1.  What is "El Duque, Colon"?

or alternately "Hernandez, Colon"?

2.  Way down in Kokomo . . .

3.  What is El Duque?

Don't we just need five syllables? How does Colon fit in anyway?

4.  So, did I get Kokomo stuck in anyone else's head, or just mine?

5.  Bob, note where I put the quotes.

As I recall, that was a three-team trade with the Yankees diverting Colon, who was with the Expos, to the White Sox to prevent the Red Sox from getting him.

Yanks got Osuna
Chicago got Colon
Expos got El Duque and Lantigua

Mind you I'm not looking this up until Alex Scorebard tells me if I'm right.

Sam, I'm fighting it with all my might. Hilarious, but I'm also furious at you for it.

6.  Oh what the heck - Who is Hernandez?

Its practically Bob's answer, and maybe the "right" answer shouldn't turn on whether "who" or "what" is used, but you don't know if you don't try, right?

That's where we wanna go, way down to Kokomo . . . Aruba, Jamaica . . . ;)

7.  Looking back at other questions in this category, using "what" instead of "who" doesn't seem to matter, so I guess I'm out. Though it may cost me the lead, that makes me feel good - winning/losing on that kind of technicality just seems wrong.

Good luck, Cliff and Bob!

Bermuda, Bahama . . .

8.  Further to the who/what argument, I used what because I'm refering to the text in quotes, whereas if the question was part of the missing text, I would have said "who is . . ."

And I don't know if I can do this, my first question remains my first guess, but I fear a technicality.

If it worked out that the Expos traded Colon to the White Sox for Osuna/Lantigua and then the Yankees traded El Duque for Osuna, the question would be:

What is "Bartolo Colon"?

9.  I just want a win on a technicality....

10.  This time, Bob is on the winning end of the technicality.

El Duque was traded from the Yankees to the White Sox for Lantigua and Osuna.

The White Sox then packaged El Duque to the Expos with Rocky Biddle, Jeff Liefer, and cash for Bartolo Colon and Jorge Nunez.

Mr. Timmerman, the board is yours.

11.  This is what I get for stopping by to see how the guessing was going, me being without an internet aided idea. Try this for a melange of sound:

In my head, the vile song referred to above.

In my ears, Tom Waits' "Temptation."

The combination is...foul.

12.  Okay, "Temptation" made me think of Squeeze, but somehow it put Eric Clapton's "Pretending" in my head. This is going downhill quick. Where's Alex with the judgement on the answers presented?

13.  Would everyone please stop mentioning songs of days past that inevitably get stuck in one's head? Please?

Congrats Bob, I believe you have the lead again.

14.  Sunnuva! That's the second time I came thisclose to a winning question.

Burrrrnnnn.

15.  I'll take Ballpark Franks for 500.