How did you get to your nickname?

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

I was wondering how people get a nickname?

I has chosen mine to stir the pot on the Red Sox board. I am a member of NYYfans.com as well. Overthere a lot of Red Sox fans come to troll around.

I decided to do the same on a Red Sox board. Then I came to this board and found out that the Sox fans here were not as bad as I thought they would be.

[runningshoes]

Mine is the second song on Roger's Waters The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking.

This is me and Waters in 1984 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.

http://www.ajclay.com/PTC/pictures/142.jpg http://www.ajclay.com/PTC/pictures/143.jpg


So I stood by the roadside
The soles of my running shoes gripping the tarmac
Like gunmetal magnets
Fixed on the fron of her Fassbinder face
Was the kind of a smile
That only a rather dull child could have drawn
While attempting a graveyard in the moonlight
But she was impressed
You could see that she thought I looked fine
And when she turned sweeter
The reason (between you and me) was
She'd just seen my green Lamborghini

[Captain Cold Nose]

Mine is the second song on Roger's Waters The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking.

This is me and Waters in 1984 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.

http://www.ajclay.com/PTC/pictures/142.jpg

So I stood by the roadside
The soles of my running shoes gripping the tarmac
Like gunmetal magnets
Fixed on the fron of her Fassbinder face
Was the kind of a smile
That only a rather dull child could have drawn
While attempting a graveyard in the moonlight
But she was impressed
You could see that she thought I looked fine
And when she turned sweeter
The reason (between you and me) was
She'd just seen my green Lamborghini

Yoy could just have easily have said 2006 at Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio.

[runningshoes]

Yoy could just have easily have said 2006 at Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio.


He's not touring his new album yet, is he?

[laxplayer81217]

Hmm... I play lacrosse lol

[Captain Cold Nose]

He's not touring his new album yet, is he?
If I didn't respect Waters so much I would make a comment about what he would be doing at Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio presently . . .

[The Dude]

Oh, snap on Roger Waters (I feel bad saying that as well; great musician/song writer).

The movie "Dude, where's my car?" came out in the year 2000.

[Captain Cold Nose]

Ah, here we go.

http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=352&highlight=screen

[west coast orange and black]

i am reminded of an article years ago on sports fans and how far they will go to associate themselves with their team.

an oakland-area baby girl was christened silver ann blackwell. i kid you not.

[Mattingly]

My screenname is simply a play on the fact that people always consider Yankee fans to be "frontrunners" who think about nothing but the 26 rings the team has gotten, even though the 27th seems to be an impossibility. Anyway, of all the famous Yankees who are crowd favorites, I'd say that Donnie is the most famous of them all who's never gotten a ring, nor is he likely HoF worthy. Well, certainly not the top-tiered that Gehrig, Teddy, JoeD, Foxx and others are.

He's also a very classy and humble human being who's been a model citizen on and off the field, including after his playing days were over.

[bluezebra]

I was an umpire (blue) and referee (zebra) for 44 years. Hence, "bluezebra".

Bob

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

I like Brad Wilkerson...I really like him!:)

[Ontarioguy]

I'm an Expos fan living in Ontario. Most of the Expos fans on BF are from Montreal or Quebec. I was living in Ontario at the time. I'm not very imaginative.

By the way, very cool picture with Roger Waters, I'm part of the new generation of Pink Floyd Fans.

[west coast orange and black]

i am a wayward baltimore orioles fan.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

I'm an Expos fan living in Ontario. Most of the Expos fans on BF are from Montreal or Quebec. I was living in Ontario at the time. I'm not very imaginative.

By the way, very cool picture with Roger Waters, I'm part of the new generation of Pink Floyd Fans.

I thought you live in Montreal.

[Ontarioguy]

I thought you live in Montreal.
Yea Sorry, I should have clarified.

I just moved tom Montreal in December. I just turned 19 and was unsure what to do for post-secondary schooling, so I took a year off and moved out. I actually lived in Montreal until I was 13, so it felt natural to come back. Montreal is a good place to figure yourself out when your young and its a fun town, but I've figured out what I want to do next year and I'll head back to Ontario next fall for schooling and will probably make my life somewhere in Ontario.

Right now I'm in downtown Montreal.(On Sherbrooke near Atwater) It's an excellent location. Just a short walk to Crescent:o

[Bob Hannah]

My screen name is my first and last names spelled backwards.;)

[score4]

Bases loaded 1 swing of the bat, a deep drive to left and suddenly you score4 The biggest possible even that can happen in a baseball game.:dance :dance

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

My screen name is my first and last names spelled backwards.;)

I wonder what that should be... :laugh

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

Ah, here we go.

http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=352&highlight=screen

I see... Maybe we can merge these two threads.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

Yea Sorry, I should have clarified.

I just moved tom Montreal in December. I just turned 19 and was unsure what to do for post-secondary schooling, so I took a year off and moved out. I actually lived in Montreal until I was 13, so it felt natural to come back. Montreal is a good place to figure yourself out when your young and its a fun town, but I've figured out what I want to do next year and I'll head back to Ontario next fall for schooling and will probably make my life somewhere in Ontario.

Right now I'm in downtown Montreal.(On Sherbrooke near Atwater) It's an excellent location. Just a short walk to Crescent:o

I live right off Van Horne, in vintage Outremont, 10 minutes from the Stade.
I am still in school, secondary.

[ReignInBlood]

My favorite Slayer album, and one of the most influential albums for the whole metal scene.

[VTSoxFan]

Green Mountains and Red Sox. That's me. (Vermont is from the French vert monts, "green mountains".)

[west coast orange and black]

you live in vermont?

[west coast orange and black]

you're a red sox fan??

[VTSoxFan]

Um, yeah... :p Kind of a seventh generation Vermonter (unless you cound the Iroquois and Abnaki in me blood, then it's a lot more generations), and a 4th generation Sox fan. RED Sox fan.

Though once someone asked if I was an alumnus of Virginia Tech.

[VTSoxFan]

i am reminded of an article years ago on sports fans and how far they will go to associate themselves with their team.

an oakland-area baby girl was christened silver ann blackwell. i kid you not.

Oy! :rolleyes:

I remember a news story about a baby that was born the night of the Red Sox WS victory. The little boy was born with quite a head of hair, so his parents, Sox fans all the way, named him "Damon."

Given the offseason's events, I wonder if they're going to change his name.

By the way, this is my FOUR THOUSANDTH post. It's taken me over 4 years to get this many!

[mojorisin71]

Green Mountains and Red Sox. That's me. (Vermont is from the French vert monts, "green mountains".)
I would have never guessed you were a Sox fan from Vermont :D (isn't vert supposed to be plural?)

One thing I like about my screen name is watching people trying to figure it out (even though it's not that hard to do).

[west coast orange and black]

congrats on 4,000th, annie.

catch me and i'll marry you.

[west coast orange and black]

wait. it seems as though we already did this conversation.

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

congrats on 4,000th, annie.

catch me and i'll marry you.

Wow Annie. An admirer.

Funny how one finds the silliest things on the internet. Even wedding proposals. :laugh

[RuthMayBond]

My name is a combination of sorts of babe RUTH, willie MAYS, and barry BONDS, kinda contracted and it almost sounds like a complete sentence. And because of the RUTH, people sometimes think I'm a woman. WCOAB, are you gonna LET Annie catch you? ;) :D :coffee :dance :laugh :waving :D

[west coast orange and black]

uh, i heard it kinda the other way around:
a man chases a woman 'til the woman catches him.

any truth to that?

[west coast orange and black]

And because of the RUTH, people sometimes think I'm a woman.

whoa! yer not?! :eek:
i take back some of the things that i've said, rmb. :laugh

[runningshoes]

If I didn't respect Waters so much I would make a comment about what he would be doing at Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio presently . . .

That's an obscure(d by clouds) reference. I don't have a clue about Hara Arena.

Is it considered a joke to play there?

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

That's an obscure(d by clouds) reference. I don't have a clue about Hara Arena.

Is it considered a joke to play there?

I understand the Runningshoes part. But what about the 53? Year of birth? :laugh

[runningshoes]

I understand the Runningshoes part. But what about the 53? Year of birth? :laugh

Nah. I wanted simply runningshoes, but appearantly(they were travelling abroad) 52 others had the same idea. :grouchy

[runningshoes]

My favorite Slayer album, and one of the most influential albums for the whole metal scene.

