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'''Marucci Bat Company''' is an [[American]] manufacturer of [[baseball bats]] based in [[Baton Rouge, LA]]. It was founded in 2002 by the [[Louisiana State University]] athletic training director Jack Marucci[http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=174095&SPID=2178&SPSID=31741]. The company also is co-owned by former major league baseball players [[Kurt Ainsworth]] and Joe Lawrence.
{{Otheruses4|the given name James|the British indie rock band|James (band)}}
The bats are used by [[baseball]] superstars [[Carlos Beltrán]], [[José Reyes]], [[David Wright]], [[Gary Sheffield]], [[Manny Ramirez]], [[Todd Helton]] and [[Albert Pujols]][http://www.rustonleader.com/news.php?id=1538].
'''James''' is a common [[given name]]. It is the most popular name for a [[male]] in the [[United States]] according to the [[1990]] [[U.S.]] Census. [http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/freqnames.html] It is derived from the same [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] name as [[Jacob]], meaning "grasps by the heel" or "supplanter," probably in a deceiving way (In the [[Bible]] Jacob was born grasping Esau's heel and later bought his birthright).
==EtymologyExternal links==
[http://www.maruccibats.com/pages/01_Home.html Company Website]</br>
The name came into English language from the French variation ''Gemmes'' of the Late Latin word '''Iacomus''', a dialectal variant of '''Iacobus''', from the New Testament Greek '''{{Polytonic|Ἰάκωβος}}''' (Iakōbos), from Hebrew '''יעקב''' ({{IPA|Yaʻaqov}}). Cognates include '''[[Jacob]]'''.
[http://media.www.lsureveille.com/media/storage/paper868/news/2006/03/27/CampusLife/Bat-Man-2055334.shtml LSU article about Marucci Bat Company]</br>
[http://wm.lpb.org/swi/20060714MarucciBat_medium.mp3 Podcast from Louisiana Public Broadcasting]about Marucci Bat Company
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==Cognates in other languages==
[[Category:Sporting goods manufacturers of the United States]]
*[[Afrikaans]]: Jakob, or Jacobus
*[[Albanian language|Albanian]]: Jakup, Jakub, Jakob or Jakov
*[[Amharic language|Amharic]]: ያዕቆብ (Ya`iqob)
*[[Arabic language|Arabic]]: يعقوب ([[Yaqub|Yaʻqub]])
*[[Armenian language|Armenian]]: Հակոբ (western Hagop, eastern Hakob)
*[[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]]: [[Yaqub]]
*[[Basque language|Basque]]: Jakes
*[[Belarusian language|Belarusian]]: Jakub
*[[Breton language|Breton]]: Jagu, Jagut, Jacut, Jak, Jakes, Jakez, Jakezig, Jakou
*[[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]: Яков, (Yakov)
*[[Catalan language|Catalan]]: Jaim, Jaume, Xaume
*[[Cornish language|Cornish]]: Jago, Jammes, Jamma
*[[Croatian language|Croatian]]: Jakov
*[[Czech language|Czech]]: Jakub, Jakoubek, Kubicek (diminutive), Kubes Kubes, Kuba (diminutive)
*[[Danish language|Danish]]: Jakob, Jeppe, Ib.
