A collecting theory: the wife test

[Exhibitman]

Mine:
Ruth
Jeter
Jackie Robinson
Hank Aaron
Fernando Valenzuela (L.A. Native)
The guy who got kicked out for betting on his team (Rose)
The guy who's wife was on Regis (Garvey)
JRod (A Rod and J Lo)

[Troy Kirk]

My wife:
1. Ty Cobb
2. Tony Gwynn
3. Tatis Jr.
4. Nolan Ryan
5. Babe Ruth

Daughter (23 years old)
1. Babe Ruth
2. Ty Cobb
3. Tony Gwynn
4. Tatis
5. Cabrera (Miguel)

Mom (84 years old)
1. Lou Gehrig
2. Babe Ruth
3. Joe DiMaggio
4. Dom DiMaggio
5. Whitey Ford

[Exhibitman]

My wife knows very few modern players because I am not an active fan of baseball today so I rarely watch it, and I don't collect shiny crap.

[Andrew T206]

A very odd mix from my wife with commentary (in order, took about 2 minutes).

Sandy Koufax (pronounced Sandy Kolfax)
David Ortiz (Something Ortiz)
Matt Olson (Used to be on the A's and is now somewhere else)
Tim Lincecum
Mookie Betts
Mike Trout
Randy Arozarena (The rice-a-roni guy...Arroz)

[jackwesq]

Hi everyone. The Ms. went with ...

1. Babe Ruth
2. Mike Trout
3. Shohei Ohtani
4. Albert Pujols
5. Jose Canseco

[horzverti]

In order, after just a split-second hesitation:

Carew
Ripken
Big Papi
Koufax
Victorino
Geoff Jenkins
Braun
That guy who shakes his hips (Youkilis)
Old time a-hole…name starts with a B…you have his book (Cobb)
“Oh, and Derek Jeter!”
Fidrych
Aaron
Jackie
At this point the names were coming fast and I called it.

I am proud of her.

[timber63401]

Babe Ruth
Mickey Mantle
Albert Pujols
Yady Molina
Jamie Garcia

[t213]

My wife

Jackie Robinson
Babe Ruth
Stan the Man
Hank Aaron
Johnny Bates - it's a deep cut and a long story

Andy

[brad15]

I asked my wife to name the first eleven baseball players that she could think of. Here are her answers: Albert Pujols Yadi Molina Babe Ruth Nolan Arenado Hank Aaron Pete Rose Shoeless Joe Jackson Stan Musial Adam Wainwright Tyler O'Neil and Aaron Judge.