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arcticlegend
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Some of the foreign names make no sense. There are a ton of Japanese players with Chinese last names, and as mentioned, English first names. And I have a catcher from France whose name is Trevor Higginson.
4/28/2014 2:16 PM
shobob
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I had a Russian fella names Herm Davenport.  Immigrant parents from England I guess.
4/29/2014 11:13 PM
mongoose_22
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My favorite was Ramon Yamamoto. He was from Iowa.
4/30/2014 11:11 AM
MikeT23
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Kristi Yamaguchi was from CA.   It happens. 
4/30/2014 11:24 AM
arcticlegend
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True, but California actually has racial diversity. I grew up in a state bordering Iowa, and I can vouch that Iowa is about 104% white.
4/30/2014 12:09 PM
MikeT23
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Point being, everyone born in the US isn't named Joe Smith.     Do I really have to find a James Tanaka born in STL to prove it?
4/30/2014 12:40 PM
pjfoster13
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there's a disproportionate amount of humans named Jhoulys on this game
4/30/2014 5:39 PM
shobob
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Posted by MikeT23 on 4/30/2014 12:40:00 PM (view original):
Point being, everyone born in the US isn't named Joe Smith.     Do I really have to find a James Tanaka born in STL to prove it?
James Tanaka born in St Louis makes sense. The same name, but from Japan makes absolutely no sense.
4/30/2014 6:59 PM
arcticlegend
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Posted by MikeT23 on 4/30/2014 12:40:00 PM (view original):
Point being, everyone born in the US isn't named Joe Smith.     Do I really have to find a James Tanaka born in STL to prove it?
I don't actually disagree. I just felt like making fun of Iowa.

I'm sure there is at least one Japanese guy in Iowa with a name similar to James Tanaka. He's probably in Cedar Rapids right now slaughtering a hog, or whatever it is Iowans do with their free time.
4/30/2014 7:38 PM
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