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Old 10-22-2009, 10:59 AM   #1
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OOTP X Name of the Week

I made the name files, so it's my own fault, but my new A first baseman is named Chase Dames.
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Old 10-24-2009, 06:46 PM   #2
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This one's not even from the names database. It's a real-life example: Johnny Dickshot. Perhaps in the '30's and '40's the connotation that immediately comes to mind didn't exist? If it did, whoa boy, this poor guy must've suffered a lot of teasing throughout his life. Ugh! In the interests of completeness, his nickname was "Ugly". Ouch!
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Old 10-24-2009, 06:59 PM   #3
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No lie, my 7th grade English teacher's name was "Richard Wacker". Of course we all just called him Dick Wacker.
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Old 10-24-2009, 07:03 PM   #4
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I just traded for a guy named Artie Beer.

A. Beer. I told the guy I WANT A BEER!
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Old 10-24-2009, 07:06 PM   #5
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Look at this guy. His name is Doug White. But he is black. (no racism intended) Player Report for #32 Doug White
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Old 10-24-2009, 07:22 PM   #6
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It's amazing how OOTP points out the psychology behind names. Ive found Im less prone to acquire a player with a name I dont like even if he has the same talent as someone with a more interesting name.

I would assume real life GM's dont operate that way but they are only human too.
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Old 10-24-2009, 08:45 PM   #7
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I had a Thomas Patrick, Patrick Thomas, and Patrick Patrick all on the same Rookie team in my past season.
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Old 10-24-2009, 09:34 PM   #8
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I had a Thomas Patrick, Patrick Thomas, and Patrick Patrick all on the same Rookie team in my past season.
Where did your Rookie team play, Bikini Bottom?
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Old 10-24-2009, 10:21 PM   #9
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I had a Thomas Patrick, Patrick Thomas, and Patrick Patrick all on the same Rookie team in my past season.
I once had two players named Pedro Flores on my team. Needless to say, things could get pretty confusing.
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Old 10-24-2009, 10:28 PM   #10
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I'm a big Doctor Who fan. Using my new historical names file, where "Doctor" was seemed to have been documented as a first name by the census. (I found a guy who had a real given name of "Doctor.")

So in my first 700+ players generated:

Doctor Guess

I was so excited, I even showed the name to my wife.

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Old 10-24-2009, 11:36 PM   #11
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Look at this guy. His name is Doug White. But he is black. (no racism intended) Player Report for #32 Doug White
"Did you ever notice that players named 'White' are almost always black, and players named 'Black' are usually white?" - Bill James, 1983 Baseball Abstract
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"Did you ever notice that players named 'White' are almost always black, and players named 'Black' are usually white?" - Bill James, 1983 Baseball Abstract
lol, wow. I cant believe Bill James said that once.
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Old 10-24-2009, 11:43 PM   #13
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Real life baseball names, from Wikipedia

* Jeff Bagwell, Retired MLB 1st Baseman
* Grant Balfour, MLB Middle Reliever
* Brian Cashman, general manager of the New York Yankees, who consistently have the highest payroll in MLB.
* Cecil Fielder and son Prince Fielder
* Eric Gagné, French-Canadian major league baseball pitcher, whose last name translates from French to "win"
* Butch Huskey, Major League Baseball player (Huskey had a husky build, weighing 255 pounds)
* Derek Jeter, New York Yankees shortstop (jeter is French for "to throw")
* Josh Outman, Oakland Athletics pitcher
* Charlie Spikes, former Major League Baseball player
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Old 10-24-2009, 11:55 PM   #14
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Casper Urry. (Curry)
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"Did you ever notice that players named 'White' are almost always black, and players named 'Black' are usually white?" - Bill James, 1983 Baseball Abstract
It's this kind of asute analysis that makes Bill James one of the games finest students.
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Old 10-25-2009, 12:12 PM   #16
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Real life baseball names, from Wikipedia

* Jeff Bagwell, Retired MLB 1st Baseman
* Grant Balfour, MLB Middle Reliever
* Brian Cashman, general manager of the New York Yankees, who consistently have the highest payroll in MLB.
* Cecil Fielder and son Prince Fielder
* Eric Gagné, French-Canadian major league baseball pitcher, whose last name translates from French to "win"
* Butch Huskey, Major League Baseball player (Huskey had a husky build, weighing 255 pounds)
* Derek Jeter, New York Yankees shortstop (jeter is French for "to throw")
* Josh Outman, Oakland Athletics pitcher
* Charlie Spikes, former Major League Baseball player
You forgot Paul Hoover, a catcher for Tampa Bay, Florida and Philidelphia
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Old 10-25-2009, 02:06 PM   #17
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It's this kind of asute analysis that makes Bill James one of the games finest students.
Bill James became what he was by asking questions no one else would ask, and then answering them. Essentially he brought the scientific method to baseball, which was riddled with superstition at the time. Now it's only about 50% superstition.
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Old 10-25-2009, 06:52 PM   #18
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You forgot Paul Hoover, a catcher for Tampa Bay, Florida and Philidelphia
Wikipedia edit, here I come!
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Wikipedia edit, here I come!
What a sucker.
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What a sucker.
What a jerk.
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