Is There a Way to Check This?

[MFS62]

Oliver Perez and Darren Oliver may be the only teammates with the name (first or last) Oliver in the history of the major leagues.
I tried baseballreference.com but didn't notice any others. But in my research, I noticed that Darren Oliver is the son of ex-major leaguer Bob Oliver.(who I thought might have been a Pirate teammate of Al Oliver, but wasn't)

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

MFS62 wrote: Oliver Perez and Darren Oliver may be the only teammates with the name (first or last) Oliver in the history of the major leagues.

With guys like Ed Charles and Gene Michael running around, I'm rather certain this isn't true.

[soupcan]

Don't forget Monkey Strange.

[Frayed Knot]

]Is There a Way to Check This?

Is there a reason to?

[Guest sharpie]

Tommy John and John Pacella both played on the '82 Yankees.

[Guest cooby]

I think he is just looking for Olivers

[soupcan]

Dwight Gooden and Choo-Choo Charlie The Engineer played together in A ball.

Does that count?

[metirish]

Remember a few years ago we had that name linkage thread,that was pretty cool...Craig Anderson Hernandez...etc.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I think you win. I wasn't able to find an Oliverian precedent.

[Guest cooby]

Just got that

[soupcan]

Good N' Plenty

Gooden Guilty

[Guest cleonjones11]

You've cornered the Oliver market per baseball-reference.com

How about this

Two college roomates won the Rookie of the year in different sports. One's first name is the others last and one last name is the others first

Fred Lynn and Lynn Swann USC

[Guest cooby]

And now Lynn Swann is running for governor

[Guest cooby]

I can't believe Doc wears a size 5X prison jacket

[Guest Hillbilly]

I think that means it's the 5th time he's worn it.

[soupcan]

It's actually kind of cool.

Think I can buy one somewhere or do I have to commit a crime?

[Guest cooby]

In Florida.

Yours would say 1X since you'd be a first timer. I assume.

[soupcan]

Don't assume anything.

[MFS62]

soupcan wrote: It's actually kind of cool. Think I can buy one somewhere or do I have to commit a crime?

No, you can probably find a da-glo orange jacket (and matching pants) in stores that sell work clothes. That color seems to be popular for people who work outside in bad weather (such as school crossing guards, telephone and electrical linepersons) who want to be visible to motorists on a rainy day.

Wearing it is only a crime to the fashion police.

Later

[Guest cooby]

soupcan, I have some orange scrub pants you can have. Then at least you'd be halfway dressed

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: ]Is There a Way to Check This? Is there a reason to?

To satisfy my curiosity.
And thank you Edgy, for doing that.

This was baseball related, so I didn't post it in the "Stuff You Maybe Didn't Know" (or whatever it was called) thread on the non-baseball forum.

Later

[Guest cleonjones11]

soupcan wrote: Don't assume anything.

Felix Unger's Famous Chalkboard Talk...I miss that show

Willie Tallman The Jockey Lets save 2 dollars for socks!

[soupcan]

cleonjones11 wrote: ="soupcan"]Don't assume anything. Felix Unger's Famous Chalkboard Talk...I miss that show Willie Tallman The Jockey Lets save 2 dollars for socks!

The Odd Couple reference I get.

What's the other one from?

[Willets Point]

It's joelmonesque.

[HahnSolo]

]Two college roomates won the Rookie of the year in different sports. One's first name is the others last and one last name is the others first Fred Lynn and Lynn Swann USC

Nice one. However, part of it is not true.

Lynn Swann was never a rookie of the year. As a rookie in 1974, Lynn Swann only had 11 receptions, and did not start in Super Bowl IX. The winner of the 1974 Rookie of the Year was Don Woods, a running back from the Chargers.