“The Mets have six major-league caliber players on
their roster with surnames that sound suspiciously like the name of an animal.
The Zoo of Flushing has a flock of birds (pitchers Tim BYRDak and LaTroy
HAWKins), woodland creatures (catcher John BUCK), domesticated farm animals
(outfielder Collin COWgill) and even the king of the jungle (pitcher Brandon
LYON). They also have outfielder Marlon Byrd, who is essentially a flying
fish.”—Jared Diamond, “Baseball's Animal House,” The Wall Street Journal,
March 9, 2013
It’s a good thing that Diamond pre-emptively cops to
Cowgill’s quote in the article that “You'd have to have a lot of time on your
hands to come up with that." By logic similar to the one used here, the
sportswriter’s surname should qualify him as a member of a major financial
concern. No such luck, I guess!
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