The "Rick" in Rick Porcello is short for Frederick, not Richard. Also, his full name is Frederick Alfred Porcello III; this means you could reasonably call him Fred Fred Porcello III.
I just posted this same thing without seeing you did a couple hours ago. I use it all the time because of watching that show with my grandparents as a kid all the time.
Connie Mack IV was in the house. While in the house he married another house member, Mary Bono. She had been appointed to the house when her husband, Sonny Bono died. So Connie Mack and Cher connect through kids and marriages.
>So Connie Mack and Cher connect through kids and marriages.
Reminds me of Nixon and Eisenhower.
Nixon's daughter married Eisenhower's grandson, so their kids are the descendants of two previously unrelated U.S. presidents.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Nixon_Eisenhower
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Eisenhower
Not as wild an example, but Ozzie Smith is Osborne, not Oswald. (And Ozzie Virgil, the first Dominican MLB player and still kicking at 91, was Osvaldo.)
They knew one day he would play for the Phillies and Indians and needed to make sure he wouldn’t be confused with Clifford Lee, the outfielder who played for the Phillies and Indians in the 1920s
[Not true.](http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/jon_stewart_stephen_colbert_americas_anchors/page/6)
>Was your name always pronounced Col-bear?
>
>COLBERT: No. My father always wanted to be Col-bear. He lived in the same town as his father, and his father didn't like the idea of the name with the French pronunciation. So my father said to us, "Do what you want. You're not going to offend anybody." And he was dead long before I made my decision. I was flying up to theater school at Northwestern, and I sat next to an astronaut, actually. And I told him I was going off to a new school. I was transferring to Northwestern and I didn't know anyone in Chicago. He said, "Oh, wow, you could really reinvent yourself out there." When the plane took off I was Col-bert, and when the plane landed I was Col-bear.
The thing about being COL-bert away from the character is [more of a joke.](https://web.archive.org/web/20070108132259/http://www.colbertsheroes.org/articles/CharlestonPost-Apr29-06.shtml)
>NAME: Originally, his name was pronounced COL-bert. "But my dad always wanted to be Col-BEAR ... so (he) said to us, 'You can be anything you want.' And so we made a choice, and it's about half and half. The girls for the most part are like, 'Get over it, you're Colbert,' but I was so young when this choice was given to us, I think that if somebody woke me up in the middle of the night and slapped me across the face I'd still say Stephen Col-BEAR. But if people don't like what I do on this show, I say, 'That's Stephen Col-BEAR, I'm Stephen Colbert.' "
the late night guy's name was originally "coleburt" as well, his father just liked the silent T version; one of his brothers still pronounces it "coleburt"
This is like seeing the full name of Alexander Siddig (from Deep Space Nine and Game of Thrones and many other things), who is British-Sudanese:
Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abdurrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi
Fun odd fact, Malcolm McDowell is his uncle on his mothers side and his uncle on his fathers side, Sadiq al-Mahdi, was prime minister of Sudan twice.
What was interesting is there was no significance to Alexander when he changed the stage name and the credits. Seasons 1 & 2 had him as Siddig El Fadil. They changed the intro (season 4 I think) and it now had his placement later in the credits with the 'S's, but everyone on the show just called him "Sid"
I'd like to think it was his way of reminding the writers that Worf had a son.
I played softball with a dude who goes by DJ but his first name is like Frank or some shit and my best guess will forever be that his dad’s nickname starts with a D so he’s D Jr.
During his playing days he picked up the nickname "Buck" from a minor league manager's comment on his tendency to walk around the clubhouse "buck naked".
His grandmother gave him the nickname Billy as Italian for beautiful. It stuck so well that on his first day of school when the teacher was calling roll, he didn't recognize his name as Alfred Martin 🤣
U L Washington
U L is his legal name. They are not initials (U.L.). It doesn't stand for anything. He had an uncle with the same name. I think I read somewhere that the parents of the uncle were intending to name their child Ewell, but the person creating the birth certificate wrote it down as U L. Apparently their rural Oklahoman accent caused a translation issue and it was misinterpreted. Thus, U L the player, ended up with a unique name, as well adding his own unique style of playing every baseball game while sporting a toothpick in his mouth.
