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Ken has used his considerable programming skills to come up with the top 10 names of baseball players to use for Scrabble (made by an unnamed toy company whom I don't wish to name because that joke has been played out.) You can check out your favorite team's value on the Scrabble board at Humbug's Player Word Scores.
Players on 40-man rosters at the end of the 2005 season were used.
Top 10 (and ties) for first and last names:
53 Javier Vazquez
44 Ramon Vazquez
43 Enrique Gonzalez
42 Jeremi Gonzalez
41 Jorge Vasquez
38 Yhency Brazoban
38 Wiki Gonzalez
38 Juan Gonzalez
38 Doug Mientkiewicz
38 Alex Gonzalez
38 Alex Gonzalez (wow, they both scored the same!)
Bottom 10 (and ties) for first and last names:
11 Sean Henn
11 Ross Gload
11 Rob Bell
11 Neal Cotts
11 Luis Terrero
11 Luis Matos
11 Evan Rust
11 Eric Reed
11 Carlos Lee
11 Bo Hart
10 Tim Olson
10 Luis Pena
10 Al Reyes
9 Pete Orr
9 Aaron Sele
8 Ian Snell
8 Al Leiter
Top 10 surnames:
37 Vazquez
32 Mientkiewicz
29 Kozlowski
28 Vizquel
28 Vasquez
28 Pierzynski
27 Grudzielanek
27 Gonzalez
27 Buchholz
26 Piazza
Bottom 10 (and ties) surnames:
4 Tsao
4 Soto
4 Sosa
4 Sele
4 Rust
4 Ross
4 Rose
4 Rios
4 Neal
4 Luna
4 Lane
4 Gil
4 Alou
3 Seo
3 Orr
3 Loe
3 Lee
My friend I played Scrabble against in grad school would be able to do something like that. If we had played Scrabble for money, I would be working as his butler today to pay off the debts.
This offseason, so far, who has increased their scrabble total the most?
Ken?
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