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║ LIST MAGAZINE a compilation of various lists from the warped minds here ║
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The concept for what became List Magazine came to me in the one place where
all great ideas get their most consideration - the bathroom. Reading such
books as "David Letterman's Top Ten Lists," and the now famous "Book of Lists"
series, I've become a fan of such things, and have taken to task the idea of
putting out a monthly magazine of lists, in the same vein of those great books.
This is the first of what we hope to be many issues of List Magazine. All MEP
works are "aired out" for a three-month trial period, so I hope that responses
will keep it from failing. This issue is rather small and unusually focused:
14 lists in all, covering basically politics and sports.
However, List Magazine will gladly go into almost any subject matter that it's
readers (and list submitters) take it, so feel free to compile lists on any
subject matter, and to send them to us for publication. Details for submitting
lists are outlined in the file SUBMISS.ION.
There isn't a particular format to this issue of LIST, in part because of its
small size and also due to its relatively small focus. However, we'll tinker
with the format a little (as we did with AmeriBoards, On-Line Video Review,
and the MEP works which "have assumed room temperature"), and hopefully we'll
have a top-notch publication in time. Some lists are factual, some are
fanciful, others just goofy stuff we came up with while consuming massive
quantities of Coke Classic and cigarettes... you'll be able to tell, trust me.
Well, as the great Jimmy Durante once wrote, "Without further adieu, lettuce
begin!"
LIST #1 - 11 DEFUNCT TEAMS OF THE WORLD LEAGUE OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL.
The World League, an ambitious NFL project to bring professional
football to a global scale, died earlier this year rather suddenly
after several court cases regarding free agency were levied against
the NFL. The eleven clubs which bit the dust during the league's
short history:
(1) Montreal Machine
(2) Frankfurt Galaxy
(3) Ohio Glory
(4) New York-New Jersey Knights
(5) Orlando Thunder
(6) San Antonio Riders
(7) London Monarchs
(8) Barcelona Dragons
(9) Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks
(10) Sacramento Surge
(11) Birmingham Fire
LIST #2 - 44 U.S. PRESIDENTS AND THEIR TERMS IN OFFICE.
What? You say that when William Jefferson Clinton is inaugurated
on January 20th he'll be the 42nd President? Guess again. On two
occasions (listed here with asterisks), people have acted as U.S.
President. The details are below...
(1) George Washington...............Apr. 30, 1789 to Mar. 04, 1797
(2) John Adams, Jr..................Mar. 04, 1797 to Mar. 04, 1801
(3) Thomas Jefferson................Mar. 04, 1801 to Mar. 04, 1809
(4) James Madison, Jr...............Mar. 04, 1809 to Mar. 04, 1817
(5) James Monroe....................Mar. 04, 1817 to Mar. 04, 1825
(6) John Quincy Adams...............Mar. 04, 1825 to Mar. 04, 1829
(7) Andrew Jackson, Jr..............Mar. 04, 1829 to Mar. 04, 1837
(8) Martin Van Buren................Mar. 04, 1837 to Mar. 04, 1841
(9) William Henry Harrison..........Mar. 04, 1841 to Apr. 04, 1841 (a)
(10) John Tyler......................Apr. 04, 1841 to Mar. 04, 1845
(11) James Knox Polk.................Mar. 04, 1845 to Mar. 04, 1849
(*) David Rice Atchison.............Mar. 04, 1849 to Mar. 05, 1849 (b)
(12) Zachary Taylor..................Mar. 05, 1849 to Jul. 09, 1850 (c)
(13) Millard Fillmore................Jul. 09, 1850 to Mar. 04, 1853
(14) Franklin Pierce.................Mar. 04, 1853 to Mar. 04, 1857
(15) James Buchanan..................Mar. 04, 1857 to Mar. 04, 1861