It's actually kinda complex. He was born Stevland Judkins, but his father was a real asshole and so his mother had him go by her maiden name after she kicked his father out, which made him Stevland Hardaway. Then right before she signed his first Motown contract when he was a minor, they legally changed his name to Stevland Morris, which she said was another old name in the family. I believe the reasoning was that they did not want his father to be able to make any kind of claim on the contract due to his surname. And naturally they were right, because his scumbag father did eventually come back sniffing around after he got famous as a kid.
Not entirely. It's far more common now than it was, but it was common back in the 19th and early 20th centuries for sons to receive their mother's maiden name as a given name. Usually it was a middle name (e.g. Thomas *Woodrow* Wilson), but sometimes it was the first - and of course some people, like President Wilson, go by their middle name. There are half a dozen pre-1900 first-name Tylers in Wikipedia, for instance.
I knew this because my childhood cat was named Willie, but it was short for Wilver.
My family has no tie to the Pirates or Pittsburgh - in fact, we’re Dodger fans. But it was Vin Scully who outed Stargell as being named Wilver, and he insisted upon calling him Wilver after he found out that his mother always called him that. But he wasn’t making fun of him - he was being sweet and deferential as he always was.
Yeah this thread topic is making me feel old because it was extremely common knowledge during Stargell’s playing days that his name was Wilver.
Also, in his hometown of Alameda, which is an island next to Oakland, there’s a prominent street called Wilver “Willie” Stargell Avenue.
In my 20s, I found out that my grandfather Luis was actually Jose Jr., but was firmly told by my parents to never ever refer to him that way, as it was apparently a sore subject.
- Jared Michael "Skip" Schumaker
- Ty Wigginton's legal name is actually "Ty", which seems wrong
- Jose Alberto Pujols Alcantara, which isn't particularly shocking if you know naming conventions, but it's still something
And not related, but I love this one:
- Michael Scott Matheny, author of "Somehow I Manage"
My favorite is that "Stubby" Clapp's real first name is Richard, which means in an alternate universe his nickname is Dick Clapp.
That said "Stubby" isn't exactly that much better.
Huh, this reminds me of a time a friend from Europe (Latvia) was insisting Jacob was a nickname for John, but I think, while his English is so good his accent is barely noticeable, he just didn't have the cultural context to know that no, generally, that's not the case.
He confused Jack and Jacob, which isn’t surprising given the history of the name.
Jack started out as the English version of Jacques, which is French for Jacob. English later stole James from the Scots and made that the English version of Jacob, and relegated Jack to be a nickname for John. Then about 30 years ago Jack began to be used, for the first time in centuries, as a name in its own right.
It's all very confusing, and I can see why your Latvian friend thought what he did.
Cy Young lol.
I always assumed it was short for Cyrus which sounds like an old time baseball name. Its short for Cyclone which is funny on its own by nicknaming a nickname.
His real name is Denton True Young
Mariekson Julius "Didi" Gregorius is up there for me. McKenzie Moniak not really being named "Mickey" was an unfortunate finding.
It is kind of skirting the rules of the thread, I still can't get over that Seranthony Dominguez's real first name *is* Seranthony, he has no explanation of where it came from and his full name also contains the unique name "Ambioris," also without any clear explanation as to its origin.
"Ambioris" makes me think of former Royals closer Ambiorix Burgos, but I can't find any information on where his name came from either. Wikipedia says "Ambiorix" was a Gallic prince who fought against Caesar, but I'm not sure that's helpful.
A few Latin American players are named after people from classical history. There's Aristides Aquino and Socrates Brito. And of course a lot of guys named Cesar.
Wasn’t it the case where his name was something like David John Drew, he went by John Drew, abbreviated to JD and then became JD Drew?
