Comments on: Hot Offseason Action: Tampa Bay Rays http://umpbump.com/press/2008/01/31/hot-offseason-action-tampa-bay-rays/ In-your-face baseball commentary Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:44:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nick Kapur http://umpbump.com/press/2008/01/31/hot-offseason-action-tampa-bay-rays/comment-page-1/#comment-54533 Nick Kapur Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:22:35 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/hoa-tampa-bay-rays/#comment-54533 Yes, it's true, Rich. His BABIP was a ridiculous .393 last year, and that is just unsustainable. I am not at all sold on BJ Upton yet, for that reason. Yes, it’s true, Rich. His BABIP was a ridiculous .393 last year, and that is just unsustainable. I am not at all sold on BJ Upton yet, for that reason.

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]]> By: Rich http://umpbump.com/press/2008/01/31/hot-offseason-action-tampa-bay-rays/comment-page-1/#comment-54532 Rich Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:16:07 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/hoa-tampa-bay-rays/#comment-54532 Anyone else thinking BJ Upton is going to have a terrible regression to the mean? I think I saw somewhere that he had .400 BABIP. Anyone else thinking BJ Upton is going to have a terrible regression to the mean? I think I saw somewhere that he had .400 BABIP.

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]]> By: Sarah Green http://umpbump.com/press/2008/01/31/hot-offseason-action-tampa-bay-rays/comment-page-1/#comment-54531 Sarah Green Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:34:09 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/hoa-tampa-bay-rays/#comment-54531 Those are excellent additions, Melissa. And let's not forget Butch Huskey---a great name for a tough roller derby broad. Also, how much fun is it to say "Billy Joe Robideaux"? Sounds like he should be part of Rollie Fingers' gambling ring. Or maybe a lounge singer in Vegas. Those are excellent additions, Melissa. And let’s not forget Butch Huskey—a great name for a tough roller derby broad. Also, how much fun is it to say “Billy Joe Robideaux”? Sounds like he should be part of Rollie Fingers’ gambling ring. Or maybe a lounge singer in Vegas.

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]]> By: melissa http://umpbump.com/press/2008/01/31/hot-offseason-action-tampa-bay-rays/comment-page-1/#comment-54530 melissa Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:21:37 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/hoa-tampa-bay-rays/#comment-54530 I would submit Oddibe McDowell, Bump Willis and Tuffy Rhodes as cartoon character names. Joey Devine and Royce Ring would fit in nicely in the porn star division. I would submit Oddibe McDowell, Bump Willis and Tuffy Rhodes as cartoon character names. Joey Devine and Royce Ring would fit in nicely in the porn star division.

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]]> By: Sarah Green http://umpbump.com/press/2008/01/31/hot-offseason-action-tampa-bay-rays/comment-page-1/#comment-54529 Sarah Green Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:07:00 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/hoa-tampa-bay-rays/#comment-54529 Those are good ones. I should have also added "Boof" to the "Boog" category. Also "Mookie." Or really, anyone with a double-O in his name. Those are good ones. I should have also added “Boof” to the “Boog” category. Also “Mookie.” Or really, anyone with a double-O in his name.

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]]> By: Marty http://umpbump.com/press/2008/01/31/hot-offseason-action-tampa-bay-rays/comment-page-1/#comment-54528 Marty Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:41:16 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/hoa-tampa-bay-rays/#comment-54528 What about Heathcliff Slocumb, for a combination of Byronic hero with down-home cookin'? Or the interesting mental image conjured up by the Cleveland Indians radio announcer in the late 1940s who would intone "And the Lemon is winding up . . ." What about Heathcliff Slocumb, for a combination of Byronic hero with down-home cookin’?

Or the interesting mental image conjured up by the Cleveland Indians radio announcer in the late 1940s who would intone “And the Lemon is winding up . . .”

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]]> By: Sarah Green http://umpbump.com/press/2008/01/31/hot-offseason-action-tampa-bay-rays/comment-page-1/#comment-54527 Sarah Green Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:52:17 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/hoa-tampa-bay-rays/#comment-54527 Those are good ones, Danny O. But, after the really baseball-y names, there are the weird names (Rollie Fingers---sounds like a riverboat gambler) and the amusing names (Rusty Kuntz) and the vaguely copyrighted names (Milton Bradley) and the just really weird names (anyone with a first name of Boog). Then there are all the names that sound like female porn stars (Storm Davis, Vida Blue, Spanky LaValliere). Those are good ones, Danny O. But, after the really baseball-y names, there are the weird names (Rollie Fingers—sounds like a riverboat gambler) and the amusing names (Rusty Kuntz) and the vaguely copyrighted names (Milton Bradley) and the just really weird names (anyone with a first name of Boog). Then there are all the names that sound like female porn stars (Storm Davis, Vida Blue, Spanky LaValliere).

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]]> By: Danny O http://umpbump.com/press/2008/01/31/hot-offseason-action-tampa-bay-rays/comment-page-1/#comment-54526 Danny O Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:24:14 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/hoa-tampa-bay-rays/#comment-54526 Also: Joe Nuxhall Also:

Joe Nuxhall

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]]> By: Danny O http://umpbump.com/press/2008/01/31/hot-offseason-action-tampa-bay-rays/comment-page-1/#comment-54525 Danny O Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:20:58 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/hoa-tampa-bay-rays/#comment-54525 I think Orel Hershiser has to rank up there as one of the greatest baseball names ever. Other really good ones: Candy Maldanado Coco Crisp Champ Summers Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown Curtis Pride I think Orel Hershiser has to rank up there as one of the greatest baseball names ever. Other really good ones:

Candy Maldanado

Coco Crisp

Champ Summers

Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown

Curtis Pride

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]]> By: Sarah Green http://umpbump.com/press/2008/01/31/hot-offseason-action-tampa-bay-rays/comment-page-1/#comment-54524 Sarah Green Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:57:54 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/hoa-tampa-bay-rays/#comment-54524 Rocco Baldelli has to be one of the best names among active players. It so clearly harkens back to the names of great ballplayer names of yore. I really hope he lives up to it, one day. Also, every time I read about "Evan Longoria" I get a weird picture in my head of Depserate Housewife Eva Longoria in a Rays uniform trying to field a bad-hop grounder. Rocco Baldelli has to be one of the best names among active players. It so clearly harkens back to the names of great ballplayer names of yore. I really hope he lives up to it, one day.

Also, every time I read about “Evan Longoria” I get a weird picture in my head of Depserate Housewife Eva Longoria in a Rays uniform trying to field a bad-hop grounder.

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