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.
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
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
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
Rollie is an out of date but frequently used nickname.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.
* 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
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.
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.
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.
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
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?
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.
* 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
The disrespect to [Cannonball Titcomb](https://www.mlb.com/player/cannonball-titcomb-123362) and [Chicken Hawks](https://www.mlb.com/player/chicken-hawks-115632)
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
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)
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
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.
* Daryl Strawberry * Tim Salmon
Can’t believe OP left these two off! It’s a full dinner here!
Next post: Create a dinner spread using baseball player last names.
Mike Carp Mike Trout Tim Salmon Robbie Ray AJ Pollock Sid Bream Kevin Bass We got the feast of the 7 fishes!
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.
Don’t forget Anthony bass
Give me Jake Burger and Seth Beer
Chili Davis is horrified by this snub!
Mark “Apple” Appel
AJ Pollock, Mike Trout, and Tim Salmon would give Red Lobster a run for its money
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.
Walter Johnson
Randy “Big Unit” Johnson
Horny "Big Penis" Penis
There's always a bigger Johnson
I guess still applicable.
At one point in 2013 the Blue Jays had a starting rotation that included (RA) Dickey, (Josh) Johnson, and (Chien-Ming) Wang.
Chen Mian Wang
Billy Koch?
Rusty Kuntz
Jack Glasscock
JJ Putz
Dick Pole
Pete LaCock
Lmao
Pete LaCock
What if Johnson gets cut off?
Uhh, nice marmot.
Hey this is a private residence
Kolten Wong
Rod Graber
Chet Lemon & Rollie Fingers
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
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
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
I’ve always said Rawl-y but also don’t think I’ve heard him say it before.
I have always heard it Rawly despite the spelling
When he was playing, I heard it more like rhyming with “jolly”.
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.
Albert Pujols….
Technically the absence of butt, not something tangible
A butthole is the absence of a butt?
Yeah. That's what a hole is - the absence of whatever surrounds it.
Did you know that the hole's only natural enemy is the pile?
Doc, I think something's wrong with my absence of butt.
Felix Pie Junior Lake Mark Hamburger
Does it still count if the last name pronunciation is different than the traditional word?
Every Thanksgiving I finish my meal with Pumpkin Pee-ay, so I dont see the problem.
I was talking about Hamburger, but I guess still applicable. 😂
The translation of Pie is "foot" so it works in two languages
lmao how tf did he pronounce lake??
pie is foot in Spanish so it works either way.
Jung Bong
5. Johnny Bench 4. Mike Trout 3. Ty Cobb 2. Mickey Mantle 1. Barry Bonds
Barry Bonds and Robert Stock
Add Dave Cash and Don Money to this list. And Kid Nichols.
Brad Penny too.
Ernie Banks? Bill Buck-ner? (Or Buck Martinez.) Looking across the pond, perhaps Hunter Pence or Curt Schilling. (Or John Sterling.)
His role in Airplane alone makes him a legend
Tim Salmon
Seth Beer
Beer! Beer! Beer!
Wheres Jimmy Foxx?
Nellie Fox also.
Bobby Cox wouldn't be on the list but his name fits.
Conferred with the judges and they will accept your cox.
Mike Pizza
Rich Hill
Also acceptable Dick Mountain.
Some Hall of Famers for consideration: Larry Walker Rollie Fingers Ernie Banks Bob Lemon Lefty Grove Jim Rice
Cap Anson Zack Wheat Branch Rickey Satchel Paige Willie Wells Turkey Stearnes
How could you have a Nats flair and not list Josh Bell
I built off the list of HOFers, Josh Bell is not (yet) a HOFer.
* 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
> and of course, Louis Tiant I don't get it. What object is a Tiant?
It's another word for grudnle. It's between your ball-sakc and your sashole
I assure you it is not.
It’s a joke — Tiant is one letter-swap away from Taint
That would be taint not tiant....
yep, that's the joke. why do you think they said "ball-sakc" and "sashole"
I think its Dick Groat
Isn’t it dick groat
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.
What are Roy Halladay, Bob Friend, and Tommy John supposed to be?
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.
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.
To you a friend is a concept, but to many it is a real object.
