen catcher: Michael (King) Kelly pitchers: Sandy Koufax, Johnny Antonelli, Bob Feller, Ted Lyons, Eppa Rixley, Eddie Plank, Jack Coombs, Catfish Hunter Frank Boggs' 10 Favorite Things About Baseball 1. Home run in the bottom of the ninth 2. Hot hot dog 3. Cold beer 4. Cold hot dog 5. Fairly cold beer 6. Seeing the visiting manager thumbed 7. Luke-warm beer 8. Extra innings 9. Really warm beer 10. Rest room 29 Famous Baseball Batteries Made Up of Pitchers and Catchers Who, Unfortunately, Never Played Together, but Did in Fact, Play in the Major Leagues and Only Chance Prevented Us from Hearing the Public Address Announcer Say, "The Battery for Today's Game..." 1. East and West 2. Johnson and Johnson 3. Holly and Ivie 4. Barnes and Noble 5. Hand and Foote 6. Burns and Allen 7. Black and White 8. Butcher and Baker 9. Nixon and Agnew 10. Kennedy and Johnson 11. Lewis and Clark 12. Rogers and Hart 13. Gilbert and Sullivan 14. Franklin and Marshall 15. Hale and Hardy 16. Bell and Howell 17. Mason and Dixon 18. Masters and Johnson 19. Black and Decker 20. More and Moore 21. Blue and Grey 22. Queen and King 23. High and Lowe 24. Reid and Wright 25. Short and Long 26. Stanley and Livingston 27. Martin and Lewis 28. Rowan and Martin 29. Olsen and Johnson There are alot more interesting ones, so tell me if you would like to see some more. -- Mark Wutka Office of Computing Services Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Ga. ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,masscomp,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!wutka ...!{rlgvax,sb1,uf-cgrl,unmvax,ut-sally}!gatech!gitpyr!wutka The author of this message is purely fictitious. Any similarity to any real character, living or dead, is purely a pigment of your warped imagination.