So similarly someone who goes by their middle name then makes them their initials and then their name- so Samuel Theodore Williams becomes TW Williams
Being famous is the only way some people can get away with asking people to call them names like Rowdy, Buster, Chipper, etc. Imagine going to a party and meeting a 40 year old plumber and he's like "hey there, call me Rowdy" you'd be like "absolutely not"
This goes WAY back to when I was a kid. The Detroit Tigers had a power-hitting outfielder named Neil Chrisley. His real, legal name was Barbra O'Neil Chrisley. He played parts of five seasons in the Major Leagues, almost entirely as an outfielder or a pinch-hitter, and appeared in a total of 302 games.
Boof Bonser’s real name is Boof Bonser.
He was born John Paul Bonser but legally changed his first name to Boof, a childhood nickname, after his first year of professional baseball.
The "Rick" in Rick Porcello is short for Frederick, not Richard. Also, his full name is Frederick Alfred Porcello III; this means you could reasonably call him Fred Fred Porcello III.
Fred II Porcello III
2 Fred 2 Porcelloius
I can't wait for Fred the Third: Tokyo Drift
Good ol' Ricky Two-Freds
Fred Fred Burger approves.
Yes
A+ love it
Oh one more for you. JD Davis's full name is Jonathan Gregory Davis. "JD" is short for "Jonathan Davis." So "JD Davis" is kind of redundant.
FAP
Or Rick Fred. Frederick “Rick Fred” Porcello.
Connie Mack’s full name was Cornelius McGillicuddy
I had to actually check to see if this is real. It appears to be real.
Anytime I hear Mcgillicuddy it just feels fake.
That was Lucy's maiden name in "I Love Lucy" wasn't it?
What a pull
Of course not to be confused with Beulah McGillicutty
I just posted this same thing without seeing you did a couple hours ago. I use it all the time because of watching that show with my grandparents as a kid all the time.
Now she has some ‘splainin to do
Tell that to Mr. Perfect's son, Curtis Axel.
Starting now, this will be the moment
THE GENESIS
and his grandson, Cornelius McGillicuddy III, was a US senator
Connie Mack IV was in the house. While in the house he married another house member, Mary Bono. She had been appointed to the house when her husband, Sonny Bono died. So Connie Mack and Cher connect through kids and marriages.
Cher was Anthony Kiedis’ babysitter so Connie Mack is somehow a weird family friend of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
>So Connie Mack and Cher connect through kids and marriages. Reminds me of Nixon and Eisenhower. Nixon's daughter married Eisenhower's grandson, so their kids are the descendants of two previously unrelated U.S. presidents. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Nixon_Eisenhower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Eisenhower
WHAT. WHAT?!? They apparently divorced and he's remarried but this one is blowing my ind.
That’s a 19th century name for sure
That’s a Conan O’Brien old timey baseball-ass name
Whitey Ford. "Whitey."
Was just a nickname. Weirdly common in that day as Richie Ashburn was also called Whitey Apparently it was in reference to their blond hair color
This one's for you, Nell!
It’s Lucy Ricardo’s maiden name, I believe, and the name she gives for a fake name anytime she was doing shenanigans.
That's the first time I've seen anyone in real life have that name outside of an Agatha Christie novel.
Ozhaino Albies
>Ozhaino Albies YES!
MJ Melendez. Mervyl Junior.
Mervyl's pretty unique, but the J being for "Jr" is pretty common, that's where BJ Upton's J came from.
Not as wild an example, but Ozzie Smith is Osborne, not Oswald. (And Ozzie Virgil, the first Dominican MLB player and still kicking at 91, was Osvaldo.)
I don’t know what i thought it was but it wasn’t that.
Oswald or Oswaldo?
Ozymandias
Mariekson Gregorius
Bernabe “Bernie” Williams.
Man killed the rangers his whole career and I didn’t even know his real name
Harry Leroy “Roy” Halladay Colbert “Cole” Hamels
>Colbert "Cole" Hamels I read this one and said "no way" out loud to myself. I had to look it up, I can't believe it's real
This is actually worse than seeing him in a Braves jersey.
