Fun with baseball names

[Thunder]

Jackie Robinson Day is upon us, so I got to thinking about Pee Wee Reese. It's a nickname, but still

[Kimmi]

Hawkeye Wayne and BJ Surhoff.

 

For all you M*A*S*H fans.

 

Apparently Hawkeye Hamilton Wayne is the real name of a former Mariners’ farmhand and not a nickname...

 

I am more of a Sesame Street type person.

 

Bert Blyleven and Ernie Banks

[Thunder]

I am more of a Sesame Street type person.

 

Bert Blyleven and Ernie Banks

 

Elmo Plaskett

[notin]

Jackie Robinson Day is upon us, so I got to thinking about Pee Wee Reese. It's a nickname, but still

 

 

Maybe we need a “best nicknames” thread?

[notin]

Reggie Abercrombie and.....wait! What!?! There hasn’t been a single major leaguer ever named “Fitch”?!?!?!

[Bellhorn04]

Scott Proctor and Oscar Gamble

[Kimmi]

Scott Proctor and Oscar Gamble

 

Randy Johnson and Bryan Johnson

[Thunder]

Reggie Abercrombie and.....wait! What!?! There hasn’t been a single major leaguer ever named “Fitch”?!?!?!

 

Matt Harvey went to Fitch High School here in CT, but that doesn't count

[notin]

Matt Harvey went to Fitch High School here in CT, but that doesn't count

 

I think it’s weird that I can find players named Waguespack, Spooneybarger, Dyckshoorn, and Leblidejian. But not Fitch...

[Bellhorn04]

Randy Johnson and Bryan Johnson

 

Nice.

[notin]

Scott Proctor and Oscar Gamble

 

 

Mark Dewey, Gib Cheatum and Steve Howe.

 

For all you Three Stooges fans out there...

[Bellhorn04]

I think it’s weird that I can find players named Waguespack, Spooneybarger, Dyckshoorn, and Leblidejian. But not Fitch...

 

Bill Fitch is probably the only sports Fitch.

[notin]

Reggie Abercrombie and.....wait! What!?! There hasn’t been a single major leaguer ever named “Fitch”?!?!?!

 

Apparently the Phillies currently have a minor league catcher named Colby Fitch.

 

So...

 

Reggie Abercrombie and Colby Fitch.

 

 

Kind of surprised I needed a minor leaguer there. It was easier to piece together Dewey, Cheatum and Howe...

[notin]

The A’s recalled outfielder Skye Bolt. Not sure if he has been mentioned on this thread yet, but he needs to be...

[Bellhorn04]

Players you wouldn't want to invite to a party:

 

Ryan Dull

Justin Grimm

Justin Bour

 

[notin]

Players you wouldn't want to invite to a party:

 

Ryan Dull

Justin Grimm

Justin Bour

 

 

Aaron Bummer

[Bellhorn04]

Aaron Bummer

 

There you go. Can we assemble a starting nine?

[notin]

There you go. Can we assemble a starting nine?

 

We have 3 pitchers. We need more position players...

[Bellhorn04]

Jimmy Gobble (a very unfortunate surname, that)...and another pitcher.

[Bellhorn04]

Brian Looney...yet another pitcher...4.2 innings for the Red Sox in 1995...not very successfully.

[Bellhorn04]

Rougned Odor...there's a position player.

[notin]

In the pairings department, the White Sox currently have two relievers named Ian Hamilton and Ryan Burr...

[notin]

In the pairings department, the White Sox currently have two relievers named Ian Hamilton and Ryan Burr...

 

 

And an outfielder named Jon Jay. Very historical team...

[notin]

Rougned Odor...there's a position player.

 

Darren Bragg. If you invite him to a party, I don’t want to sit next to him.

 

 

Maybe Rougned Odor can...

[Bellhorn04]

In the pairings department, the White Sox currently have two relievers named Ian Hamilton and Ryan Burr...

 

Just this once I'm going to veer off to another sport, only because this one was so good.

 

In the PGA 2 man team event a couple of weeks ago, one of the teams was J. B. Holmes and Bubba Watson.

[notin]

Jimmy Gobble (a very unfortunate surname, that)...and another pitcher.

 

 

Paul Assenmacher.

 

Another pitcher, but that name is probably an insult in some regional dialect somewhere in the USA. And if it isn’t, it should be.

 

I might even start using it as one on these boards...

[Bellhorn04]

Paul Assenmacher.

 

Another pitcher, but that name is probably an insult in some regional dialect somewhere in the USA. And if it isn’t, it should be.

 

I might even start using it as one on these boards...

 

And pair him up with Aaron Bummer.

[notin]

They’ve been mentioned before, but neither JD Murders nor Antonio Bastardo should be invited to your party...

[Thunder]

Staying with the depressing theme, here are some nicknames

 

Pearce "What's the Use" Chiles

"Sad Sam" Jones

[OH FOY]

sorry