In building the historical
Baseball Hall of Names,
we've cobbled together more than 200 teams, including rosters for every
initial and many combinations of initials, days and months of birth,
popular culture "themes," and one each for the 25 Most Common North
American Surnames (family names), as well as 30+ for shared first/given
names.
But that latter group has been put together rather haphazardly (see First Things ... Uh, Second? for an earlier trek along this path); in fact only nine of the 25 Most Common Male Names in the U.S.
(would like to know of a Canadian equivalent free online somewhere?)
have been covered with a Hall of Names squad, indeed just six of the
top 10. So our next targets, in order are John, Richard, Charles and
Joseph ... as first/given names, of course -- Tommy John, J.R. Richard,
Ed Charles and Rick Joseph, among others, thanks for stopping by the
booth, but your last/family name does not qualify.
All that said, let's start with the second most-common male name (we've already covered #1 with a long-ago look at The James Gang) as we compile a team that can only be called ...