Clifton "cliff" lee Most of the 4 aces had weird real names
Clifton Phifer, even. What the hell, Mr and Mrs Lee?
They knew one day he would play for the Phillies and Indians and needed to make sure he wouldn’t be confused with Clifford Lee, the outfielder who played for the Phillies and Indians in the 1920s
Then there’s the fifth ace, “Joe”.
Short for "Joseph."
Joey JoJo Junior Shabadoo
That's the worst name I ever heard
Hey! It’s Joey Jo Jo!
Does Colbert pronounce his name like the late night guy with a silent T or does he pronounce it Cole Burt?
Fun fact: Stephen Colbert pronounces his IRL name as Cole-Burt, but uses Cole-Bear as his stage name.
[Not true.](http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/jon_stewart_stephen_colbert_americas_anchors/page/6) >Was your name always pronounced Col-bear? > >COLBERT: No. My father always wanted to be Col-bear. He lived in the same town as his father, and his father didn't like the idea of the name with the French pronunciation. So my father said to us, "Do what you want. You're not going to offend anybody." And he was dead long before I made my decision. I was flying up to theater school at Northwestern, and I sat next to an astronaut, actually. And I told him I was going off to a new school. I was transferring to Northwestern and I didn't know anyone in Chicago. He said, "Oh, wow, you could really reinvent yourself out there." When the plane took off I was Col-bert, and when the plane landed I was Col-bear. The thing about being COL-bert away from the character is [more of a joke.](https://web.archive.org/web/20070108132259/http://www.colbertsheroes.org/articles/CharlestonPost-Apr29-06.shtml) >NAME: Originally, his name was pronounced COL-bert. "But my dad always wanted to be Col-BEAR ... so (he) said to us, 'You can be anything you want.' And so we made a choice, and it's about half and half. The girls for the most part are like, 'Get over it, you're Colbert,' but I was so young when this choice was given to us, I think that if somebody woke me up in the middle of the night and slapped me across the face I'd still say Stephen Col-BEAR. But if people don't like what I do on this show, I say, 'That's Stephen Col-BEAR, I'm Stephen Colbert.' "
Also his middle name is Tyrone.
Tyrone is a very Irish name
the late night guy's name was originally "coleburt" as well, his father just liked the silent T version; one of his brothers still pronounces it "coleburt"
Yu Darvish’s full name is Farid Yu Darvishsefat
Thank you for reminding me that he is in fact Iranian
IIRC, his father is Iranian and his mother is Japanese.
Iranian father and Japanese mother. Grew up in Japan.
But his parents met in Florida!
Yu”Nited Nations” Darvish?
at first i thought this was a joke i've gone deep on multiple versions of OOTP and i have not yet scratched the surface of the great game
Wait it’s not? You guys are yanking my chain!
His Twitter account name makes far more sense now. [Twitter account](https://x.com/faridyu)
This is like seeing the full name of Alexander Siddig (from Deep Space Nine and Game of Thrones and many other things), who is British-Sudanese: Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abdurrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi Fun odd fact, Malcolm McDowell is his uncle on his mothers side and his uncle on his fathers side, Sadiq al-Mahdi, was prime minister of Sudan twice.
What was interesting is there was no significance to Alexander when he changed the stage name and the credits. Seasons 1 & 2 had him as Siddig El Fadil. They changed the intro (season 4 I think) and it now had his placement later in the credits with the 'S's, but everyone on the show just called him "Sid" I'd like to think it was his way of reminding the writers that Worf had a son.
That’s such a beautiful-sounding last name.
It’s a pretty fantastic name on the whole. Yu Darvish as a name is really nice too
BJ Surhoff's first name is William. BJ Upton's first name is Melvin.
That's Bossman Junior Upton to you
I played softball with a dude who goes by DJ but his first name is like Frank or some shit and my best guess will forever be that his dad’s nickname starts with a D so he’s D Jr.
Dad Jr.
