tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post2603170210024343030..comments2023-11-02T15:40:34.031-05:00Comments on Play at the Plate: Don't look at me, I didn't pick out his namePlay at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-45570107763177623322011-07-31T16:47:26.133-05:002011-07-31T16:47:26.133-05:00Me and Chris were on the same wavelength with the ...Me and Chris were on the same wavelength with the pronunciation thing, I was sure it was said SUCK, too...<br />I also thought about his name written like this:<br />Such,Dick. A perfect name for a Yankee!Collective Trollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04214312372172286275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-61389979514313635252011-07-31T15:04:11.286-05:002011-07-31T15:04:11.286-05:00Well, there was a Tony Suck in the 1800's. He ...Well, there was a Tony Suck in the 1800's. He did. And good ol' Johnny Dickshot. <br /><br />But I had to look up that York team. The White Roses (yes, that was their name) scored just 351 runs in 138 games. That's 2.54 runs per game. <br /><br />They had a team mark of .217 / .302 / .276. Yes, a .276 SLG for the team! <br /><br />They hit 27 home runs as a team. Del Unser led them with six. Brant Alyea had five and led the team with a .336 SLG. <br /><br />The pitchers, though, gave up just 26 home runs. The whole league was an offensive suck - they averaged less than a double per game and teams scored just 3.24 runs per game.<br /><br />An entire season of 3-2 and 2-1 games. <br /><br />Such gave up 17 unearned runs. With such lousy hitting, there was no margin for error (as it were).Scott Fendleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16058140494997871194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-1524336915561527262011-07-31T14:53:06.016-05:002011-07-31T14:53:06.016-05:00Haha. I like that your Dick card from the Giveawa...Haha. I like that your Dick card from the Giveaway was pertinent to a collection. My Dick Lines card...totally random...but so worth it!SpastikMoosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13374559066158419166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-40846118408646763472011-07-31T14:27:53.263-05:002011-07-31T14:27:53.263-05:00When i first picked up this card as a kid, I wonde...When i first picked up this card as a kid, I wondered whether he pronounced his last name the same way we say it in English...or if he used a more Germanic diction that made the "ch" sound like a "k." For his sake, I hoped it was the former.<br /><br />"Such" are the things that travel through a 17 year-old mind.Chris Stufflestreethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04229983444919282224noreply@blogger.com