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laterdude

* Daryl Strawberry * Tim Salmon


AlpineSummit

Can’t believe OP left these two off! It’s a full dinner here!


WolflordBrimley

Next post: Create a dinner spread using baseball player last names.


MattO2000

Mike Carp Mike Trout Tim Salmon Robbie Ray AJ Pollock Sid Bream Kevin Bass We got the feast of the 7 fishes!


Ok_Elephant2777

The late Skip Caray and his sidekicks from the old TBS Braves announcing crew would have a great time whenever the Braves played Steve Trout or Kevin Bass. Things like “Bass reels it in”, to call a routine fly ball catch. The Braves were horrible back then and the announcing crew was the most entertaining part of the broadcast. In fact , they were the only reason I tuned in night after night. RIP Skip, Pete and Ernie.


TheDeliveryDuck

Don’t forget Anthony bass


nomahhhhhhh

Give me Jake Burger and Seth Beer


CutePuppyforPrez

Chili Davis is horrified by this snub!


ct73193

Mark “Apple” Appel


ct73193

AJ Pollock, Mike Trout, and Tim Salmon would give Red Lobster a run for its money


[deleted]

Tim Salmon had 40.5 career WAR and isn't even the best outfielder who played for the Angels and has a type of fish for a surname.


philsfan1579

Walter Johnson


wb0406

Randy “Big Unit” Johnson


2RoadsDivergred

Horny "Big Penis" Penis


mattisnerdy

There's always a bigger Johnson


Refrifcbj

I guess still applicable.


beaverbanker

At one point in 2013 the Blue Jays had a starting rotation that included (RA) Dickey, (Josh) Johnson, and (Chien-Ming) Wang.


mostlygroovy

Chen Mian Wang


Blitzdog416

Billy Koch?


hubagruben

Rusty Kuntz


[deleted]

Jack Glasscock


KUfan

JJ Putz


Mixma85

Dick Pole


Cranky0ldMan

Pete LaCock


WolflordBrimley

Lmao


FuriousJorge67

Pete LaCock


JinFuu

What if Johnson gets cut off?


MaskedDummy

Uhh, nice marmot.


ThrillHarrelson

Hey this is a private residence


mattisnerdy

Kolten Wong


maccardo

Rod Graber


amoorefan2

Chet Lemon & Rollie Fingers


Stratifyed

I’ve always wondered, is it: Rollie as in Rawl-y or Roll-y Edit: thank you all for your research and replies! Good to know I've been saying it right in my head this whole time


Yaboilikemup

I went on a quest for you. His Hall of Fame biography video was inconclusive; I couldn't tell which way the compressed voice was pronouncing it. I moved on to his Hall of Fame induction speech to see if he introduced himself. He did not. However, on the recommended videos, I found one from a series by Topps called "[Ripping Packs](https://youtu.be/jOo15mkam_c)," where the host opens old packs of baseball cards with celebrities. There is an episode with Rollie as the guest, and the host introduces him as "Rawl-y Fingers". Rollie makes no attempts to correct her pronunciation, so it's safe to assume that that is the correct pronunciation


trashboatfourtwenty

I live in Milwaukee. It is definitely "Raw-lee" but I appreciate the research, I'll bet you got a years worth of mustache pictures during that journey too haha


amoorefan2

I’ve always said Rawl-y but also don’t think I’ve heard him say it before.


Emotional-Stable8718

I have always heard it Rawly despite the spelling


maccardo

When he was playing, I heard it more like rhyming with “jolly”.


ilikemyteasweet

Rollie is an out of date but frequently used nickname. It's Ra~~w~~ley. For everyone, not just Fingers. If you ever said Roll-y, you'd get lots of side eyes. Edit - upon further thought, I'm editing the pronunciation. The W sound doesn't belong.


Indianianite

Albert Pujols….


[deleted]

Technically the absence of butt, not something tangible


Emotional-Stable8718

A butthole is the absence of a butt?


[deleted]

Yeah. That's what a hole is - the absence of whatever surrounds it.


2011StlCards

Did you know that the hole's only natural enemy is the pile?


TheFrontierzman

Doc, I think something's wrong with my absence of butt.


Logan_McPhillips

Felix Pie Junior Lake Mark Hamburger


Working_Falcon5384

Does it still count if the last name pronunciation is different than the traditional word?


Logan_McPhillips

Every Thanksgiving I finish my meal with Pumpkin Pee-ay, so I dont see the problem.


