A Users Guide to Lone Star Ball
by ghostofErikThompson on May 23, 2008 7:18 PM CDT
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Hello, it's ghostofErikThompson here. I'm going to be your LSB guide and historian today. I thought it would be a good idea to house some of our more unique community sayings/nicknames to thumb through whenever needed and to give new users of our wonderful community a place to start.
Consider this a Rosetta Stone to all things LSB.
As the community, please do comment with the things I missed or things that need to be changed or added. Eventually, we'll get the newest newbies turned around faster than a pitch thrown at Josh Hamilton. Also, on most of these things, I have trouble remembering who came up with them. So, if you want to shout-out for credit for your LSB fad please do so.
LSB Unique Sayings:
Beast: This is reserved for the most animalistic of great Rangers performances. Variations include Beastly and Beasticon. Example: "Frank Francisco just came in with a runner on third and no one out and struck out the side. What a beast!" And while even Marlon Byrd can make a play that is beastly, only the rarest talents will ever make Beasticon status.
The 40 Trumps All: Want to bring up a sparkling prospect at AA because you are tried of Chris Shelton looking like a Shetland Pony out there at first? Well, tough, your minor league hero is not on the 40 man roster and the 40 Trumps All! Think we should DFA a middling middle reliever because he walked in the tying run in the 8th? Too bad. The 40 Trumps All! Just ask thedirkatron.
Penalty Box: BREAKING NEWS! You just posted a new fanpost for an article about Hank Blalock stubbing his captain toe ten minutes after Longhorn did, guess what? PENALTY BOX. Chris Young just threw a perfect game in which Adrian Gonzalez hit the game winning grand slam in the bottom of the ninth and you rush to LSB to bitch about it in a fanpost. PENALTY BOX. You're Miles. PENALTY BOX. The governing posters of LSB are more ruthless than most wizened NHL line judge. So, be careful when you are crafting up your retrospect of DVD with your figure itching on the Post button. You might just get a 4 minute major for high TREASON.
A Bag of Jalapeno CornNuts: You might say, if you are Adam, that last year John Daniels got Max Ramirez from the Cleveland Indians for Kenny Lofton and A Bag of Jalapeno CornNuts.
Beware of Small Sample Sizes: Brandon Boggs was hitting like .600 his first week and a half in the big leagues. He even had his mom booing at umps for calling her baby boy out. The nerve! This is Brandon Freakin' Boggs! And then, he went one for his next 30 something ABs. And suddenly, his mom was booing HIM. (Probably.) You know why? Because Beware of Small Sample Sizes, that's why.
Oppo Taco: Okay, we didn't make this one up. But we should use it. Because Josh Hamilton is going to hit many of them this year. To win games. An Oppo Taco is going the other way and planting it in the seats.
Double Play Dinosaur: So, you've going runner on first, less than two outs, and a lead that is vanishing faster than Jason Bateman's career (post-Valerie--pre-Arrested Development), what do you do? WHAT DO YOU DO? Herald the call for the Double Play Dinosaur, of course.
Results? Instant Double Play.
Rally Turtle:
Deep in the hearts of the Texas Rangers Ball Blub resides an Aesop's Fable-esque desire to win the race, not lead in laps. Down one run, two, SEVEN? Fear not. We've got Turtle Power on our side.