I saw Slayer with Judas Priest last year in Toronto. Me and a few of my buddies went for a trip down high school memory lane.

Funny, but the music somehow wasn't as good as I remember it being when I was a kid.

And not to mention that Rob Halford can't really sing that well any more.

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

I was an umpire (blue) and referee (zebra) for 44 years. Hence, "bluezebra".

Bob

You live in the desert. Did you umpire coyotes and rattle snakes? :laugh :laugh

[VTSoxFan]

congrats on 4,000th, annie.

catch me and i'll marry you.

Um um um... *blush*

Well, you do know I want a realllllly reallllly big diamond, don't you? 90 feet on each side. In a setting of dirt and grass. You start digging and I'll start posting, and... we'll see. ;)

[Brannu]

Name is Brandon ... grew up with friends and family calling me Bran. After high school I went through a whole bunch of changes, psychologically, culturally, spiritually ... became Bran-nu. Not Brand New ... Bran-nu ... because I learned that all things are one ... thusly, I am ... "in you". But, it has been my nickname for over 10 years now.

The Green Mountain state is a beautiful place Annie. I loved it there ... even being a black man. :) Lots of very nice people. I foget the small town that I was in ... but, it was a short, fun-filled experience. We (girlfriend and I) thougth about moving there from Los Angeles ... but, since the weather this time of year isn't highly enticing - unless you like to ski - we opted for New Mexico.

[ReignInBlood]

I saw Slayer with Judas Priest last year in Toronto. Me and a few of my buddies went for a trip down high school memory lane.

Funny, but the music somehow wasn't as good as I remember it being when I was a kid.

And not to mention that Rob Halford can't really sing that well any more.

Slayer rips live :crazy Seen em twice and both times were unforgettable.

And how do you expect Rob Halford to sing well anymore if he's like 65+ and half a man? :laugh

[RuthMayBond]

whoa! yer not?! :eek:
i take back some of the things that i've said, rmb. :laughWhat did you say? :eek:

[DownUnderDodger]

I think mine speaks for itself!! :crazy :)

[johnny]

Your tag line about the deer is about the funniest one I have read.
I already semi-stole it today-but with attribution-to get someone a badly needed laugh.
Gracias.

[Bluesteve32]

"Blue" is because I umpire baseball. "Steve" well my first name. 32 was my uniform number in baseball and basketball and still is my number of choice.

[Sweet Lou]

Lou Piniella was managing the Mariners when I became a fan, I love to see him kick dirt, or throw a base, or whatever, and I was heartbroken when he left Seattle, and I'm heartbroken with the raw deal he got in Tampa.
So, I show my support to my favorite manager. :)

[ndistops]

ndistops was my first AOL screen name that I personally picked. After unsuccessfully lobbying for numerous other screennames to say that I am a huge Notre Dame fan, I settled on ND Is Tops. I use it for most of my names unless I use my current AIM handle as a name.

[RuthMayBond]

Your tag line about the deer is about the funniest one I have read.
I already semi-stole it today-but with attribution-to get someone a badly needed laugh.
Gracias.No problemo. I stole it, myself :laugh It was an actual event on the MLB page-a-day calendar last year that I, uh, modified to suit my needs

[Clash City Rocker]

I was listening to 'Clash City Rockers' by the Clash, from the album The Clash.


At that moment I would have been going against cosmic forces if theres wasnt 'clash' somewhere in it...despite the fact it has nothing to do with baseball.

[BigStellyPADRES4LIFE]

Stelly is a derivative of my last name i aquired in high school from teammates.

[Spiritboxer]

Been a martial artist for over 40 years.

[The Big C]

The Big C is a burger from Clydes', a small drive in chain in northern Michigan. Its delicious, and I enjoy a good burger. Plus my name starts with C, and the Cubs logo has a large C in there, so it all just sorta fit I guess...

[sandlot]

i am reminded of an article years ago on sports fans and how far they will go to associate themselves with their team. an oakland-area baby girl was christened silver ann blackwell. i kid you not.Welllll, be kind to her, WCOAB: She could have been named Orange Ann Blackwell. ;)

[Monarchs29]

Mine come from the sports organization I've been associated with as a player(beginning at age 14), coach, mgr, and executive member, including President(2 terms), for 42 years. The Corner Brook West Sports Club has been in operation as a sponsor of amateur sports teams for 45 years now. The name on all their teams is the "Monarchs". We sponsor teams in baseball, hockey, soccer, broomball, basketball and softball. Both ladies and mens, and in minor, junior and senior.

The "29" comes from my favorite Expo of all time, Tim Wallach.

My signature at the bottom is from the Oldtimers, or "Masters" baseball team that I play with. Since the numbers only go from 1-18, 29, obviously, wasn't available..

[BristolBoy]

OK, don't know why I should explain this, because it really shouldn't need explaining: I'm from Bristol (the one in the UK, not the one in CT :p) and I've got everything to suggest that I'm very much a male member of the species.

[RuthMayBond]

Welllll, be kind to her, WCOAB: She could have been named Orange Ann Blackwell. ;)Tony, I don't know if Annie will let you name you guys' daughter that ;)

[FatAngel]

Fat Angel is my favorite song from Jefferson Airplane, although it is originally from Donovan.

[sandlot]

Tony, I don't know if Annie will let you name you guys' daughter that ;)Excellent!:laugh :clapping

[Solair Wright]

I made mine up, and the last part is probably derived from Mets' third baseman David Wright, and Solair is derived from (watch the bold letters carefully): Sold Out LA (Dodgers) Interleague Game to make Solair. Then I combined (David) Wright to make Solair Wright.

[Chisox]

Tony, I don't know if Annie will let you name you guys' daughter that ;)

So what should we get for the presents::p
Old: Williams or Mays
New: Ortiz or Bonds
Borrowed: No need to go there
Blue and Red or Orange and Black; Orange and Blue?:noidea

I think my name is pretty self-explanatory.
I really don't get what's so hard to get about VT (VermonT) Sox (Red Sox) Fan? I guessed that years ago before the previous one of these. Maybe it's cause I study geography?:confused:

[monty]

Monty is short for my last name... LaMONTagne

[Captain Cold Nose]

That's an obscure(d by clouds) reference. I don't have a clue about Hara Arena.

Is it considered a joke to play there?
When I first moved to this area a dozen years ago, Hara Arena was the main venue for Ohio's sixth-largest city.
Now, they hold monthly gun and knife shows and not much else. Roger Waters won't be playing the cold concrete of hara when he tours.

Incidentally, runningshoes, does everyone have Pac-Man fever now in your neck of the woods. I missed the first showing of the Pacquiao-Morales fight, but will catch the replay.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

Monty is short for my last name... LaMONTagne

Is it french-related?

[monty]

Is it french-related?

Good call, yes it is. Lamontagne=The Mountain.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

Good call, yes it is. Lamontagne=The Mountain.

I know, I'm from Montréal, le coeur du Québec!

[runningshoes]

Incidentally, runningshoes, does everyone have Pac-Man fever now in your neck of the woods. I missed the first showing of the Pacquiao-Morales fight, but will catch the replay.

Not surprisingly, he's a national hero here. I watched the fight with my wife ( I fell alseep in the 6th round) who knows nothing of baseball, football, basketball, golf, or any other sport for that matter, but she was taking points away from Morales the whole time I was watching.

She woke me up in the 12th and told me Manny had won by TKO. I said, "that's nice, sweetie," and proceeded to fall back asleep.

I was getting tired of watching him selling everything from underwear to dietary supplements to pain relievers in between rounds.

They don't show any replay between rounds and they constanlty cover up the time display with ads.

He did a movie and an album recently, despite the fact he has absolutley no acting or signing skills.

[Captain Cold Nose]

Not surprisingly, he's a national hero here. I watched the fight with my wife ( I fell alseep in the 6th round) who knows nothing of baseball, football, basketball, golf, or any other sport for that matter, but she was taking points away from Morales the whole time I was watching.

She woke me up in the 12th and told me Manny had won by TKO. I said, "that's nice, sweetie," and proceeded to fall back asleep.

I was getting tired of watching him selling everything from underwear to dietary supplements to pain relievers in between rounds.

