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For those of us who aren't educated enough to come up with ballplayers whose names match those of famous philosophers (or whose knowledge of same comes mostly from Monty Python's Australian philosophers drinking song), here's another fun game to occupy or kill off unneeded brain cells: chains of players.

Here's how it works: find a player whose last name is the same as the first name of another player, and build a chain.

For example, here's one with two Joses in it:

Jose Cruz Junior Felix Jose Canseco

A few other short examples, to get you started:

Dave Nelson Norman Siebern (using full given names is allowed)
Gene Michael Warren Spahn
Gene Michael Stanley Javier Lopez

Gentlemen, start your Baseball Encyclopedias (or baseball-reference.coms)!
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_Mick - Thursday, July 03 2003 @ 09:39 AM EDT (#98582) #
Ohhh ... this could be addicting. I cheated a little on "Phillip(s)."

Sam Leslie Floyd Henry Aaron Taylor Duncan

Sam Leslie
Leslie Floyd
Floyd "Butch" Henry
Henry Aaron
Aaron Taylor
Taylor Duncan
_Mick - Thursday, July 03 2003 @ 09:40 AM EDT (#98583) #
Ignore the "I cheated a little on 'Phillips'" comment ... I replaced Taylor Phillips on the list and forgot to remove the comment.
Mike D - Thursday, July 03 2003 @ 10:04 AM EDT (#98584) #
I challenge anyone to find a more mediocre composite player/manager than

Jerry Manuel Lee Guetterman.
_Spicol - Thursday, July 03 2003 @ 10:49 AM EDT (#98585) #
I say, I say, I accept that challenge, sir! I'll even throw in a Blue Jay to boot.

Gene Michael Frank Charles Manuel Lee Thomas John Curtis King Brady Clark Griffith

Gene Michael (mediocre manager #1)
Mike Frank
Frank Charles
Charlie Manuel (mediocre manager #2)
Manny Lee
Lee Thomas
Tommy John
John Curtis
Curtis King
King Brady
Brady Clark
Clark Griffith (mediocre manager #3)

That's the only one I'll try. Can I be any less productive with my time?
_John N. - Thursday, July 03 2003 @ 12:24 PM EDT (#98586) #
Dave, you were so close to a degenerate chain:

Jose Cruz Junior Felix Jose Cruz Junior Felix Jose Cruz Junior Felix Jose Cruz Junior Felix Jose Cruz Junior Felix Jose Cruz Junior Felix Jose Cruz Junior Felix Jose Cruz Junior Felix Jose Cruz Junior Felix Jose Cruz Junior Felix Jose Cruz Junior Felix Jose Cruz Junior Felix Jose Cruz Junior Felix Jose Cruz Junior Felix Jose Cruz Junior Felix Jose Cruz Junior Felix Jose Cruz Junior Felix Jose Cruz Junior Felix Jose Cruz Junior Felix ... ad infinitum

I can't think of a two-person loop. We need a Scott George or a Lee Thomas.
_Pete Sommers - Thursday, July 03 2003 @ 01:02 PM EDT (#98587) #
http://baseballnews.blogspot.com
Two-person loop? How about Thomas Gorman Thomas Gorman...

Here's a long one:

Galen Cisco
Cisco Carlos
Carlos Lee
Lee Thomas
Thomas (Tom) Gorman
Gorman Thomas
Thomas (Tommy) John
John Denny
Denny Doyle
Doyle Alexander
Alex(ander) Cole
Cole Liniak
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