Nicknames:
Joaquin Benoit - "Jack Benny" "Benny"
Scott Feldman - "Feldman...From Across The Hall" "The Swan" "Scooter"
Frank Francisco - "Frankie" "Frank Frank" "Frankie Frank" "F2" "FX2"
Kason Gabbard - "Gabby" "Gabbo"
Vincente Padilla - "Padilla Flotilla" "Padzilla"
Kevin Millwood - "Milly"
AJ Murray - "The Pirate"
Dustin Nippert - "Dusty Tits"
Sidney Ponson - "Sir" "Ponsoon"
Josh Rupe - "Rupealoop"
C.J. Wilson - "BlueGloveLefty" "Ceej"
Jamey Wright - "The Electrician"
Gerald Laird - "One Man, Five Tools" "OMFT" "Superstar"
Jarrod Saltalamacchia - "Salty" "Johnny Douchebag" "Saltalphabet" "Mach 5" "Salts McGee"
German Duran - "Rio"
Hank Blalock - "The Hammer" "Hank The Bank"
Ian Kinsler - "Kins"
Chris Shelton - "Ginger" "Fire Crotch" "Naked Mole Rat"
Michael Young - "Face Of The Franchise" "FOTF"
Ramon Vasquez - "The Stache"
Brandon Boggs - "BB" "Wade's Son"
Milton Bradley - "Board Game" "Yahtzee!" "Connect Four" "Uncle Milty"
Frank Catalanotto - "Frankie" "Frankie The Cat" "The Cat"
Marlon Byrd - "Byrd man" "The Byrd Man of Arlington"
Josh Hamilton - "Roy Hobbs" "The Natural" "Hammy" "Hambone" "Beasticon"
David Murphy - "Murphy" "The Murphinator" "Doublely Doo Right" "Baby Rusty"
Blake Beavan - "Captain Wonderful" "C-Wun"
Max Ramirez - "MaxRam" "Maximillion" "Mad Max" "Max Power"
Joaquin Arias - "The Human Rorschach Test"
John Mayberry Jr. - "JMJ"
Fabio Castillo - "Blow Rider"
Rod Barajas - "Popup"
Mark DeRosa - "Dumpmaster D"
Brad Wilkerson - "Whiffy"
Mark Teixeria - "Tex"
Tom Grieve - "TAG"
Buck Showalter - "Buckles"
John Hart - "The Empty Golf Shirt" "EGS"
Tim MacMahon - "Poochie"
Kevin Mench - "Shrek"
Things to keep in mind:
When the Rangers win, we say Hello Win Column. Or Yay!
Do not feed the Sharky.
HurlerHurley is an alcoholic. Don't encourage his behavior.
Miles is perpetually 16 years old. He is like LSB's resident younger brother. Make sure to tussle his hair a bit and tell him how much Rudy Yan sucked.
lonestarjon is baseball Jesus. Deal with it.
It is customary, when Evan Grant is preparing for a mailbag entry, to wonder outloud:
- We should go back to the red uniforms! We won with those!
- When is Justin Thompson going to be ready?
- Is Jeff Zimmerman still throwing from 60 feet or is he on the mound yet?
- Could we get Felix Hernandez for Frank Catalanotto? The Mariners need hitting and we need pitching. I think it works out for both teams!
- Why would you trade pitching for hitting even if the guy is leading the league in EVERYTHING?!
Don't worry about these impulses, they're normal. Just don't talk about them with anyone else.
Zywica knows everything about every player in every league that has ever played. Ever. Even if they are 9. ESPECIALLY if they are 9. And luckily for us, Shroomer has the video clips and pictures to back him up.
Adam's Top 50 Rangers of all time is going to include cmkelly29's unborn child by the time he is through with it. (A sneak peak at #1: Gerry Laird.)
Ed Coffin is our elder statesman. Every one of his posts are better than the sum of your posts. If we had an ambassador, he would be it. It is rumored he adopted Oliver Perez and helped turn his career around with the Mets just by giving him sagely advice.
If you see Ben and brettgardner engaged in a "battle of wits". DON'T RUN. Slowly place your arms above your head and take slow paces backwards until they are out of your sight. THEN, turn around on your heels and run as fast as you can. Don't look back, RUN!
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Stands up and claps...
Pure unadulterated genius. You are to be heartily commended my friend!
I'd love for part of the "new look" to be a return to the red uniforms of the 1990s. - Ian Kinsler
by ortonius on May 23, 2008 8:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Heh, nice.
I rec’d it.
""I want George W. Bush to say, "All things equal, I screwed up this country far worse than I did the Texas Rangers."" - Chris Ballard
by miles on May 23, 2008 8:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Greatness...
although Nippert is “Dust Tits”, Frankie is also “FX2”, and AJ Murray is “The Pirate”.
Well done. Rec.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on May 23, 2008 8:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
couple others
Ian ive seen as “IK” a ton of times. David Murphy i always went with “Murph and the MagicTones” Wilkerson’s along the lines of “Whiffy” is “Whifferson”
awesome though
.500 or bust!
"There is no reason for me to move to third base," Young said.
-FOTF 5/20/2008
"Well, we are one of the cheapest teams in Major League Baseball"
-Tom Hicks 4/8/2008
by Jayslick on May 26, 2008 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
add a Y and it's IKY
- "If you keep hitting me you're going to break my spirit" -Bullwinkle
by jcAustin on May 27, 2008 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Add
- If you’re talking about minor leaguers, Zywica is Yoda, and shroomer has a link to an interview or video about every single player in the minor league system.