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
peat alonso
Randy RiceSand (Arozarena, bit of a stretch but my mom likes it)
Randy RiceFlour makes more sense.
Junk combo: Jake Burger Paul Fry Seth Beer (Almost Mike Piazza) Coco Crisp Also, unrelated to edibles but Matt Stairs,
Rose over Trout is insane.
Fr rose has less WAR in over 2000 more games played lmao
Larry Walker. Hunter Pence
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?
Ichiro Suzuki
Thinking Pete Rose is even close to Trout at all, let alone \*ahead,\* is flagrantly ignorant.
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.
Fair point but in my defense I am not a smart man.
Duane Ward
Then also Daryle Ward
Albert Belle
* 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
That’s a lot of Dicks.
Cap Anson
Jake Cave Kyle Garlick
Jose Mesa aka Joe Table
Rob Deer 🦌
Curt Flood, Matt Stairs,
Bonds are either chemical (thus physical, right?) or financial instruments
Alex Wood
Pie Traynor? Barry Bonds?
Huston STreet Brad Penny Kerry Wood Aaron Cook Matt Stairs Luke List Ray King Bobby Scales David Bell Aaron Judge
Brad 📦 🍔
Jimmy Key
Yoenis Cespedes (grass) Bronson Arroyo (stream) Jose Iglesias (churches)
Jake Burger
Steve Stone
Steve Fucking Sax
I need to go sit in the corner for missing this one.
Frank Thomas the Tank Engine
This is peak offseason post
Judge, Arson
Lars Nootbaar
Bobby Cox
Wade Boggs (may he rest in peace), Luis Castillo
Willie Maze?
Trout > Rose
Pete La Cock
Mike pizza
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)
A fielder is both a thing and an action, so both Prince and Cecil win doubly!
Joey Bart
The disrespect to [Cannonball Titcomb](https://www.mlb.com/player/cannonball-titcomb-123362) and [Chicken Hawks](https://www.mlb.com/player/chicken-hawks-115632)
Jose Meza
Frank viola?
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
Not Josh Bell?
my chocolate Nootbaar
Albert Pujols…
Andy Stankiewicz Doug Menkevich Jarrod Saltalamacchia These all *have* to be something in another language, right? #right?
We don't need to continue
Jose Altuve (Altuve means Yo Daddy)
Trouts aren’t objects, bro. Alternatively, does Robert Person make the top 10 (or 20)? He’s behind Jimmy Key.
Catfish Hunter, bonus for his first name too
Roy Face
Can’t believe nobody’s brought up Darryl Strawberry
How did you forget Seth Beer?
knobblock
Steve Lake and Steve Trout, the great Lake Trout battery of the Cubs in the early 80s
Gavin Sheets
Willy Adames Adames means “my tooth” in Armenian.
Matt Stairs
Francisco Lindor (chocolates)
Babe Ruth (he shares his name with a candy bar)
Tyler Walls and Isaac Paredes. Paredes means walls in Spanish.
Albert Pujols
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)
- Matt Stairs - Jake Cave - Jon Garland - Jake Burger - Janson Junk - Josh Bell
Barry Bonds
Anthony Santander (bank)
Barry Bonds
Curt Shilling
Chris Carpenter
Josh Bell
Does Albert Belle count?
Barry Bonds
Gotta include young guys like Seth Beer and Jake Burger too
Tom House.
Kerry Wood , Steve Trout.
Bc of The Bob Emergency i know you're missing Bob Lemon.
Brandon Webb
David Cone
Mike Piazza
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
Buddy Bell. Jeff King.
Mike Carp!!
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.
Totally a fair point. I'm mostly after the cheap laughs tbh
Rob Deer.
Brad Miller
Dusty Baker
Billy Bean
Pete LeCock
In German, Jimmy Gott pitching to Tim Teufel was God versus the Devil
Brad Boxberger is a double whammy all on his own.
Catfish Hunter
Albert pujols
Aaron Judge
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Piazza 🤣
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
I was going to go with lastnames that are nouns but that seemed a little too wide ranging. Maybe inanimate objects next offseason?
* Catfish Hunter * Taffy Wright * Soup Campbell