They don't show any replay between rounds and they constanlty cover up the time display with ads.

He did a movie and an album recently, despite the fact he has absolutley no acting or signing skills.

Wow. I didn't realize he was that big. There's been a long history of great Philipino fighters, but I certainly can't remember any of them doing too much outside of Asia, the major problem with name recognition for a lot of Asian fighters.

[VTSoxFan]

So what should we get for the presents::p
Old: Williams or Mays
New: Ortiz or Bonds
Borrowed: No need to go there
Blue and Red or Orange and Black; Orange and Blue?:noidea



You know, guys, this makes me think of the mound conference scene in Bull Durham. Anyone here got a curse on his glove? :D :laugh

Orange and blue = the Mets. Black and blue -- Blue Jays? Hmmm... all four colors, I guess. It'll look weird, but tradition is tradition...

[sandlot]

Orange and blue = the Mets. Black and blue -- Blue Jays? Hmmm... all four colors, I guess. It'll look weird, but tradition is tradition...What'll it be, Annie? Four-colored glove, veil, dress and matching garter? Here in Hong Kong all is possible. Orders, please!:)

[bluto1972]

The first part of my name is easy. I'm 6'3", 330lbs, goutee, tattoos and have beat up a few sailors. The last part is my birth year.

[RuthMayBond]

The first part of my name is easy. I'm 6'3", 330lbs, goutee, tattoos and have beat up a few sailors. The last part is my birth year.Yes SIR, welcome ;) :D :waving

[Dravecky43]

Well, my name is kinda self-explanatory. I root for the Giants all the way, or as I see it the Giants are going all the way this year. Of course, that's what I thought of (for last year) when I found BBF last August or so. This year it will happen, though.

The 16 is not my age, as I'm sure some of you (though hopefully not very many) have thought. It is kind of my favorite number because I was born on the 16th of July. For me it was either lucky 16 or lucky 7, but don't a lot of people say that the number 7 is their lucky number?

Edit: This happens to be my 250th post. I've been on BBF for about 6 months. I think Annie said her post was #4000 in 4 years. If I were to keep up my current pace, I would hit 4000 in a total of 8 years! Wow. That's a lot of posts.

[Love the Cubs 23]

The Cubs are my favorite team going up on the northside of CHI-TOWN. Hence the name " Love the Cubs " The number "23" is the day I was born and the number I use playing sports plus it's also my favorite number. You may think it has to do with Ryne Sandberg, but it doesn't growing up Ernie Banks was my favorite and still is.

[crzblue]

Lou Piniella was managing the Mariners when I became a fan, I love to see him kick dirt, or throw a base, or whatever, and I was heartbroken when he left Seattle, and I'm heartbroken with the raw deal he got in Tampa.
So, I show my support to my favorite manager. :)


Lou Piniella was managing the Mariners when I became a fan, I love to see him kick dirt, or throw a base, or whatever, and I was heartbroken when he left Seattle, and I'm heartbroken with the raw deal he got in Tampa.
So, I show my support to my favorite manager. :)

I saw the name without looking at the pic and thought of "Sweet Lou" from the Dodgers. He is really so sweet. I met him at my first trip Vero Beach last year.

My friends think I am crazy because of my love for the Dodgers and that I check the Dodger schedule to get together with them.

Crzblue (Emma)

[Nomtoc]

Years ago back @ LSU we were in NOLA for Mardi Gras and I went over to Algiers with one of my chica's and I got stuck behind the Nomtoc parade and was late getting back to meet my friends. When we finally hooked up and they found out what had happened they began calling me Nomtoc and it has stuck.

[runningshoes]

Years ago back @ LSU we were in NOLA for Mardi Gras and I went over to Algiers with one of my chica's and I got stuck behind the Nomtoc parade and was late getting back to meet my friends. When we finally hooked up and they found out what had happened they began calling me Nomtoc and it has stuck.

I was in Nawlins for Mardi Gras in '97.

Hung out at Pat O' Brien's drinking Hurricanes most of time. Those things creep up on you. :dance

[Perseas]

When I really started getting into on-line gaming, I hooked up with a MUD (Multi User Dungeon) RPG game that was text-only, descriptional. When I had to pick a nickname for that game, I chose that of one of my favourite mythological heroes, Perseus (or Perseas as he would have been called in modern Greek). It stuck with me ever since, and I use it in every forum, or on-line activity. My signature is one of the trademark quotes of one of the greatest philosophers of all time....

[brewcrew82]

Slayer rips live :crazy Seen em twice and both times were unforgettable.


Well seeing Slayer live has probably been the highlight of my life thus far. Sad? Maybe, but they quite simply blow every other band off the stage.

[runningshoes]

Well seeing Slayer live has probably been the highlight of my life thus far. Sad? Maybe, but they quite simply blow every other band off the stage.

You obviously haven't seen YES, have you? :laugh

[Ashburn1]

Well seeing Slayer live has probably been the highlight of my life thus far. Sad? Maybe, but they quite simply blow every other band off the stage.

I saw them in 1986 or '87 at the L'Amour in Brooklyn. Opening band was a just signed, pre-debut album Testament. It was one of the sickest things I've ever seen in my life.

[Ashburn1]

Oh and my nickname?

I like Richie Ashburn.

[Nomtoc]

I was in Nawlins for Mardi Gras in '97.

Hung out at Pat O' Brien's drinking Hurricanes most of time. Those things creep up on you. :dance


Yes they do and they go down so easy.

Did you get :coffee and beignets @ Cafe` du Monde?

[RuthMayBond]

You obviously haven't seen YES, have you? :laughTHANK YOU :clapping

[runningshoes]

Yes they do and they go down so easy.

Did you get :coffee and beignets @ Cafe` du Monde?

Yeah..I picked up a couple boxes of the mix to take home with me. They didn't turn out as well when I made them, but they were still good.

I ordered a case of the hurricane mix from Pat O'Briens when I got home as well.

They had it to me in a week.

[Scoops]

I have found that my nickname story is wildly disappointing to anyone who has never heard it. Pretty much everyone I know calls me Scoops, I've had the nickname for probably about 10 years now. Many never knew why, or how, I got the nickname but they assume there's some great story to go with it. After all, most nicknames have good, or at least funny, stories. On occasion they ask me to explain the nickname (especially since pretty much none of my friends have a nickname at all).

A few of my friends were sitting around the house one evening, drinking and eating. One of my friends (not me) was eating Fritos Scoops. He turned to me and said, for no apparent reason, "We're going to call you Scoops." It stuck. I fought it for about a week, but it stuck.

http://www.homegrocer.com/images/products/fritos-scoops.gif

[sschirmer]

I'm obviously the most creative person here.

First initial, last name.:rolleyes:

[RuthMayBond]

I'm obviously the most creative person here.

First initial, last name.:rolleyes:So to what do you attribute your flash of inspiration? :D

[Captain Cold Nose]

I have found that my nickname story is wildly disappointing to anyone who has never heard it. Pretty much everyone I know calls me Scoops, I've had the nickname for probably about 10 years now. Many never knew why, or how, I got the nickname but they assume there's some great story to go with it. After all, most nicknames have good, or at least funny, stories. On occasion they ask me to explain the nickname (especially since pretty much none of my friends have a nickname at all).

A few of my friends were sitting around the house one evening, drinking and eating. One of my friends (not me) was eating Fritos Scoops. He turned to me and said, for no apparent reason, "We're going to call you Scoops." It stuck. I fought it for about a week, but it stuck.

http://www.homegrocer.com/images/products/fritos-scoops.gif
That beats the snack that gave me my college nickname. Same basic circumstances, but I will not repeat it under any prodding. The scars are too deep.

[sschirmer]

So to what do you attribute your flash of inspiration? :D

It was a moment of psychological weakness!:(

[RuthMayBond]

It was a moment of psychological weakness!:(Hey, at least it's only a moment for you :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh

[Bob Hannah]

That beats the snack that gave me my college nickname. Same basic circumstances, but I will not repeat it under any prodding. The scars are too deep.
Doo Dads?

Ding Dongs?

Twinkie?

Tootsie Roll?

Tootsie Pop?

Sour balls?

Cream puff?

C'mon, Cap, we're dying out here. Tease.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

Doo Dads?