- Beware small sample sizes.
- Adam is working on the top 50 Rangers of all time. No, really.
...and curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git.
by t ball on May 23, 2008 8:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Good...
adds. I especially like the bit about Z being a Latin prospect-ophile. And, I’m happy when I see someone mention it that he takes it in stride.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 23, 2008 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ben
You would get a kick out of some of the crap that he gives me over it in other places. Linking a picture of a fetus and saying that I went to Venezuela to scout him, stuff like that, hah.
by Brett Perryman on May 23, 2008 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's pretty funny..
That said. Without you, how would we have been the first on our respective blocks to know about Wilmer Font?
You’re a great LSB resource.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 23, 2008 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The 40 trumps all!!!
Very nice post.
Some more nickname deciphering: We call Buck Showalter “Buckles”, John Hart is “The empty golf shirt” or “EGS”, Tim MacMahon is Poochie, Blake Beavan is Captain Wonderful or C-Wun for short, and… well there are probably others I can’t think of right now.
The 40 trumps all!!!
by thedirkatron on May 23, 2008 8:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I love the nickname "C-Wun".
Cracks me up every time.
by coolaid on May 23, 2008 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Me too
Mainly cause I can totally picture Blake using it to refer to himself in the third person while making a little C with his hand, sort of like a gang sign. I can even see him using it as a verb. “You’ve just been C-Wun’ed!”, he screamed at his latest strikeout victim.
The 40 trumps all!!!
by thedirkatron on May 23, 2008 8:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love our nicknames...
Thanks for these! The update will follow soon.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 23, 2008 8:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I made some updates to include...
some nicknames left off the list.
Z and Shroomer being prospect magicians.
Beware of Small Sample Sizes.
Adam’s Top 50.
About how great Ed Coffin is.
Reactions when we hear Evan Grant is doing a mailbag entry.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 23, 2008 8:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
good stuff
Cahill needs a mention – Wherever you find a bowl of cheerios … DJCahill will be there to piss in it for you.
by shroomer on May 23, 2008 9:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes...
and Chris Martin.
They are our resident curmudgeons.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 23, 2008 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chris Martin
blocked me, what a jackass..
""I want George W. Bush to say, "All things equal, I screwed up this country far worse than I did the Texas Rangers."" - Chris Ballard
by miles on May 23, 2008 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
At least he didn't stand you up at a RoughRiders game
like he did Ben.
by Brett Perryman on May 23, 2008 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does Coldplay even still post here?
The 40 trumps all!!!
by thedirkatron on May 23, 2008 9:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought
he changed his name to “DaheelzCM.”
That’s probably wrong, though.
"When I am pissed off, I get angry." - Miles 5/06/08
by Chase Irwin on May 23, 2008 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is correct...
That’s his old ESPN forum name.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 23, 2008 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh
that’s some pretty weak sauce.
Once you pick a user name you should be forced to stick with it.
Just, you know, out of principal or something.
Can we still be hilarious and call him Coldplay? I vote “yes”.
The 40 trumps all!!!
by thedirkatron on May 23, 2008 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with that principle
and Coldplay works for me.
"When I am pissed off, I get angry." - Miles 5/06/08
by Chase Irwin on May 23, 2008 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Coldplay is fine
It’s not like I changed my name to something cryptic. Adam, zywica, DJCahill, Escher, and probably Ben all knew that name from the past so they knew who I was the whole time.
"Seems like you look at his espn stats and watch his espn highlights." - miles
"All I really have to do is look at his stats" - miles
by DaheelzCM on May 24, 2008 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thats him?
Are you serious?
""I want George W. Bush to say, "All things equal, I screwed up this country far worse than I did the Texas Rangers."" - Chris Ballard
by miles on May 23, 2008 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently
I would get angry [read: pissed off] if he stood me up at a RR game, too.
"When I am pissed off, I get angry." - Miles 5/06/08
by Chase Irwin on May 23, 2008 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well
He didn’t exactly stand him up. He was going to go to the game with him, then had an “emergency.”
by Brett Perryman on May 23, 2008 11:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just using your words
I’ve heard this story second-hand several different times now, but I forget all the details.