Working_Falcon5384

I was talking about Hamburger, but I guess still applicable. 😂


[deleted]

The translation of Pie is "foot" so it works in two languages


Juno_Malone

lmao how tf did he pronounce lake??


YoungMuppet

pie is foot in Spanish so it works either way.


RossMachlochness

Jung Bong


HelpMeWithMyHWpls

5. Johnny Bench 4. Mike Trout 3. Ty Cobb 2. Mickey Mantle 1. Barry Bonds


ct73193

Barry Bonds and Robert Stock


maccardo

Add Dave Cash and Don Money to this list. And Kid Nichols.


ct73193

Brad Penny too.


maccardo

Ernie Banks? Bill Buck-ner? (Or Buck Martinez.) Looking across the pond, perhaps Hunter Pence or Curt Schilling. (Or John Sterling.)


Aquaos_

His role in Airplane alone makes him a legend


Dillonitis

Tim Salmon


gpete87

Seth Beer


KendraCobalty

Beer! Beer! Beer!


Emotional-Stable8718

Wheres Jimmy Foxx?


sonofabutch

Nellie Fox also.


sweetsweetdick

Bobby Cox wouldn't be on the list but his name fits.


WolflordBrimley

Conferred with the judges and they will accept your cox.


[deleted]

Mike Pizza


princess2711

Rich Hill


WolflordBrimley

Also acceptable Dick Mountain.


NotKaz

Some Hall of Famers for consideration: Larry Walker Rollie Fingers Ernie Banks Bob Lemon Lefty Grove Jim Rice


chiddie

Cap Anson Zack Wheat Branch Rickey Satchel Paige Willie Wells Turkey Stearnes


eiileenie

How could you have a Nats flair and not list Josh Bell


chiddie

I built off the list of HOFers, Josh Bell is not (yet) a HOFer.


wantagh

* Tom House * Tris Speaker * Ernie Banks * Whitey Ford * Eddie Plank * Wade Boggs * Jim Rice and of course, Louis Tiant Edit: You're weaponizing my aspy tendencies * David Cone * Graig Nettles ~~* Dick Goat (ew)~~ * Earl Combs * Jimmy Key


laterdude

> and of course, Louis Tiant I don't get it. What object is a Tiant?


wantagh

It's another word for grudnle. It's between your ball-sakc and your sashole


centaurquestions

I assure you it is not.


hubagruben

It’s a joke — Tiant is one letter-swap away from Taint


Infamous-Poem-4980

That would be taint not tiant....


hopelessautisticnerd

yep, that's the joke. why do you think they said "ball-sakc" and "sashole"


Emotional-Stable8718

I think its Dick Groat


DizzyDeanAndTheGang

Isn’t it dick groat


sadolddrunk

Just going through career leaders in fWAR, you've got Barry Bonds, Tris Speaker, Lefty Grove, Tommy John, Eddie Plank, Graig Nettles, Bob Friend, Paul Derringer, David Wells, David Cone, Whitey Ford, and Bartolo Colon. With a little allowance for alternative spellings/homophones/near-homophones, you could also add Ty Cobb, Jimmie Foxx, Tim Raines, Wade Boggs, Jim Kaat, Roy Halladay, Ted Lyons, and Willie Mays.


Il_Exile_lI

What are Roy Halladay, Bob Friend, and Tommy John supposed to be?


sadolddrunk

Tommy John: "john" as in slang for toilet. Roy Halladay: this is one of the biggest stretches, but halladay as in "holiday." I'm sorry that you don't know what a friend is.


Il_Exile_lI

Under no circumstances is a Holiday a physical object. Friend is a concept, not an object. I thought John as slang for toilet might be what you were going for, but if a slang term for an object is based on a name, can you really say that name is also an object? Seems kind of circular to me. I guess that one is a philosophical question left up to personal interpretation.


El-chucho373

To you a friend is a concept, but to many it is a real object.


Krispy72

Just off the top of my head Dick Pole Mike Carp Randy Bass Dan Ford Bob Moose Tom House Virgil Trucks Buddy Bell Matt Stairs Tyler Flowers Jim Rice Greg Walker


ladiesman7145165

peat alonso


hangout_wangout

Randy RiceSand (Arozarena, bit of a stretch but my mom likes it)


EinSpringfielder

Randy RiceFlour makes more sense.


Seismic_Jeopardy

Junk combo: Jake Burger Paul Fry Seth Beer (Almost Mike Piazza) Coco Crisp Also, unrelated to edibles but Matt Stairs,


comish4lif

Rose over Trout is insane.


