The Dick Trickle All-Stars: MLB players with NASCAR names

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Links of the Day 5/12/08
Published 5/12/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Ryan) at The Victoria Times
... , go out and hunt them down. David Boone at Yahoo (!) has a starting grid full of MLBers with NASCAR names. Michael Cuddyer is in the second row. Labels: ...

HHR Hugs It Out [5.12.08]
Published 5/12/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Hugging Harold Reynolds) at Hugging Harold Reynolds
Tito Will Kick Papi's Ass (Babes Love Baseball) RIP Starting Pitching (Legend of Cecilio Guante) Video: In which even Red Sox fans can't root for the Red Sox fan (Red Sox Monster) Bobby Jenks Has a Great Rack (Bugs & Cranks/Meech) Dick Trickle All-Stars (Big League Stew) Must Read: 14 Annoying Tailgaters (Tailgating Ideas via 3 Idiots on Sports) Today on Gem Mint Ten: He's LaCock of the Walk Baby: Former MLBer's Pete ...

ST. ANDREW'S NET: STARS IN ODD STRIPES
Published 5/13/2008 at With Leather
"Saint Andrew's Net" is With Leather's daily link dump, written by the bane of respectable journos and scrupulous primates alike, Michael Tunison. Expect sports and tits. The Legend of Cecilio Guante looks at the most jarring late-career teams of star players. Franco Harris on the Seahawks ain't sitting right either. Big League Stew searches for MLB players with the best NASCAR names.  But do they have NASCAR inner tumult? Mondesi's House reports Mike Tomlin gave two commencement speeches ...

Tuesday's Frosty Mug
Published 5/13/2008 by KLSnow at Brew Crew Ball: Front Page Posts
... Not only did Dave Bush pick up his first win of the season last night, he also qualified to start in row 7 of the Hank Aaron 755, Big League Stew's race for players with NASCAR names. ...

Hot Clicks: Reports say Simpson and Romo are done
Published 5/13/2008 at SI.com - Extra Mustard
... Yahoo! Sports' Big League Stew has put together The Hank Aaron 755, which features Major League players who have NASCAR names. ...

Brad Daugherty Would Be Proud
Published 5/13/2008 by Scott at WaitingForNextYear
Brad Daugherty Though he’s known more in these parts for his numbers during the Jordan era, if you want to find Brad Daugherty these days, it won’t be on the hardwood.  Our former big man is pavement only, as he’s gone from co-owning a NASCAR team to being ESPN’s on-air correspondent, partaking in NASCAR Countdown as well as NASCAR Now .  So what does this have to do with anything? It’s an obvious transition to the excellent work done by ‘Duk over at Big League Stew .  You never truly realize how many NASCAR-like names can be found in the bigs. Thankfully, for all of us that ...

Voodoo Sabermetrics: Ken Griffey, Jr.
Published 5/16/2008 by Sooze (noreply@blogger.com) at Babes Love Baseball
... Name Quality (nicknames included) - Name: Ken Griffey. Junior. I’ve never been a big fan of giving your kid the exact same name and then slapping a “Junior” on it. It smacks of egotism (aw, crap. Now my numbers with white, working-class Americans just went to Obama levels). You know what makes it worse? His true, actual name is George Kenneth Griffey, Jr. It’s a thoroughly confusing name – George Kenneth Griffey is an accountant. Ken Griffey, Jr. is a stock-car driver. Neither of them is a baseball player. I’m-a confoose. ...