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You know you do it already in your head ... even as you groan at the nicknames ESPN's Chris Berman slaps on players from Cy Young to Michael Young, you think you could do better. Maybe even at a Hall of Fame level.

Okay, then, here's a complete list of Cooperstown inductees. Can you do better than a pedestrian Eddie "Walk the" Plank? Or an erudite Hank Aaron "on the side of caution"? Eddie "Tom" Collins is too easy, Bill "I'm feeling kind of ver" Klem"ft" is too much of a reach. Tris Speaker "of the House"? Joe Tinker "Bell" or Mel "There" Ott "to be a Law"?

You get the idea. Who's up next?

Posted by Mick Doherty on Monday, August 14 2006 @ 11:18 AM EDT.
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Mike Green - Monday, August 14 2006 @ 11:48 AM EDT (#152999) #
Branch "Plant" Rickey
Harmon "but not hurtin'" Killebrew (for MDs and personal injury litigators only)
Robin "the Cradle" Roberts
Waite "til later" Hoyt
Miller "kissins and" Huggins
Enos "lambs to" Slaughter

Times change.  There's no freaking way that anybody names their child Cumberland, and if they did, that the child would use the dimunitive.  Anyways, a current ballplayer named Cumberland Posey would have to have the nickname "Parker"...

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Pepper Moffatt - Monday, August 14 2006 @ 12:04 PM EDT (#153001) #
"Times change.  There's no freaking way that anybody names their child Cumberland, and if they did, that the child would use the dimunitive. "

No doubt.  When I was growing up, I had an elderly relative (he'd be about 115 if he were still alive) with the first name Cooney.  But all his life he went by the name "Coon".  There's no way you could do that nowadays.  Heck, I don't know how he got away with it in 1978.  I guess being 90 years old helps.
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Christopher - Monday, August 14 2006 @ 12:08 PM EDT (#153002) #
Hal "Won't Buy Previously Owned Property" Newhouser
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Mick Doherty - Monday, August 14 2006 @ 12:27 PM EDT (#153004) #
Ouch, Christopher. Now I don't feel so bad about the Bill Klem example!
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Tom Servo - Monday, August 14 2006 @ 12:43 PM EDT (#153009) #
How about a little Jays content with Tom "Someone Get The Batter A" Henke?



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CaramonLS - Monday, August 14 2006 @ 12:47 PM EDT (#153010) #
Rogers "I'm so" Hornsby.

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Pepper Moffatt - Monday, August 14 2006 @ 12:54 PM EDT (#153011) #
Aloysius (You can call me "Al") Simmons
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Original Ryan - Monday, August 14 2006 @ 12:58 PM EDT (#153012) #
Luis Alicea "Tomorrow"
Mark "Half An" Acre
Mr. D.J. "Keep Those Records Playin'" Carrasco


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Christopher - Monday, August 14 2006 @ 02:08 PM EDT (#153019) #
Ben "I ripped my pants and need a" Taylor
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Bruce Wrigley - Monday, August 14 2006 @ 03:11 PM EDT (#153024) #
Richie "I went out in the sun too long with no pants and now I have an" Ashburn
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#2JBrumfield - Monday, August 14 2006 @ 03:19 PM EDT (#153025) #

My favourite Chris Berman nickname even though it's a huge stretch - Bobby "We All Live In" Ayala "Submarine".

Or Mark "Pon" DeRosa.  That's all I got.

