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Darwin Barney, Charles Darwin and Barney the Dinosaur: Just who is who?

Darwin Barney: No other name in Major League Baseball can, by itself, evoke thoughts of natural selection and a purple anthropometric T-Rex singing to children.

Now that Barney the baseball player has socked a game-ending home run for the Chicago Cubs in an 8-6 win over the Padres on Wednesday afternoon — an accomplishment that puts him in the tier of his famous namesakes, Charles Darwin and Barney the Dinosaur — it's urgent that society remain clear on who is who.

Therefore, the Stew is pleased to present the Charles-Darwin-Barney Primer!:

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