Frank Tanana

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Frank Tanana is a former left-handed pitcher, but is more famous on BTF as an object of concern.

In a January 14, 2004 column labeled "Useless Information Dept.", Jayson Stark wrote about Roger Clemens: How does Clemens' league switch affect Frank Tanana? (http://web.archive.org/web/20040515000843/http%3a//sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=1708145)

This led to an immediate response (http://web.archive.org/web/20040312093747/www.baseballprimer.com/clutch/archives/00010318.shtml#comments_51) by MNP:

Dear God, that's one of the questions I've been pondering for the last two days. And now I have the answer! Thanks, Jayson!

Other responses followed, such as:

'I wonder what Frank Tanana thinks of Bush's plan to send a man to Mars?'
'I like John Edwards' tax plan, but how will it affect Frank Tanana?'

and

'Maybe Frank Tanana is watching Wheel of Fortune right now, too. That would be cool.'

This led to a still-active running gag in which Primates emulate Stark (on Old Primer, they could directly impersonate him) and idly wonder: "How does [topic of thread] affect Frank Tanana?" (For an example, see here (http://web.archive.org/web/20040312094940/www.baseballprimer.com/clutch/archives/00010324.shtml#24))

Found on Frank Tanana's baseball-reference.com page (http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tananfr01.shtml):

December 10, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

WHY!?!?!?!?!?!?! WHY!? WHY!? WHY!? WHY!? WHY!? WHY DO YOU ALWAYS DO THIS, METS!?!?!?

-- R.B.

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