Ding Dongs?

Twinkie?

Tootsie Roll?

Tootsie Pop?

Sour balls?

Cream puff?

C'mon, Cap, we're dying out here. Tease.

:laugh What about Piggy or fatty?:laugh (joke) :D

[sschirmer]

Hey, at least it's only a moment for you :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh


Unfortunately, the moments are multiplying.:waving :noidea

[Captain Cold Nose]

Doo Dads?

Ding Dongs?

Twinkie?

Tootsie Roll?

Tootsie Pop?

Sour balls?

Cream puff?

C'mon, Cap, we're dying out here. Tease.
Not a snack, exactly, but a certain snack maker.

[Captain Cold Nose]

:laugh What about Piggy or fatty?:laugh (joke) :D
Oink. Oink.
Nope.

[trosmok]

... When I had to pick a nickname for that game, I chose that of one of my favourite mythological heroes, Perseus (or Perseas as he would have been called in modern Greek). It stuck with me ever since, and I use it in every forum, or on-line activity. My signature is one of the trademark quotes of one of the greatest philosophers of all time....

Very cool, oh King of Mycenae. Have you slain your Medusa yet? How about met your Andromeda? Most middle age Americans know the legend of Perseas from the stop-animation film "Clash of the Titans." Your sig line is great; my favorite Socrates quote is: "The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."

[Captain Cold Nose]

Your sig line is great; my favorite Socrates quote is: "The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."
Who would have thought he'd actually want to hang out with Billy the Kid and pick up girls at the mall?

[trosmok]

Not a snack, exactly, but a certain snack maker.

Hostess?:dance

Little Debbie?:eek:

[Captain Cold Nose]

Hostess?:dance

Little Debbie?:eek:
Riots. Each and every one of you is a laugh riot.
If the snack company I was referring to actually made cakes, you'd take it, tro.

[Mikie]

Mine's about as creative as sschirmer's...I've been called "Mikie" ever since the famous Life cereal commercial came out when I was in 8th grade. I know, most people spell it "Mikey", if you look up the dialogue of the commercial that's how it's spelled, but I've always spelled it with the i-e, no particular reason.

I've been an internet user/surfer/goofer-offer since early 1994 when a roommate and I first figured out how to connect to what I still think of as "real" BBS's...the kind with 32-character message limits and 24-hour turnarounds, the closest relic I know of still extant these days is the SABR-L Listserv whose format is no more than a couple of steps beyond the original ones. I've been "Mikie" on the 'net ever since, perhaps the first, who knows.

When I came across this site last year and liked it and went to register, there was already a "Mikie", which I'm pretty sure was me from an earlier crossing of paths that I either forgot or wasn't excited by, so many sites so little time and all that. My standard (highly creative) solution to the multiple "Mikie" dilemma is to tack on the first few letters of my last name, so, voila..."MikieNix". I used to use numbers, like "Mikie1", but pretty soon started running into places where that was also taken, and trying "Mikie2", "Mikie3", etc. until I got a unique one led to having too many handles and it became impossible to remember which witch was which.

FWIW, could one of the Mods PM me with a question or two to prove if I was the just plain "Mikie" username? Obviously, I don't remember the password for it, and it probably predates the system I now use for those so I probably can't guess it, either. Heck, as I get older, even remembering the first few letters of my last name is becoming a challenge...:noidea

[Gashouse6]

Mine is simply my baseball team's name and my number.

[Nomtoc]

I have found that my nickname story is wildly disappointing to anyone who has never heard it. Pretty much everyone I know calls me Scoops, I've had the nickname for probably about 10 years now. Many never knew why, or how, I got the nickname but they assume there's some great story to go with it. After all, most nicknames have good, or at least funny, stories. On occasion they ask me to explain the nickname (especially since pretty much none of my friends have a nickname at all).

A few of my friends were sitting around the house one evening, drinking and eating. One of my friends (not me) was eating Fritos Scoops. He turned to me and said, for no apparent reason, "We're going to call you Scoops." It stuck. I fought it for about a week, but it stuck.

http://www.homegrocer.com/images/products/fritos-scoops.gif



I find that story extremely funny!

[DoWnWiThTheSiCkNeSs]

I wa listening to Down With The Sickness by Disturbed and i really like the osng so that is what i made my nickname

[Francoeurstein]

Hankaaron favorite player. I do not know where the 86 came from just that Hankaaron was taken.

[rockin500]

mine's from a college icebreaker my freshman year. I said i liked heavy metal music and liked to rock. So hence my nickname became "rockin" in college. I was never called Ray, just Rockin and got me invited to many a party with the girls living on my floor. ;)

the 500 just comes from the fact that i needed a number to easily remember for sites. I use rockin500 for every board i frequent.

[sschirmer]

I feel like I need to change mine to something more creative now. I was eating peanuts last night, in hopes that my wife would simply say, "I'm going to start calling you 'Peanuts'". Didn't happen. :ughh

[RuthMayBond]

I feel like I need to change mine to something more creative now. I was eating peanuts last night, in hopes that my wife would simply say, "I'm going to start calling you 'Peanuts'". Didn't happen. :ughhYou want us to call you nuts?

[Nomtoc]

You want us to call you nuts?


That's it, he's friggin' nuts!


Anyone else remember that old 80's tune, went something like "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr PEANUTS!................ ?

[BristolBoy]

Well seeing Slayer live has probably been the highlight of my life thus far. Sad? Maybe, but they quite simply blow every other band off the stage.You clearly haven't seen Opeth either.

Saw Slayer in Cardiff not too long ago, and Opeth in Exeter in December. Opeth destroyed Slayer, by a mile. Not even close. I'd strongly suggest to anyone to go and see Opeth live, otherwise you're missing out on an awesome experience.

[sschirmer]

You want us to call you nuts?


Errrr, you probably wouldn't be the first!:crazy

[ScrewBll45]

I have a deep-seeded admiration for Tug McGraw, and Doug Rader.

[Chris from NY]

In March of 2004 Some friends of mine and I went to Calgary, Alberta for a Metallica concert. One of my friends, Chris, worked at a call centre and found Metallica Drummer Lars Ulrich's cell phone number in the database. We had a joke that after the show we would call Lars and Chris would say "He Lars, it's Chris from New York calling. Where's the party at?" (We're weren't actually from NY, we just figured Lars knew a Chris from New York.) In retrospect that's not even a very good story, but, hey, that's what roadtrips are for I guess. I have no idea why I picked it for a screen name though.

[sandlot]

You want us to call you nuts?How about Goober? T'would be a good nickname for a ballplayer. Anybody know if there's been one?

[burger eater]

Saw Slayer in Cardiff not too long ago, and Opeth in Exeter in December. Opeth destroyed Slayer, by a mile. Not even close. I'd strongly suggest to anyone to go and see Opeth live, otherwise you're missing out on an awesome experience.

Take the kids... Opeth is fun for the whole family.
Did anyone think Mick Jagger looked any more coordinated than Ed Grimley at the Super Bowl?
I was waiting for him to fall off the stage.

[trosmok]

If the snack company I was referring to actually made cakes, you'd take it, tro.

Thanks, Cap,n. I'm still curious, and while I'm not one to dredge up painful childhood memories, you actually brought it up..... anyway, check this link:

http://www.taquitos.net/snacks.php?snack_code=13

[Chris from NY]

You clearly haven't seen Opeth either.

Saw Slayer in Cardiff not too long ago, and Opeth in Exeter in December. Opeth destroyed Slayer, by a mile. Not even close. I'd strongly suggest to anyone to go and see Opeth live, otherwise you're missing out on an awesome experience.

Good to know. Opeth is coming to a city near me and I was contemplating going or not. I think Opeth rules but I wasn't sure if I should go and spent money on it that I don't really have.

[BristolBoy]

Good to know. Opeth is coming to a city near me and I was contemplating going or not. I think Opeth rules but I wasn't sure if I should go and spent money on it that I don't really have.Worth every penny, and like was already said (but doesn't apply to me, what with not having one) bring the family along. Opeth are one of the few bands that if you want to, you can enjoy sitting in the back drinking a beer, rather than trying to rip your skull from your spine by headbanging.

