Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Fun Names in the Pirates Minor Leagues

Chris Bootcheck
Larry Broadway
Michael Dubee
Corey Hamman
Lincoln Holdzkom
Gorkys Hernandez
Jose Luis De Los Santos De Leon
Bobby Spain
Frederick Quincy Latimore
Starling Marte
Brock Holt
Diomedes Garcia
Papiro Juan
Brooks Pounders
Gift Ngoepe
Erickdeivis Marquez
Elevys Gonzalez
Gemmy Gonzalez
Gerlis Rodriguez
Rogelios Noris

To include all the good ones on the Pirates' Dominican Summer League team would about double this list, so I'm just giving you the link in case you want to check it out:

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=t_ros&cid=624

But the name of names that doesn't seem like it could possibly be real...

Henry Henry

And, of course, the newest name added to the Pirates organization...

Lastings Milledge
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4 comments:

  1. schwizzaJuly 1, 2009 at 9:09 AM

    is Erickdeivis Marquez named after eric davis? that would be amazing.

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  2. Mattie-OJuly 1, 2009 at 3:11 PM

    Here is how their careers will play out based on their names:

    SCRUBS:
    Larry Broadway
    Michael Dubee
    Corey Hamman
    Gift Ngoepe

    SCRIPPY MIDDLE RELIEVERS:
    Chris Bootcheck
    Jose Luis De Los Santos De Leon
    Bobby Spain
    Elevys Gonzalez
    Papiro Juan
    Gerlis Rodriguez

    OVERHYPED SCRUBS
    Frederick Quincy Latimore
    Brock Holt
    Gemmy Gonzalez
    Lincoln Holdzkom
    Gorkys Hernandez
    Diomedes Garcia
    Rogelios Noris

    STARS
    Brooks Pounders
    Starling Marte
    Erickdeivis Marquez

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  3. Shaman FondlerJuly 1, 2009 at 4:28 PM

    good call schwizz.

    has anyone heard of cristiano ronaldo, the super-big soccer star? apparently his father was a huge Ronald Reagan fan, hence the name. unreal.

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  4. The NaturalJuly 1, 2009 at 5:14 PM

    But what happens to Henry Henry?!?!

    Could you ever imagine a major league professional athlete being named Henry Henry? He may have been screwed the minute his birth certificate was signed.

    I feel like the Pirates could have a novelty game toward the end of the season to try to draw fans where they basically send out the All-Name team. Imagine Henry Henry playing side-by-side with Gift Ngoepe and Quincy Latimore.

    Also, I've seen the name spelled a few different ways now, but the I think the correct spelling of that guy's name may be Ericdeivis Marquez, in which case it is even more likely that he was named after Eric Davis.

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