*[[Dutch language|Dutch]]: Jacob(us), Jakob, Jaap (diminutive), Cobus (diminutive), Coos (diminutive), Chime (diminutive)
*[[English language|English]]: [[Jacob]], Jakob (uncommon, by way of German, Yiddish, etc.), Jacoby (rare, chiefly American, and originally a surname), Jake (diminutive), Jakey (diminutive), Jackie (diminutive, chiefly British), [[Jack (name)|Jack]] (diminutive, also taken as short for John), Coby (diminutive, uncommon, chiefly American); [[James]], Jamie (diminutive, chiefly British), Jaime/Jaimie (diminutive, uncommon, chiefly American, and by way of Spanish), [[Jim]] (diminutive), Jimmy/Jimmi/Jimi (diminutive); Jacqueline/Jaqueline (feminized, by way of French), Jacqui/Jaqui (feminized diminutive), Jackie (feminized diminutive, chiefly American), Jacki (feminized diminutive), Jamie (feminized, chiefly American), Jamey/Jami (feminized)
*[[Finnish language|Finnish]]: Jaakob, Jaakoppi, Jaakko
*[[French language|French]]: Jacques, Jacob, Jacquot, Jacot, Jaco, Jack (diminutive), Jacky (diminutive), Jacq (diminutive), Jacquy(diminutive), Jame, Gemmes ([[Normandy]]), Gemme ([[Normandy]]), Jacomo; Jacqueline (feminized)
*[[Galician language|Galician]]: Xaime, Iago, Diego, Xacobe
*[[German language|German]]: Jakob, Jeckel (diminutive), Jaeckel (diminutive)
*[[Modern Greek]]: Ιάκωβος (Iakovos)
*[[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]]: Kimo
*[[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: יעקב (Ya'aqov),קבי (Kobi : diminutive from Ya'akov)
*[[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]: Jakab
*[[Icelandic language|Icelandic]]: Jakob
*[[Irish language|Irish]]: Séamas/Séumas, Shéamais ([[vocative]], whence anglicized Hamish), Seamus ([[anglicized]]), Shamus ([[anglicized]]), Séimí (diminutive), Séimín (diminutive)
*[[Italian language|Italian]]: Giacomo, Jacopo, Giacobbe, Lapo
*[[Latin]]: Iacobus, Iacomus (vulgarized)
*[[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]: യാക്കോബ് (Yacob), ചാക്കോ (Chacko)
*[[Manx language|Manx]]: Jayms
*[[Māori_language|Māori]]: Hemi
*[[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]: Jakob, Jeppe
*[[Occitan language|Occitan]]: Jammes, James
*[[Polish language|Polish]]: Jakub, Kuba, Kubuś (diminutive)
*[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]: Thiago, Tiago, Diogo, Diego, Jacó, Jaime, Iago,
*[[Provençal language|Provençal]]: Jacme
*[[Romanian language|Romanian]]: Iacob, Iacov
*[[Russian language|Russian]]: Яков (Yakov), Яша (Yasha) (diminutive)
*[[Scottish Gaelic language|Scottish Gaelic]]: Seumas, Sheumais (vocative), Hamish (anglicized)
*[[Serbian language|Serbian]] (Cyrillic/Latinic): Јаков/Jakov (Yakov); Јаша/Jaša (Yasha) (diminutive)
*[[Spanish language|Spanish]]: Jacobo, Iago, Yago, Santiago, Diego, Jaime
*[[Swedish language|Swedish]]: Jakob
*[[Syriac language|Syriac]]: ܝܰܥܩܽܘܒ (Yaqub)
*[[Tagalog language|Tagalog]]: Jaime
*[[Turkish language|Turkish]]: Yakup
*[[Ukrainian (language)|Ukrainian]]: Яків (''Yakiv'')
*[[Welsh language|Welsh]]: Siam, Iago
*[[Yiddish language|Yiddish]]: Yankel (diminutive of the Hebrew Ya'akov, a more religious form in the context of the Yiddishland - East European jewish communities 'till WWII -), Yankele (diminutive of the precedent), Koppel (diminutive)
==Famous persons with the given name James==
===Religious Figures===
''See also [[James (saints)]]''
* [[Saint James the Great]] or Saint James of Compostela, brother of John the Apostle
* [[Saint James the Less]], a brother of the apostle Matthew and the son of Mary (not Mary, mother of Jesus)
* [[James the Just]], brother of Jesus and believed to have written one of the books of the New Testament, the Epistle of James.
