666 Baseball question

[MFS62]

Today's date is 6-06-06.
And for many people 666 has religious connotations.
So, what ballplayers can you think of who have religious-type names?
I've come up with Johnny Temple, Luke Easter and a bunch of guys named Cruz (cross).
What others can you add?

Later

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Everyone named Jesus, I guess.

And how about Tim Teufel and Jim Gott?

[Frayed Knot]

Jim Gott (God in German) and Tim Tuefel (Devil)

[Guest Edgy DC]

Only by unusaually tortuous abbreviations can 6/6/2006 be turned into 666.

Billy Sunday has some of the best symbolic nomenclature in baseball history.

[Frayed Knot]

Washington's Ryan Church

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

="Edgy DC"]Only by unusaually tortuous abbreviations can 6/6/2006 be turned into 666. ] Good point (and unusual spelling of unusually). I guess the real 6/6/6 date was in the year 6 AD. But back then, nobody knew that it was the year Six. Edgy DC Jun 06 2006 10:36 AM My "unusaually" needs a tortuous abbreviation. Johnny Dickshot Jun 06 2006 10:39 AM 40 years ago was so evil it was good: 6666 Elster88 Jun 06 2006 10:39 AM 4/1/41 = Scary Tom Seaver Day. sharpie Jun 06 2006 11:01 AM I remember 6/6/66. I was in third or fourth grade and thought it was cool. I also thought 7/7/77, 8/8/88 and 9/9/99 were cool. I remember for 8/8/88 Gary Carter saying that he hoped the date would bring him good luck. It didn't. Carter went 0-for-3 as the Mets lost to the Pirates 1-0, 8 of those shutout innings tossed by future Met Rick Reed with the only RBI being knocked in by future Met Bobby Bonilla. http://www.leaptoad.com/mets/gamedetail.php?gameno=4295 Yancy Street Gang Jun 06 2006 11:04 AM I remember 8/8/88 and Gary Carter. If I remember right, he was stuck on 299 homers on that date. He had been stalled for a long time in his attempt to hit his 300th home run. He was hoping that that day would bring him luck and get him that home run. Elster88 Jun 06 2006 11:06 AM 01:23:45 6/7/89 12:34:56 7/8/90 Yancy Street Gang Jun 06 2006 11:10 AM I was right. (Boy that Ultimate Mets Database is handy.) Gary Carter was stuck on 299 homers on August 8. He finally hit number 300 on August 11. Prior to that, he hadn't homered since May 16. It took him three months to get that 300th home run. (Maybe we should start a thread called "Tom Glavine's Worst Nightmare.") I remembered that it took a long time, but I didn't recall it being THAT long a time. metirish Jun 06 2006 11:12 AM Damn Gary spent that long without a curtain call..... SteveJRogers Jun 06 2006 11:20 AM Not sure if the practice still holds as card set size has really shrunk in recent years, but Upper Deck would always make sure card # 666 had a Yankee on it! metsguyinmichigan Jun 06 2006 11:21 AM I also believe 8-8-88 was the day the Cubs planned to play the first game with lights at Wrigley, and actually started the game before a thunderstorm came and wiped it out. They played the next day against the Mets for the first full game, I think. Crazy Cubs! apmorris Jun 06 2006 11:25 AM the Sign of the Beast is now 616 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/11134 seawolf17 Jun 06 2006 11:26 AM My wife said that her sister had a friend in school who turned 8 years old on 8/8/88. That's kinda neat. MFS62 Jun 06 2006 11:31 AM Back to the question (and resisting the temptation to bash Carter's camera- hogging one more time): Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove Jerry Moses Johnny Moses Wally Moses Later Yancy Street Gang Jun 06 2006 11:34 AM If you know anyone who was born on November 11, 2000, they'll be 11 on 11/11/11. Actually, there are a lot of 2000 dates that would lead to stuff like that. One each month. Me, I don't think I know anyone at all (yet, anyway) who was born in 2000. My niece was born in 1999, and my daughter in 2001. Elster88 Jun 06 2006 12:07 PM SteveJRogers wrote: Not sure if the practice still holds as card set size has really shrunk in recent years, but Upper Deck would always make sure card # 666 had a Yankee on it! HAHAHA That's great. I should've known that. MFS62 Jun 06 2006 01:36 PM WOW! We forgot the ever- popular Angel Pagan. Later Vic Sage Jun 06 2006 01:38 PM Yancy Street Gang wrote: If you know anyone who was born on November 11, 2000, they'll be 11 on 11/11/11. Actually, there are a lot of 2000 dates that would lead to stuff like that. One each month. Me, I don't think I know anyone at all (yet, anyway) who was born in 2000. My niece was born in 1999, and my daughter in 2001. my son was born in 2000... 