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Friday, January 07, 2005

The Second Half

Here's another hot stove warmer for you, pursuant to our Hall of Fame discussion.

The following players have a strangely unique distinction. They're all pitchers. They share one other characteristic that should be obvious, and another (related) that you'll have to work a little harder to uncover. Score yourself a bonus if you can tell us what the asterisks and parenthetical comments mean.

Roger Clemens, Mike Cuellar, John Denny*, Doug Drabek, Mike Flanagan, Pat Hentgen, LaMarr Hoyt, Greg Maddux, Mike McCormick, Don Newcombe. Jim Palmer (twice), Gaylord Perry, Bret Saberhagen (twice), Johan Santana*, Rick Sutcliffe, Pete Vuckovich*.

Hint: this is a complete list.

Post your answers to The Message Board.

The first person to post the correct answer wins The Crank's Baseball SmartyPants Award, aka The Golden Stirrup, which consists of being cited in this column as an Official SmartyPants. Since the award has no cash value, employees of The Diamond Angle, its member stations, affiliates, and their families are eligible to enter. I'll post the correct answer in a week.

posted by The Crank 8:30 AM