Check out my 25 yr old 3 time Cy Young Knuckleballer from LSU, needs a nickname - Page 2

diesel230 · 11-09-2020, 09:50 PM

Ryan "CanPitch" Canfield
or
Nucks Canfield

kev24fan · 11-11-2020, 02:45 PM

How about Ryan "Handcuff Express" Canfield

DonMattingly · 11-11-2020, 09:52 PM

He throws only junk, so how about "Garbage Can" or "Trash Can"? Kind of like "Oil Can" Boyd.

lencombs · 11-11-2020, 11:51 PM

Love all the suggestions thanks, still haven't decided on one yet.

I typed his name in an anagram solver webpage that lists words using the letters in his name and my favorite was "Raindance" from that list, as in what the other team is doing when he's scheduled to pitch. ��

MBarrett · 11-12-2020, 10:23 AM

How about "Handcuffs"? Its how batters feel trying to hit his Knuckler.

Charlie Hough · 11-12-2020, 05:26 PM

How about "Whiff" Canfield? That sounds like an old-fashioned baseball nickname, and it fittingly describes what opposing batters have been doing at the plate against him.

His performance is a bit unrealistic for a knuckleballer, though. Other than Phil Niekro for a couple of seasons in '77 and '78, my '87 season with the Rangers, and R.A. Dickey for one recent season with the Mets, there have been few instances of a knuckleballer getting well over 200 strikeouts in a season. And it's taking him far fewer innings to do it.

"Whiff" Canfield's K's per 9 innings is almost double what a knuckleball pitcher can achieve in his best season. But I suppose there's a first time for everything.

Andy_Jay1987 · 11-14-2020, 03:10 PM

Just change his first name to R.A. ?

... or nickname to Dickey?

11-11-2020, 09:52 PM	#23
DonMattingly Major Leagues Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 310	He throws only junk, so how about "Garbage Can" or "Trash Can"? Kind of like "Oil Can" Boyd. Last edited by DonMattingly; 11-11-2020 at 09:54 PM.

11-11-2020, 11:51 PM	#24
lencombs All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Eureka, Ca Posts: 535	Love all the suggestions thanks, still haven't decided on one yet. I typed his name in an anagram solver webpage that lists words using the letters in his name and my favorite was "Raindance" from that list, as in what the other team is doing when he's scheduled to pitch. �� __________________ "A passion for statistics is the earmark of a literate people." - Paul Fisher "Baseball isn't statistics. Baseball is (Joe) DiMaggio rounding second." - Jimmy Cannon

11-09-2020, 09:50 PM	#21
diesel230 All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2004 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 718	Ryan "CanPitch" Canfield or Nucks Canfield

11-11-2020, 02:45 PM	#22
kev24fan Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 494	How about Ryan "Handcuff Express" Canfield

11-12-2020, 10:23 AM	#25
MBarrett All Star Reserve Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 627	How about "Handcuffs"? Its how batters feel trying to hit his Knuckler.

11-12-2020, 05:26 PM	#26
Charlie Hough Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,640	How about "Whiff" Canfield? That sounds like an old-fashioned baseball nickname, and it fittingly describes what opposing batters have been doing at the plate against him. His performance is a bit unrealistic for a knuckleballer, though. Other than Phil Niekro for a couple of seasons in '77 and '78, my '87 season with the Rangers, and R.A. Dickey for one recent season with the Mets, there have been few instances of a knuckleballer getting well over 200 strikeouts in a season. And it's taking him far fewer innings to do it. "Whiff" Canfield's K's per 9 innings is almost double what a knuckleball pitcher can achieve in his best season. But I suppose there's a first time for everything.

11-14-2020, 03:10 PM	#27
Andy_Jay1987 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Nov 2020 Posts: 25	Just change his first name to R.A. ? ... or nickname to Dickey?