[Arlie Latham]

Originally Posted by mikev

Because it's completely fictional. You could envision an Amish league where the only first names are John, Amos, Samuel, Daniel, and David, and the only surnames are Stoltzfus, King, Fisher, Beiler, and Lapp, and then you could actually do that. Sure you'd have a billion duplicate players, but still, it's possible.

The thing is, a lot of work was actually put into making sure that the names generated were pretty believeable and nothing too crazily uncommon (like a guy named Timothy Williams, but he's from Thailand).

Still, I know that 100% proofreading wasn't possible. There will definitely be names that slip through the cracks, but that's part of the fun.

As an aside, what kind of weird names are you getting?

I ran an Amish league, as Mike described. Unfortunately the games really dragged on when all players stopped to erect a barn during the seventh inning stretch.