"When I am pissed off, I get angry." - Miles 5/06/08
by Chase Irwin on May 23, 2008 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It wasn't an emergency
Just a prior medical thing that I had forgotten about.
"Seems like you look at his espn stats and watch his espn highlights." - miles
"All I really have to do is look at his stats" - miles
by DaheelzCM on May 24, 2008 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
At 7:00 p.m.?
LIAR!
"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."
by benmor78 on May 24, 2008 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, that's close
"Seems like you look at his espn stats and watch his espn highlights." - miles
"All I really have to do is look at his stats" - miles
by DaheelzCM on May 24, 2008 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So,
getting reamed was preferable to attending a game with Ben? I can see that.
...and curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git.
by t ball on May 25, 2008 6:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Never thought of it like that
The biggest disappointment about the whole situation for me was that Ben never posted about it on his blog. I kept waiting to be immortalized on “God it Sucks” but the usually reliable Mr. Morris never came through.
"Seems like you look at his espn stats and watch his espn highlights." - miles
"All I really have to do is look at his stats" - miles
by DaheelzCM on May 25, 2008 7:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He was going to do it
but an appointment came up with a hypnotist.
...and curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git.
by t ball on May 25, 2008 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This post needs to be permanently enshrined in the sidebar
Snuggled between “FAQs” and “What is OPS, and why should I care?”
by Telegraph on May 23, 2008 9:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Brilliant stuff...
"Hello win column..."
by rangersfan34 on May 23, 2008 9:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ben,
Come to a RR game with me.
""I want George W. Bush to say, "All things equal, I screwed up this country far worse than I did the Texas Rangers."" - Chris Ballard
by miles on May 23, 2008 10:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, only...
if Adam lets me do the writeup about it on the front page.
"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."
by benmor78 on May 23, 2008 11:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
I’m so behind this idea.
And I want a video blog (or at least pictures) to document the occasion. Ben interacting with Miles would be comedy gold, especially if Ben found some way to make piss Miles off, cause he gets angry when that happens.
The 40 trumps all!!!
by thedirkatron on May 24, 2008 12:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Photos and a writeup.
I’ll do it.
"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."
by benmor78 on May 24, 2008 12:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Open
to Sharky joining?
Brett?
"We will look back in 20 years, and say that Clayton Kershaw was one of the best pitchers of all time" - me
by miles on May 24, 2008 12:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think...
it should be me, you and zywica.
"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."
by benmor78 on May 24, 2008 12:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great
don’t forget MaxRam and the fact that we all have to just deal with the fact that Adam hates Nolan Ryan
by JBImaknee on May 23, 2008 11:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Adam hates Nolan Ryan?
"When I am pissed off, I get angry." - Miles 5/06/08
by Chase Irwin on May 23, 2008 11:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Adam thinks
that Nolan’s lack of experience is going to hinder the grizzled JD.
Pedro: "I wasn't cockfighting, I just have a wide stance."
by tricer on May 24, 2008 9:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also
He is always good for an annual “why Nolan Ryan is overrated as a pitcher” post. Now, he’s not the first to say this, and deep down all of us who know about stats can see that Ryan, while cool and great, had some major flaws. But most of us don’t talk about them in polite company. In Texas, pointing out Ryan was human as a pitcher is like saying there is no Santa Claus. When it comes to Nolan, Adam is the grinch…
by JBImaknee on May 24, 2008 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"The Dress"
In 2006, our fearless leader was the highest bidder for a dress worn by Melissa Lima while husband sang the National Anthem at a Dodgers game. She also sent him an autographed picture.
Adam’s post entitled “I won the Melissa Lima dress!!!
I wonder if LSB got more pub from this or the C.J. Wilson situation from spring training.
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
by txranger7 on May 23, 2008 11:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Since
the CJ Wilson story got a story in the Dallas Morning News, I’d say the CJ Wilson thing…
""I want George W. Bush to say, "All things equal, I screwed up this country far worse than I did the Texas Rangers."" - Chris Ballard
by miles on May 23, 2008 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That has been dubbed
Douchebag Gate.
N.B.
