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cbrandtw
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A couple of instances recently prompted me into trying to determine what non-baseball fans knew of the game. About a month ago I picked up a Christy Mathewson card during works hours and told someone in the office about it. That individual quickly said, "I thought you collected baseball cards. Why are you getting a card of a girl?" About a week or two after that I was reading a baseball message board where everyone was offering opinions on who they believed would be the 4 members of the Baseball Mount Rushmore. That thread led me to wonder who non-baseball enthusiasts would give that deserving honor to. I started my next staff meeting with baseball talk and passed out index cards to 14 managers who range in age from 26-61. I then asked them to keep to themselves and not share anything with anyone in the room but simply write down what four players in the history of the game of baseball would create the Baseball Mount Rushmore. I also said if you don't know 4 players then write down what you do know and then hand their results in to me. Here are the results:
Babe Ruth- 11
Hank Aaron- 7
Ted Williams/Lou Gehrig- 3
Rose/Wagner/Dimaggio/Cobb/Mays/Mantle- 2
ARod/Ryan/Doubleday/Tug McGraw/Griffey Sr./Griffey Jr./J. Robinson/Cy Young/Koufax/Jeter/W. Ford/Sosa- 1
(Football player) Reggie White- 1
And how one person actually thought Wayne Gretzky played baseball is incomprehensible
Four people were not able to come up with four players.
By the way, I believe the original thread I read that prompted me to do this came up with Ruth, Aaron, Jackie and Mantle.
Babe Ruth- 11
Hank Aaron- 7
Ted Williams/Lou Gehrig- 3
Rose/Wagner/Dimaggio/Cobb/Mays/Mantle- 2
ARod/Ryan/Doubleday/Tug McGraw/Griffey Sr./Griffey Jr./J. Robinson/Cy Young/Koufax/Jeter/W. Ford/Sosa- 1
(Football player) Reggie White- 1
And how one person actually thought Wayne Gretzky played baseball is incomprehensible
Four people were not able to come up with four players.
By the way, I believe the original thread I read that prompted me to do this came up with Ruth, Aaron, Jackie and Mantle.