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    How is "Lineup for Yesterday" related in name to the creature branded Mastophora dizzydeani?

    Question #105456. Asked by BRY2K. (May 10 09 7:50 AM)


    kthnos

    		"Lineup for Yesterday" is a baseball poem, which is referring to famous baseball players.

    http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/98/dylan/lineup.html

    Mastophora dizzydeani, is named after Eberhard "Zip" Fuhr, a baseball player.

    http://sgblogs.com/blog/outliers-faroutliers-blogspot/136

    May 10 09, 8:06 AM
    BRY2K

    		Hmmm, you certain that Mastophora dizzydeani is named after Fuhr? Man, you are really, really close on this one!


    May 10 09, 8:11 AM
    demurechicky

    		Mastophora dizzydeani is a spider named after the Major League pitcher, Dizzy Dean.

    http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-an-eponym.htm


    http://www.baseball-almanac.com/poetry/po_line.shtml

    "D is for Dean,
    The grammatical Diz,
    When they asked, Who's the tops?
    Said correctly, I is."

    Mastophora Dizzydeani is therefore linked to the letter 'D'.


    May 10 09, 10:45 AM

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