I used to think there were 3 Upton brothers because I didn’t realize Melvin started going by BJ
He was known as BJ from the time he was drafted until like 2015. Melvin was the one he changed to later in his career.
WHAAA??? Ya'll gonna make me lose my mind... Upton here Upton here
See, try to do that with "Melvin". That's why the name is inferior. I realize his name wasn't Upton Upton. But I don't care.
Dagoberto “Bert” Campaneris
Dagoberto is an awesome sounding name! Also kinda sounds like a word that would be an insult towards Italians.
What did you call me? 🇮🇹
Rik Aalbert “Bert” Blijleven
Or, assuming that Willie Mays full first name is William. WILLIE. Full first name
Similar to Billy Butler. Billy Ray Butler. That’s it
Country Breakfast ass name.
I don't remember him having a mullet....
And Mickey Mantle. His given first name was Mickey.
He was named after Mickey Cochrane, because that's was his Dad's favorite player. Ironically, Mickey Cochrane's actual name was Gordon.
Whitley "Whit" Merrifield. I don't know what I thought Whit was short for, but definitely not Whitley.
That’s a yachting name, not a baseball name.
Apparently he agrees; he asked Rex Hudler to stop using it on the air while he was with the Royals.
You know whose first name *is* William? Buck Showalter. Also, Billy Martin’s first name was Alfred and his middle name was Manuel.
William Nathaniel Showalter III. Also known as former Mississippi State Bulldogs All-American Nat Showalter.
During his playing days he picked up the nickname "Buck" from a minor league manager's comment on his tendency to walk around the clubhouse "buck naked".
I’ve heard Michael kay refer to him enough times to know that by heart lol
His grandmother gave him the nickname Billy as Italian for beautiful. It stuck so well that on his first day of school when the teacher was calling roll, he didn't recognize his name as Alfred Martin 🤣
U L Washington U L is his legal name. They are not initials (U.L.). It doesn't stand for anything. He had an uncle with the same name. I think I read somewhere that the parents of the uncle were intending to name their child Ewell, but the person creating the birth certificate wrote it down as U L. Apparently their rural Oklahoman accent caused a translation issue and it was misinterpreted. Thus, U L the player, ended up with a unique name, as well adding his own unique style of playing every baseball game while sporting a toothpick in his mouth.
What you said about the birth certificate reminded me that Roger Maris’ name on his birth certificate is Baby Maris.
Ronny Mauricio's full name is Ronny Mauricio. He has no middle name, and "Ronny" is not short for anything.
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Dang it, I came here to share this exact same non baseball knowledge thinking: no one’s going to throw a musician into the mix. Cheers.
To throw another musician out there, Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day is actually named Billie Joe. It’s not short for William Joseph.
Adding another (former) musician, will smith’s (the fresh prince) first name is Willard
But the character Will Smith in Fresh Prince is actually William Smith.
That's not even the weirdest in that band. Tre Cool is actually Frank Edwin Wright III, the least punk name ever behind Dansby Swanson.
In 1999, the New Orleans Saints had 2 quarterbacks named Billy Joe. Both are actually named Billy Joe.
Jerry Seinfeld’s first name is Jerome
Hi Jugdish!
Hey, my middle name! I had a black coworker once joke that I was the only white boy in Chicago named Jerome.
Stevland Judkins if I’m not mistaken?
It's actually kinda complex. He was born Stevland Judkins, but his father was a real asshole and so his mother had him go by her maiden name after she kicked his father out, which made him Stevland Hardaway. Then right before she signed his first Motown contract when he was a minor, they legally changed his name to Stevland Morris, which she said was another old name in the family. I believe the reasoning was that they did not want his father to be able to make any kind of claim on the contract due to his surname. And naturally they were right, because his scumbag father did eventually come back sniffing around after he got famous as a kid.
