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Originally Posted by knockahoma
Jerry Berry and Craig Gregg sound like they had mothers who were too busy drinking champagne in post-op to give much thought to naming the new joy in their lives.
The problem of course is that there are people who name their children such things.
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True true.
Sounds goofy, but I'm anal about the names like some people are anal about feeder leagues, or uniforms, or logos for their league....
League Logos??!!! Half the time I can't even tell you what I named the league itself, but I know all the player names. I actually enjoy going thru the rosters and putting in last names from the 70s NFL, or a writer's name, or some other particular reference that helps me keep all these players straight at the drop of a name.
In my current league, I had a top-notch CF generated as " Preston Monette". I changed his name to Price Monet. His over-all game is a work of art, ya see.
The name's half the deal about keeping these guys memorable.
I play God-mode. Maybe that's why Jerry Berry bugs me. I see him all the time. Sounds like a scoop of ice cream, not the number 1 closer in the league. What kind of intimidation factor is that, Jerrrrry Berrrrrry? Pu-lease!
" It's the bottom of the 9th, game 7 of the world series, two outs, Price Monet at the plate for the Cubs, top RBI man in the league this year... and here comes Jerry Berry out of the bullpen, accompanied by his theme song booming out of the stadium speakers, "ah, sugar-sugar", a number 1 hit originally performed by the Archies back in the 60s for those too young to remember.... It was also the biggest selling record EVER in the category of records that are cut out of cereal boxes. Yes, folks. They actually had records you could cut out of cereal boxes. Anyway, back to Jerry Berry. As he takes his warm-up pitches, let me mention our sponsor, Ben and Jerry's. When you need your ice cream with just the right amount of politics, it's Ben and Jerry's. I'm Jerry Coleman and now Ben Jerry... check that. Jerry Berry is ready to throw his first pitch...
There's the pitch and it's a rifle shot toward deep center. Backa backa backa goes Mitch Collins. He hits his head on the outfield wall and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back into the infield...!"