Another pointless memory experiment

Today I will continue to try to work my brain into midseason form with a few memory drills. First I will repeat yesterday's exercise: name as many of MLB's 30 general managers as I can in 5 minutes. For an additional challenge, I will try to name all the field managers.

Setting my iPhone timer... and GO!

Jerry DiPoto LAA

Billy Beane OAK

Jack Zduriencik SEA

Jon Daniels TEX

Jeff Luhnow HOU

Rick Hahn CWS

Terry Ryan MIN

Dave Dombrowski DET

Chris Antonetti CLE

Dayton Moore KC

Brian Cashman NYY

Ben Cherington BOS

Andrew Friedman TB

Dan Duquette BAL

Alex Anthopoulos TOR

Brian Sabean SF

Ned Colletti LAD

Josh Byrnes SD

Kevin Towers AZ

Dan O'Dowd COL

Jed Hoyer CHC

Walt Jocketty CIN

John Mozeliak STL

Doug Melvin MIL

Sandy Alderson NYM

Frank Wren ATL

Mike Rizzo WAS

Ruben Amaro, Jr. PHI

FLA???

OK, Time's Up.

I actually got to the end with 1:21 left but couldn't think of the Florida GM. I knew it was some boring name but couldn't put my finger on exactly what it was. Ah yes, "Michael Hill."

Crap, and I totally forgot the Pirates' Neal Huntington. At least I remembered how to spell "Zduriencik" this time. I knew I was on the right track when Safari red-underlined it as I was typing.

So, how did I do?

Result	Yesterday	Today
Perfect	13	28
Just spelling errors	2	0
Wrong but not without trying	4	1
Completely spaced	11	1

Alright, onto the next challenge. How many managers do I know?

Five minutes on the clock.

Walt Weiss COL
Bruce Bochy SF
Don Mattingly LAD
Kirk Gibson AZ
Bud Black SD
Dusty Baker CIN
Dale Sveum CHI
Ron Roenicke MIL
Mike Matheny STL
Clint Hurdle PIT
Terry Collins NYM
Fredi Gonzalez ATL
Mike Redmond MIA
Davey Johnson WAS
Charlie Manuel PHI
Bob Melvin OAK
Ron Washington TEX
Mike Scioscia LAA
Robin Ventura CWS
Terry Francona CLE
Ron Gardenhire MIN
Jim Leyland DET
Joe Girardi NYY
Joe Maddon TB
Buck Showalter BAL

Not bad! Those were actually all right. Even spelled them correctly.

Couldn't remember (or didn't know) the following:

John Farrell BOS
Bo Porter HOU
Ned Yost KC
Eric Wedge SEA
John Gibbons TOR

I'll try managers again tomorrow, and maybe something else kooky like stadium names.