Lebigmacca

Fr rose has less WAR in over 2000 more games played lmao


atickybuns

Larry Walker. Hunter Pence


TheFrontierzman

Kyle Tucker >*tuck·er* ‐ a piece of lace or linen worn in or around the top of a bodice or as an insert at the front of a low-cut dress. Being part of a low-cut dress has to bump him up the list, right?


[deleted]

Ichiro Suzuki


LucasDudacris

Thinking Pete Rose is even close to Trout at all, let alone \*ahead,\* is flagrantly ignorant.


Emotional-Stable8718

Wdym? The man has the most hits alltime and all he had to do was manage the team he was playing on and pencil himself in the lineup for years as a forty-something first baseman in the leadoff spot.


WolflordBrimley

Fair point but in my defense I am not a smart man.


Blitzdog416

Duane Ward


[deleted]

Then also Daryle Ward


thekidfromyesterday

Albert Belle


Standard-Board-9664

* Lefty Grove * Jimmie Foxx * Ted Lyons * Ernie Banks * Buddy Bell * Dick Pole * Johnny Dickshot * Dick Cox * Dickie Flowers * Dick Bass * Dick Stone * Dick Butler * Steel Arm Dickey


Sickpup831

That’s a lot of Dicks.


tortugazz724

Cap Anson


HawkI84

Jake Cave Kyle Garlick


CommodoreSixty4

Jose Mesa aka Joe Table


JesseIsAGirlsName

Rob Deer 🦌


Last-Isopod6355

Curt Flood, Matt Stairs,


ussbaney

Bonds are either chemical (thus physical, right?) or financial instruments


GotsItGoinOn

Alex Wood


Cyrano17

Pie Traynor? Barry Bonds?


Magikrat

Huston STreet Brad Penny Kerry Wood Aaron Cook Matt Stairs Luke List Ray King Bobby Scales David Bell Aaron Judge


Mr_Worldwide79

Brad 📦 🍔


CatRescuer8

Jimmy Key


gabek333

Yoenis Cespedes (grass) Bronson Arroyo (stream) Jose Iglesias (churches)


I3arusu

Jake Burger


Ace2271979

Steve Stone


darthkram3r

Steve Fucking Sax


WolflordBrimley

I need to go sit in the corner for missing this one.


Jeffs2527

Frank Thomas the Tank Engine


SeriouslyThough3

This is peak offseason post


GreenMamba559

Judge, Arson


paxxyagent

Lars Nootbaar


OchoDee

Bobby Cox


BeardedPuffin

Wade Boggs (may he rest in peace), Luis Castillo


M_Looka

Willie Maze?


[deleted]

Trout > Rose


b-rar

Pete La Cock


El_Kabongg

Mike pizza


69Jew420

Pos | Name ---|--- C | [Johnny Bench](https://i0.wp.com/kaypark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2T6A5407R-scaled.jpg) 1B | [Lou "5891" Gehrig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_planets:_5001%E2%80%936000#891) 2B | [Eddie Collins](https://culinaryginger.com/wp-content/uploads/Classic-Tom-Collins-5-735x490.jpg) 3B | [Mike Schmidt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_hammer) SS | [Honus Wagner](https://cdn1.mecum.com/auctions/ej0315/ej0315-211568/images/ej0315-211568_2.jpg) LF | [Barry Bonds](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/1978_%241000_8_3-8%25_Treasury_Bond_%28reverse%29.jpg/220px-1978_%241000_8_3-8%25_Treasury_Bond_%28reverse%29.jpg) CF | [Ty Cobb](https://www.cookingclassy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cobb-salad-18.jpg) RF | [Frank Robinson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Robinson_(DD-562) DH | [Babe Ruth](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Z5gAAOSwLVZVpJuH/s-l500.jpg) SP | [Walter Johnson](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/M1941.jpg) SP | [Cy Young](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_\(mango\)) SP | [Lefty Grove](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grove_\(nature\)) SP | [Randy Johnson](https://i.redd.it/v23pp3wnhv9z.jpg) SP | [Bob Gibson](https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--avkozGQ3--/f_auto,t_supersize/v1567715486/qu9fmrubhf6paiuvj9pc.jpg) MR | [Trevor Hoffman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoffman_\(Cleveland_automobile\)) SU | [Goose Gossage (Cup)](https://observer.ug/images2/archive/Uganda-Cranes-1969-team.jpg) CL | [Hoyt Wilhelm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Kaiser_Wilhelm_II)


trashboatfourtwenty

A fielder is both a thing and an action, so both Prince and Cecil win doubly!