But don't get me wrong, I tried. I hurt so much after I couldn't look where I was peeing for about a week. :D

[Twisted Wicker]

Mine's kind of a play on Wicked Twister, the Intamin Impulse coaster at Cedar Point.

I don't remember how I got it, it was probably from some rednecks at the Point.

Exciting, huh?

[RuthMayBond]

Mine's kind of a play on Wicked Twister, the Intamin Impulse coaster at Cedar Point.

I don't remember how I got it, it was probably from some rednecks at the Point.Well, you could have just told them, "We're not gonna take it!" Oh wait, different nickname . . . :laugh

[Twisted Wicker]

Well, you could have just told them, "We're not gonna take it!" Oh wait, different nickname . . . :laugh

Actually, Twisted Sister sued a park for having a ride named Twisted Sisters. No real reason for telling you, other than my dislike for them, I guess.

I don't really like Wicker either. Got a piece of wicker basket through my hand when I was little.

The more I think about it, my screenname is two things I don't like - Twisted Sister and wicker baskets.

[Red Sox Rule]

I think mines fairly self explanatory. :D

[Tigerfan1974]

I was wondering how people get a nickname?

I has chosen mine to stir the pot on the Red Sox board. I am a member of NYYfans.com as well. Overthere a lot of Red Sox fans come to troll around.

I decided to do the same on a Red Sox board. Then I came to this board and found out that the Sox fans here were not as bad as I thought they would be.

Guess what year I became the Tigers biggest Fan?

[RuthMayBond]

Guess what year I became the Tigers biggest Fan?I'll guess 1996 when you thought they couldn't get any worse, and then 2002 and 2003 came

[Perseas]

Very cool, oh King of Mycenae. Have you slain your Medusa yet? How about met your Andromeda? Most middle age Americans know the legend of Perseas from the stop-animation film "Clash of the Titans." Your sig line is great; my favorite Socrates quote is: "The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."

Well actually, Perseus was prince of Argos and later King of Tyrinth, but that's close enough :) . Here is a link with a short verision of his myth: http://www.dibonsmith.com/per_con.htm

[Chisox]

Errrr, you probably wouldn't be the first!:crazy
I KNOW he wouldn't after a certain PM I got from you once on here. I know what I've got.:dance

I was always called Matty for as long as I could remember growing up from a play on my last name Matson. I guess I could have used that and messed some people up on who my favs were.

Then I went to college and Matty disappeared from my nickname repetoire; Crazy Chris replaced it. I could tell you why, and it's funny, but I guarantee that mods and admins wouldn't think it was suitable, although they'd be laughing their butts off.

I joined about five years ago to the day, and that was after the Chisox's incredible 2000 season and I thought they were going to replace the Yank's as the AL monster. My sig line wen't something like: November 1st edition of Sports Illustrated: The Curse of Joe Jackson is Over!

[Mattingly]

FWIW, could one of the Mods PM me with a question or two to prove if I was the just plain "Mikie" username? Obviously, I don't remember the password for it, and it probably predates the system I now use for those so I probably can't guess it, either. Heck, as I get older, even remembering the first few letters of my last name is becoming a challenge...:noidea
If you'd like details of how to do this, please post into the "Web Improvements" forum asking for directions.

Basically, there's the "Forgot your password" option, in which a temporary password is emailed to you. Given that you've re-registered, and since there's only one password per email address, then you'd have to check your other email addresses to see if you've received anything recently from this site.

From there, you click on the link and your password is chaned to the one chosen for you by the site.

NOTE: I'm moving this to the Web Improvements forum, since there's not much here about baseball itself.

Thanks, folks.

[Captain Cold Nose]

If you'd like details of how to do this, please post into the "Web Improvements" forum asking for directions.

Basically, there's the "Forgot your password" option, in which a temporary password is emailed to you. Given that you've re-registered, and since there's only one password per email address, then you'd have to check your other email addresses to see if you've received anything recently from this site.

From there, you click on the link and your password is chaned to the one chosen for you by the site.

NOTE: I'm moving this to the Web Improvements forum, since there's not much here about baseball itself.

Thanks, folks.
He and I took of his question a while back, Matt. But, you gotta catch up, right. ;)

[Mattingly]

He and I took of his question a while back, Matt. But, you gotta catch up, right. ;)
They don't call me "Molasses" for nuttin'. :D

Either case, this and another non-baseball thread, I'm moving here.

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

They don't call me "Molasses" for nuttin'. :D

Either case, this and another non-baseball thread, I'm moving here.

To be honest Matt, this move isn't quite quick. After more than a month...:p

What's wrong? You seem not so sharp anymore.:D

[CuriousBoston]

Please note: I did not post that. Possibly he saw (heard) Papi in the batting cage, and Papelbon pitching. Or possibly he's starting to realize that the BoSox and Blue Jays and Baltimore will be at the top of the heap, while NYY and TB will be down.

Oh, swearword, I'll be spending Sunday shovelling out relatives.

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

Please note: I did not post that. Possibly he saw (heard) Papi in the batting cage, and Papelbon pitching. Or possibly he's starting to realize that the BoSox and Blue Jays and Baltimore will be at the top of the heap, while NYY and TB will be down.

Oh, swearword, I'll be spending Sunday shovelling out relatives.

It seems your not as sharp as you used to be as well CB.

This kind of posts belongs in the "Bitter Rivals Thread". It seems you are lost. :D

Hiya! :waving

[Yankee Legend]

Lou Piniella was managing the Mariners when I became a fan, I love to see him kick dirt, or throw a base, or whatever, and I was heartbroken when he left Seattle, and I'm heartbroken with the raw deal he got in Tampa.
So, I show my support to my favorite manager. :)

tsk...tsk

and all this time i thought you were a lou gehrig fan.

Anyway, for my name i thought of picking something to show that im a yankee fan but also something that sounds majestic because after all it is the YANKEES. So i thought about calling myself a "Yankee Legend" just to show my devotion to my team. Also I like many associate the word "Yankee" with the word "Legend" and hence the name.

[hellborn]

When I really started getting into on-line gaming, I hooked up with a MUD (Multi User Dungeon) RPG game that was text-only, descriptional. When I had to pick a nickname for that game, I chose that of one of my favourite mythological heroes, Perseus (or Perseas as he would have been called in modern Greek). It stuck with me ever since, and I use it in every forum, or on-line activity. My signature is one of the trademark quotes of one of the greatest philosophers of all time....

Reading your message made me realize that I blew it by not using a great classical Greek name...Aias...Antigonus Monopthalmus...Demetrius Poliorcetes...interesting that the name would be Perseas in modern Greek. I only know a little about ancient Greek, nothing about modern.
There is a very good book now on Mithraism that ties it into the Perseus legend..."The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries"...I recommend it highly.

[hellborn]

Mine is just a simple play on Mark Bellhorn's surname...he's one of my favorite players, probably because so many people focus on his weaknesses and ignore his skills. Of course, the skills were not so much in evidence last year. I started calling him Hellborn partly because he is so quiet and reserved, exactly NOT a hellion.
Does thinking that watching Bellhorn take a walk is poetry in motion make me an advanced baseball fan, or just a looney?

[BristolBoy]

Does thinking that watching Bellhorn take a walk is poetry in motion make me an advanced baseball fan, or just a looney?A little from column A, a little from column B. I however, am firmly in column B. :D

[2Chance]

Thanks, Captain Cold Nose, for posting the link from which this is copied:

Nothing mythical about this moniker. The last of the saddest words in “Baseball’s Sad Lexicon”

These are the saddest of possible words:
"Tinker to Evers to Chance."
Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds,
Tinker and Evers and Chance.
Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble,
Making a Giant hit into a double--
Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:
"Tinker to Evers to Chance."

http://memory.loc.gov/pp/bbcards1.html

A little poetry, a little baseball...but I repeat myself. :cool:

[Williamsburg2599]

I'll guess 1996 when you thought they couldn't get any worse, and then 2002 and 2003 came
Burrnnnnnnn. No wait Mega-Burnnnn

[janduscframe]

Jandus C Frame

Guess what I'm into? A guy could have worse hobbies.:laugh

[Brian McKenna]

imaginatively from my email address the guy at best buy signed me up with

[hellborn]

A little from column A, a little from column B. I however, am firmly in column B. :D
Hey, I like loonies! Even thought about joining the Church of the Holy Looney at one time...
Thanks for providing some understanding of my baseball likes. I do have to admit that watching Bellhorn wave at low, inside breaking balls over and over took away some of the sweetness of the walks, and even the postseason HRs.