(16) Abraham Lincoln.................Mar. 04, 1861 to Apr. 15, 1865 (d)
(17) Andrew Johnson..................Apr. 15, 1865 to Mar. 04, 1869
(18) Ulysses Simpson Grant...........Mar. 04, 1869 to Mar. 04, 1877 (e)
(19) Rutherford Birchard Hayes.......Mar. 04, 1877 to Mar. 04, 1881
(20) James Abram Garfield............Mar. 04, 1881 to Sep. 19, 1881 (f)
(21) Chester Alan Arthur.............Sep. 19, 1881 to Mar. 04, 1885
(22) Stephen Grover Cleveland........Mar. 04, 1885 to Mar. 04, 1889
(23) Benjamin Harrison...............Mar. 04, 1889 to Mar. 04, 1893
(24) Stephen Grover Cleveland........Mar. 04, 1893 to Mar. 04, 1897
(25) William McKinley, Jr............Mar. 04, 1897 to Sep. 14, 1901 (g)
(26) Theodore Roosevelt, Jr..........Sep. 14, 1901 to Mar. 04, 1909
(27) William Howard Taft.............Mar. 04, 1909 to Mar. 04, 1913
(28) Thomas Woodrow Wilson...........Mar. 04, 1913 to Mar. 04, 1921 (h)
(29) Warren Gamaliel Harding.........Mar. 04, 1921 to Aug. 02, 1923 (i)
(30) John Calvin Coolidge, Jr........Aug. 02, 1923 to Mar. 04, 1929 (j)
(31) Herbert Clark Hoover............Mar. 04, 1929 to Mar. 04, 1933
(32) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.......Mar. 04, 1933 to Apr. 12, 1945 (k)
(33) Harold S. Truman................Apr. 12, 1945 to Jan. 20, 1953 (l)
(34) Dwight David Eisenhower.........Jan. 20, 1953 to Jan. 20, 1961
(35) John Fitzgerald Kennedy.........Jan. 20, 1961 to Nov. 22, 1963 (m)
(36) Lyndon Baines Johnson...........Nov. 22, 1963 to Jan. 20, 1969
(37) Richard Milhous Nixon...........Jan. 20, 1969 to Aug. 09, 1974 (n)
(38) Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.........Aug. 09, 1974 to Jan. 20, 1977 (o)
(39) James Earl Carter, Jr...........Jan. 20, 1977 to Jan. 20, 1981
(40) Ronald Wilson Reagan............Jan. 20, 1981 to
(*) George Herbert Walker Bush II... to (p)
(40) Ronald Wilson Reagan............ to Jan. 20, 1989
(41) George Herbert Walker Bush II...Jan. 20, 1989 to Jan. 20, 1993
(42) William Jefferson Clinton.......Jan. 20, 1993................. (q)
(a)-died April 4, 1841, of pneumonia. Succeeded by Tyler.
(b)-On March 4, 1849, President-Elect Zachary Taylor was to be inaugurated
as the 12th President. However, inauguration day landed on a Sunday,
and Taylor's religious beliefs forbade him to be sworn in. So, for
one day, David Rice Atchison was the highest ranking officer in the
federal government, and is considered to have acted as President until
Taylor was sworn in on Monday, March 5th.
(c)-died July 9, 1850. Succeeded by Fillmore.
(d)-died April 15, 1865, by assassination. Succeeded by Johnson.
(e)-born Hiram Ulysses Grant. Took the name he is more known by upon
entry into West Point.
(f)-died September 19, 1881, by assassination. Succeeded by Arthur.
(g)-died September 14, 1901, by assassination. Succeeded by Roosevelt.
(h)-was never known to use his first name.
(i)-died August 2, 1923.
(j)-not known to have used his first name. Coolidge is the only U.S.
President to be sworn in by his father, who was a Massachusetts judge.
(k)-died April 12, 1945 of a cerebral hemmorage. Succeeded by Truman.
(l)-when Truman was born, his parents could not decide between the middle
names Shippe and Solomon. "S" was used as a compromise.
(m)-died November 22, 1963, by assassination. Succeeded by Johnson.
(n)-resigned August 9, 1973. Succeeded by Ford.
(o)-born Leslie King, Jr. Ford was later adopted by his step-father,
and given his name.
(p)-acted as President for one day when Reagan was hospitalized in order
to have cancerous polyps removed from his colon. Bush spent his time
as Acting President playing tennis. Reagan resumed power later on
the same day.
(q)-born William Jefferson Blythe III. Clinton's father died in an
automobile accident. His mother remarried, and Clinton took the name
Clinton as a teenager.