 

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Mudie - Monday, August 14 2006 @ 03:40 PM EDT (#153026) #
Mickey "Mantle was named after me" Cochrane
Frank "Take a" Chance "On Me"
Bobby "Every time you close a" Doerr "a new one opens"
"Duracell's" Al Kaline "Battery"
"Empty" Pie Traynor
Rube "ik's Cube" Waddell
Earl Weaver "A Sweater"
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Mike Green - Monday, August 14 2006 @ 04:08 PM EDT (#153029) #
Bob "For he's a jolly good" Feller
Whitey "Quality is Job 1 at" Ford
Ford "Throw me a" Frick'n Bone
Kid "Save your" Nichols, and the dollars will take care of themselves
Nolan Ryan "Ginger"


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Mudie - Monday, August 14 2006 @ 04:16 PM EDT (#153031) #
Oh yeah, I got some Jay’s player’s now (and one minor leaguer)
Josh "put it in the" Banks ("over the left field fence")
A.J. Burnett "To the ground"
Roy "If it’s not a" Halladay "it should be"
Brandon "Is out of your" League
Ted "I'm so" Lilly "White"
Ty "I live in a" Taubenheim
Gregg "The picked" Zaun
Aaron "make mole" Hill "'s of mountains"
Vernon "All's" Wells "that ends well"
For Ty and Gregg’s Bermanisms you need a German translator for their last names
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Mudie - Monday, August 14 2006 @ 04:19 PM EDT (#153033) #

Taubenheim=Pigeon Home,  Zaun=Fence

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Ryan C - Monday, August 14 2006 @ 05:57 PM EDT (#153038) #
Hal  "Doogie"  Newhouser
Roger  "A Bresnahan is worth two in the bush"
Stan  "Musial Theatre"
Mel  "Ott to be in pictures"
Tom  "Leave it to"  Seaver
Ryan  "Head and Shoulders?  But you dont have"  Dandridge
Martin  "Di.  Hi.  Go.  All.  The.  Way."
Alex  "Pompez gotta brand new bag"

For Jays...

Alex  "When my baby smiles at me I go to"  Rios
Jeremy  "Ricky"  Accardo

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Geoff - Tuesday, August 15 2006 @ 10:10 AM EDT (#153066) #
  • Justin Speier, just inspire us all
  • Josh Fawlty Towers
  • Scott "the white beauty" Schoeneweis
  • Alfredo Sauce Griffin
  • Brandon out of your League
  • Shaun Marcum down for a strikeout
  • Guillermo on the guillotine Quiroz
  • Casey and the Sunshine Gang Janssen
  • Dustin for prints McGowan
  • Gabe the Babe Gross
  • John "A." MacDonald
  • "Ah..." Choo Freeman
  • Coco Cookie Crisp
  • David do not feed Ortiz the animals

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Geoff - Tuesday, August 15 2006 @ 10:14 AM EDT (#153067) #
whoops, not a HOFer in the bunch. Is there a HON for best foreign language names yet?
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Mick Doherty - Tuesday, August 15 2006 @ 10:31 AM EDT (#153070) #

Geoff, no -- you can see the complete list of 200+ HON subjects at http://www.mickdoherty.com/sports/hallofnames.htm.

If you want to do one -- or anyone wants to do anything! -- just drop me a line at mickwrites@hotmail.com.

 

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Mick Doherty - Friday, August 25 2006 @ 10:12 AM EDT (#154083) #

Not a bad HOF lineup -- not really enough candidates for a bench and no relief pitchers, but when you have all Hall of Famers, who needs backups?

Braintrust
GM Branch "Plant" Rickey
MGR Miller "Kissins and" Huggins
Player/Coach Cap "like father" Anson

Lineup
C Roger Bresnahan "is worth two in the bush"
1B Frank "Take a" Chance "On Me"
2B Rod "Wrecking" Carew
SS Joe Tinker "Bell"
3B Mel Ott "to be in pictures"
LF Hank Aaron "on the side of caution"
CF Tris Speaker "of the House"
RF Enos "Lambs to" Slaughter
DH Harmon "If I'm thirsty I" Killebrew

Pitching Staff
P Eddie "Walk the" Plank
P Whitey "Quality is Job 1 at" Ford
P Robin "the Cradle" Roberts
P Waite "til later" Hoyt
P Tom  "Leave it to"  Seaver
P Hal "Won't Buy Previously Owned Property" Newhouser
(Or  Hal  "Doogie"  Newhouser)

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