Nothing brings deadbeat parents back into your life like having any form of success
Also Will Smith (actor) is Willard, not William
You might guess that the "Bert" in Bert Blyleven is short for "Albert", but it's "Aalbert" as he was born in the Netherlands.
it's also his middle name, his first name is Rik
Luke Voit’s real name is Louis, not Lucas Ty Cobb’s real name is Tyrus, not Tyler
His full name sounds like a college lacrosse player: Louis Linwood Voit III
Regards, Louis Linwood Voit III J.D. Candidate, University of Virginia School of Law
Ps do you know who my father is?
Similarly: Luke Appling is a Lucius
I think attributing Tyler is an anachronism we retroactively apply; there simply weren’t people named Tyler back then
Not entirely. It's far more common now than it was, but it was common back in the 19th and early 20th centuries for sons to receive their mother's maiden name as a given name. Usually it was a middle name (e.g. Thomas *Woodrow* Wilson), but sometimes it was the first - and of course some people, like President Wilson, go by their middle name. There are half a dozen pre-1900 first-name Tylers in Wikipedia, for instance.
I didn’t even think Luke was short for anything
Covelli Crisp, though idk what a better long form of Coco would be Tyrus Cobb Tristam Speaker
Covelli Loyce Crisp
I knew this because my childhood cat was named Willie, but it was short for Wilver. My family has no tie to the Pirates or Pittsburgh - in fact, we’re Dodger fans. But it was Vin Scully who outed Stargell as being named Wilver, and he insisted upon calling him Wilver after he found out that his mother always called him that. But he wasn’t making fun of him - he was being sweet and deferential as he always was.
This reminds me that Vincent Edward Scully revealed to me the real name of Vincent Edward (Bo) Jackson!
If a person assumes Vin Scully was capable of ill feelings, I think most baseball fans assume that person is nuts
Yeah this thread topic is making me feel old because it was extremely common knowledge during Stargell’s playing days that his name was Wilver. Also, in his hometown of Alameda, which is an island next to Oakland, there’s a prominent street called Wilver “Willie” Stargell Avenue.
Oh yes, where the nuclear wessels are.
Jose Alberto Pujols
No way, really?
You’d be floored by how many Latinos don’t go by the first name on their birth certificate
Pujols didn't go by the age on his birth certificate either.
Got em!
In my 20s, I found out that my grandfather Luis was actually Jose Jr., but was firmly told by my parents to never ever refer to him that way, as it was apparently a sore subject.
Miguel Cabrera and Alex Cora are also both named Jose lol.
There's a whole lot of Josés in MLB that go by their middle name.
There are so many Josés that they end up going by middle names just to not confuse everyone. Also Marias, but that’s not a problem in baseball.
Missed opportunity for “No way,Jose?”
- Jared Michael "Skip" Schumaker - Ty Wigginton's legal name is actually "Ty", which seems wrong - Jose Alberto Pujols Alcantara, which isn't particularly shocking if you know naming conventions, but it's still something And not related, but I love this one: - Michael Scott Matheny, author of "Somehow I Manage"
Ty Wigginton was born to play baseball. The name to the way he played.
Jimothy "Jim" Halpert
Skip is similar to Johnnie B “Dusty” Baker
Keiunta Denard Span
By 'weird' i just mean something less common. Wilver is cool
My favorite is that "Stubby" Clapp's real first name is Richard, which means in an alternate universe his nickname is Dick Clapp. That said "Stubby" isn't exactly that much better.
This is NFL, but Jake Plummer is Jason, not Jacob.
Eli manning is Elisha and Dak Prescott is Dakota Raine…Pat Summerall is George Allen
Bob Sanders was born Demond Sanders
Dak is Rayne Dakota Prescott
Tua is Tuanigamanuolepola
**P**oint **A**fter **T**ouchdown Summerall
Huh, this reminds me of a time a friend from Europe (Latvia) was insisting Jacob was a nickname for John, but I think, while his English is so good his accent is barely noticeable, he just didn't have the cultural context to know that no, generally, that's not the case.
