Glove Love Kwiz

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Match the Met (or x-Met) in Column A with his brand of fielding glove in Column B.

1. Mike Pelfrey
2. David Wright
3. Ronny Paulino
4. RA Dickey
5. Jason Bay
6. Jeff Francoeur

A. Easton
B. Mizuno
C. Nike
D. Rawlings
E. Louisville
F. Wilson

[metirish]

Jesus , how do you think of this stuff?(don't mean that in a bad sense)

1 - Mike Pelfrey - Nike
2 - David Wright - Mizuno
3 - Ronny Paulino - Louisville
4 - RA Dickey - Rawlings
5- Jason Bay - Easton
6 - Jeff Francoeur - Wilson


I have a vivid picture in my mind of the Mizuno one but am not seeing beyond the hand...

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

metirish wrote: Jesus , how do you think of this stuff?(don't mean that in a bad sense) 1 - Mike Pelfrey - Nike 2 - David Wright - Mizuno 3 - Ronny Paulino - Louisville 4 - RA Dickey - Rawlings 5- Jason Bay - Easton 6 - Jeff Francoeur - Wilson I have a vivid picture in my mind of the Mizuno one but am not seeing beyond the hand...

I will tell you how I thought of this next. You did pretty well in the kwiz .667!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Pelfrey-Nike
Wright-Wilson
Paulino-Easton
Dickey-Rawlings (thanks, million pictures of Dickeyface I saw last year!)
Bay-Mizuno
Francoeur-Louisville

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Pelfrey-Nike Wright-Wilson Paulino-Easton Dickey-Rawlings (thanks, million pictures of Dickeyface I saw last year!) Bay-Mizuno Francoeur-Louisville

Also 4 outta 6.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm clueless. Do folks still wear Spalding gloves?

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm way too unobservant to even attempt this!

[batmagadanleadoff]

Mike Pelfrey -- Nike
David Wright -- Wilson
Ronny Paulino -- Louisville
RA Dickey -- Rawlings
Jason Bay -- Mizuno
Jeff Francoeur -- Easton

I based my guesses on what little I know about this topic, and by studying and working the permutations based on Irish and LWFS's answers, which were both 2/3 correct.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Edgy DC wrote: I'm clueless. Do folks still wear Spalding gloves?

Yes, Robinson Cano does. But he seems to be one of the only guys who do. Spalding is now a sub-brand of the Russell Athletic co, they are mainly into pro hoops these days.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Mike Pelfrey -- Nike David Wright -- Wilson Ronny Paulino -- Louisville RA Dickey -- Rawlings Jason Bay -- Mizuno Jeff Francoeur -- Easton I based my guesses on what little I know about this topic, and by studying and working the permutations based on Irish and LWFS's answers, which were both 2/3 correct.

Yours are also 2/3rds correct. I'm pretty sure a math whiz (not me) could deduct the right answer given the info so far.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Pelfrey-Nike
Wright-Wilson
Paulino-Mizuno
Dickey-Rawlings
Bay-Louisville
Francoeur-Easton

[batmagadanleadoff]

Mike Pelfrey -- Nike
David Wright -- Wilson
Ronny Paulino -- Louisville
RA Dickey -- Rawlings
Jason Bay -- Easton
Jeff Francoeur -- Mizuno

I based my guesses on what little I know about this topic --nothing, really-, and by studying and working the permutations based on my fown, Irish and LWFS's answers, which were all 2/3 correct.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Pelfrey-Nike Wright-Wilson Paulino-Mizuno Dickey-Rawlings Bay-Louisville Francoeur-Easton

uh, oh we're going backwards. 3 of 6

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Mike Pelfrey -- Nike David Wright -- Wilson Ronny Paulino -- Louisville RA Dickey -- Rawlings Jason Bay -- Easton Jeff Francoeur -- Mizuno I based my guesses on what little I know about this topic --nothing, really-, and by studying and working the permutations based on my fown, Irish and LWFS's answers, which were all 2/3 correct.

we have a winner!

[Theoldmole]

What's the brand of bat that has the big script W as its logo?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Walgreens?

[Guest attgig]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Walgreens?

always thought

and


were pretty much identical....

just waiting for walgreens to buy naming rights for the nat's ballpark.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I've noticed that too, they're amazingly similar. The only real difference is that the Nationals' W has its tail tucked in.

