Seriously kickass
Sporcle is fantastic and fun. And I'm not saying that just because they're paying me to. Because they aren't paying me. I've long been frustrated by all the tiny Caribbean and Pacific Ocean nations when trying to name all nearly 200 countries in their world geography quiz. They also have baseball-related quizzes and from time to time we might decide to point some of them out here.
They created one today covering the 67 players at Mariners' Spring Training. It was harder than I anticipated and I'll admit to eventually blanking on a couple names because, ultimately, why should I commit brain memory to all 67 of those guys when I could apply those neural pathways to something more interesting, like magnetars? If you believe that you can name all 67 without cheating, or just want to kill ten minutes (right, like you'll do just one quiz), I recommend trying it out. I'll even start you out with a name. Felix Hernandez is one of the 67.
You're welcome.
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The first name of a certain projected starting second baseman is spelled incorrectly.
Floyd Gondoli - February 20, 2012
As is the surname of a certain candidate for the back end of the rotation.
JY - February 20, 2012
Yeah, that frustrated me for about 30 seconds until I realized you can just type in last names.
Henry Valz - February 20, 2012
I suck
29
Dewey N - February 20, 2012
25
:(
GasolineSnuggie - February 20, 2012
30!
My downfall was my complete inability to remember most everyone on the pitching side of things outside of the obvious Felix/League/Vargas/Iwakuma/etc. mainstay types.
TIFO - February 21, 2012
Darren Ford....
Was charged with making false statements to the police.
Freaking awesome.
Henry Valz - February 20, 2012
56
Pretty excited that I got all the catchers, pretty bummed that I forgot about Brandon League
Corco - February 20, 2012
47
Got the whole major league team except for Chance Ruffin and the top prospects. Missed mostly the ‘organizational depth’. Interesting how forcedly quick memory exercises mess with you.
algorhythm - February 20, 2012
31
I’m embarrassed
BigR - February 20, 2012
32
I didn’t get a single member of the pile, outside of Heilman. Could picture Sherrill but couldn’t remember his name. Remembered Chiang, but forgot he spelled his name with an “I.” My most embarrassing omission was probably Casper Wells.
zeeehjee - February 20, 2012
Sporcle is indeed awesome
43, wasn’t really trying. Might do it again sometime before the games start.
Aly Edge - February 20, 2012
This quiz is the most popular today in MLB quizzes.
http://www.sporcle.com/games/subcategory/mlb
seattle_since_81 - February 20, 2012
Also, "they" didn't put this quiz up
Some guy (or girl) did. Hence, the misspellings.
Aly Edge - February 20, 2012
32.
I’m horrible at this, I’m going back to the name all the pokemon quiz.
wetzelcoal - February 20, 2012
Exposure to the Pokerap is practically cheating.
JY - February 20, 2012
I'm not sure which is more embarrassing.
How low my score was on the M’s quiz, or how high my score on the pokemon one was.
wetzelcoal - February 20, 2012
Pokerap is only 150 of the 649 pokemon though.
joof - February 21, 2012
There's 649 now?!
Man I feel old.
browl - February 21, 2012
Don't worry; they introduced new types (Dark! Steel!) and the last 400-ish pokemon are still just rehashes of the 151 we had in generation 1.
harkening - February 21, 2012
650!
wetzelcoal - February 21, 2012
48
Most embarrassing miss: Shawn Kelley
ThirteenOfTwo - February 20, 2012
I tried Green and White, I couldn't remember which Shawn/Sean we still had.
cedarA - February 20, 2012
My most embarrassing miss was probably Casper Wells.
Don’t know how I missed that one. Actually, come to think of it I missed all of the Doug Fister trade members. Oops. Still got 36 though. But should have done better. Maybe they’ll dump this team and pick up 67 new guys so I can try again.
Mothy - February 21, 2012
another Sporkle relevant to Lookout Landing
The Cascade volcanoes
MMonkman - February 20, 2012
*that's Sporcle with a "c"
MMonkman - February 20, 2012
55
Worst misses were Nick Franklin and Carlos Triunfel
WhyGodWhy - February 20, 2012
37
The only ones I feel bad about forgetting are Kelley, Furbush, and Luis Rodriguez.
lailaihei - February 20, 2012
Me too (37)
Notable misses: Guillen, Franklin, Catricala, nearly all the bullpen. At least no one can say I overvalue relievers. And who the hell is Jose Sucre and why is he wearing #2?
morrow - February 21, 2012
I was surprised Quiroz got 3.
yuniform - February 22, 2012
I hate when I'm playing the Name the Countries quiz after spending a bunch of time remembering all the obscure island nations
And I end up forgetting Egypt or something. The Slavic nations can also be a bitch.
JLC - February 20, 2012
I've forgotten Italy often.
Though I have gotten all the countries a couple of times.
Mariner John - February 21, 2012
I forgot Switzerland last night
and the worst part was just staring at it while the final minute ticked away, every second looking like a point of IQ I’d always assumed was there but clearly is not.
Aaron Campeau - February 21, 2012
I hate forgetting like one or two on a continent and being like "Oh fuck where is this bastard"
Mariner John - February 21, 2012
35
Sporcle lists Jesus Montero as a catcher. Now we know.
Jim226 - February 20, 2012
Not even going to try:
After how bad I did on my Environmental Sciences midterm. And I studied for that!
extavernmouse - February 20, 2012
Sporcle is my favorite waste of time.
sarah1110 - February 20, 2012
And I got 44.
Only ones I’m really embarrassed about are Shawn Kelley and Blake Beavan.
sarah1110 - February 20, 2012
26
27 if I could have spelled “Taijuan” correctly.
