Comments on: Reasons Frank Tanana should be in the Hall of Fame http://www.krankor.com/2008/05/24/reasons-frank-tanana-should-be-in-the-hall-of-fame/ That's right, I went there. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:03:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Ignatius Fenton Pig, Esq. http://www.krankor.com/2008/05/24/reasons-frank-tanana-should-be-in-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-1450 Ignatius Fenton Pig, Esq. Tue, 27 May 2008 13:40:38 +0000 http://www.krankor.com/?p=248#comment-1450 A third reason why Frank Tanana should be in the Hall of Fame: one day in the 1980's, Matt and I found ourselves in Mike Bennett's living room drafting players for teams that never actually got around to playing. (At least I don't remember any "real" games.) The players were sorted by "old" and "new" sets - meaning that you ended up with really crappy pitchers from the new card set. Someone picked Frank Tanana, and one of the others in the room (I forget just who it was, but Sporko might remember) piped up, "Aw, man! You got Frank Tanana? I wanted him!" AND TOTALLY MEANT IT. A third reason why Frank Tanana should be in the Hall of Fame: one day in the 1980’s, Matt and I found ourselves in Mike Bennett’s living room drafting players for teams that never actually got around to playing. (At least I don’t remember any “real” games.) The players were sorted by “old” and “new” sets - meaning that you ended up with really crappy pitchers from the new card set. Someone picked Frank Tanana, and one of the others in the room (I forget just who it was, but Sporko might remember) piped up, “Aw, man! You got Frank Tanana? I wanted him!” AND TOTALLY MEANT IT.

]]> By: Krankor http://www.krankor.com/2008/05/24/reasons-frank-tanana-should-be-in-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-1442 Krankor Mon, 26 May 2008 02:56:52 +0000 http://www.krankor.com/?p=248#comment-1442 Oh, and the Nelson Liriano encounter is hereby the 2nd official reason why Frank Tanana should be in the HoF. Oh, and the Nelson Liriano encounter is hereby the 2nd official reason why Frank Tanana should be in the HoF.

]]> By: Krankor http://www.krankor.com/2008/05/24/reasons-frank-tanana-should-be-in-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-1441 Krankor Mon, 26 May 2008 02:51:56 +0000 http://www.krankor.com/?p=248#comment-1441 <i>[S]shouldn’t the Rev. Canaan Banana, late President of Zimbabwe, already be ensrined?</i> No. He never made it above AA ball. However, I think the Rastafarians should seriously consider ditching Haile Selassie as God incarnate and make the switch to Rev. Banana. Makes just as much sense, theologically speaking, plus his name is freakin' Banana. [S]shouldn’t the Rev. Canaan Banana, late President of Zimbabwe, already be ensrined?

No. He never made it above AA ball.

However, I think the Rastafarians should seriously consider ditching Haile Selassie as God incarnate and make the switch to Rev. Banana. Makes just as much sense, theologically speaking, plus his name is freakin’ Banana.

]]> By: Ignatius F. Pig, Esq. http://www.krankor.com/2008/05/24/reasons-frank-tanana-should-be-in-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-1440 Ignatius F. Pig, Esq. Sun, 25 May 2008 22:51:07 +0000 http://www.krankor.com/?p=248#comment-1440 Answer to your question, Sporko: Nelson Liriano. Still funny, 21 years later. If Frank Tanana belongs in the Hall of Fame based on his name rhyming with banana, then shouldn't the Rev. Canaan Banana, late President of Zimbabwe, already be enshrined? Answer to your question, Sporko: Nelson Liriano. Still funny, 21 years later.

If Frank Tanana belongs in the Hall of Fame based on his name rhyming with banana, then shouldn’t the Rev. Canaan Banana, late President of Zimbabwe, already be enshrined?

]]> By: sporkless http://www.krankor.com/2008/05/24/reasons-frank-tanana-should-be-in-the-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-1436 sporkless Sun, 25 May 2008 22:35:14 +0000 http://www.krankor.com/?p=248#comment-1436 Who was the Blue Jay who, after striking out, yelled out to the mound to demand that Tanana (in his elderly years as a slop pitcher for the Tigers) "pitch like a man!"? Who was the Blue Jay who, after striking out, yelled out to the mound to demand that Tanana (in his elderly years as a slop pitcher for the Tigers) “pitch like a man!”?

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