11/21/00 it will always be easy to remember how old he is... for as long as i can remember what year it is. Frayed Knot Jun 06 2006 01:43 PM Preacher Roe Centerfield Jun 06 2006 01:50 PM In a related story, I was in a deposition recently, where a witness was asked to list her children and their ages. As she gave the names for her first two kids, she didn't know how old they were and was only able to give their dates of birth. I thought this was a bit odd. A lot of mothers I know can rattle off all sorts of minutae about their kids off the top of their head, even as those kids reach middle age (the witness's kids were young). And then, I was further surprised when she was only able to give the name of her third child and wasn't able to remember the exact year of birth. Imagine my surprise when, about twenty minutes later, the witness asks if she can change her previous answer because it occurred to her that she had forgotten to mention her fourth child. Edgy DC Jun 06 2006 01:53 PM Moises Alou. Mets coach Santos Alomar Sr. and his son Santos Jr. Randy St. Claire Kim and Devin Batiste. Tyrell Godwin. Yancy Street Gang Jun 06 2006 01:55 PM Weird. I know both my kids' ages, but I wonder if I'll continue to have the numbers at the tip of my tongue when they're adults who no longer live with me. If for whatever reason I want to know how old my sisters are, I always have to do the math. Of course, I do know their dates of birth. Vic Sage Jun 06 2006 01:55 PM that doesn't surprise me in the least. my mother often didn't remember my name, even while looking straight at me. She'd start with my oldest brother's name, then move to the middle brother's name, before reaching mine. Sometimes, my dad and the dog got their names called before me, too. Birthdays? she knew we had them, and what they were, but she didn't always match them up correctly. As for ages, she always thought we were younger. always. MFS62 Jun 06 2006 02:08 PM (In best Rodney Dangerfield voice) My parents didn't remember my name or my birthday. And I was an only child. I don't get no respect. Later MFS62 Jun 06 2006 02:46 PM More names: Jim Gott Tim Teuffel (Check your German dictionary) Later Yancy Street Gang Jun 06 2006 02:51 PM Yancy Street Gang wrote: Everyone named Jesus, I guess. And how about Tim Teufel and Jim Gott? RMPL. MFS62 Jun 06 2006 03:00 PM Yep, I was just indicating where they would find out why they belong on this list. Didn't mean to indicate they were my additions. "More names" wasn't appropriate there. Later cleonjones11 Jun 06 2006 03:12 PM Angel Pagan Elster88 Jun 06 2006 03:53 PM I'll do this one: RMPL metsguyinmichigan Jun 06 2006 04:11 PM I think this is 666 day is a good time to cast out the Mets' demons and have them haunt us no more. I listed the obvious ones on the blog. Let me know if I missed any. And I had some rules...a demon can't be a guy who just plain sucks, nor can he be a demon for being traded for someone better because that's just not the players' fault. I'm talking the Vince Coleman idioticy type of demon. We can add some if you think necessary.... Dave soupcan Jun 06 2006 04:19 PM Vic Sage wrote: ="Yancy Street Gang"]If you know anyone who was born on November 11, 2000, they'll be 11 on 11/11/11. Actually, there are a lot of 2000 dates that would lead to stuff like that. One each month. Me, I don't think I know anyone at all (yet, anyway) who was born in 2000. My niece was born in 1999, and my daughter in 2001. my son was born in 2000... 11/21/00 it will always be easy to remember how old he is... for as long as i can remember what year it is. My birthday is 11/11 although I was born a few years after 1911. My son's birthday is 1/9/99 which I think is kinda cool because on his birthday he'll always party like its 1999. apmorris Jun 06 2006 05:18 PM #7 in '77 had 7 ibb. 8/8/88 #8 committed error #8. OlerudOwned Jun 06 2006 07:17 PM Speaking of 666, Clemens is making a single-A start tonight. Just gave up a homer and a double. I'll ignore the rust thing and pretend to believe he's now a low-quality single-A talent. MFS62 Jun 06 2006 07:29 PM Is the spawn of Satan, AKA Clemens' son playing, too? I heard they might be teammates on their low A club. Later Gwreck Jun 06 2006 09:25 PM Here's a funny coincidence: Angels are playing the Devil Rays today (6/6/06). cleonjones11 Jun 06 2006 10:26 PM Gwreck wrote: Here's a funny coincidence: Angels are playing the Devil Rays today (6/6/06). Classic! Elster88 Jun 06 2006 11:23 PM Gwreck wrote: Here's a funny coincidence: Angels are playing the Devil Rays today (6/6/06). HAHAHA That's great. Frayed Knot Jun 07 2006 12:24 AM Yeah but surprisingly, the Angels won. Willets Point Jun 12 2006 06:22 PM Frayed Knot wrote: Yeah but surprisingly, the Angels won. I need to find one of those lengthy psalms about the many way God and His angels kick ass.

