The Pecan Park Eagle

The Crayon Box All Stars

Pitcher – Vida Blue (1969-1986)

Catcher –  Johnny Peacock (1937-1945)

1st Base – Bill White (1956-1969)

2nd Base – Pumpsie Green (1959-1963)

3rd Base – Bobby Brown (1946-1954)

Shortstop – Bob Black (1884)

Left Field – Pete Gray (1945)

Center Field –  Gregor Blanco (2008-2014)

Right Field –  Chief Yellow Horse (1921-1922) *

*Even though Chief Yellow Horse was really a pitcher, we could not resist putting that colorful two-worded, un-hyphenated surname into the outfield lineup. Add to that fact the rationale that the absence of pure Orange, Yellow, Indigo, and Violet surnames sort of forced our hand on making certain accommodations. We could have placed Alvin Dark at shortstop and found a “Black” who had played the outfield, but “Dark” really isn’t a color, is it? It’s a condition of relative light.

Johnny Peacock is a member of the team for reasons that should be implicitly obvious.  For any who may not understand how Gregor Blanco made the club, please consult a Spanish to English language website and check out the Spanish word for “white.”

Our other rule here was to avoid using the same literal name for a color twice. “White” and “Blanco” were both the different language versions for the visual light condition that we English-speaking people call “white.” Technically, neither black nor white are considered colors. Remember the name ROY G BIV from high school physics? That acronym for the color spectrum of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet are technically the only base colors that exist. Even “purple” is not a base spectrum color. “Purple” is a combination of “red” and “blue.”

If you can think of any other color-name players that don’t repeat the colors we’ve already located and positioned, please offer them up as comments at the end of this column.

Come on. The more the merrier.

And enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

~ The Pecan Park Eagle