(From funnynamesblog.com)
How often do the worlds of the New York Mets and Jerry Seinfeld collide?
More than you’d think. The funny guy grew up on Long Island, a couple towns and a few years from me. He, too, has remained an avid Mets rooter. Remember first baseman Keith Hernandez showing up on Jerry’s sitcom on a classic episode almost two decades back now?
Anyway, Jerry and the Mets both show up in my installment this month over at the Blog of Funny Names, which begins:
At the end of last month, my New York Mets traded for an outfielder by the name of Yoenis Céspedes.
Yoenis Céspedes Milanés to be exact.
This good baseball guy is a 29-year-old native of Cuba, which means that for his life before he came north to play in the major leagues, there isn’t a whole lot of pure storytelling readily available. Wikipedia allows that his paternal name is Céspedes and maternal name is Milanés, and that he was born in Campechuela in the Granma Province. He was a member of the Cuba National Team and played in the Cuban National Series.
He came to the Major Leagues in 2012 as a member of the Oakland Athletics, but was traded to the Boston Red Sox in 2014. This year he played for the Detroit Tigers before the Mets picked him up …
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Mark Bialczak 
I’m guessing that in Cuba Schwenk would qualify as a funny name Mark! Heck Mark would probably qualify too, come to think of it. ❤
Diana xo
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We would crack them up by our mere presence, Schwenkie. Then they’d get hold of my last name, you know?
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Haha yup!
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Perhaps Yoenis can team up with Yao and Yogi to reshoot that classic Visa check card commercial set in the NYC souvenir shop. Yo!
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Yippee! You yanked it over the wall with this one, Bill. 🙂
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Cespedes for the Mets,” the airing of the grievances” for the rest of us in the NL East. Now, where’s my metal pole ??? ☺
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What is up with Lance? Confused in sunny Florida? The Gatorette
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I would not hurt Lance’s feelings, Gatorette. Unless we were fighting like brothers, that is. 🙂
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Oh???
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He and I are the same age, that sort of thing.
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Got It Terp! Have a great Day, my friend. The Gatorette
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yes, mark, it was a loss to detroit, to our roster of funny names and to the holiday.
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He’s a free agent, so everybody has a chance at the end of the year, including your Tigers, Beth. 😮
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“Go ahead and do your thing, Lance.”
Now, Mark, that hurts my feeling…
Honestly.
I know I can be an ass, but on your page, I do keep it clean (as much as is possible)
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I really do not see how my statement could be construed as hurtful in any way.
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Now Mark, you must know I was joking.
Cheers
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By the way, brother Lance, I have answered your call for a golf story.
http://wp.me/p3dLY1-3ER
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Dear Mark,
Now I know… you are a baseball kind of guy, but, honestly! If you have written anything…. devout er..about, the recent PGA Championship, I Have yet to find it.
C’mon! Your tag line is “What will he write about next?” Ain’t it?
PGA: One Texan, One Aussie
Where is the love?
http://texantales.com/2015/08/16/a-class-society-or-a-class-less-society-which-do-we-want/
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Not sure why I post this here, but then Mark, you know how I am and I Ike, er like… to clean up after me…
Certainly you must unnerstand. Well, I hope you do anyhow…
http://texantales.com/2015/08/17/oh-my-goodness-censored-title/
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Go ahead and do your thing, Lance.
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Well, Lance, maybe I just haven’t gotten to my take on Jordan Spieth vs. the world yet. I plan these things out to cover every day of the week. Just saying. 😮
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Texan.
All I can say ’bout Jordan.
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