[Guest Edgy DC]

So, what inspired the quiz?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

What's the brand of bat that has the big script W as its logo?

Wilson!

Good segue to the inspiration of this kwiz. My friend on fb the other day posted this awesome pic.



It's her father in 1965, working in an Army mess hall in Georgia. At the time he was a minor-league pitcher for the MFYs although an injury suffered while in the army would end his career. Prolly the walks too. ( http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=cerone001rob )

Anywhoo, that glove and the brand name Sonnett was something I'd never seen before, and I totally geeked on it, searching around for an hour or so for info. Turns out Sonnett was a brand of glove made by the Ohio-Kentucy Manufacturing Co., which was acquired by Wilson in 1955. Wilson kept the Sonnett name as an offbrand, and its likely that glove was a prop, and not what he would have used on the field professionally.

To find all this out I searched the history of Wilson and found it pretty fascinating. It was named for Thomas E Wilson, a meatpacker who founded a sporting goods company to rid his company of the byproducts of the stockyards (sorta like how Ford Motor Co. founded Kingsford Charcoal to make use of all the trees it cut down to build auto plants in the Michigan wilds in the 20s).

Wilson eventually went back to meatpacking and became an industry giant in that field. His company eventually became part of Tyson foods, and his name on a specialty brand of packaged meat (Thomas E. Wilson brand). Though that brand was eventually discontinued it was funny that for awhile you could buy a baseball glove or a steak named after the same guy.

I was further interested to learn that Wilson the sporting goods company for a time was owned by Pepsi-Cola, but is now under a holding company based in Finland. It is also where I saw David Wright is an official endorser of Wilson and has his own model of glove, the A2K-DW5, which somehow brings it full circle, connecting my friend's MFY dad, and David Wright.

[metirish]

Great post bucket....

[Frayed Knot]

... it was funny that for awhile you could buy a baseball glove or a steak named after the same guy.

And possibly both were made from the same critter.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I've noticed that too, they're amazingly similar. The only real difference is that the Nationals' W has its tail tucked in.

Interestingly (to me anyway) Walgreens is now tangled with food retailer Wegmans in a legal battle over their respective W logos.

http://supermarketnews.com/retail_financial/walgreens_wegmans_1105/

[Guest Edgy DC]

Walgreens said both companies it worked with the same design firm � Toronto-based Watt International � to develop their logos.

There's an extraneous it in there.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

whatever, I'm not the editor

[A Boy Named Seo]

What's the brand of bat that has the big script W as its logo? Wilson! Good segue to the inspiration of this kwiz. My friend on fb the other day posted this awesome pic. It's her father in 1965, working in an Army mess hall in Georgia. At the time he was a minor-league pitcher for the MFYs although an injury suffered while in the army would end his career. Prolly the walks too. ( http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=cerone001rob ) Anywhoo, that glove and the brand name Sonnett was something I'd never seen before, and I totally geeked on it, searching around for an hour or so for info. Turns out Sonnett was a brand of glove made by the Ohio-Kentucy Manufacturing Co., which was acquired by Wilson in 1955. Wilson kept the Sonnett name as an offbrand, and its likely that glove was a prop, and not what he would have used on the field professionally. To find all this out I searched the history of Wilson and found it pretty fascinating. It was named for Thomas E Wilson, a meatpacker who founded a sporting goods company to rid his company of the byproducts of the stockyards (sorta like how Ford Motor Co. founded Kingsford Charcoal to make use of all the trees it cut down to build auto plants in the Michigan wilds in the 20s). Wilson eventually went back to meatpacking and became an industry giant in that field. His company eventually became part of Tyson foods, and his name on a specialty brand of packaged meat (Thomas E. Wilson brand). Though that brand was eventually discontinued it was funny that for awhile you could buy a baseball glove or a steak named after the same guy. I was further interested to learn that Wilson the sporting goods company for a time was owned by Pepsi-Cola, but is now under a holding company based in Finland. It is also where I saw David Wright is an official endorser of Wilson and has his own model of glove, the A2K-DW5, which somehow brings it full circle, connecting my friend's MFY dad, and David Wright.

Super awesome. One of those posts that makes checking in here mandatory even in a sleepy offseason.