Greatest Baseball Name?

[lavell12]

With Salty coming up and making his name the longest in history, Cold Pizza's 1st and 10 segmant had them argue about what the greatest name ever for a Baseball player is or was. What is your favorite baseball name?

active players: Coco Crisp
retired players: Babe Ruth

[BGarrett7]

Stubby Clapp

[Chopaholic]

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/pics/dick_pole_autograph.jpg

[GrandMasterB]

Dick Burns

[nj_chops]

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/baseball_cards/samples/1986_TCMA_As.jpg http://www.minorleaguenetwork.com/02BELOITfielder.jpg

[C-Dawg]

http://i21.ebayimg.com/07/i/000/9c/9c/0e7f_1.JPG

And, yes, it's pronounced EXACTLY as you are thinking!

[nittanylionfan3]

Holy Crap! thats crazy

I like Pee Wee Reese...

[CB1]

Milton Bradley
Choo Choo Freeman
Homer Bailey
Rocket Wheeler

[oyhstah crachah]

I always liked Rollie Fingers...

[CB1]

Jarrod Saltalamacchia
:D

[vnodnarb]

my vote is for hipolito pichardo

[Nasadega]

Ossee Schreckengost
Chief Chouneau

[lavell12]

I got a few

From John Kerry: Manny Ortez
From Al Gore: Sammy Susser and Mike McGwire.

[CB1]

From George W. Bush:
Phil Nukler :D

[lavell12]

John Kerry: Lambert Field and Michigan Buckeyes

[CB1]

Alright, let's not turn it into the political insult thread and keep it on baseball names.

Jesus Alou

[BGarrett7]

From Al Gore: Sammy Susser and Mike McGwire.Ted Kennedy

[CB1]

Dizzy Dean

[McCarroll21]

Alright, let's not turn it into the political insult thread and keep it on baseball names.Thank you.

[BGarrett7]

Need we forget about one of our own former farmhands: Wonderful Terrific Monds III

[lavell12]

Need we forget about one of our own former farmhands: Wonderful Terrific Monds III

I saw Wonderul Terrific Monds III play for the Durham Bulls back when they were are A team and he was the CF while Andruw played RF. But that is a great name.

[CB1]

Vida Blue

Oh, here's one:
Michael Jordan.
:D

[BGarrett7]

Brian Asselstine, whom I just found out was 0-1 with a flyout to center for the Braves on the day I was born.

[C-Dawg]

Mackey Sasser.

[LSU31always]

Urban Shocker

[Hobbes]

Nook Logan is a fantastic baseball name.

[CB1]

Spaceman Lee

And, with the This Is Sportscenter commercial:
Jorge! Posada

[C-Dawg]

Spaceman Lee

And, with the This Is Sportscenter commercial:
Jorge! Posada
Hip, hip...Jorge!

They have some of the best commercials...I also like the one where the BoreSox mascot catches Ortiz wearing a NY cap. :p

[Piff Bocoroba]

Brian Asselstine, whom I just found out was 0-1 with a flyout to center for the Braves on the day I was born.
The Braves had plenty of great names from back in the Days of Despair. There was Asselstine (who was going to be a terrific player until he mangled his knee on the mesh outfield fence at A-FCS), Biff Pocoroba (of course), Sugar Bear Blanks, Paul Casanova, and my personal favorites:

A pitcher named Wenty Ford and The Pride Of The Braves himself, outfielder Gary Cooper.

[Nasadega]

Steve Wojciechowski
Kirk Dressendorfer
Ken Raffensberger

All ex co holders of the letters record before Salty came up

[GrandMasterB]

Steve Wojciechowski
Kirk Dressendorfer
Ken Raffensberger

All ex co holders of the letters record before Salty came up

Also Todd Hollandsworth and Tim Spooneybarger...both ex-Braves. :D

[Hobbes]

The Braves had plenty of great names from back in the Days of Despair. There was Asselstine (who was going to be a terrific player until he mangled his knee on the mesh outfield fence at A-FCS), Biff Pocoroba (of course), Sugar Bear Blanks, Paul Casanova, and my personal favorites:

A pitcher named Wenty Ford and The Pride Of The Braves himself, outfielder Gary Cooper.
I loved Biff Pocoroba, and I also always liked Pepe Frias. I still remember the PA announcer announcing "Pepe...Freeee-aas!"

Paul Assenmacher was a cool name too.

[lmartin6]

I was gonna mention Assenmacher, but you beat me to it. So, keeping in line with Pepe, I'll say

Hanley Frias

[CB1]

Chino Cadahia

[Piff Bocoroba]

I loved Biff Pocoroba, and I also always liked Pepe Frias. I still remember the PA announcer announcing "Pepe...Freeee-aas!"
The distinctive voice of Marshall Mann on the PA is probably my single most indelible memory of going to Braves games as a kid. You could hear him out in the parking lot as soon as you got out of the car and it got you so fired up.

[C-Dawg]

The distinctive voice of Marshall Mann on the PA is probably my single most indelible memory of going to Braves games as a kid. You could hear him out in the parking lot as soon as you got out of the car and it got you so fired up.

"Now batting: catcher, number 20, Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce Benedict!!!!!!!!!!"

[MSU Bulldog]

Oil Can Boyd, Spanky LaValliere, and wait for it .........................

Rusty Kuntz & Dickie Thon

Somebody had a tormented childhood!

[cjones1999]

Uggla and Utley

[lmartin6]

John Tutor

[CB1]

Chipper Jones

[McCarroll21]

Can I ask a favor? This was some good fodder for an off day, but after the game tonight can this thread die? It has the makings of spam written all over it.

Some have some good names, but it seems that others are just posting a name to be able to post.

[CB1]

OK. Can I put in a great softball name?

Brandon Garrett. :D

[Englishteacher]

How about the original player to be named later---Jose Uribe. He was born Jose Gonzalez. But he changed it because he said there were too may Gonzalezes in baseball.

Early Wynn comes in 2nd.

[Rynliquid]

Uggla and Utley

I think I said both of those passing some Mexican food last night.

Mine isn't funny or a cock/ball joke, but it's still fun to say: Edgar Renteria. It just sorta rolls off the tongue and unlike many of the others, he's a pretty decent ballplayer to boot.

If I ever have a male child, I'm making a strong push for that to take the place of his first and middle names.

[ClassicRockFan1]

http://flumesday.com/images/sportsnames2/rustykuntz.jpg
Definitely

[Hobbes]

I think I said both of those passing some Mexican food last night.

Mine isn't funny or a cock/ball joke, but it's still fun to say: Edgar Renteria. It just sorta rolls off the tongue and unlike many of the others, he's a pretty decent ballplayer to boot.

If I ever have a male child, I'm making a strong push for that to take the place of his first and middle names.
I like Renteria's name as well. I still always modify that song Santeria by Sublime when I think of Edgar's name.

I like Edgar Renteria
'cause he likes to play baseball

For some unknown reason I've been singing that little lyric since he was playing in Florida.