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Hall of Names Reader Challenge: Rhyme Tyme?

Today is Larry Sherry's 71st birthday. So hat's off to the former Dodger World Series MVP and here's a question -- really don't know the answer here -- but could we possibly put together an entire team of players whose names internally rhymed, like "Larry Sherry" did? (You can see that spelling similarity is optional.)

Sherry (53-44, 82 saves career) is joined by another former Dodger RHP in Ed Head (27-23, 11 saves), and still another righty in the more recent Mark Clark (74-71, 10 years, five teams). Paul Schaal was a solid 3B for 11 years with the Angels and Royals. That's Harry Carey in the announcer's booth.

Who else?

Posted by Mick Doherty on Tuesday, July 25 2006 @ 11:46 AM EDT.
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Mike D - Tuesday, July 25 2006 @ 11:55 AM EDT (#151449) #

The late Lu Blue comes to mind; he was a first baseman for the Tigers and Browns.

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Mike Green - Tuesday, July 25 2006 @ 12:16 PM EDT (#151451) #
I guess Jack Black (yikes) will have to sing the national anthem.  Is Juan Gone eligible?

Bill Hill was a lefty in the late 1890s.

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hugo - Tuesday, July 25 2006 @ 12:31 PM EDT (#151453) #
how about Shin-Soo Choo?
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Mick Doherty - Tuesday, July 25 2006 @ 12:39 PM EDT (#151454) #
Not a true rhyme, per se, more along the lines of Willie Mays Hayes (alas not a real player!) ... but we'll never get a full roster without this sort of leeway, I think, so let's get in on in.
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Mick Doherty - Tuesday, July 25 2006 @ 12:40 PM EDT (#151455) #
Of course, that raises questions about players like Corey Lee and Tommie Agee ... but sure, why not? Who else is out there?
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jjdynomite - Tuesday, July 25 2006 @ 12:51 PM EDT (#151457) #

How about every Jay's fan's favourite scrub second baseman, Manny Lee?

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westcoast dude - Tuesday, July 25 2006 @ 03:18 PM EDT (#151466) #
Joe Charboneau, 1980 Rookie of the Year, Cleveland, outfield, is on the team, but is Chuck Knoblauch, 1991 Rookie of the Year, Minnesota, 2b too much of a stretch?
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Newmania - Tuesday, July 25 2006 @ 04:29 PM EDT (#151467) #
Billy Jo Robidoux!
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Jeremy - Tuesday, July 25 2006 @ 04:35 PM EDT (#151469) #
Mark Clark might be a frontline starter on this team
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Newmania - Tuesday, July 25 2006 @ 04:35 PM EDT (#151470) #
Mark Clark, pitcher for the Cards, Indians, Mets, Rangers and Cubs
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Jeremy - Tuesday, July 25 2006 @ 04:38 PM EDT (#151471) #
Note to self...read entire thread before shooting my big mouth off
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Newmania - Tuesday, July 25 2006 @ 04:40 PM EDT (#151472) #
Just made the same note to self as Jeremy.
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Mick Doherty - Tuesday, July 25 2006 @ 05:30 PM EDT (#151480) #

Well, clearly Clark is this team's media star. After what he did to my fantasy team a few years back, I still hold a grudge, but he's obviously front and center on The Rhyme Times.

I don't think Knoblauch qualifies ... we need a catcher and a shortstop, not to mention more pitching and a bench!

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1B Lu Blue
2B Manny Lee
SS
3B Paul Schaal
LF Joe Charboneau
CF Tommie Agee
RF Shin-Soo Choo
DH Billy Joe Robidoux

RHSP Mark Clark
LHSP Bill Hill

CL Larry Sherry
RP Ed Head
RP Corey Lee

 

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Matthew E - Tuesday, July 25 2006 @ 08:06 PM EDT (#151494) #
There's always former Milwaukee outfielder Greg Legg.
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hugo - Wednesday, July 26 2006 @ 09:21 AM EDT (#151513) #
Mel Parnell was a pretty darn good pitcher back in his day.
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Stan N - Wednesday, August 09 2006 @ 11:09 PM EDT (#152703) #
On a team like this, the score would always be 11-7 (eleven to seven), and the runs would come in by way of doubles  --lots of them (double trouble), or else by walks followed by balks. 
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Geoff - Saturday, August 12 2006 @ 03:28 PM EDT (#152881) #
This will stretch the rules to include middle names, but desperate times...

Jim Mike Eisenreich

And he studied under Tris Speaker, but  Ike Eichrodt  would better be remembered as having a good rhyme.

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Mick Doherty - Saturday, August 12 2006 @ 05:19 PM EDT (#152889) #
Well, if we can include Shin-Soo Choo and Billy Joe Robidoux (as above), I guess Jimm Mike Eisenreich is in ... too bad he wasn't a shortstop!
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Alex Obal - Saturday, August 12 2006 @ 05:31 PM EDT (#152890) #
Not sure what he'd do on this team, but seven-year ump Laz Diaz is qualified to help out...
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Mick Doherty - Sunday, August 13 2006 @ 02:55 PM EDT (#152925) #

Anybody got an idea for a catcher? We could have a lot of passed balls even with  a catcher -- that IS Mark Clark on the mound -- but who can don the shinguards?

Manny Sanguillen, not quite. Who does?

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Mike Green - Wednesday, January 31 2007 @ 09:49 AM EST (#162851) #
Just ran into Dan McGann, and thought of this thread. McGann was the Ron Hunt of his time.
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