[efin98]

"efin" is the off-field nickname my football teammates gave me back in high school. On the field it was similar but untypable here;)

[Aa3rt]

AA3RT is my amateur radio callsign. I became interested in radios way back in the early 1960's. One of the things I enjoyed was listening to baseball games from far away places, this in the days of 10 team leagues, before divisions, playoffs and interleague play. My original call sign was N3KUQ, which I was never enamored with. When I upgraded my license, I applied for the vanity call AA3RT. My name is Art, last initial also starts with an "A" so this seemed a natural.

[runningshoes]

AA3RT is my amateur radio callsign. I became interested in radios way back in the early 1960's. One of the things I enjoyed was listening to baseball games from far away places, this in the days of 10 team leagues, before divisions, playoffs and interleague play. My original call sign was N3KUQ, which I was never enamored with. When I upgraded my license, I applied for the vanity call AA3RT. My name is Art, last initial also starts with an "A" so this seemed a natural.

I remember being way up in Northern Ontario when I was a kid and getting the games from Cincinnati on the skip late at night. It was a really good signal if they were out on the west coast.

[Aa3rt]

A very interesting story behind that-it is that Powel Crosley marketed household appliances. Washing machines, dryers, refrigerators but most important-radios! To provide a market for his radios, he purchased radio station WLW, a clear-channel 50,000 watt station in Cincinnati, Ohio. And to provide programming for his radio station, in the days before recorded music was a staple, he also purchased the Cincinnati Reds, building a new park for them to play in-you guessed it-Crosley Field! Crosley was also an early producer of televisions, just after World War II.

Here's a link on the very interesting Powel Crosley, including information on his ownership of the Reds:

http://www.answers.com/topic/powel-crosley-jr

BTW-didn't the Reds have a farm team in the Eastern League that played in Thetford Mines, Quebec for a few years?

[Aa3rt]

I remember being way up in Northern Ontario when I was a kid and getting the games from Cincinnati on the skip late at night. It was a really good signal if they were out on the west coast.

If the Reds were on the west coast, the game would have been played later. After the sun goes down, the ionosphere expands, allowing for the further travel of radio waves. I experienced the same thing listening to the Pittsburgh Pirates on KDKA-while Senators and Orioles games broadcast locally couldn't make it through the "hash" of other radio stations here in southern Maryland, KDKA usually came booming through.

[Sultan_1895-1948]

Well, there was this guy named George....... :o

[Erik Bedard]

Well, I'm Canadian, and all the ignorant people here :grouchy :grouchy :grouchy think that I drink maple syrup for breakfast, so, when I was choosing my nickname, I couldn't think of anything better that wasn't taken, and I figured Mr. MapleLeaf would be a little too vain, so I just chose MSM.

[Johnny Seven]

You don't want to know. Trust me.

Hint: It's not my real name.

[Big_Mac]

My best buddies dad started calling me Big Mac when I was 7 or 8 because of my size and Mac is an abbreviation for my 13 letter last name. Everyone calls me Mac or Maccy now but my brother isn't too happy about the nickname because he is stuck with 'Cheeseburger' or 'Quarter Pounder' :)

[trosmok]

... and I figured Mr. MapleLeaf would be a little too vain,...

Oh, c'mon. What's wrong with a little vanity amongst all this ignorance? :clapping

Welcome again, and look forward to further posts from MSM.:waving

[Yankee Legend]

My best buddies dad started calling me Big Mac when I was 7 or 8 because of my size and Mac is an abbreviation for my 13 letter last name. Everyone calls me Mac or Maccy now but my brother isn't too happy about the nickname because he is stuck with 'Cheeseburger' or 'Quarter Pounder' :)

and all this time i thought you were a mark mcgwire fan.

[Ubiquitous]

Ubiquitous is short for You be quick, it is getting late.

[runningshoes]

Ubiquitous is short for You be quick, it is getting late.

And here I am thinking it's because of your simultaneous presence everywhere or at least an obscure reference to Jospeh Heller. :p

[Ubiquitous]

That would be a really really obscure reference one that one would only understand if they checked out a few dictionaries or I guess memorized entire passages from the book. Though I enjoyed Catch-22 (its one of those books I have read it more then once, a definite honor and in rare company) it was not thought of during the search for a moniker.

[runningshoes]

That would be a really really obscure reference one that one would only understand if they checked out a few dictionaries or I guess memorized entire passages from the book. Though I enjoyed Catch-22 (its one of those books I have read it more then once, a definite honor and in rare company) it was not thought of during the search for a moniker.

I remember when I first joined BBF, we were having a pretty intense discussion about Joe Jackson and Charley Comiskey. I noticed your avatar and user name were certainly different than most here so I looked the word up.

That's when I found the reference to the ubiquitous spook.

[trosmok]

That's when I found the reference to the ubiquitous spook.
LOL! "...he plodded through the shadows like..."

That is easily the best thing I have heard in quite a while. I looked up the word myself after the abbreviation explanation and found the same reference to Captain Yossarian et.al.,

Congrats to Ubiquitous and runningshoes53 for the best posts of this preseason.

BTW, I was confused by the similarity to "obsequious" at first, and knew that only Sammy Maudlin would call himself something like that.

for more about Catch-22 see:

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mcatch22.html

[Erik Bedard]

Somebody asked what I drank for breakfast. The answer: Milk. In a bag.

(When I lived in Toronto I was too young to drink beer)

[hellborn]

LOL! "...he plodded through the shadows like..."
....
BTW, I was confused by the similarity to "obsequious" at first, and knew that only Sammy Maudlin would call himself something like that.

for more about Catch-22 see:

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mcatch22.html

SAMMY MAUDLIN!?!?!
You mean that somebody else actually watched SCTV and remembers Sammy Maudlin?
I'm amazed...
Now I think that I should have picked William B as my nickname...

[runningshoes]

You don't want to know. Trust me.

Hint: It's not my real name.

Are you in the Witness Protection Program? :laugh

[runningshoes]

Well, I'm Canadian, and all the ignorant people here :grouchy :grouchy :grouchy think that I drink maple syrup for breakfast, so, when I was choosing my nickname, I couldn't think of anything better that wasn't taken, and I figured Mr. MapleLeaf would be a little too vain, so I just chose MSM.

You don't put maple syrup on your pasta?

And you call yourself a Canadian?

I would tell you what I put it on, but I might get banned from this site. :laugh

[trosmok]

SAMMY MAUDLIN!?!?!
You mean that somebody else actually watched SCTV and remembers Sammy Maudlin?
I'm amazed...
Now I think that I should have picked William B as my nickname...

Yup, the bit with Bobby Bitmore was too fawning but true; my personal favorite was three cee pee tv. Eh? Take off, hoser!:clapping

[Erik Bedard]

You don't put maple syrup on your pasta?

And you call yourself a Canadian?

I would tell you what I put it on, but I might get banned from this site. :laugh

Not pasta, no. I've been known to put it on french fries, though. And potato chips. And whatever you want to eat for breakfast. And I've put it in milk. And snow. And I've thrown it in while baking cookies.

Darn it, now I'm hungry.

[Aa3rt]

SAMMY MAUDLIN!?!?! You mean that somebody else actually watched SCTV and remembers Sammy Maudlin? I'm amazed...
Now I think that I should have picked William B as my nickname...

Yes, I know I'm straying off topic here but one of the most hilarious episodes I remember was when Sammy Maudlin started singing "Here Comes Santa Claus", fell down on the stage in a coughing spasm and later announced that one day he's gonna kick those cigarettes to the tearful encouragement of William B.

One of my co-workers and I still do the Doctor Tounge 3-D effect at work for our own amusement. TV Land was showing SCTV reruns on Saturday nights recently but replaced it with Rosanne. :grouchy

Come to think of it, I wish I'd used Johnny La Rue...;)

For some great reminders, try this link:

http://www.jumptheshark.com/s/sctv.htm

Another good one:

http://sctvguide.ca/programs/maudlin.htm

Did Melonville have a baseball team? I could just imagine Mayor Tommy Shanks throwing out the first pitch!