===Kings of Scotland and/or England===
* [[James I of Scotland]] (1394–1437), king of Scotland from 1406 until 1437 (from 1406 to 1424 he was king in name only)
* [[James II of Scotland]] (1430–1460) king of Scotland from 1437 to 1460
* [[James III of Scotland]] (1451/1452–1488), king of Scotland from 1460 to 1488
* [[James IV of Scotland]] (1473–1513) was king of Scotland from 1488 to 1513
* [[James V of Scotland]] (1512–1542) was king of Scotland from 1513 to 1542
* [[James I of England]] (James VI of Scotland) (1566–1625) was king of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, and was the first sovereign to rule in the three realms simultaneously
* [[James II of England]] (James VII of Scotland) (1633–1701) was king of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland from 1685 to 1688, and was the last Catholic soverign to reign over England, Scotland, Wales. or Ireland
===Kings of Aragon===
* [[James I of Aragon]] (1208–1276), surnamed the Conqueror, was the king of Aragon, count of Barcelona and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276
* [[James II of Aragon]] (1267–1327), called ''The Just'' (Catalan: ''El Just'') was the second son of Peter III of Aragon and Constance of Sicily
===Presidents of the United States of America===
*[[James Madison]] (1751-1836), 4th President of the United States
*[[James Monroe]] (1758-1831), 5th President of the United States
*[[James K. Polk]] (1795-1849), 11th President of the United States
*[[James Buchanan]] (1791-1868), 15th President of the United States
*[[James Garfield]] (1831-1881), 20th President of the United States
*[[Jimmy Carter|Jimmy (James Earl) Carter]] (1924-) 39th President of the United States
===Vice Presidents of the United States of America===
*[[James Schoolcraft Sherman]] (1855-1912), 27th Vice President under Howard Taft, died in office
*[[James Danforth Quayle]] (1947-), 44th Vice President under George H. W. Bush
===Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom===
* [[James Callaghan]] (1912-2005), Labour party Prime Minister in 1976-1979
===Musicians, bands===
*[[James Blunt]], British [[pop music]]ian
* [[James Dean Bradfield]] (1969-), vocalist and lead guitarist with [[Welsh]] rock band the [[Manic Street Preachers]]
*[[James Darren]] (1936-), American television and film actor, television director, and singer
* [[James Marshall Hendrix]] (Jimi Hendrix) (1942-1970), American guitarist, singer, and songwriter
* [[James Hetfield]] (1963-), American co-founder, lead singer, main songwriter and rhythm guitarist for the [[heavy metal]] band [[Metallica]]
* [[James LaBrie]] (1963-), Canadian vocalist of [[progressive metal]] band [[Dream Theater]]
* [[James LoMenzo]] (1959-), American bassist for the heavy metal band [[Megadeth]]
* [[James Paul McCartney]] (1942-), British vocalist, songwriter, and bass guitarist of [[The Beatles]]
* [[Jim Morrison|James Douglas Morrison]] (1943-1971), singer, songwriter and poet of [[rock band]] [[The Doors]]
* [[Jimmy Page|James Patrick Page]] (1944-), guitarist for rock band [[Led Zeppelin]]
* [[Iggy Pop|James Newell Osterberg, Jr.]] (1947-), better known as Iggy Pop, one of the first [[punk rock]] musicians, singer, guitarist, actor and producer
* [[James Shaffer]] (1970), Lead guitarist of rock band [[KoRn]]
* [[James Taylor|James Vernon Taylor]] (1948-), American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
* [[James "JT" Taylor]] (1953-), solo artist and former lead singer of the [[funk]]/[[R&B]] band [[Kool & The Gang]]
*[[James "Big Jim" Wright]] (1966-) producer, singer, musician, and a Grammy award winning songwriter. He is a junior partner at [[Flyte Time Productions]]
* [[James (band)]], a band from Manchester, England
* [[James Marsters]] (1962-) musician and singer for [[Ghost of the Robot]]
===Other===
* [[James Boswell]] (1740-1795), lawyer, diarist, and author born in Edinburgh, Scotland
* [[James Caan]] (1940- ), American actor, appeared as Sonny Corleone in the film "The Godfather"
* [[James Cagney]] (1899-1986), American film actor "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
* [[James Cook]] (1728–1779), British explorer of the Pacific and sailing-ship navigator: "Captain Cook". Killed in Hawaii in 1779
* [[James Cromwell]] (1940- ), American television and film actor
* [[James Dean]] (1931–1955), American actor: "Rebel Without a Cause"
* [[James Doohan]] (1920-2005), Irish-Canadian soldier and character & voice actor, best known for his portrayal of "Scotty" in the television and film series Star Trek
* [[James Earl Jones]] (1932- ), American character and voice actor: "Darth Vader"
* [[James Earl Ray]] (1928–1998), the convicted assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr.
