> In article <3ad96i$f3u@charnel.ecst.CSUChico.EDU>
jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu (James L Brookes) writes:
>In article <patriciaCzD4HB.9yD@netcom.com>, Patricia Bender
><patricia@netcom.com> wrote:
>
>>News from November 15.
>[...]
>>Billy Owens (GS) did not play.
>              ^^
>Oops :)
>

I really hate it when players change teams.  I think they should be 
required to change their name along with their team, that way these
mistakes just wouldn't happen.  Do you have any idea how weird it
felt the first time I typed "Robert Parish (Cha)"?  I also nearly
put Dominique Wilkins back with Atlanta this morning, but I caught
myself (it didn't help any that Boston played Atlanta).

And don't get me started with players who have the same last name.
Every player should have a unique last name.  I nearly gave a Laker
fan a heart attack (or so he said) last week when I put former
Laker Tony Campbell instead of current Laker Elden Campbell.  And 
who can forget last season when I made the mistake that I KNEW I
eventually would: Tim Hardaway (Orl).  And I just can't seem to
keep the Hill (Tyrone) and Mills (Chris and Terry) straight and 
have to double check each time to make sure I have the correct 
first name.

And why can't they at least spell their names the same way???
Forget _Glen or Glenda?_, is it Glen or Glenn?  Or did I even do
that movie title wrong and is _Glenn or Glenda?_  Is it Sean or
Shawn, Derek or Derrick, John or Jon, Tony or Toni, Ervin or
Earvin, Brian or Bryant or Byron or Bryon, Michael or Micheal?
And why did Gheorghe Muresan have to put all those h's in his name?
I don't think I have forgiven Elliot Perry for leaving that
"t" off of his name and making people mis-spell Sean Elliott's
name.  At least all of the Erics got together and decided to
spell their names the same way (no Eriks or Ericks).


patricia