Jayson reports in on the ongoing discussion of long names, short names and names with no vowels.

Keith Olbermann of all people came up to me at Shea Stadium last week and put a piece of paper down in front of me.

It had the first and last names of the four Cardinals pitchers with long names -- the three we've been talking about and Garrett Stephenson. He suggested that their 64 total letters must be the four longest for any teammates ever.

Next thing I knew, I mentioned this to David Vincent, who ran a program to determine the longest and shortest names ever of four teammates.

Well, here's Mr. Vincent's list:

Longest Names for 4 Teammates (> 65)
(in reverse chronological order; through 2001)

Texas 2001: 67
Brandon Villafuerte 18
Justin Duchscherer 17
Francisco Cordero 16
Frank Catalanotto 16

New York Mets 1999: 67
Jermaine Allensworth 19
Jason Isringhausen 17
Josias Manzanillo 16
Rickey Henderson 15

San Francisco 1997: 67
W. VanLandingham 20
Roberto Hernandez 16
Osvaldo Fernandez 16
Terry Mulholland 15

San Diego 1997: 66
Fernando Valenzuela 18
Sterling Hitchcock 17
Scott Livingstone 16
Carlos Hernandez 15

Pittsburgh 1996: 69
Jermaine Allensworth 19
Angelo Encarnacion 17
Jason Christiansen 17
Francisco Cordova 16

Pittsburgh 1995: 67
Dennis Konuszewski 17
Angelo Encarnacion 17
Jason Christiansen 17
Ravelo Manzanillo 16

Brooklyn 1943: 69
Freddie Fitzsimmons 18
Fritz Ostermueller 17
Carden Gillenwater 17
Frenchy Bordagaray 17

Cincinnati 1939: 67
Willard Hershberger 18
Johnny Vander Meer 17
Frenchy Bordagaray 17
Nolen Richardson 15

Chicago White Sox 1923: 66
Claral Gillenwater 17
Maurice Archdeacon 17
Charlie Robertson 16
Homer Blankenship 16

Shortest Names for 4 Teammates
(in reverse chronological order; through 2001)

California 1981: 26
Doug Rau 7
Dan Ford 7
Don Aase 7
Ed Ott 5

Pittsburgh 1980
Mark Lee 7
Lee Lacy 7
Tim Foli 7
Ed Ott 5

Cleveland 1978: 26
Jim Kern 7
Don Hood 7
Bo Diaz 6
Ted Cox 6

Boston 1977: 26
Bill Lee 7
Don Aase 7
Bo Diaz 6
Ted Cox 6

Houston 1972, 1973: 26
Jim York 7
Jim Wynn 7
Jim Ray 6,br> Lee May 6

Houston 1965, 1966: 26
Jim Wynn 7
Lee Maye 7
Jim Ray 6
Don Lee 6

California 1965: 26
Rudy May 7
Tom Egan 7
Don Lee 6
Bob Lee 6

Philadelphia 1933: 26
Cy Moore 7
Ad Liska 7
Al Todd 6
Hal Lee 6

Detroit 1924-1926: 26
Al Wingo 7
Ed Wells 7
Ty Cobb 6
Lu Blue 6

Chicago White Sox 1908: 26
Ed Walsh 7
John Atz 7
Al Shaw 6
Ed Hahn 6