Name Recognition

[Matt Dillon]

Give the man a cigar.

[Matt Dillon]

Iron Man (MLB)

[Lighthouse]

Cal Ripkin, 3rd base Baltimore Orioles.

[Lighthouse]

"The secretary of defense"

[Matt Dillon]

If no one gets it, you may want to drop a hint later on, Lighthouse. I can think of two former NFL players and one MLB player who were call the secretary of defense. There may have been others as well.

[Lighthouse]

I would be interested in both NFL players, but I'n referring the MLB guy.

[Matt Dillon]

The football players are former Redskin standout Dexter Manley and David "Deacon" Jones, a player who was recently listed in this thread, was also known as The Secretary Of Defense. If I'm not mistaken, the baseball player you're thinking of is Garry Maddox.

[KevinHall]

Gary Maddox is right. The saying went that two thirds of the earth is covered by water and the other third by Gary Maddox.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/maddoga01.shtml

[Matt Dillon]

The King And His Court

[KevinHall]

I can't remember the name now. Eddie something er nother. They were a softball team that went around playing local yocals and usually beating them badly. I think they only used a limited number of players. I saw them one time after a minor league game in Prince WIlliam, Virginia. The local team beat them that night IIRC.

[Matt Dillon]

The last name is spelled Feigner. I believe it's pronounced Fainer. They only used four players. Besides Eddie, they had a Catcher, First Baseman and a Shortstop. The guy was pretty amazing. I saw him on tv once, and one of the things he did was strike batters out pitching from his knees behind Second Base.

http://www.kingandhiscourt.org/about.php

[Matt Dillon]

Here's one for you: the U.S. city once known as the hog butcher of the world.

[KevinHall]

Chicago............

[Matt Dillon]

Mudcat (MLB)

[Lighthouse]

The King And His Court

A side note on this. The guy who played shortstop, and sometimes outfield for this outfit, played some shortstop for me when I coached the Kentucky Bourbons. The last I heard of him/her, he was playing on a women's baseball team in Florida.