Team Duggar Rolls Deep

In case you haven't heard by now, the Duggars are preparing for their 19th child. No, that's not a typo. Nineteenth. One-nine. If you've been living under a rock, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar live in Arkansas and have a show on TLC called, "18 Kids and Counting" due to the interest in their large family. Actually, you know what? Forget that I said 'large' because if I were to tell you that someone has a "large family," you'd probably think six or eight kids.

Not eighteen going on nineteen.

To put this in its proper perspective, let's see what the Duggars could do with 19 children in the sports world:

-- They'd have to cut 4 children from the Duggar team if they wanted to field an NBA squad. The league maxes out rosters at 15. Maybe the Duggar D-League team needs some reinforcements.

-- They could field an entire baseball team, as long as the Duggar pitchers had strong arms. Most MLB teams carry 12 pitchers and 13 position players, so the Duggars could probably go with 11 position players and 8 pitchers, meaning their staff would have to have rubber arms. Apparently, the Duggars and rubber are strangers, so scratch that idea.

-- If they were to annex their new daughter-in-law and parents, the Duggar children could field a full football team without platooning any players. That's crazy. Family football games usually consist of about 8 players; they Duggars could have a full set of skill position players and an entire line on both sides of the ball. I feel like I'd watch them if they were featured on next season's "Hard Knocks". Yeah, I would.

-- The Duggar soccer team would roll deep. 11 starters plus 8 players on the bench means that, under FIFA rules that allow only 3 subs per match, not everyone would get a chance to play. Maybe they could loan out some of their players to the normal families who need an extra couple players to play on their family teams. You know, since family teams are so common and everything.

-- Including goalies, the Duggars could have an entire three lines in hockey without overlapping players. Heck, they'd even have a child left over to coach the team. If you only use one netminder, they almost have enough for four shifts. Who knew Arkansas had such potential to be a hockey hotbed?

-- If one of the Duggars could drive well, they'd have enough people to comprise an entire race team. Pit crew, engineering staff, everything. If they just wanted to man the pit crews and a second Duggar were behind the wheel, they'd have enough kids for two whole teams. No word yet on whether or not any of them could dance as well as Helio Castroneves, though.

So there you go; I know you've been wondering what 19 kids can get you in a sports setting, so I decided to settle it for you. That's why I'm here. I wouldn't want anyone to be scared to go out and have 19 kids because they were worried it'd complicate their children's athletic endeavors. If anything, all of the teammates and practice opportunities would make the kid an even better player at his/her respective sport.

Ohhhh, so this is what Travis Henry had in mind. It all makes sense now.

~~ Lank