Eric Wedge's Mustache - February 20, 2012
28
and it was really annoying! Got quite a few of the starters, but was blown away trying to remember the minor league players with an invite to spring training.
Bart's Evil Twin - February 20, 2012
You can use last names only for Sporcle quizzes.
It works really well when people have generic last names.
thehemogoblin - February 20, 2012
Got 41
Could’ve had 42 if I remembered how to spell the Frenchy’s last name (yes, I know he’s not actually from France).
JLC - February 21, 2012
Montreal
Same diff ;\
Aly Edge - February 21, 2012
Montreal is more French than France!
Corco - February 21, 2012
Suppose he sticks with the organization
He’s got almost literally no chance to make the club out of camp, and I can imagine there are some teams who’d love to take a flyer on a lefty who can hit 100 with relative ease and live between 95 and 98. How come he never amounted to anything with the Reds? Is it as simple as not finding the strike zone?
Aly Edge - February 21, 2012
Ah, that subject line was meant to be a question
Suppose he sticks with the organization?
Aly Edge - February 21, 2012
Though "He's a bum!" should be accepted as an alternate answer
Aly Edge - February 21, 2012
Was I the only person who typed in "pile?" I'm disappointed that didn't work as a cheat code, like you you always get Al Martin when trying to type in Edgar Martinez.
yuniform - February 22, 2012
I got 26.
I couldn’t remember Kyle Seager, Steve Delabar or Kevin Millwood’s names. I don’t know why, I just blanked on them. Otherwise, I’d have gotten 29.
Also, I thought Felix’s brother was invited to Spring Training. Guess not.
Ride the Apocalypse - February 21, 2012
Also, when typing in Franklin Gutierrez, it gave me Nick Franklin, who I would have otherwise forgotten about, so if it wasn't for that, I'd have had 25. Haha.
Ride the Apocalypse - February 21, 2012
Most embarrassing miss:
Michael Saunders. Then again, maybe it’s more embarrassing for him.
Ride the Apocalypse - February 21, 2012
If he was...
just typing in Hernandez would have got them both.
jameslcrockett - February 21, 2012
He was typing first names for some reason though.
Mariner John - February 21, 2012
34
I remembered Darren Ford somehow and then forgot way too many easy ones.
ScottBrowne - February 21, 2012
And I remembered Kyle Seager but couldn't spell his name correctly for whatever reason.
ScottBrowne - February 21, 2012
Philippe Valiquette
lemonverbena - February 21, 2012
I forgot the lesbian :/
Omerta - February 21, 2012 via mobile
Vargas is all man, bitch
lemonverbena - February 21, 2012
33, I couldn't spell Wilhelmsen
ColeFitz88 - February 21, 2012
43 while forgetting Seager and Beavan
The most obscure guy I managed to remember (around 10% when I took the quiz) was Luetge. Although I have to admit a few like the Jimenez’ and Chavez were pretty much just me throwing names out there. But they seemed like vaguely familiar names.
pixburgher - February 21, 2012
Who the hell is Jesus Sucre
abender20 - February 21, 2012
I thought for sure that line would belong to Steve Baron
Aly Edge - February 21, 2012
Well, they gotta keep Montero happy somehow
OlSalty - February 21, 2012
Personally,
I am a big fan of the Mariners opening day lineups from 1990-2010 sporcle quiz.
I have done it a few times and still cant get them all. On a side note…we really had Jose Vidro and Carl Everett as opening day starters on this team….AS DESIGNATED HITTERS!
Mark Winkel - February 21, 2012
Thanks for introducing
me to Sporcle. The time I can waste!
McCutchenIsTheTruth - February 21, 2012
42
While missing Casper Wells, Hector Noesi, and Carlos Guillen.
Incidentally, how the hell is Luis Jimenez in camp but not Johan Limonta?
chaney - February 21, 2012
Jiminez was a beast in the winter league.
yuniform - February 22, 2012
49
My most embarrassing being Sherrill. After that I missed on organizational depth, sorry Johermyn Chavez.
kungfoolery - February 21, 2012
I also missed Sherrill. Jeez.
And I got 43.
Goose - February 21, 2012
And Kevin Millwood! Ugh.
Goose - February 21, 2012
42, without missing any of the projected 25 or major prospects
I feel good enough. Should have had the Chavez’s and Luetge’s of the world, but I’m going to blame Johermyn for sucking last year and Lucas for having a silly last name.
cwel87 - February 21, 2012
49...
…only ones I’m slightly embarrassed that I missed were some of the free agent pitchers I knew we got and just blanked. Like Garrison, I kept typing in “Harrison”. Then I just couldn’t come up with Henn, Grube, etc… I think the biggest name I missed was Luis Rodriguez.
Jamison.M - February 21, 2012
Got totally killed by the pile. I sat for about a full minute trying to remember Shawn Camp.
Also Mike Wilson. In my defense he was just sorta released.
the other side - February 21, 2012
I only got Camp because I was trying to type in Campos
Who’s not here anymore and maybe wouldn’t have been invited to ST if he was. Double stupid whammy
Craptastic-J - February 21, 2012
I think Sporcle the Peoria Mariner would make a fine mascot.
msb - February 21, 2012
The pile kills me every time
I’ve gotten as many as 53 and as few as 40. Ralph Henriquez sounds like another ethnicity blind computer generated name.
Mariner John - February 21, 2012
I was sat there for at least a minute trying to remember Iwakuma's name.
Eyeball Kid - February 21, 2012
I kept trying to type his first name, then never even got it.
I ended up with 25. I tend to cave under pressure. I hate names!
Zewerr - February 21, 2012
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