Braves Journal · Mar 18, 2021
The Hall of Name
An old joke goes: “My father was almost President of the United States. He commanded PT-108.” OK, that one’s not great, but a lot of humor comes from varying the truth just enough to form a brain-jarring contrast. And for some people, that’s just the way their mind works, and there’s not much they can do about it. Worse still, under pressure, they’ll write it up and inflict it on others.
The top 10 position players (by career BRef WAR) are all names that trip off the tongue of every true baseball fan. Herewith, my list of those who just missed this list because their names were not quite right.