[hellborn]

Yup, the bit with Bobby Bitmore was too fawning but true; my personal favorite was three cee pee tv. Eh? Take off, hoser!:clapping
Wait, was it Bobby Bittmann? As in, "Bobby Bittmann, I want to bear your children!!! HAAAAAA HA HA HA..."
(the lovely Miss Lola Heatherton)
3CPTV?? I need a reminder...

[hellborn]

Yes, I know I'm straying off topic here but one of the most hilarious episodes I remember was when Sammy Maudlin started singing "Here Comes Santa Claus", fell down on the stage in a coughing spasm and later announced that one day he's gonna kick those cigarettes to the tearful encouragement of William B.

One of my co-workers and I still do the Doctor Tounge 3-D effect at work for our own amusement. TV Land was showing SCTV reruns on Saturday nights recently but replaced it with Rosanne. :grouchy

Come to think of it, I wish I'd used Johnny La Rue...;)
.....

Excellent! My favorite was when Lon Chaney Jr. was dressed up like an "Indian" (Native American, not Cleveland) and giving a demonstration of rock throwing...he was supposed to knock and apple off William B's head, and popped him right in the cubes instead! William B had to stay in character and keep laughing while rolling on the floor in agony, Maudlin was about to slap his own knee off, and Chaney (Eugene Levy) cracked, "William B not bother squaw anymore!"
I thought that it was good bust on condescending treatment of other cultures on TV besides some good physical comedy...
Dr. Tongue's 3D House of Stewardesses! That got the juices flowing in my adolescent years!
Roseanne replacing SCTV?!?!? Man, that's pitiful....

[west coast orange and black]

Ubiquitous: Though I enjoyed Catch-22...
incredibly relevant today, considering the political climate in the u.s. and the occupation of iraq.

[Aa3rt]

Excellent! My favorite was when Lon Chaney Jr. was dressed up like an "Indian" (Native American, not Cleveland) and giving a demonstration of rock throwing...he was supposed to knock and apple off William B's head, and popped him right in the cubes instead! William B had to stay in character and keep laughing while rolling on the floor in agony, Maudlin was about to slap his own knee off, and Chaney (Eugene Levy) cracked, "William B not bother squaw anymore!"
I thought that it was good bust on condescending treatment of other cultures on TV besides some good physical comedy...

Actually this skit was a parody based on a famous incident that occurred on the Johnny Carson show, way back in April of 1965, when Ed Ames (of the singing "Ames Brothers") made an appearance on the Carson show. Mr. Ames played the role of "Mingo", a Native American sidekick of Fess Parker, who starred as "Daniel Boone" on a TV show of that name. To add authenticity to his role, Ed Ames had practiced his ability to throw a tomahawk. When asked to demonstrate his newly acquired "skill", he threw a tomahawk at a large piece of plywood with the outline of a cowboy drawn on it, striking the target squarely in the "family jewels". When the sustained laughter finally died down, Carson made the classic ad-lib: "I didn't know you were Jewish!".

3CPTV was a parody of a Russian television station using sometimes faulty or outdated equipment, battling with North American TV satellites for coverage time.

[Captain Cold Nose]

Little did I know I'd start a walk down SCTV memory lane.
My favorite was the commercial within a commercial for "Sunlight" detergent, the detergent which comes with a damn towel inside.
Wasn't that typical?

[Richmond Hill Phoenix]

My name is just my select team's name... I wish now that i had put more thought into it... ah well

[Sultan_1895-1948]

My name is jsut my select team's name... I wish now that i had put more thought into it... ah well

You've only got 50 posts brotha! You're at a poker game, and all you've done is called the big blind. You can still fold without harm, you're not all in :D

[Melottfan]

Being from Gretna, La.(just across the river from New Orleans), Mel Ott is well thought of in the city,as a big fan of his, hence the name Melottfan.

[Erik Bedard]

Figured I'd post here again, as I've changed my name.

Canadian pride is again a source of my name choice, as Bedard is Canadian and thus is my favorite player.

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

Figured I'd post here again, as I've changed my name.

Canadian pride is again a source of my name choice, as Bedard is Canadian and thus is my favorite player.

I could do the same.

I have changed my name too.

As you all know I am the biggest Dutch Yankee fan :rolleyes:. But because I am a big fan of the Montgomery Biscuits too, I thought both names should be in my nickname.

[Reed Johnson]

My username is my initials.

[Erik Bedard]

My username is my initials.
Your last initial is 1? Or was AG taken?

[Seattle1]

Mine is pretty self explanatory. :D

However, I like the 1 tacked on the end because it could mean "Seattle won" or "Seattle #1" or something like that too. :D

[Da Penguin]

I run like Ron cey and play third.

[Richmond Hill Phoenix]

Well, I'm up to around 300 posts, so theres no going back now...

My baseball nickname is Jello. My "initials" are G-Lo, from Geoff Loughton. It's like Jennifer Lopez, but with a G. Then G-Lo just turned into jello one day.

[Erik Bedard]

I just PMed Sean minutes after making my thousandth post, and he changed my name. You can do it too; you've only got about 300.

[Richmond Hill Phoenix]

Its fine... I don't mind. It's not something stupid or anything, so I can live with it.

[Padday]

The old Irish stereotype that we're all Paddys but with a bit of pizaz.

[Reed Johnson]

Your last initial is 1? Or was AG taken?

My username had to be 3 numbers/letters or more so I just put a 1 on the end.

[Jake Patterson]

Grandfather's name - Old Red Sox fan

[Wade8813]

Wade is the name of one of my first D&D characters (I'm such a nerd). I got that name from a friend of mine.

88 is one of my favorite numbers. 13 another (because I like to do things to deliberately spite so-called bad luck - deliberately walk under ladders, have black cats cross my path, etc).

[EvanAparra]

OK, going through old threads and i've been reading this one for about 20 minutes with a big paper i'm not done with due in 5 hours. :eek:

My name is Evan and my favorite player is Nomar, so I just looked for a way to combine it. My name used to be WarbuxPR, for an Anti-Flag song I liked, but I got tired of people addressing me as Warbux, so I figured if I put my name in it everyone would just call me Evan. And vuala! It worked! (Except for Go Gomes who decided that my full name was really Evan Aparra :laugh)

[PopTop]

Pop Top, Son of Fat Cat was the name of an old tomcat that crossed my path many years ago. One of the coolest, and biggest (19+ pounder) cats I've had the privilege of being acquainted with. Had talons that a hawk would be proud of and could open just about any door that wasn't locked, including the oven door that he would jump up and hang on until it came open, once lifting a small pork roast from inside. I ate bean burritos that night instead :rolleyes:

[milladrive]

Mine has nothing to do with baseball. I use it just about everywhere a nickname is required. It even adorns my license plate in abbreviated form.

My last name is Miller, but living here in the NYC area, most people pronounce it milla. It just stuck. The drive represents my car, my computer, and what little I have left of my ambition.

[DTF955]

Initials, combined with the 955 for 1955 - the year the Brooklyn Dodgers won the Series - that's in my e-mail address. Actually use dtf955 for a few other boards, too, so it's easy to remember.

BTW, West Coast Orange and Black, I can't believe I never thought of you as an Oriole fan - but, considering that the Giants also wear orange and black, I just always assumed you were a Giants fan.

Amazing the things you learn in these threads.

[EvanAparra]

Huh? I could have sworn WCOAB is a Giants fan...

[RuthMayBond]

BTW, West Coast Orange and Black, I can't believe I never thought of you as an Oriole fan - but, considering that the Giants also wear orange and black, I just always assumed you were a Giants fan.

Amazing the things you learn in these threads.He's got season tix to da Giants

[TigersFanB406]

Simple. I realized that there are many fair weather Tigers fans and so my nickname just seemed right. I will probably never have a seat at a game again...it's standing room from here on out.

[W_Marone]

(Except for Go Gomes who decided that my full name was really Evan Aparra :laugh)


Hahaha....that was classic....but anyway....the greatness of my name comes from who else but Jonny Gomes, RF/DH for the stink Rays, although I'm not a big D-rays fan, Gomes is the man...nice segway there...All Hail the king...Jonny Gomes....2007 AL MVP....hahahaha


P.S. Evan......yeah....I cant think of any jokes right now...hahah.:D

[Old Sweater]

Sweater= someone who watches for free. I sweat baseball, foosball tournaments, and pool for free except for the nominal charge for coffee, gas and the occasional gamble on the side for the pool table when I think I got the nuts on a shooter.