LIST #3 - 8 WORLD HOCKEY ASSOCIATON TEAMS THAT HAVE ASSUMED ROOM TEMPERATURE.
The WHA was organized as a challenger to the National Hockey League
in the 1970's, and for several years threatened the league as a
serious alternative. Gordie Howe, Bobby Hull, and Wayne Gretzky are
just a few of hockey's greats to have spent time in the WHA. The
league eventually drowned in a sea of red ink, with a few teams
being mercifully absorbed into the NHL. Eight of the original WHA
teams which bit the dust...
(1) Cleveland Crusaders
(2) Ottawa Nationals
(3) Chicago Cougars
(4) Los Angeles Sharks
(5) New York Raiders
(6) Philadelphia Blazers
(7) Houston Aeros
(8) Minnesota Fighting Saints
LIST #4 - HIS SUPERFLUOUS EXCELLENCY - 10 U.S. VICE PRESIDENTS WHO DIDN'T
COMPLETE THEIR TERMS IN OFFICE.
Once described by some members of the Constitutional Convention of
1787 as "His Superfluous Excellency," the office of Vice President
has become a very powerful, yet still relatively unnoticed position.
A list of those Vice Presidents who have died in office, resigned,
or in one case, succeeded to the Presidency not due to the death of
his superior.
(1) George Clinton, 4th Vice President.
Clinton was elected with Thomas Jefferson in 1804, and was
re-elected in 1808, despite James Madison's election to the
Presidency. He died April 20, 1812, less than a year before
his term was to expire.
(2) Elbridge Gerry, 5th Vice President.
Gerry, whose claim to fame is the process of "Gerrymandering"
political districts in Massachusetts, was elected to succeed
Clinton. He served from March 4, 1813 to November 23, 1814,
when he too died in office. It is said that in the election
of 1816 no one wanted to serve as Vice President due to the
fates of Clinton and Gerry.
(3) John Caldwell Calhoun, 7th Vice President.
Calhoun was elected Vice President in 1824, to serve in the
second term of John Q. Adams. He stayed on for a second term
in 1828 with President Andrew Jackson. His disdain for the
office grew in time, and when he was offered a Senate seat in
his native Tennessee, he took it and resigned.
(4) William Rufus DeVane King, 13th Vice President.
King was elected Vice President on the coattails of President
Franklin Pierce in 1852. While in Cuba King took ill, and was
inaugurated in Havana, the only U.S. President or Vice President
to be sworn in in a foriegn land. King's illness grew stronger
as he traveled to Washington. He died April 18, 1853, 45 days
after his inaugural, in Alabama.
(5) Henry Wilson, 18th Vice President.
Born Jeremiah Colbaith, Wilson was elected Vice President in
1872 along with President Ulysses Grant. He was to have been
nominated for re-election in 1876, but never quite made it.
He died November 22, 1875.
(6) Thomas Andrews Hendricks, 21st Vice President.
Hendricks, Vice President under Grover Cleveland in his first
administration, died November 25, 1885, less than a year after
taking office. Hendricks was elected Vice President on his
third try at the office, being twice placed as Vice President
on the Democratic ticket.
(7) Garret Augustus Hobart, 24th Vice President.
Hobart died in office November 21, 1899. Had he not died, he
would have likely been re-elected along with William McKinley
in 1900, and we'd never have heard of Theodore Roosevelt.
(8) James Schoolcraft Sherman, 27th Vice President.
Sherman's death on October 30, 1912, left America with its
first constitutional crisis regarding the Vice Presidency.
When Sherman died, he and President William Howard Taft were
in the middle of a re-election campaign. If Taft had been
re-elected, who would then serve as Vice President? Taft had
selected Nicholas Murray Butler following Sherman's death, but
there is no way of knowing if he'd have been elected, for Taft
himself lost, to Woodrow Wilson.
(9) Spiro Theodore Agnew, 39th Vice President.
Agnew's case, well-known because of its recent occurrence,
resigned the Vice Presidency on charges of impropriety in
office while serving as Governor of Maryland. Agnew was
convicted of some charges on October 10, 1973, and although
he probably would not have done prison time, relinquished
the Vice Presidency to save the government embarrassment. His
superior, Richard Nixon, would be resigning less than a year
later for his own improprieties.
