Comments on: Denard Span is somewhat confused

By: ta192

ta192 — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:14:48 +0000

I would think damn near everyone can ID Pujols, maybe even by his batting stance (squat?), alone.

By: WhenMattStairsIsKing

WhenMattStairsIsKing — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:25:03 +0000

Yeah, Murray Chass and Ken Rosenthal look like twins.

By: cur68

cur68 — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:23:26 +0000

All you sportswriters look the same to me.

By: nicosamuelson2

nicosamuelson2 — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:01:28 +0000

I’m having trouble picturing Chris Carpenter right now… i’m picturing Cliff Lee in my mind. Do they even look alike? I’m gonna google Carp right now.

By: clydeserra

clydeserra — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:08:28 +0000

like the twins?

By: WhenMattStairsIsKing

WhenMattStairsIsKing — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:24:45 +0000

I don’t know why, but I still picture Willie Bloomquist as a black guy. I’m sure that if my brain worked, I’d have a reason for this.

By: oldnumero7

oldnumero7 — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:13:45 +0000

My memory’s a little hazy, but I recall sharing drinks with three pro ballplayers: Steve Carlton, Miguel Batista, and Ray Chang. Ray used to date a friend of a friend, and he also like to pound shots and have his alter ego “Yar” come out. Fun guy.

By: fivetoolmike

fivetoolmike — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:52:00 +0000

I was convinced that David Freese was black until I saw a picture of him. I realized I was confusing him with Joe Thurston. They’re not at all similar. This type of confusion occurs with me too frequently.

By: klbader

klbader — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:14:06 +0000

I think ballplayers look completely different once they take their hats off. I probably could only recognize a handful of them hatless. It is quite a transformation. Take Chase Utley. With his hat on, he looks like your standard run of the mill ball player. He takes his hat off and I see that slicked back, greasy hair, he looks like your standard run of the mill douchebag. Perhaps both are true, but the transformation is scary.

By: anybodyinhere

anybodyinhere — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:30:55 +0000

I know where you’re coming from, Craig. I helped out with coaching my son’s youth football team and the kids had helmets on practically the entire practice. Took me a couple a weeks to learn who was who without helmets. They didn’t necessarily all look alike with the helmets on, but once you replaced the lid with hair, they took on a different appearance.

By: bleedgreen

bleedgreen — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:23:38 +0000

Wait, so…. teams that have been consistently good over the past 7-9 years get more exposure? NO WAI!

By: largebill

largebill — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:14:43 +0000

Consider it the ESPN effect. Most folks can only identify players from the Yankees, Red Sox, and Phillies. Oh, and that guy with the beard from San Fran.