Year end lists are nothing new. People have been compiling such lists for as long as they could count. The earliest evidence of such lists have appeared in the tombs of some Egyptain pharaohs.
As an added year end bonus, we present a vintage year end list. The year was 1920 and an enterprising sportswriter for the Brooklyn Daily Mudflap compiled a list of the greatest names of baseball players who played in the major leagues that year. The list is presented below with a special thanks to friend of the blog Schwartzer.
Top 50 Baseball Player Names (1920)
1. Jigger Statz
2. Greasy Neale
3. Sweetbreads Bailey
4. Gavvy Cravath
5. Ivey Wingo
6. Heinie Groh
7. Hippo Vaughn
8. Chippy Gaw
9. Pickles Dillhoefer
10. Zack Wheat
11. Mack Wheat
12. Shovel Hodge
13. Grover Lowdermilk
14. Ping Bowdie
15. Urban Shocker
16. Amos Strunk
17. Bubber Jonnard
18. Baby Doll Jacobson
19. Dud Lee
20. Lyman Lamb
21. Hal Leathers
22. Pinch Thomas
23. Happy Felsch
24. Chick Shorten
25. Slim Love
26. Chick Fewster
27. Bibb Falk
28. Stuffy McInnis
29. Braggo Roth
30. Mule Watson
31. Nig Clarke
32. Cy Fried
33. Pug Griffin
34. Pie Traynor
35. Rowdy Elliott
36. Eppa Rixey
37. Rabbit Maranville
38. Bunny Hearn
39. Possum Whitted
40. Howdy Caton
41. Sheriff Blake
42. Mutt Wilson
43. Dutch Wetzel
44. Dixie Davis
45. Howie Shanks
46. Fred Merkle
47. Hod Leverette
48. Roxy Walters
49. Max Flack
50. Wally Pipp
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
Big Changes for 2009
All of the fans of Japanese Jesus have flooded the inbox here at JJHQ with accolades for our 2008 and requests for the blog for the new year. In 2008, Japanese Jesus grew by leaps and bounds with scores of new readers and an incredibly high post count. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the 2008 posts have been mysteriously scrubbed form the internet. (Anybody with any info, please contact JJHQ.) All we are left with are the memories.
Big things are in store for 2009 including new features, exclsuive interviews, JJ merchandise, giveaways, the First Annual Japanese Jesus Retreat, guest bloggers, and much much more.
But 2008 is not over yet, so stay tuned for the exclusive, highly anticipated Dindastic year-end list.
Big things are in store for 2009 including new features, exclsuive interviews, JJ merchandise, giveaways, the First Annual Japanese Jesus Retreat, guest bloggers, and much much more.
But 2008 is not over yet, so stay tuned for the exclusive, highly anticipated Dindastic year-end list.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
More Shredding
A lot more shredding was done yesterday. Here is a list of things that I would like to put in the shredder.
- Chedder Cheese ("There's chedder in the shredder!")
- Eddie Vedder ("Vedder in the shredder!")
- My hand
- A necktie that I was wearing
- One of those new ultra thin macbooks
- Lettuce
- Ice
- That weird squishy pig face that I got in China
- Blackberry
- Loaf of bread
- Chedder Cheese ("There's chedder in the shredder!")
- Eddie Vedder ("Vedder in the shredder!")
- My hand
- A necktie that I was wearing
- One of those new ultra thin macbooks
- Lettuce
- Ice
- That weird squishy pig face that I got in China
- Blackberry
- Loaf of bread
Monday, March 17, 2008
Shredding
This weekend, a new paper shredder was purchased for Japanese Jesus headquarters and I have rediscovered my love for shredding. Yesterday, I did an incredible amount of shredding of records (not the LP kind, but that would be fun to put through the shredder). The shredder is a little noisy (I didn't want to shell out the big bucks for the "whisper quiet" model) so I had to stop shredding at night. And I still have lots of stuff to shred. I encourage everyone to get a shredder and shred shred shred.
If you don't have a shredder, feel free to bring your shredables to JJ HQ and we'll shred them for you. Or you can shred your own shredables using our shredder. Or you can stop by and shred our shredables using our shredder. One of these days, we may try putting some chedder in the shredder.
If you don't have a shredder, feel free to bring your shredables to JJ HQ and we'll shred them for you. Or you can shred your own shredables using our shredder. Or you can stop by and shred our shredables using our shredder. One of these days, we may try putting some chedder in the shredder.
Friday, February 22, 2008
2007 in Film
It's Oscar time and I have a feeling that the fans of Japanese Jesus are interested in the ten best movies from last year. Here it is in no particular order with comments:
No Country For Old Men (best of the year)
There Will Be Blood (second best of the year)
3:10 to Yuma (surprisisngly excelelnt)
Eastern Promises (Cronenberg's best ever)
Michael Clayton (worst movie title of the year)
Superbad (Michael Cera might be the best ever at playing awkward teens)
Juno (Michael Cera again, and Ellen Page was great)
Before The Devil Knows You're Dead (Lumet surprises with first excellent film in 25 years)
I'm Not There (Gere was unnecesary, Blanchett was brilliant)
Everyone is welcome to view the Oscars at Japanese Jesus headquarters if you can find it.
No Country For Old Men (best of the year)
There Will Be Blood (second best of the year)
3:10 to Yuma (surprisisngly excelelnt)
Eastern Promises (Cronenberg's best ever)
Michael Clayton (worst movie title of the year)
Superbad (Michael Cera might be the best ever at playing awkward teens)
Juno (Michael Cera again, and Ellen Page was great)
Before The Devil Knows You're Dead (Lumet surprises with first excellent film in 25 years)
I'm Not There (Gere was unnecesary, Blanchett was brilliant)
Everyone is welcome to view the Oscars at Japanese Jesus headquarters if you can find it.
Happy New Year
Happy New Year, loyal readers.
Some people might say that February 22 is a little late for the first post of the year, but those people don't know what this blog is all about.
Some people might say that February 22 is a little late for the first post of the year, but those people don't know what this blog is all about.
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