QOTD: Hall of Names All-Scrabble Team

Wednesday, January 12 2005 @ 12:45 PM EST

Contributed by: Mick Doherty

It's been all over Da Box recently ... Mientkiewicz, Grudzielanek, Catalanotto, Menechino, now Schoeneweis, which by my count has been spelled nine hundred and four different ways on this site since yesterday.

It's time to see if we can't mix it up a bit, draw the right tiles and spell it out ... a full roster for the Batter's Box All-Scrabble team. (Today's Honourary Team Captain is Mike Denyszyn, also known as "3141 21141(10)41" who scores a 33!)

To post and read "Make Your own Roundup" news, please visit yesterday's old and now-ironically-named New for the sake of new QOTD thread, which was posted late in the day when the original thread asploded.

But first, play the game!

Here's your "cheat sheet" ...




Consider any player who made an All-Star team a Double Word Score.
Consider any player elected to the Hall of Fame a Triple Word Score.

Given the above scoring, it's probably safe to assume that our target (and starting left fielder) will be ...

CARL YASTRZEMSKI
3111 41111(10)13151

SCORE: 35
HOF TRIPLE: 105

If you can't find someone to surpass or even approach Yaz, don't worry, we have a 25-man roster to fill, in these positions:

Lineup: C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH
Bench: C CORIF MIDIF OF OF PH/DH
Rotation: RHSP LHSP RHSP LHSP #5SP (R or L)
Bullpen: CL RHSET LHSET RHLONG LHLONG
Plus a manager, coaches and front office!

Early odds are on a "Quiz" of a closer and maybe a spot for William VanLandingham. Please include the player's full name and position (and depending on potential obscurity, when and for whom he played) -- and of course, his "score." Oh, an here are a few rules to help avoid confusion ...

Normal nicknames are fine; if you want to score "Scooter Rizzuto" instead of "Phil Rizzuto" or "Goose Gossage" instead of "Rich Gossage," that's fine. But don't stretch for "Frankie The Fordham Flash Frisch" and Bermanisms such as "Bert Be Home Blyleven" are flat out illegal.

So ... who's up (or on) first?

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