Comments on: Canadians vs. Jews, discuss.

By: UmpBump Presents: The All-Italian Team | umpbump.com

UmpBump Presents: The All-Italian Team | umpbump.com — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:03:36 +0000

[...] have looked at so far here on UmpBump. In a 7-game series, they would easily pummel the Canadians, the Jews, the Mormons, or the Smiths. They could also put up a pretty good fight against some of the teams [...]

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By: UmpBump Presents: The All-Canadian Team | umpbump.com

UmpBump Presents: The All-Canadian Team | umpbump.com — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:20:34 +0000

[...] will recall that last time, we had a bit of trouble filling out the whole team. But with some of the new players that have come onto the scene since [...]

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By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:26:03 +0000

Give the Canadians Matt Stairs and Aaron Guiel, both of whom played on their World Baseball Classic team.

The Jews can claim Ryan Bruan and Ian Kinsler.

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By: Bob R.

Bob R. — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:09:47 +0000

I think Norm and Larry Sherry were Jewish and should find a place on the team as the catcher and in the bullpen respectively.

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By: Zvee Geffen

Zvee Geffen — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:55:43 +0000

Ward, I concur. A nickname, to mean anything, has to be organic. Uncontrived. Natural!

Ah, and Big Papi—we anglos in Beantown didn’t know what “papi” meant at first, but we quickly learned that in Ortiz’s native Dominican, it is a cognomen of the highest respect. As for me, I will always regret not buying the “Who’s Your Papi?” t-shirt I saw after the Sox won the ALCS in 2004 (a riposte, of course, to Pedro Martinez’s infamous “the Yankees are my daddy” comment).

But for my money, my favorite nickname in baseball is The Big Hurt. Who first called Frank Thomas that? I don’t know. (I bet someone out there does, though, and I thank you in advance.) That has to be one of the best sports nicknames of all time. Any sports nickname that starts with “the” is just that much cooler.

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By: Coley Ward

Coley Ward — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:52:41 +0000

Ahhh…Tip O’Neil! I totally meant to include him. Oh well. I did not know Jason Bay was Canadian. He’s definitely on the list, possibly tipping the balance of power to Team Canada.

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By: Nick Kapur

Nick Kapur — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 07:00:53 +0000

Gosh, Adam Stern is going to have a tough choice, being as he is both Jewish and Canadian. I think he would be relegated to a bench role on either squad at this point in his career, so expected playing time can’t help him decide.

Kevin Youkilis would be a nice player off the bench, backing up Greenberg and Rosen, or might even crack the starting lineup in the outfield or at DH.

I think Jason Bay would get the starting nod in the outfield for the Canucks, especially the way he is playing recently. Another nice pickup would be left-fielder Tip O’Neil, who used to routinely bat over .400 in the 1800s, and is sometimes credited with the highest batting average of all time on a technicality (.492 in 1887, when walks were counted as hits).

Despite recent injury woes, Rich Harden would almost certainly make the Canadian team’s full five-man rotation.

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