* [[James Gandolfini]], actor who plays Tony Soprano on "The Sopranos"
* [[James P. Hogan]], British-American science-fiction writer
* [[Neil Hamilton (actor)|James Hamilton]], American actor noted for his role as Commissioner Gordon on the Batman TV series
* [[Jaime King|James King]], model and actress, also known as Jaime King
* [[James Morgan]] (1776-1856), British architect and engineer
* [[James Randi]] (1928- ), Canadian stage magician and noted skeptic, most notably an examiner of (thus far) bogus claims of the paranormal
* [[James Stewart]] (1908-1997), American film actor: "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"
* [[James Watt]] (1736-1819) Scottish engineer and the inventor of the modern steam engine
* [[James Whale]] (1889-1957) English film director. Directed over 20 Hollywood films.
* [[Jimmy White]] James Warren "Jimmy" White MBE (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player.
* [[James White]] Northern Irish science-fiction writer
* [[James Worthy]] (1961- ), college and professional basketball player from North Carolina
* [[James Root]] (1971- ), current guitar player for Slipknot and Stone Sour
* [[James R. Hoffa]] "Jimmy Hoffa" (1913-1975), former corrupt and murdered Teamsters president
* [[James P. Hoffa]] (1941- ) is the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He was the only son of [[Jimmy Hoffa]].
* [[James Rhine]] (1976- ), a "player" on the reality show [[Big Brother (US TV series)]] during seasons 6 and 7.
* [[James Arnold Taylor]] (1969- ) voice over actor
===Fictional characters===
* [[James Henry Trotter]], orphan featured in Roald Dahl's book ''James and the Giant Peach''
* [[James the Red Engine]], fictional steam engine in ''Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends''
* [[James Bond]], fictional British agent featured in novels and movies
* [[James P. Dirt]], fictional captain parodying James T. Kirk in ''Codename: Kids Next Door''
* [[James Hacker]], fictional British cabinet member and then Prime Minister in ''Yes, Minister'' and ''Yes, Prime Minister''
* [[Captain Hook|James Hook]], the pirate captain in the ''Peter Pan'' books and movies
* James Howlett, birth name of [[Wolverine (comics)]], Marvel Superhero, and ''[[X-Men]]'' team member.
* Jimmy James, fictional owner of WNYX, the radio station of the TV show ''[[NewsRadio]]''
* [[James Tiberius Kirk]] the science-fiction starship Captain Kirk in '''[[Star Trek]]'''
* [[Jimmy McGarfield|James McGarfield, better known as "Jimmy"]], a villain in ''Codename: Kids Next Door''
* [[Jamie McCrimmon]], one of the Doctor's companion in the BBC TV series ''[[Doctor Who]]''
* [[Professor Moriarty|James Moriarty]], fictional character who was the best known antagonist of the detective Sherlock Holmes. Also appeared in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''
* [[James and Lily Potter|James Potter]], the father of [[Harry Potter]]
* [[Dr. James Wilson]], fictional oncologist in the FOX-TV series ''House''
* Jim Hawkins, fictional character from Robert Louis Stevenson's ''[[Treasure Island]]''
* Jim Hawkins, fictional character from the Japanese anime ''[[Outlaw Star]]''
* [[James Sunderland]], the main protagonist in ''[[Silent Hill 2]]''.
* [[James Evans, Sr.|James Evans]], the family patriarch of the main family on the 1974 situation comedy ''[[Good Times]]''. His eldest son was James Evans Jr., although everyone called him [[J.J. Evans|J.J.]] (save for James, who referred to him as Junior).
===Animals===
* Seamus, the dog of singer [[Steve Marriott]], can be heard on the [[Small Faces]] track "The Universal" and more prominently on the [[Pink Floyd]] track "[[Seamus]]".
* Seamus, the dog of former US president Bill Clinton.
===Variant of the James===
* [[Jimmy Wales]] (1966- ), the founder and president of the Wikimedia Foundation
* [[Jimmy Hoffa]] (1913-1975), former corrupt and murdered Teamsters Union president
==Famous persons with the family name James==
:''See [[James (surname)]]''
==References==
*[http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/freqnames.html Frequently Occurring Names from the 1990s] - Site for locating the frequency of a given name in the 1990 U.S. Census.
==See also==
*[[Special:Allpages/James|Wikipedia articles related to the name James]]
*[[Special:Allpages/Jimmy|Wikipedia articles related to the name Jimmy]]
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