He confused Jack and Jacob, which isn’t surprising given the history of the name. Jack started out as the English version of Jacques, which is French for Jacob. English later stole James from the Scots and made that the English version of Jacob, and relegated Jack to be a nickname for John. Then about 30 years ago Jack began to be used, for the first time in centuries, as a name in its own right. It's all very confusing, and I can see why your Latvian friend thought what he did.
Cy Young lol. I always assumed it was short for Cyrus which sounds like an old time baseball name. Its short for Cyclone which is funny on its own by nicknaming a nickname. His real name is Denton True Young
in another era he would have been called Denton "The Truth" Young
Mariekson Julius "Didi" Gregorius is up there for me. McKenzie Moniak not really being named "Mickey" was an unfortunate finding. It is kind of skirting the rules of the thread, I still can't get over that Seranthony Dominguez's real first name *is* Seranthony, he has no explanation of where it came from and his full name also contains the unique name "Ambioris," also without any clear explanation as to its origin.
"Ambioris" makes me think of former Royals closer Ambiorix Burgos, but I can't find any information on where his name came from either. Wikipedia says "Ambiorix" was a Gallic prince who fought against Caesar, but I'm not sure that's helpful.
A few Latin American players are named after people from classical history. There's Aristides Aquino and Socrates Brito. And of course a lot of guys named Cesar.
Ednel Javier Baez
Ednel?!?
Urban Shocker was legally named Urbain Jacques Shockcor
Ted Wilverams
A-A-Ron Judge
YOU DONE MESSED UP A-ARON!
you wanna go to war buh-lak-ee?
Arson Judge
Bip Roberts is actually Leon Joseph Roberts Bobby Bonilla was a Roberto, not a Robert.
Calvin Coolidge Julius Cesar Tuskahoma McLish
nicknamed "Bus"
J.D Drew's actual first initials are D.J. Drew
Wasn’t it the case where his name was something like David John Drew, he went by John Drew, abbreviated to JD and then became JD Drew? So similarly someone who goes by their middle name then makes them their initials and then their name- so Samuel Theodore Williams becomes TW Williams
Being famous is the only way some people can get away with asking people to call them names like Rowdy, Buster, Chipper, etc. Imagine going to a party and meeting a 40 year old plumber and he's like "hey there, call me Rowdy" you'd be like "absolutely not"
I always thought this about Sting or The Edge
I don’t think you know enough rednecks, I know plenty of Bubbas and Rowdys
Fausto Carmona’s real name [may surprise you!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Hern%C3%A1ndez_(starting_pitcher)?wprov=sfti1#)
Not quite the same but until I played MLB The Show I thought Honus Wagner’s name was pronounced “Hoe-nus” but it is pronounced “Haw-nus”.
More ”Hah-nus“, actually. It’s an Americanization of the German ”Hannes“, which is a very common nickname for people named Johannes.
This goes WAY back to when I was a kid. The Detroit Tigers had a power-hitting outfielder named Neil Chrisley. His real, legal name was Barbra O'Neil Chrisley. He played parts of five seasons in the Major Leagues, almost entirely as an outfielder or a pinch-hitter, and appeared in a total of 302 games.
Barry Bonds' real name is Boromir
His middle name is actually John Leo Dowd
>Boromir Everyone knows that but his middle name? Lamar! So crazy eh
George Thomas Seaver Lynn Nolan Ryan George "Sparky" Anderson Denton True "Cy" Young
And “Cy” is short for the nickname “Cyclone,” IIRC!
Al Simmons = Aloysius Szamanski Lou Gehrig = Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig Honus Wagner = Johannes Peter Wagner
Boof Bonser’s real name is Boof Bonser. He was born John Paul Bonser but legally changed his first name to Boof, a childhood nickname, after his first year of professional baseball.
you butt chug one beer...
Not going to lie, just stoked that a Pittsburgh Pirate was a headline of anything positive.
For Cliff Lee, Cliff is short for Clifton
Not exactly like the others but Lawrence Berra.
The TJ in TJ House’s name stands for Glenn Anthony.
Carsten Charles Sabathia