Archive for September, 2012

All-Name Teams #2

09/15/2012

Featuring names from across the world of sports

Shakespeare famously wrote: What’s in a name? Centuries later, the question remains. Welcome to the FAST All-Name Teams…

You may wonder: Why five members per team? Simple — since basketball was my favorite sport growing up, I’m going with five-person teams.

All-Red Sox Name Team
Carl Yastrzemski aka Yaz
Dwight Evans aka Dewey
Fredric Michael Lynn
Johnny Pesky aka The Needle
Ted Williams aka The Splendid Splinter, Teddy Ballgame and The Kid
Honorary Pre-Trade Member
George Herman Ruth aka Babe Ruth
In Memoriam
George Sykes
My wife’s Dad, and a lifelong Red Sox fan

All-Power Team
Tom Cable — football
John Force — drag racing
Ken Linseman — hockey
Will Power — auto racing
J.C. Watts — football

All-Car Team
Douglas Carr — hockey
Randy Edsall — football
Ford Stainback — baseball
Kiah Stokes — basketball
Andy Studebaker — football