A collecting theory: the wife test

[brianp-beme]

Babe Ruth
Johnson (Walter?)
Ty Cobb
Mickey (Mantle - she likes the name Mickey)
Williams (Ted)
Willie (Mays?)
Robinson (Jackie)

and then onto the Padres connection:

Macchiato (her nickname for Manny Machado)

Soda (Juan Soto - she knew someone with that nickname when younger)

Kid that doesn't play now (eventually came up with Tatis)

Guy that has statue at San Diego ballpark and has son that is broadcaster (eventually came up with Tony Gwynn's name)

Hernandez or guy with name that starts with an 'H' that made it to HOF (she was thinking Trevor Hoffman)


Pretty good for someone who mostly enjoys going to the the ballpark to watch the crowd and the nice sunsets during night games, and once used her foot to kick a foul ball coming our way (she grew up with soccer, not baseball)

Brian

[donmuth]

Babe Ruth
Cy Young
Cecil Fielder
Mickey Mantle
Joe Dimaggio
Mark McGwire

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

I asked my wife (lifelong Cubs fan) to name her five favorite. Here's what I got:

Andre Dawson
Mark Grace
Fred McGriff
Shawon Dunston
Ryne Sandberg

She could have went much further.

[JustinD]

Here goes (after a long clarification that I was not "trying to make her look stupid"). I think she did pretty good.

Babe Ruth
Ty Cobb
Mickey Mantle
Lance Parrish (this is my fault, we have a lot of Parrish stuff on display in my office. )
Jose Canseco
Roberto Clemente
Miguel Cabrera
Justin Verlander
Curtis Granderson (Those three are remainders of the season tickets of a decade+ ago)
"The J-Lo Yankees Guy"
Jeter
Pete Rose
Joe Jackson

[JustinD]

Double post

[milkit1]

In order:

Mordecai Brown
Joe Tinker
Johnny Evers
Frank Chance
Ty Cobb
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Babe Ruth
Hank Aaron
Mark McGwire
(She started off strong (4 cubs!) but at this point I started getting discouraged)
Sammy Sosa
JOHN Mattingly
(at this point I said ok we are good but she insisted and looked like her brain was going to burst)
Pete Rose
THAT GUY THAT HAS AN EXPENSIVE CARD CAUSE HE DIDNT SMOKE
(I started to walk away)
Honus Wagner
Albert Pujols
THAT GUY THAT HAD THAT REALLY CRAZY PITCH
(I walked back into the room perplexed)
Nolan Ryan

[JohnP0621]

My wife’s answer
Aaron Judge
Derek Jeter
Mickey Mantle
Babe Ruth
Rusty Staub.

The last one had me laughing.

John P

[Peter_Spaeth]

So far, ONE mention of Ken Griffey Jr. And ONE mention of Albert Pujols. Seriously? Not a single woman you guys married can name both? Wow.

[notfast]

It’s weird that a lot of you guys have wives that can’t name modern players.

Do you not watch baseball? Don’t have a local team? Don’t go to games?