Sicnarf is Francis backwards
April 8, 2016 12:08 PM   Subscribe

Aesthetically amusing alliterations, creative alternative spellings, commonplace words artfully arranged, and other names that are just plain fun to say. Presenting the top 100 Minor League player names of 2016.
posted by DirtyOldTown (24 comments total) 8 users marked this as a favorite
 
Reminded me of this.
posted by aeshnid at 12:14 PM on April 8, 2016


This is best read aloud in your very very best Space Mutiny voice.

BRYAN BRICKHOUSE! SHEA SPITZBARTH! KARCH KOWALCZYK! ROCK RUCKER!
posted by delfin at 12:20 PM on April 8, 2016 [1 favorite]


Funny you should mention that, aeshnid -- Sicnarf Loopstok actually just got knocked out of the Name of the Year tournament.
posted by babelfish at 12:22 PM on April 8, 2016


I see your reminded you of thises and raise you a reminded me of this.
posted by dgaicun at 12:38 PM on April 8, 2016


Bubba Derby was robbed.
posted by drezdn at 12:42 PM on April 8, 2016


J.P. Sportman is my personal favorite, but Dustin Hurlbutt deserves an honorable mention
posted by burgerrr at 12:45 PM on April 8, 2016 [1 favorite]


Joan Baez better not let anybody pick his walkup music for him...nah, that'd be too easy.
posted by Elly Vortex at 12:47 PM on April 8, 2016


OF COURSE Dustin Hurlbutt is a pitcher.
posted by 1970s Antihero at 12:49 PM on April 8, 2016


This is also an excellent list of amazing minor league team names: Montgomery Biscuits! Batavia Muckdogs! Harrisburg Senators! Hartford Yard Goats. Akron RubberDucks. I love you all, bizarre minor league team names, you and your delightful assortment of mascots too.

(To the old Asheville Tourists mascot: I'll never forget you!)
posted by jetlagaddict at 12:52 PM on April 8, 2016 [3 favorites]


IT'S AJAX!
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 1:12 PM on April 8, 2016


Funny you should mention that, aeshnid -- Sicnarf Loopstok actually just got knocked out of the Name of the Year tournament.

oh noooo Daystar Smallboy got bumped out already
posted by burgerrr at 1:22 PM on April 8, 2016


I want to know more about Icezack Flemming's backstory.
posted by turbowombat at 2:03 PM on April 8, 2016


Do minor league players get walk-up music? Because if I were #90, Bryan Brickhouse, I'd be sorely tempted mess with people by picking every song but the obvious one: O'Jays - Love Train, Earth Wind & Fire - September, Gap Band - You Dropped a Bomb on Me, Detroit Spinners - Rubber Band Man, etc...
posted by mhum at 2:03 PM on April 8, 2016 [2 favorites]


How coincidental, just this morning I concluded that "D'Brickashaw" was the greatest name ever.
posted by rhizome at 2:10 PM on April 8, 2016


Dustin Hurlbutt

Wait, where did the second 't' come from, was it one of those Ellis Island things?
posted by rhizome at 2:11 PM on April 8, 2016


We need to talk about Sthervin.
posted by Cassettevetes at 2:15 PM on April 8, 2016 [1 favorite]


I hear Skye Bolt is lighting fast.
posted by skyscraper at 2:23 PM on April 8, 2016


Sicnarf Loopstock: 2013 winner of Moniker Madness. It's his father's name, backwards. Beats being Jr., I suppose.
posted by larrybob at 3:49 PM on April 8, 2016


Abbott: Oh, I'll tell you their names, but you know it seems to me they give these ball players now-a-days very peculiar names.

Costello: You mean funny names?
posted by Cookiebastard at 4:11 PM on April 8, 2016 [2 favorites]




I was about to ask "where's Odrisamer Despaigne?" but I have to admit I don't think he cracks this list...
posted by escabeche at 4:55 PM on April 8, 2016


Baseball is definitely a sport with an improbable number of adult men who call themselves "Billy"

I like Earl Burl III. His father was Earl Burl, and his grandfather before him
posted by dismas at 6:37 PM on April 8, 2016 [1 favorite]


Austin Nicely and maybe he'll say yes.
posted by Night_owl at 7:13 PM on April 8, 2016 [2 favorites]


Dickspam names are fun to collect too.

(Also: Dick Spam!)
posted by Paul Slade at 6:26 AM on April 10, 2016


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