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Stumped by Kaz

AG/DC Jun 21 2008 08:34 PM

Eight-year-old Eddie Richardson knows all 750 Major League players. Well, 749. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/sports/2008/06/21/smith.eddie.richardson.cnn

Nymr83 Jun 21 2008 09:33 PM

good kid. already knows its best to forget about kaz

Willets Point Jun 21 2008 11:24 PM

SteveJRogers Jun 22 2008 09:09 AM

Autism? I know old time fans love saying about the old 8 team leagues that they "knew everybody" but really, would an old Dodger fan know some 23rd-25th guy on the Reds or Phillies roster? Either autism or a kid with genious like tendancies.

AG/DC Jun 22 2008 11:46 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 22 2008 06:44 PM

Not all savants are autistic-savants. There aren't a lot of autistic eight-year-olds who would let a stranger touch them. More obviously, his folks would know by the time he's eight that he is autistic, and that would be part of the story. I'm sure if I was eight, with the down time and the lack of competing intellectual demands, and put my mind to it over the summer, I could come close to pulling if off. The problem is that by the time I remembered the last roster, several others would have changed, and I'd go mad keeping up with the transactions. Buit, among uniform numbers, positions, and baseball cards, there's enough cross-referencing in your mental databse that it's do-able.

Nymr83 Jun 22 2008 01:05 PM

i once upon a time (i was probably 13 or so) could have told you most or all of the NBA rosters... today i couldn't name the entire knicks roster without cheating.