(10) Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr., 40th Vice President.
Agnew's successor became the first Vice President not to be
elected to the post, taking office in December of 1973. He
would serve as Vice President for a very short time, becoming
President upon Nixon's resignation in August, 1974.
LIST #5 - 7 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE TEAMS THAT ARE NO MORE.
Like the WHA mentioned earlier, the NHL itself had some very rocky
times as well. Several teams have either moved, folded, or been
mercifully absorbed into others to prevent them from folding.
A short list of memorable ones:
(1) Toronto Arenas
(2) Colorado Rockies
(3) Montreal Wanderers
(4) Kansas City Scouts
(5) Oakland Seals
(6) Montreal Maroons
(7) Cleveland Barons
LIST #6 - 11 DEFUNCT PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL TEAMS.
Every professional sports league has had shaky beginnings; the NFL
alone had over 40 teams fold during its history. The war between
the NBA and the rival American Basketball Association in the late
1960's and early 70s produced many teams that were either moving
or folding. The list, along with the current status of the team
(if applicable).
(1) BUFFALO BRAVES (NBA)
The Braves moved to San Diego and became the Clippers. They
later moved again, this time apparently to stay, in Los Angeles.
(2) ROCHESTER ROYALS (NBA)
One of the most moved teams in sports history, the Royals moved
to Cincinnati in the 60's, then packed up and moved to Kansas
City, becoming the Kings. Then, the team packed up yet again in
1985 and moved to Sacramento, California.
(3) SYRACUSE NATIONALS (NBA)
The 'Nats seized an opportunity when the Philadelphia Warriors
relocated to San Francisco in the 1960's. The Nationals, seeing
that Philadelphia would be more profitable than Syracuse, packed
up and headed south, changing their name to the Seventy-Sixers.
The team almost moved out of Philadelphia in 1990, seeking a new
arena to play in. They almost wound up in New Jersey before the
city of Philadelphia and others worked out a deal on a new arena.
(4) CHICAGO STAGS (NBA)
The Stags were the original champions of the NBA, but languished
in a sea of red ink, and folded shortly thereafter.
(5) KENTUCKY COLONELS (ABA)
One of the most colorful ABA franchises, the Colonels played
well, but by the time an ABA-NBA merger was ready to happen, the
Colonels weren't around.
(6) PITTSBURGH PIPERS (ABA)
A true oddity, even for the ever-wandering ABA. The Pipers won
the 1968 ABA title over the New Orleans Buccaneers, then promptly
celebrated by moving the team to Minneapolis. After a year in
Minnesota, the Pipers moved back to Pittsburgh, later renaming
the club the Condors. That didn't help either, as they folded
in 1970.
(7) NEW JERSEY AMERICANS (ABA)
Another team which could go home again was the New Jersey
Americans. The Americans moved to New York after their first
year, taking the name "New York Nets." When the ABA-NBA merger
was finalized, the team moved back to New Jersey.
(8) ANAHEIM AMIGOS (ABA)
The Amigos took a lead that the L.A. Rams of the NFL didn't take
a dozen years later, adopting Anaheim as their city name. After
one year though, they moved. To Los Angeles. The team was
redubbed the L.A. Stars, but in time they would move again, this
time to Utah. Even players like a rookie Moses Malone couldn't
help this franchise, and the Stars came to a merciful end in
the mid 70's.
(9) DALLAS CHAPPARALS (ABA)
No, the NBA's Mavericks weren't the first pro basketball team in
Dallas. The Chaps spent several seasons in Dallas, but chose to
relocate to San Antonio, where they became the Spurs.
(10) DENVER ROCKETS (NBA)
The Rockets spent one year in Denver, then moved to Houston
because they couldn't compete with the ABA's Denver Nuggets for
fans.
(11) NEW ORLEANS BUCCANEERS (ABA)
The major claim to fame of the New Orleans Buccaneers was that
they were owned at one time by 1980's talk-show host Morton
Downey, Jr. Although they went to the ABA Finals in 1968, the
team was rather unimpressive.
LIST #7 - 7 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CLUBS THAT HAVE LEFT US.