"When I am pissed off, I get angry." - Miles 5/06/08
by Chase Irwin on May 24, 2008 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Official pic of LSB
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on May 24, 2008 12:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
CJ Wilson Situation
Forgive me, but what was that? I must have missed it.
by Black Francis on May 24, 2008 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It went like this
CJ posted some stuff that could be taken the wrong way about teammates, Michael Young and a few other teammates had a “talking to” with Wilson about it, Wilson had his account and posts here deleted, teammates went to Evan Grant with the story, Grant reported it, LSB split into a Mason-Dixon line between people who wanted to throw Grant under the same bus they thought he threw Wilson under and between those who felt Wilson brought it on himself, as this wasn’t the first time team officials had expressed concern with what CJ would post.
We call him “BGL” because blueglovelefty was his username here. He was a nice resource to have here because it’s rare to get to talk to a real member of the team aned get insight on what it’s like to be in the team, which stadium has the worst bullpen bathrooms, etc.
by Inkara1 on May 24, 2008 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not a noob here
Have been posting for years it seems but was just too busy during Spring Training to follow baseball. Plus I don’t like this new format. Too damned fancy.
Wish I knew what he said. It sounds like it’s going to be a state secret, though, and maybe it should remain that way.
by Black Francis on May 24, 2008 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He said most baseball players were
douchebags. Implied they weren’t interested in politics and the vast majority were interested in beer and golf and not much else.
His comments seemed good natured and utterly innocuous to some (including me), but others thought they were massively inappropriate and shoveled load of load of sand into their collective vagina because of the incident.
Franchise Face cried into his training bra and tattled on him to the media. There was a story in the DMN where Evan ripped Chris-John for posting such things, causing a massive uproar on both sides of the debate and some serious vitriol toward Evan.
Evan came on here to defend himself, and actually came off looking not-evil.
The whole thing is now known as Douchebag Gate.
Oh, and you’ve been posting here for years? Different user name? Or do I just not remember you?
The 40 trumps all!!!
by thedirkatron on May 24, 2008 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
interesting
Mike Young is a bit whiny, it seems.
Yeah I’m Dustin. I came along not too long after this blog was created, I think. But I’m not too sure about it.
by Black Francis on May 24, 2008 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He posted a picture on BMac's myspace
of a black dude passed out with a slice of watermelon in his hand.
It really wasn’t all that bad.
by cmkelly29 on May 24, 2008 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was a different incident
one that involved an overzealous uber-douche from the SBN Cubs blog.
I still hate that PC thug.
The 40 trumps all!!!
by thedirkatron on May 24, 2008 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You forgot Pornstache
For Ramon Vazquez.
Although it has been used for Frank Catalanotto as well…
A Lonestar in California - 2.0
"I LOVE to fart" - Bert Blyleven
by lonestarJon on May 24, 2008 12:23 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
NOT pornsatches
The term pornstache is misused all the time and it makes me crazy in my brain.
The 40 trumps all!!!
by thedirkatron on May 24, 2008 12:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, I'm just going by the LSB slang
I don’t use pornstache at all, myself.
A Lonestar in California - 2.0
"I LOVE to fart" - Bert Blyleven
by lonestarJon on May 24, 2008 12:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Very good
We have enough beefs between us already, Baseball Jesus.
We certainly don’t need any new ones.
The 40 trumps all!!!
by thedirkatron on May 24, 2008 12:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
As someone who is a fairly new poster here at LSB
Thank you for posting this. And thanks especially for the comprehensive list of player nicknames. Very good work, my friend.
by BlackHawk125 on May 24, 2008 2:57 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
This is awesome
Since I recently thought that CJ was nicknamed The Electrician instead of Jamey Wright, I’m really glad this exists to prevent future confusion.
Also, isn’t Padzilla a Vincente Padilla nickname? And, can anyone explain the Johnny Douchebag nickname for Salty?
by jwiscarson on May 24, 2008 10:25 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I should also add...
Since I’m incredibly pedantic, Yahtzee has an h in it.
by jwiscarson on May 24, 2008 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Appreciated...
and fixed. Thanks.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 24, 2008 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I added...
Salts McGee for you, Adam.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 24, 2008 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Padzilla...
yes. It’s a good one too.
Added.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 24, 2008 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh no!!! Its Padzilla!!!!
heh, couldn’t resist
by Gdawg on May 25, 2008 1:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
did we leave off...
...the slightly pedophiliac moments of sharky?... the worshipping at the idol of sharky by young miles…
well done. agree it should be added as a permalink to the FAQs.
"Juan Pierre hit zero home runs last year. Mythical fairy creature David Eckstein hit three, for Chrissakes, and he swings a three-inch bat carved out of a candy cane." ~junior, FJM
by ivysafety39 on May 24, 2008 11:42 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I think pages and pages...
could be written by the Sharky dynamic.