[Guest Edgy DC]

My "unusaually" needs a tortuous abbreviation.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

40 years ago was so evil it was good: 6666

[Elster88]

4/1/41 = Scary Tom Seaver Day.

[Guest sharpie]

I remember 6/6/66. I was in third or fourth grade and thought it was cool. I also thought 7/7/77, 8/8/88 and 9/9/99 were cool. I remember for 8/8/88 Gary Carter saying that he hoped the date would bring him good luck. It didn't. Carter went 0-for-3 as the Mets lost to the Pirates 1-0, 8 of those shutout innings tossed by future Met Rick Reed with the only RBI being knocked in by future Met Bobby Bonilla.

http://www.leaptoad.com/mets/gamedetail.php?gameno=4295

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I remember 8/8/88 and Gary Carter. If I remember right, he was stuck on 299 homers on that date. He had been stalled for a long time in his attempt to hit his 300th home run. He was hoping that that day would bring him luck and get him that home run.

[Elster88]

01:23:45 6/7/89

12:34:56 7/8/90

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I was right. (Boy that Ultimate Mets Database is handy.)

Gary Carter was stuck on 299 homers on August 8. He finally hit number 300 on August 11. Prior to that, he hadn't homered since May 16.

It took him three months to get that 300th home run. (Maybe we should start a thread called "Tom Glavine's Worst Nightmare.")

I remembered that it took a long time, but I didn't recall it being THAT long a time.

[metirish]

Damn Gary spent that long without a curtain call.....

[stevejrogers]

Not sure if the practice still holds as card set size has really shrunk in recent years, but Upper Deck would always make sure card # 666 had a Yankee on it!

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

I also believe 8-8-88 was the day the Cubs planned to play the first game with lights at Wrigley, and actually started the game before a thunderstorm came and wiped it out. They played the next day against the Mets for the first full game, I think.

Crazy Cubs!

[apmorris]

the
Sign of the Beast
is now 616
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/11134

[seawolf17]

My wife said that her sister had a friend in school who turned 8 years old on 8/8/88. That's kinda neat.

[MFS62]

Back to the question (and resisting the temptation to bash Carter's camera- hogging one more time):
Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove
Jerry Moses
Johnny Moses
Wally Moses

Later

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

If you know anyone who was born on November 11, 2000, they'll be 11 on 11/11/11.

Actually, there are a lot of 2000 dates that would lead to stuff like that. One each month.

Me, I don't think I know anyone at all (yet, anyway) who was born in 2000. My niece was born in 1999, and my daughter in 2001.

[Elster88]

SteveJRogers wrote: Not sure if the practice still holds as card set size has really shrunk in recent years, but Upper Deck would always make sure card # 666 had a Yankee on it!

HAHAHA That's great. I should've known that.

[MFS62]

WOW!
We forgot the ever- popular Angel Pagan.

Later

[Vic Sage]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: If you know anyone who was born on November 11, 2000, they'll be 11 on 11/11/11. Actually, there are a lot of 2000 dates that would lead to stuff like that. One each month. Me, I don't think I know anyone at all (yet, anyway) who was born in 2000. My niece was born in 1999, and my daughter in 2001.

my son was born in 2000... 11/21/00

it will always be easy to remember how old he is... for as long as i can remember what year it is.

[Frayed Knot]

Preacher Roe

[Centerfield]

In a related story, I was in a deposition recently, where a witness was asked to list her children and their ages. As she gave the names for her first two kids, she didn't know how old they were and was only able to give their dates of birth. I thought this was a bit odd. A lot of mothers I know can rattle off all sorts of minutae about their kids off the top of their head, even as those kids reach middle age (the witness's kids were young). And then, I was further surprised when she was only able to give the name of her third child and wasn't able to remember the exact year of birth.

Imagine my surprise when, about twenty minutes later, the witness asks if she can change her previous answer because it occurred to her that she had forgotten to mention her fourth child.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Moises Alou.

Mets coach Santos Alomar Sr. and his son Santos Jr.

Randy St. Claire

Kim and Devin Batiste.

Tyrell Godwin.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Weird.

I know both my kids' ages, but I wonder if I'll continue to have the numbers at the tip of my tongue when they're adults who no longer live with me. If for whatever reason I want to know how old my sisters are, I always have to do the math. Of course, I do know their dates of birth.

[Vic Sage]

that doesn't surprise me in the least.

my mother often didn't remember my name, even while looking straight at me. She'd start with my oldest brother's name, then move to the middle brother's name, before reaching mine. Sometimes, my dad and the dog got their names called before me, too.

Birthdays? she knew we had them, and what they were, but she didn't always match them up correctly. As for ages, she always thought we were younger. always.

[MFS62]

(In best Rodney Dangerfield voice)
My parents didn't remember my name or my birthday. And I was an only child.
I don't get no respect.

Later

[MFS62]

More names:
Jim Gott
Tim Teuffel
(Check your German dictionary)

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