The Pancake Game - How High is Your Stack? - The Ultimate Breakfast
 

Without rubber bands stacks of old baseball cards tended to slip and slide a bit exposing a portion of the card beneath it in the stack.

The idea here is to stack baseball cards (your "pancakes" with poetic license) so that the first name of the bottom card is covered by the last name of the card over it. After covering it, you then flip the "pancake" so the last name of the bottom card becomes the first name of the stack and the first name of the top card becomes the last name of the stack.

I know for a fact that many of you are confused by now, but a simple demonstration should clear things up.

For example, let's start with this bottom card

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And partially cover it with this one

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Flip it and then add

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Flip again and then add

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And flip again,

Bingo, I have just created a four card stack of

Hank Aaron Judge Judy Johnson

To play you do not have to upload images and actually stack your "pancakes", but merely post your string of names as I have above.

The winner with the tallest stack will receive a bottle of syrup.

Now here is where it gets interesting, as if you weren't interested already, as a bonus, if you can link the two ends of your stack, you will have created a "donut".

In the example only a card of Johnson Hank (not Hank Johnson) would meet the criteria for a legitimate donut.

Hank Aaron Judge Judy Johnson Hank

The largest donut created will receive a Dunkin' Donuts gift certificate, if I can find one.

Lets not bend the rules either, as I have done with the inclusion of Judge Judy, and use only baseball players please.

In looking to make my stack higher I found only one player with a first name of Johnson. He played only in 1921 for Cleveland and his name was Johnson Fry.
Unfortunately he didn't "pan" out and never had a card.:D

From past experience with threads of this type, I predict that Peter Spaeth will prevail, so you must beat Peter to win.:eek:

Mike Stanley Hack Wilson Alvarez

Mike Stanley + Stan(ley) Hack + Hack Wilson + Wilson Alvarez

These men can help you.

If I can use basketball, Hank Aaron Brooks Robinson Cano.

actually make that a stack of 5

Bill Henry Aaron Brooks Robinson Cano.

Not a valid entry. Current leader = packs

Bill Lee Thomas John Ellis Burks

Bill Lee Thomas John Denny Doyle Alexander Cartwright.

Alex George + George Brett + Brett Cecil + Cecil Travis + Travis Buck + Bucky Walters + Walt French + Frenchy Bordagaray =

Alex George Brett Cecil Travis Buck Walters French Bordagaray!

There is a baseball player named Aaron Brooks, it turns out. LOL.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...rookaa01.shtml

So...

Bill Henry Aaron Brooks Robinson Cano

Did You Borrow THiS Mental Menagerie From Abbott & Costello?
My Head Hurts Already...

Dankz Frank! ;)

I'm awaiting a ruling from our umpires in New York on a possible violation.

Does Buck=Bucky, Walters=Walter and French=Frenchy?

Fred Norman Branch Rickey Henderson Alvarez

Fred Norman + Norman Branch + Branch Rickey + Rickey Henderson + Henderson Alvarez

Not if Thomas doesn't equal Tommy.:eek:

A mini-donut perhaps

Charlie Frank Charles

Tommie (or Hank) Aaron - Aaron Brooks - Brooks Lawrence - Lawrence Jackson - Jackson Todd - Todd Walker - Walker Cooper

If we were doing authors, you could do Ford Madox Ford ad infinitum.

To clarify each player needs to have a card, correct?

If Larry Jackson can be Lawrence Jackson then

Bill Lee Thomas John Denny Doyle Alexander Cole Hamels

If a player doesn't have a card, then he is not a pancake.

(Without context, the above sentence should not be referenced in a sound byte;))

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Peter and Paul married in the lead for now with octets of hotcakes.

Just don't rob me to pay him.

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oops my nonet was a no no

I believe these were the doctors giving free prostate exams at the National.

And what better location really?

I got a pass this year on the trip to Chicago because of my recent prostate surgery.;)

Ray Thomas
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1990...ze=biggerthumb
Thomas Lee
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2015...ze=biggerthumb
Lee Thomas
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1962...ze=biggerthumb
Thomas (Tommy) John
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1971...zoom&side=back
john glenn
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1983...ze=biggerthumb
glenn nelson
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1952...ze=biggerthumb
Nelson Norman
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1984...ze=biggerthumb
Norman Roy
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1951...ze=biggerthumb
Roy Thomas
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1978...ze=biggerthumb
Thomas Howard
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1995...ze=biggerthumb
Howard Farmer
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1991...ze=biggerthumb
Farmer Ray
http://www.vintagecardprices.com/pics/163/41636.jpg


Ray Thomas Lee Thomas John glenn nelson Norman Roy Thomas Howard Farmer Ray - donut complete

The dozen man donut leads in the donut division

By usurping your twelve and adding Jablonski, a string of thirteen is created.

I had a lot longer string, but reduced it to make the donut.


Here is the roll of dough I broke to bake the donut:

Before Ray Thoms:

Gene Michael
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1971...ze=biggerthumb
Michael (Mike) James
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1991...zoom&side=back
Jim (James) Ray
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1971...ze=biggerthumb


Insert my original donut


After Farmer Ray
Ray Ryan
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1909...ze=biggerthumb
Ryan Jackson
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2009...ze=biggerthumb
Jackson Todd
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1978...ze=biggerthumb
Todd Wilson
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1994...ze=biggerthumb
Wilson (Dee) Miles
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1940...zoom&side=back
Miles Gordon
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2015...ze=biggerthumb
Gordon (Billy) Hunter
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1957...zoom&side=back
Hunter Cole
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2016...ze=biggerthumb
Cole Bruce
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2007...ze=biggerthumb
Bruce Tanner
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1986...ze=biggerthumb
Tanner Scott
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2017...ze=biggerthumb
Scott Terry
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1987...ze=biggerthumb
Terry Clark
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1989...ze=biggerthumb
Clark Griffith
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1909...ze=biggerthumb

29 in the string

12 in the ring

Andy is king

For now.:cool:

Ken Griffey Junior Felix Jose Canseco

That's four

Companies across this land of ours have Frank to thank for the tremendous dip in productivity today, as countless hours have been spent to link together these names.

Hope you're proud, Frank....

:D

Amazing stuff from Andy -- even more so if he didn't use Baseball Reference or something similar.

In fact, the companies first noticed an apparent increased attention span and motivation among certain employees. They interpreted this as a positive benefit to their enterprise and I, as a result, have been the beneficiary of both stock options and a handful of 20% off coupons.:D

I had to use a lot of tools so don't be too impressed.

Cubs theme (first and last) with one cheat.

Tommy John/ John Jay/Jay Bruce/Bruce Edwards/Edward Eddie Collins/ Colin Ferguson/Ferguson Jenkins

Edit. Just blew up my Cubs theme and added Tommy John. ��