Fun with baseball names

[Bellhorn04]

How about names that fit certain categories? (And let's not do the vulgar ones, okay? You know which ones I mean. Don't worry, Dick Pole will be in the next post anyway.)

 

Starting with

 

Money

 

Don Money

Norm Cash (yes, I know there's also Dave Cash and Kevin Cash but there's no real need to list multiples)

Brad Penny

Hunter Pence

Curt Schilling

Reid Nichols

John Buck

 

Spending Money

 

David Price

Chris Sale

Oscar Gamble

Mookie Betts

Edited December 27, 2016 by Bellhorn04

[Bellhorn04]

Baseball Terms

 

Brandon League

Scott Diamond

Josh Fields

Dick Pole

Trey Ball

Gary Glover

Charlie Spikes

Clete Boyer? (No, I don't first names should be included, plus it's a nickname, for Cletis.)

 

Positive

 

Larry Walker

Jonathan Holder

Jim Wynn

 

Unfortunate

 

Bob Walk

Grant Balfour

Kyle Lohse

Dave Bush

Burke Badenhop

Nick Swisher

Edited December 27, 2016 by Bellhorn04

[Youk Of The Nation]

 

Unfortunate

 

Bob Walk

Grant Balfour

Kyle Lohse

Dave Bush

Burke Badenhop

Nick Swisher

 

Don't forget Eric Plunk

[moonslav59]

My favorite Sox player names:

 

Dick Pole

 

Bob Veale

 

Rip Repulski

 

Wade Boggs

 

Chick Fewster

 

Jarrod Saltalamacchia

 

Stuffy McInnis

 

Bunny Madden

 

 

 

 

 

[Kimmi]

Weird Spellings on Common Names

 

Chone Figgins

Jhonny Peralta

[Bellhorn04]

Fishy

 

Mike Trout

Tim Salmon

Danny Bass

Mike Carp

Robbie Ray

[a700hitter]

Kosuke Fukudome -- I pronounced his last name Fuk-u-do-me

[Youk Of The Nation]

I always thought Rollie Fingers was a great name.

[Thunder]

Oil Can Boyd

 

Aledmys Diaz

 

Rusty Kuntz (KC base coach)

 

Magglio Ordoñez

 

Nap Lajoie

 

Tris Speaker

[Bellhorn04]

I always thought Rollie Fingers was a great name.

 

It is. I was actually hoping for a category on body parts.

 

How about a player whose name consists of 4 body parts?

 

Tony Armas.

[Bellhorn04]

Animals

 

Jimmy Foxx

Randy Wolf

Rob Deer

Bob Moose

Steve Lyons

[a700hitter]

Animals

 

Jimmy Foxx

Randy Wolf

Rob Deer

Bob Moose

Steve Lyons

Mike Carp

[Thunder]

Animals

 

Jimmy Foxx

Randy Wolf

Rob Deer

Bob Moose

Steve Lyons

 

Catfish Hunter

[moonslav59]

Animals

 

Jimmy Foxx

Randy Wolf

Rob Deer

Bob Moose

Steve Lyons

 

Paul Byrd

[Dojji]

Mike Trout

Tim Salmon

[Slasher9]

Corey Lidle

Thurman Munson

[Slasher9]

How about names that fit certain categories? (And let's not do the vulgar ones, okay? You know which ones I mean. Don't worry, Dick Pole will be in the next post anyway.)

 

Starting with

 

Money

 

Don Money

Norm Cash (yes, I know there's also Dave Cash and Kevin Cash but there's no real need to list multiples)

Brad Penny

Hunter Pence

Curt Schilling

Reid Nichols

John Buck

 

Spending Money

 

David Price

Chris Sale

Oscar Gamble

Mookie Betts

 

Ernie Banks

[mvp 78]

oil can boyd

 

aledmys diaz

 

rusty kuntz (kc base coach)

 

magglio ordoñez

 

nap lajoie

 

tris speaker

 

inappropriate!

[moonslav59]

inappropriate!

 

Not as bad as Johny Dickshot or Dick Pole!

 

Let us not forget Jack Glasscock, Pussy Tebeau, Stubby Clap, Cannonball Titcomb and Pete LaCock

 

On a lighter note, how about....

 

Bud Weiser

Orval Overall

Coco Crisp

Mysterious Walker (a pitcher)

Boof Bonser

Snuffy Stirweiss

John Wockenfuss

Razor Shines

Sugar Cain

Sibby Sisti

Milton Bradley

Chicken Hawks

Charlie Manlove

Tony Suck

Phil McCracken...no just kidding, it was Quinton McCracken

Harry Cheek (No joke, I once worked with a guy whose legal name was Harry Butts)

 

[Thunder]

How about just plain odd names, like Wladimir Balentien?

[moonslav59]

I always liked the sound of Joaquin Andujar.

[Bellhorn04]

Ernie Banks

 

Good one.

[Spudboy]

Coco Leboy

[Bellhorn04]

Coco Leboy

 

LOL...the original Expos. They also had a player named Charles 'Boots' Day. He was only ever called Boots Day and that how he's listed in Baseball-Reference.

[Thunder]

Rocco Baldelli

[notin]

Baseball Terms

 

Brandon League

Scott Diamond

Josh Fields

Dick Pole

Trey Ball

Gary Glover

Charlie Spikes

Clete Boyer? (No, I don't first names should be included, plus it's a nickname, for Cletis.)

 

Positive

 

Larry Walker

Jonathan Holder

Jim Wynn

 

Unfortunate

 

Bob Walk

Grant Balfour

Kyle Lohse

Dave Bush

Burke Badenhop

Nick Swisher

 

The unfortunate list needs to include former Mariners' prospect Logan Bawcom ("Balk home")...

[notin]

Fishy

 

Mike Trout

Tim Salmon

Danny Bass

Mike Carp

Robbie Ray

 

Also, A.J. Pollock

[Thunder]

Also, A.J. Pollock

 

How could I have forgotten about the guy whose name hangs from the rafters at school????

[notin]

How about names that fit certain categories? (And let's not do the vulgar ones, okay? You know which ones I mean. Don't worry, Dick Pole will be in the next post anyway.)

 

Starting with

 

Money

 

Don Money

Norm Cash (yes, I know there's also Dave Cash and Kevin Cash but there's no real need to list multiples)

Brad Penny

Hunter Pence

Curt Schilling

Reid Nichols

John Buck

 

Spending Money

 

David Price

Chris Sale

Oscar Gamble

Mookie Betts

 

No love for former Sox farmhand Keith McWhorter?

[notin]

Not as bad as Johny Dickshot or Dick Pole!

 

Let us not forget Jack Glasscock, Pussy Tebeau, Stubby Clap, Cannonball Titcomb and Pete LaCock

 

On a lighter note, how about....

 

Bud Weiser

Orval Overall

Coco Crisp

Mysterious Walker (a pitcher)

Boof Bonser

Snuffy Stirweiss

John Wockenfuss

Razor Shines

Sugar Cain

Sibby Sisti

Milton Bradley

Chicken Hawks

Charlie Manlove

Tony Suck

Phil McCracken...no just kidding, it was Quinton McCracken

Harry Cheek (No joke, I once worked with a guy whose legal name was Harry Butts)

 

 

Also, former Expos' prospect Wonderful Terrific Mons III...