Unlike most sports leagues, Major League Baseball has not had a real
problem with wandering and floundering teams. However, there are
"the magnificent seven", which are listed below.
(1-2) WASHINGTON SENATORS. The first Senators didn't like the
D.C. scenery too much, and headed for the green pastures of, of
all places, Minnesota, becoming the Twins in 1961. To make up
for the loss, the American League gave Washington another team
to replace the Nats, and this team also took the name Senators.
Twelve years later though, the ownership decided that Texas was
more profitable than Washington, and the team moved to Arlington
and became the Texas Rangers.
(3) NEW YORK HIGHLANDERS. This team is still with us, but now they
play under an owner named George, and are named the Yankees.
(4) CLEVELAND SPIDERS. This team had the worst documented won-lost
record in Major League history in 1899. Literally ashamed to
return to Cleveland because of their bad record, the owners
decided enough was enough and folded the team.
(5) HOUSTON COLT .45's. The team that was named after "the gun that
won the West," was silenced in 1966 and was renamed the Houston
Astros, after "the eighth wonder of the world," the Houston
Astrodome.
(6) ST. LOUIS BROWNS. This American League club was one of the
original 1901 American League teams, but after 53 years, they
couldn't compete with the St. Louis Cardinals financially. The
team moved to Baltimore in 1954 and became the Orioles.
(7) SEATTLE PILOTS. This franchise was so financially weak from the
start its a wonder they were admitted into the American League
in 1969. Despite players like Lou Piniella, their home, Sicks
Stadium was, well, sick. The team didn't draw squat attendance,
and the team packed up and moved to Milwaukee after Bud Selig
and others bought the team after the 1969 season. But that's
not the end of the story. Citizens of Seattle sued Major League
Baseball, claiming they weren't given a fair opportunity to keep
the franchise. Before the case went to trial, a settlement was
made. Seattle got a new franchise, which became the Mariners,
but the city has had trouble keeping the team ever since. By
the way, it has been said that another franchise was added at
that time just to keep scheduling even. That team was the
Toronto Blue Jays - the highest valued baseball team today.
LIST #8 - 30 DEAD PROFESSIONAL SOCCER TEAMS.
The game of professional soccer has never quite caught on in the U.S.
like it has everywhere else in the world. Some think that even
hosting the 1994 World Cup won't help the sport. As it is, there is
a myriad of teams of professional soccer (most notably the North
American Soccer League, which existed from 1967-85), both indoor and
outdoor varieties, which have faltered over the years. A list of
just those recollected: (This list is too numerous to mention how
these teams bit the dust, suffice it to say they're dead):
(1) Atlanta Chiefs
(2) Philadelphia Atoms
(3) Miami/San Diego Toros
(4) Vancouver Whitecaps
(5) Fort Lauderdale/Minnesota Strikers
(6) Houston Hurricane
(7) Seattle Sounders
(8) Chicago Sting
(9) San Jose/Golden Bay Earthquakes
(10) Philadelphia Spartans
(11) Chicago Mustangs
(12) Chicago/Kansas City Spurs
(13) Rochester Lancers
(14) New York Cosmos
(15) Baltimore Comets
(16) Boston/Jacksonville Tea Men
(17) Los Angeles Aztecs
(18) Baltimore Bays
(19) Dallas Tornado
(20) Tulsa Roughnecks
(21) Toronto Falcons
(22) Oakland Clippers
(23) Washington Darts
(24) Boston Minutemen
(25) Washington Whips
(26) Houston Stars
(27) Vancouver Royal Canadians
(28) Cleveland Strokers
(29) Pittsburgh Phantoms
(30) Atlanta Apollos
LIST #9 - NOTABLE PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS.
Every President of the United States has had some form of threat
against him at one time or another, people sending nasty letters
threatening death, and so forth. On several occasions however,
acts of violence have occurred, some costing our nation's leader
or those around him their lives.
(1) ABRAHAM LINCOLN - APRIL 14, 1865.
The first instance of a Presidential assassination, though not
the first attempt. John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln while he was
watching the play "My American Cousin" in Ford's Theatre in
Washington. Booth escaped, but speculation as to wether or not
he was ever captured rages to this day. Lincoln was removed
from the theatre, and various "stimulants" were administered,
but to no avail. He died the following morning.
