Baseball-flavored brainteaser

[ganchrow]

I posted the following brainteaser over at SBR:

Co-Recipients Don't Count

1. Mariano Rivera
2. Bobby Richardson
3. Sandy Koufax
4. Pete Rose
5. Reggie Jackson
6. Johnny Bench
7. Derek Jeter
8. Mike Schmidt
9. Donn Clendenon
10. Troy Glaus
11. ?????????????
12. Jermaine Dye
13. Manny Ramirez
14. Frank Robinson
15. Willie Stargell
16. Darrell Porter

Name the missing Major League Baseball player.


(See the original thread for spoilers and for a form to check answers.)

 

[ganchrow]

Oh and btw, for it to count you need to be able to explain your answer. ;-)

 

[steaktartar]

frank viola?

 

[royboy_3831]

Jose Oquendo

 

[ganchrow]

Any rationale for either of these guesses?

 

[roach23]

Barry Bonds. Cause he plays LF

 

[ganchrow]

Barry Bonds. Cause he plays LF

No.

Although the players' positions are relevant. Why do you think LF is important?

 

[Timetopay]

Enrico Palatzo

 

[Timetopay]

Willie Mays Hayes

 

[Timetopay]

Kelly Leak

 

[roach23]

No.

Although the players' positions are relevant. Why do you think LF is important?

because after Glauss you started listing outfielders.

 

[steaktartar]

i picked viola cause i thunk it was world series mvp first time ins eries or some fukin shit im drunk

 

[ganchrow]

This is actually a fairly difficult question, and is much more a brainteaser than a piece of baseball trivia. If you look at it from a pure baseball standpoint, you aren't going to get it (unless you guess).

Don't get too hung up on the baseball angle. This is first and foremost a lateral thinking puzzle that happens to be couched in a baseball framework.

The details of the puzzle all have to do with baseball, but the manner of relating them to one another does not.

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[roach23]

i'm stumped. or too lazy to do research.

my final guess....Orel Hersisher

reason: he's from Jersey.

 

[steaktartar]

Joe Carter

 

[Boxslayer]

Ray Knight

 

[mlfp]

Mookie Wilson, just because

 

[aclv1]

sal fasano

 

[Timetopay]

Pete Incaviglia

 

[Data]

Scott Brosius

Aronofsky says 11 is enough.