And under the heading of fugly names:
Ryan Schimpf has been designated for assignment by the Rays.
And under the heading of fugly names:
Ryan Schimpf has been designated for assignment by the Rays.
"Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.
"It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."
Another classic is former Mets minor leaguer Esix Snead, whose name sounds like it came straight from a Dr Seuss book...
Playing for the Twins today:
Zack Granite
He came into today hitting .150 this spring. So yes, he's off to a rocky start.
There are a lot of good new names popping up.
Like Rays prospect Johnny Field. Holy crap, what a great baseball name. Like Donnie Baseball, only it's his real name.
"Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.
"It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."
I'm trying to see how many different colors I can get without using nicknames:
Mike Green
Bud Black
Bill White
Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown (great first name)
Vida Blue
Sonny Gray (kind of an odd weather forecast, too)
Jim Golden
Silver Flint (My new favorite name, though maybe he doesn't count since he played in the 1870s-80s, before the MLB)
Chief Yellow Horse (pitched for Pittsburgh in 1921 and 1922 apparently. I love BR.com. )
Jimmy Lavender
Also, not a color but while looking for colors I stumbled upon Beiker Graterol, who played in exactly one game for the Tigers in 1999. He started it, pitched 4 innings, and lost. I know that it's only funny sounding because I am not Venezuelan, but he's the only player in MLB history, at least according to BR.com, with a first name that begins with Bei-. It's 2:20AM which makes that an interesting fact to me.
Dick Padden
Pickles Dilhoeffer
Albert Pujols
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And now pitching for the Pirates, Dovydas Neverauskas.