If anything, if you actually read this post as a new poster to this community, I almost want to leave Sharky a bit of a mystery. He has to be experienced to be believed.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 24, 2008 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey GoET
Don’t forget the Penalty Box…
by JBImaknee on May 24, 2008 12:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes!
This should be included. And so it shall.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 24, 2008 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Frank Frank
...for Frankie Francisco.
by Black Francis on May 24, 2008 12:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Done...
and one of my favorites.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 24, 2008 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
DFA his ass
or was it in there and I just missed it?
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
by WhipSmart on May 24, 2008 12:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Well...
you’d hope most people familiar enough with baseball to come to one of these blogs would know what DFA means, and thus “DFA his ass” should be pretty self-explanatory.
by Inkara1 on May 24, 2008 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everyone Knows...
...what DFA means, but last year nobody was safe from the dreaded DFA as far as LSB posters were concerned. People would throw around the DFA like they do the tired and boring “+1” now.
by Black Francis on May 24, 2008 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Plus won, +to, etc.
Used to denote poor spelling or grammar, ex. 90% of miles’ posts.
...it's the weekend, so why the hell not?
by Rodney on May 24, 2008 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes...
I agree with this.
I refuse to put “DFA his ass.” OR “+1” on this list.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 24, 2008 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes, DFA is an acronym baseball people know
but around here it is is used to a greater degree and in a particular way…
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
by WhipSmart on May 24, 2008 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Awesome job
You should probably add some of the other minor leaguer nicknames in there too.
John Mayberry Jr – JMJ, Junior
Max Ramirez – Ramirus Maximus – hitter of line drives, owner of 1.000+ OPS, Mad Max
by FirebatM3 on May 24, 2008 2:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Another one for
Max is Maximiliano which is his real name.
by coolaid on May 24, 2008 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Max Power
I got it off a hair dryer.
The 40 trumps all!!!
by thedirkatron on May 24, 2008 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
His mother, probably...
And as thedirkatron correctly pointed out earlier, it isn’t a porn stache. That’s a grave mistake.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 24, 2008 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Updates:
I added:
Penalty Box
The Official image of Lone Star Ball and linked it to Adam’s dress purchase saga.
Nicknames for Padilla, Max Ramirez, Joaquin Arias, John Mayberry Jr, and Marlon Byrd.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 24, 2008 7:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Gotta make sure...
you continue to keep making those updates.
Don’t want the LSBers getting mad about not updating the fanposts.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on May 24, 2008 7:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Updated...
I’ve distinguished this a little.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 24, 2008 7:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
you should give Miles some props
he did bring ‘beast’ into this blog’s world.
by Longhorn on May 24, 2008 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah
I’ve always assumed that ‘beast’ was miles’ baby.
by shroomer on May 24, 2008 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Foreshadowing?
I shudder to think of Miles as a parent.
...and curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git.
by t ball on May 25, 2008 6:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
::slow clap::
Gerald Laird is my hero.
by DSheppard on May 25, 2008 1:28 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
You also forgot
In gameday threads:
Bradley gets on base: Connect One!!! (for a single) Connect Four!!! (for a HR and you can figure out the rest)
When Ponson strikes someone out, they just got PonsOWNED!!!
I know there are more, but just can’t think of any right now.
by Gdawg on May 25, 2008 1:39 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Other Nicknames
Arias is “Flaco Joaqo”
Ponson is “pontoon”
by pfrog on May 25, 2008 8:00 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It should also be noted (especially for newer members)
That, while we don’t appreciate other fans coming over and talking smack, we all do enjoy that Royals guy who pops in once or twice a year.
by chief on May 25, 2008 1:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Richie Sexon = Dick Sex
My unborn child, as well as myself, are both flattered to be included in the guide. Thanks!
by cmkelly29 on May 25, 2008 2:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Welcome to LSB...
where we don’t give two shits about your fantasy league team.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on May 25, 2008 11:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
+1 TT
"Chase. Dominguez is not really your liking" - Mr Santos
by Chase Irwin on May 26, 2008 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great stuff, GoET
I think a little added sarcasm in the FOTF definition might be well put, though, seeing as most Rangers fans remain convinced that he actually is.
by BudLight on May 26, 2008 10:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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