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03-14-2016, 09:01 AM | #1 |
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Funny Player Names Extravaganza XVII
Time to continue a yearly tradition.
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03-14-2016, 09:11 AM | #2 |
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I'm curious how the index is made for surname generation, do they just use the census data?
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03-14-2016, 11:12 AM | #3 |
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Well, since we use a totally different and much more realistic name file in OOTP 17 (based on QuestDog's popular name database mod) I'm curious what kind of funny names will pop up here!
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I still think Tim Spooneybarger is the best name in baseball.
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And Mike "The Human Rain Delay" Hargrove is my all-time favorite nickname
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03-15-2016, 09:21 AM | #7 |
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Billy Jo Robidoux
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03-15-2016, 05:36 PM | #8 |
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That's good, but not as good as Arlie "The Freshest Man on Earth" Latham
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03-15-2016, 06:22 PM | #9 |
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03-15-2016, 06:51 PM | #10 |
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I love Al "the mad Hungarian" Habrasky
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03-15-2016, 06:52 PM | #11 |
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Honus Wagner the flying dutchman
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03-15-2016, 07:31 PM | #12 |
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Nothing will ever replace "Heinie Manush" for me (thank you Baseball Encyclopedia years ago).
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03-15-2016, 08:24 PM | #13 |
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I don't mean to be crude but Johnny Dickshot and Jack Glasscock will always take the cake hands down.
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03-15-2016, 09:15 PM | #14 |
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Just for sheer oddity, I've always been partial to Rivington Bisland.
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03-15-2016, 09:45 PM | #15 |
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Rusty Kuntz. It really can't get much better than that,
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03-16-2016, 04:18 AM | #17 |
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Or Dick "Dr. Strangeglove" Stuart
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That's a good one.
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"Dickshot measures it." And his hitter type? "Spray" or "Pull" for the win! |
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