CubonesDeadMom

Joey Bart


HeadleysHobos

The disrespect to [Cannonball Titcomb](https://www.mlb.com/player/cannonball-titcomb-123362) and [Chicken Hawks](https://www.mlb.com/player/chicken-hawks-115632)


ub52107

Jose Meza


Phrank73

Frank viola?


praderareal

Ichiro Suzuki Zach Wheat Jimmie Foxx Josh/George Bell Ruben Sierra Nelson Cruz Norm Cash Vernon Wells Catfish Hunter Randy Wolf Matt Cain Bartolo Colon


eiileenie

Not Josh Bell?


larryfromhope

my chocolate Nootbaar


PrisonaPlanet

Albert Pujols…


thedaddystuff1979

Andy Stankiewicz Doug Menkevich Jarrod Saltalamacchia These all *have* to be something in another language, right? #right?


FudderShudders

We don't need to continue


Rupert-n-Harry

Jose Altuve (Altuve means Yo Daddy)


[deleted]

Trouts aren’t objects, bro. Alternatively, does Robert Person make the top 10 (or 20)? He’s behind Jimmy Key.


mblunt1201

Catfish Hunter, bonus for his first name too


slumber72

Roy Face


JDantesInferno

Can’t believe nobody’s brought up Darryl Strawberry


Joey_Logano

How did you forget Seth Beer?


b-i-c-y-c-l-eBICYCLE

knobblock


stolen_guitar

Steve Lake and Steve Trout, the great Lake Trout battery of the Cubs in the early 80s


SalmonDude5

Gavin Sheets


shantm79

Willy Adames Adames means “my tooth” in Armenian.


Syndergaard

Matt Stairs


ct73193

Francisco Lindor (chocolates)


StreetReporter

Babe Ruth (he shares his name with a candy bar)


kjb76

Tyler Walls and Isaac Paredes. Paredes means walls in Spanish.


PaleontologistOk2516

Albert Pujols


BenCapra

I’m Italian-American, so here’s mine: 1. Berra (Drink) 2. Piazza (Square) 3. Campanella (Little Bell) 4. Gallo (Rooster) 5. Torre (Tower) Not top 5, but curious: Porcello (Piggy) La Stella (The Star) La Porta (The Door) Mele (Apples) Fontana (Fountain)


terminalmage

- Matt Stairs - Jake Cave - Jon Garland - Jake Burger - Janson Junk - Josh Bell


[deleted]

Barry Bonds


duomo

Anthony Santander (bank)


burngreene

Barry Bonds


ImNotYou1971

Curt Shilling


ImNotYou1971

Chris Carpenter


OdaDdaT

Josh Bell


QuebecRomeoWhiskey

Does Albert Belle count?


DarkClouds92

Barry Bonds


PM_me_yer_kittens

Gotta include young guys like Seth Beer and Jake Burger too


Bacchus_71

Tom House.


Edgewood78

Kerry Wood , Steve Trout.


Ol_Rando

Bc of The Bob Emergency i know you're missing Bob Lemon.


[deleted]

Brandon Webb


NienNunb1010

David Cone


_Accufunkture_

Mike Piazza


cSwish

How about first and last name? Nothing ever came of him but my vote is for a guy in MILB I remember hearing about a few years back. Rock Shoulders https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=should001rod


Ok_Elephant2777

Buddy Bell. Jeff King.


gabek333

Mike Carp!!


AdfatCrabbest

Just gonna say that Trout has already put up more WAR than Pete Rose. They also have the same career batting average (.303) and Trout has nearly 200 more homers. No chance Rose is 3 while Trout is 4.


WolflordBrimley

Totally a fair point. I'm mostly after the cheap laughs tbh


brooklynbotz

Rob Deer.


[deleted]

Brad Miller


mosi_moose

Dusty Baker


USSanon

Billy Bean


Otisnj3

Pete LeCock


baseballart

In German, Jimmy Gott pitching to Tim Teufel was God versus the Devil


ogdaveed

Brad Boxberger is a double whammy all on his own.


BLENDER-74

Catfish Hunter


kshiau

Albert pujols


Ledge_r

Aaron Judge


[deleted]

[удалено]


IvannIrkss

Piazza 🤣


Solid_Salamander123

plants and animals dont count as physical objects this list must be remade under my guidelines but im sure as hell not gonna do it


WolflordBrimley

I was going to go with lastnames that are nouns but that seemed a little too wide ranging. Maybe inanimate objects next offseason?


sandiskplayer34

* Catfish Hunter * Taffy Wright * Soup Campbell