A collecting theory: the wife test

[Kutcher55]

My wife:

JD Martinez
Mookie

That is it. She is Thai and moved here when the Sox won the 2018 WS. JD was always her favorite.

[Smarti5051]

Here is my wife's attempt:

Ty Cobb
Mickey Mantle
Babe Ruth
Joe Jackson
Willie Mays
Hank Aaron
Smoltz (technically "guy from the Braves named Smoltz")
Mike Trout
Aaron Judge
Nolan Ryan
Eric Hernandez ("Is that one?")
Alex Rodriguez
Barry Bonds
Clemens
Vlad
Salmon
McGwire
Honus Wagner
Michael Jordan (made clear she is remembering his one baseball game)
Cal Ripkin Jr.
Dave Ortiz
Cy Young
Jose Uribe
Justice
Roger Maris
Bo Jackson
Tommy Lasorda
Sheffield
That Japenese Angels pitcher guy (she kind of accidentally said "Ichiro")
The pitcher with the bloody sock
The guy that was all banged up and hit the home run for the Dodgers

And after 20 minutes, she surrendered. She is pretty competitive, so it killed her to give up.

[drcy]

I go by the family dog sniff test

[todeen]

Originally Posted by Kutcher55

My wife:



JD Martinez

Mookie



That is it. She is Thai and moved here when the Sox won the 2018 WS. JD was always her favorite.

What province or geographical area is she from? I lived in Thailand two years. I loved it. I lived in the East, North, and Bangkok Metro Area.

How did you meet? Were you in the Navy?

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[bswhiten]

In order...

1- Babe Ruth
2- Dale Murphy
3- Mickey Mantle
4- Pete Rose
5- Jose Canseco
6- Ken Griffey Jr.
7- Who was the guy married to Marilyn Monroe?
8- Hank Aaron
9- Sammy Sosa and the other steroid guy
10- Mark, his last name starts with an M
11- Randy, the tall guy with a mustache and a mullet. Reminds me of my sister's husband. He was good, I remember him.
12- The guy that hit the home runs this year? Aaron Judge
13- Cal Ripken
14- Lou Gehrig

Pretty good list! haha. I collect Dale and Mick, so I am sure that is why they are near the top of her list.

[darwinbulldog]

Roger Clemens
Altuve
Mickey Mantle ("I don't know if he counts. Your mother just mentioned him. Would you have thought of him anyway?" "Yes.")
Ty Cobb
Sammy Sosa
"The guy that we saw play, from the red team, St. Louis? He's really good. He's getting old now." [Albert Pujols]
"The guy with long hair from Boston who had blood on his socks" [Johnny Damon/Curt Schilling hybrid]
Derek Jeter ("Is he a baseball player? From New York. He seems like not a good guy.")
Honus Wagner

[Bridwell]

My wife quickly named these:

Babe Ruth
Ty Cobb
Cy Young
Jackie Robinson
Mark "The Bird" Fidrych (was not expecting this one, but we are from Michigan originally)

After I laughed, she was distracted and started looking at baseball stuff in my office, so those names don't qualify for the list. When I complained she wasn't following the rules, she walked away. So I only have 5. My new "Big 5". Ha!

[Rich Falvo]

My wife:

Ted Williams
Mike Trout
David Ortiz
Jose Canseco
Babe Ruth

I collect and have mentioned Trout often, we're in Red Sox country so Williams and Big Papi make sense, and Ruth is famous on his own. I have no idea where Canseco came from.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Rich Falvo

My wife:

Ted Williams
Mike Trout
David Ortiz
Jose Canseco
Babe Ruth

I collect and have mentioned Trout often, we're in Red Sox country so Williams and Big Papi make sense, and Ruth is famous on his own. I have no idea where Canseco came from.

She remembers Jose from his 91 Score Dream Team card.

[JollyElm]

I nominate this as the Thread of the Year.

A rare feat, indeed, when a fun thread has virtually everyone jumping in to add their better half's responses or to read other people's highly entertaining (and insightful?) accounts, without rancor or frickin' WAR being shoehorned in.

Bravo!!

[Rich Falvo]

Originally Posted by bnorth

She remembers Jose from his 91 Score Dream Team card.

Possible.

Being she's from GA, I thought for sure Hank Aaron or any Brave would be one of her names.