54=old

[Dodger_Ric]

i am a wayward baltimore orioles fan.

Was that a joke? You know with your name and location it's impossible or anyone to not assume you root for the hated ones. :D

[cubsfan1073]

the cubs are awesome

[hubkittel]

i was a freshman in highschool in 1982 and hub kittle was the pitching coach for the cardinals. my last name is kittel and i got hung with the hub name almost immediately. to this day, when i run into people i went to high school with, they still call me hub. and, when talking to older baseball fans here in stl, i still get asked if i'm related to hub kittle. i just tell them that we're distant cousins (which is probably true).

[Erik Bedard]

OK, going through old threads and i've been reading this one for about 20 minutes with a big paper i'm not done with due in 5 hours. :eek:

My name is Evan and my favorite player is Nomar, so I just looked for a way to combine it. My name used to be WarbuxPR, for an Anti-Flag song I liked, but I got tired of people addressing me as Warbux, so I figured if I put my name in it everyone would just call me Evan. And vuala! It worked! (Except for Go Gomes who decided that my full name was really Evan Aparra :laugh)

I thought nobody else had ever heard of Anti-Flag! Did I ever call you Daddy Warbux? Probably not, but I got the allusion.

[StanTheMan]

Simply becasue he is the greatest Cardinal of them all..... I am not old enough to have watched him play, but my Dad still talks fondly of Stan the Man, and EVERY Cards fan knows him. Too bad more people don't, he was truly a legend of the game. Seeing his statue outside Busch Stadium is one of my fondest, and earliest memories. It was so big (to a little kid anyway) and it is good the statue has a prominent place at the new ballpark.

I loved it when he threw out the first pitch at game 5 of the World Series about a month ago. The score board simply said... Stan The Man. No need for a last name for him is St. Louis.

My favorite player when I was a kid was Ozzie Smith. My last name IS Smith, and despite my very, and I mean VERY bets efforts, I could not get my wife to agree to OZZIE as a middle name for either of our two sons. What a glorious chance wasted!!!

[Erik Bedard]

I had the pleasure of visiting St. Louis this summer, and I took pictures of each of those stones on the walkway, and quite a few of the Musial statue. I agree, he's the best Card ever.

[Williamsburg2599]

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[Williamsburg2599]

I switched mine to Williamsburg in honor of that sacred area of Fenway.

[SDL]

I was wondering how people get a nickname?

I has chosen mine to stir the pot on the Red Sox board. I am a member of NYYfans.com as well. Overthere a lot of Red Sox fans come to troll around.

I decided to do the same on a Red Sox board. Then I came to this board and found out that the Sox fans here were not as bad as I thought they would be.

My nic are my initials..Simple :)

[SDL]

i am reminded of an article years ago on sports fans and how far they will go to associate themselves with their team.

an oakland-area baby girl was christened silver ann blackwell. i kid you not.

Let's see...our West Highland Terrier is named "Teddy" (officially he's "Ted Williams"

Three of our cats: Grogan. Bledsoe, Brady

I have a Pats logo on my right arm..planning to get a B with a pair of Red Sox intertwined

[riverhawk]

The team I play for in the summer is called the Rivermen. My college team was called the Red Hawks. I combined the two to come up with riverhawk.

[-Kyle-]

My name isn't actually Kyle, but my nickname is.

[Dalkowski110]

I joined this forum to write an essay about Steve Dalkowski, and have always been a fan (hey, if there were 5,000 people in a John Pregenzer Fan Club, why can't there be one in Steve Dalkowski Fan Club?). So, I figured why not.

[ReignInBlood]

Slayer's best album, released in 1986.

[slugger33]

Slayer's best album, released in 1986.
Johnny Damon is my favorite player...

[rockiesfan4ever]

Ill be a rockies fan for ever I could've done RoxfaninMO since im a Rockies fan and live in MO

[AlaskatoBalto]

My name comes from where I moved from to where I moved to. Pretty simple. :)

[Dirt Dog]

I took my username from the term that was given to certain Red Sox players from the 2001 team that always played hard, hustled and had that blue-collar attitude everytime they stepped on the field. They play with a lot of heart, grit and aren't scared of getting their uniforms dirty. Bottom line is that they go all out, which is the way I believe every player should play. Fans appreciate that effort.

Trot Nixon and Brian Daugbach are considered to be the original Boston Dirt Dogs, a term that was coined by (or given credit to) Blue Jays reliever Paul Quantrill in July 2001.

[Dodgerfan1]

Let's see.... how did I get my nickname....? I'm not sure. I'll have to get back to you on this one.

[VTSoxFan]

I took my username from the term that was given to certain Red Sox players from the 2001 team that always played hard, hustled and had that blue-collar attitude everytime they stepped on the field. They play with a lot of heart, grit and aren't scared of getting their uniforms dirty. Bottom line is that they go all out, which is the way I believe every player should play. Fans appreciate that effort.

Trot Nixon and Brian Daugbach are considered to be the original Boston Dirt Dogs, a term that was coined by (or given credit to) Blue Jays reliever Paul Quantrill in July 2001.

*sigh* Trot and Dauber... I miss 'em both. :(

I thought Orlando Hudson first called them Dirt Dogs. I guess it doesn't matter.

Oh, welcome to BBF! :waving

[Stumanji]

I'm not sure, even with being here a short while, if I'm even memorable...

But, I'll share.

1) My friend in high school thought I looked like Disco Stu (from The Simpsons). He called me that for a while.
2) Eventually, "Disco Stu" shortened to "Stu". This lasted for quite a while.
3) Ray Romano hosted SNL. He did an ESPN: Sportscenter skit with Tim Meadows (playing Stuart Scott). Whenever he'd pass it off, he'd say some variation on "Stu", like, "Stu-Pot!" "Stumanji!" was one of the variations.

Been using it since.

[catcher24]

Well, I sure missed this one originally. Thought I had put up the same info on another thread, and maybe there is (or was) a similar thread somewhere. Anyway, it's pretty simple. I played ball with in an over 40 league for about 11 years, and the last four I caught most of the time. My uniform number is 24 (in honor of a certain HOF centerfielder who was my baseball idol when I was growing up in the 60's - Say Hey!). Hence, catcher24. Not even close to some of the great stories I read in the thread, but it works for me.

[Pete Rose Rounding Third]

Sorry to resuscitate an old thread, but I didn't want to start a new thread if one existed.

I used to listen to the Jim Rome radio show. At the time I was listening, a caller made a reference to Pete Rose rounding third in the All-Star game and running over Gene Tenace at the plate. Rome, his producer, and his screener all agreed that Tenace wasn't the catcher in question, but they couldn't remember who the catcher was. Well, people started sending in dozens of faxes mocking the caller, sending in lines like "Remember when Pete Rose rounded third and ran over Joe DiMaggio at home?", or "...ran over Josh Gibson", or "Ryne Sandberg". Then, Pete Rose would turn into Rod Carew, or George Brett, or Tony Gwynn, and on it would go. Eventually, the faxes turned into pop culture references such as "Remember when Luke Skywalker rounded third and ran over Darth Vader at home?". This gag took hold for days.

I know that description probably didn't come off very funny, but it really was. One of those "you had to be there" things. Anyway, when I was trying to decide upon a screenname, I remembered that whole thing. So there it is.

[Stray Cat]

I used to listen to the Jim Rome radio show. At the time I was listening, a caller made a reference to Pete Rose rounding third in the All-Star game and running over Gene Tenace at the plate. Rome, his producer, and his screener all agreed that Tenace wasn't the catcher in question, but they couldn't remember who the catcher was. .

It was Ray Fosse now an announcer for the A's.


My name comes from the Straycats rockabilly band.

[Urbanshocker13]

My Screen name is for the man who probally had the best name in baseball Urban Shocker. He was a great pitcher for 1927 yankees he died very young and has gone mostly unknown compared to other 27' Yankees. The 13 is my lucky number, I was born on the 13th and I have 13 tatooed on me.