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What were the best names in Yankees history?

Baseball has a colorful history of funny names. You can go through nearly any roster in major league history and find a fun name. You can especially find them in rosters from the early days of baseball.

Over at Cespedes Family Barbecue, they are running a tournament of the best baseball names ever. Only one former Yankee, Pi Schwert, made their bracket, and he lost in the first round. However, the Yankees are not bereft of funny names, and here is a collection of some of the best.

Elias Calvin Funk played just one game for the Yankees, where he was used as a pinch-runner and didn't get an at bat.