(2) JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD -
(3) WILLIAM McKINLEY, JR. -
(4) FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT -
(5) HARRY S. TRUMAN -
(6) JOHN F. KENNEDY -
(7-8) GERALD R. FORD -
(9) RONALD W. REAGAN -
LIST #10 - ONE SIGNIFICANT NFL DRAFT GOOF.
The NFL Draft, a staple of the league to instill "parity" in the
league by giving lower rated teams first selection of quality
college talent, has provided many interesting "goofs" - mistakes
that team owners wish they'd have never made:
(1) PITTSBURGH STEELERS - 1983 - The Steelers, having the chance
to select University of Pittsburgh All-American Quarterback Dan
Marino as a replacement for hall of famer Terry Bradshaw, instead
selected Gabe Rivera, an outstanding college lineman. Rivera was
paralyzed in an auto accident before the regular season started,
and never played a game. Marino went on to throw over 200 TD
passes thus far in his career. It should be noted though, that
25 other teams passed him up as well - Miami selected 27th in
the first round of the draft.
(Note: I wish this list could have been longer, but I couldn't think of any
other real "doozies." If you can think of such a boner your favorite NFL
team made, lemme know.)
LIST #11 - RICK TOPEKA'S TOP SIX SPORTS QUOTES OF 1992:
Richard D. Topeka, an avid sport-aholic like myself, as well as an
Assistant SysOp of AmeriBoard Information Service, has compiled
the following list of his favorite sports quotes from last year:
(1) BRENT MUSBERGER, commenting on chides from his former bosses
at CBS: "The eagle is not concerned with the field mouse."
(2) JOHN McENROE, tennis great, to a heckler, "Do you have any
other problems other than being unemployed, a moron and a dork?"
(3) GEORGE BUSH, to the U.S. athletes who competed in the 1992
Winter games in Albertville, France: "I almost didn't recognize
you without all those commercial interruptions."
(4) DENNIS MILLER, on DAN QUAYLE: "Quayle almost had a mishap in
France when the brakes failed on the car he was riding. Luckily,
his child seat was secured."
(5) TOM WEIR, on the 1992 America's Cup semi-finals: "Best of 13?
Magellan's entire career was shorter."
(6) MICHAEL VENTRE, L.A. Daily News columnist, on former Dodger
Mike Marshall: "He got sent down to the Japanese Minor Leagues.
I understand if he fails there, the next step is T-Ball in Guam."
LIST #12 - RICK TOPEKA'S LIST OF THINGS YOU SHOULD NEVER LET SPORTS FANS DO.
In no particular order:
(1) Pick team nicknames (e.g. Cleveland Crunch. I think the full
name of this team should be the Cleveland Crunch with Almonds.)
(2) Buy beer for a nickle on "Swigger's nights."
(3) Pick any kind of all-star teams.
(4) Come close to Jose Canseco, Dave Winfield, Albert Belle, or
Charles Barkley. Fists and spit are sure to ensue.
LIST #13 - TEAM NICKNAMES THAT SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED BY PROFESSIONAL SPORTS.
This list is a combined effort between myself and Rick Topeka, and
it is that way so that neither of us can take responsibility for
these names, blaming them on the other:
(1) Mississippi Hippies
(2) Battle Creek Fighting Mongrels
(3) Ashtabula Lugosies
(4) Victoria Visigoths
(5) Pittsburgh Plethora
(6) Louisville Slugs
(7) Bay Area Goofy Uncles who never married
(8) San Jose Cannusees
(9) San Jose Cansecos
(10) Denver Dangling Participles
(11) Philadelphia Phlegm (or Fighting Phlegm)
(12) Tulsa Thud
(13) Tampa Applicators
LIST #14 - RICK TOPEKA'S REALLY COOL, BUT ALAS UNUSED, SPORTS NICKNAMES.
(1) Wasps
(2) Freaks (or, in Montreal, "Le Freak")
(3) Zombies
(4) Swift
(5) Inflictors
(6) Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe free
(7) Razors
(8) Bulge
(9) Sentries
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║ List Magazine - Copyright 1992, 1993 - McIntire Electronic Publishing. ║
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