We've made our mark
by Tom Dakers on Feb 19, 2010 12:04 PM EST
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PrintHowever small a mark it might be. This morning I was reading a piece by Robert MacLeod in the Globe about the holes the Jays still have to fill and near the bottom he listed what he thought the starting rotation would be. In the number 5 slot he has Marc Rzepczynski:
5. Marc Rzepczynski: Known as Scrabble to some of his fans, injuries forced the fast-tracking of this lefty, who skipped all the way from Double-A into the majors last season. He more than held his own, going 2-4 in 11 starts before the Jays shut him down for the year. Along the way, Rzepczynski posted a 3.67 ERA, while striking out 60 in 61 1/3 innings.
See that? "Known as Scrabble to some of his fans". That's us. The nickname invented here. I'd love to take credit for the name but my sketchy memory says we were talking in a game thread about the amount of points (40) his name would be worth in Scrabble and I think it was Torgen who suggested that as a nickname. Anything so I don't have to type Rzepczynski each time we talk about him works for me.
A bit after I read that story Jordan Bastian posted this picture on Twitpic with the caption Lefty Marc "Scrabble" Rzepczynski in the bullpen today."
Now if we can get people calling Travis Snider Moonraker, I can die happy.
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I like the nickname moonraker better then Scrabble
I searched Scrabble in the BBB database
Consider these 13 answers to his comments about JP: Halladay, Romero, Cecil, Marcum, Litsch, McGowan, Janssen, Tallet, Richmond, Purcey, Ray, Mills and Rezepczynski who is tearin’ up AA, Scrabble and Campbell’s Vegetable Soup
This is the first mention of it. It was May 6th, 2009 by Mylegacy
"I've only been in love with a beer bottle and a mirror" - Sid Vicious.
by craig in calgary on Feb 19, 2010 12:31 PM EST reply actions
I blush...
however… as is noted below in this thread…I’m not at all surprised that “several” people have called Marc “Scrabble” independently of each other. It’s not like that nick name is a stretch for him.
However, if a bottle of single malt is to be offered as a prize – I wouldn’t be adverse to attempting to claim it!
Damn, seeing pitchers in shorts makes me hate winter even more....
Stupid Edmonton. Enough of this snow…
"Don't tell me it's impossible. Be honest and tell me you can't do it. Tell me you don't know how."
Snow? Qu'est-ce que c'est?
Plus 6 here.
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"Don't tell me it's impossible. Be honest and tell me you can't do it. Tell me you don't know how."
by wroth91 on Feb 20, 2010 6:14 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Stupid iPhone....
That was supposed to be “Je ne t’aime pas beaucoup maintenant.”
But ya, I hate snow and all the coldness it entails.
"Don't tell me it's impossible. Be honest and tell me you can't do it. Tell me you don't know how."
by wroth91 on Feb 20, 2010 6:15 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Garfoose tweets
Just passed a hurse parked road side, the driver was looking around in the brush near the car… Wonder what he lost….
I’ll drive a really expensive, fast car, really slowly just to add to the irony. Always in the fast lane, blinker on, sporting blueblockers.On my way to florida right now, driving down. Stopped at a WV gas station to wee. Bought some jerky and hunt’n knife from bearded lady.
"I've only been in love with a beer bottle and a mirror" - Sid Vicious.
by craig in calgary on Feb 19, 2010 12:36 PM EST reply actions
What the eff happened to by blockquotes!?!?
"I've only been in love with a beer bottle and a mirror" - Sid Vicious.
by craig in calgary on Feb 19, 2010 12:37 PM EST up reply actions
I had troubles with them the other day....
there was a upgrade around here last week, maybe they tweaked something.
Unfortunately Marc was called Scrabble either in college or when he was in Lansing. Or you came up with it over a year ago and he read it on the net, which is not impossible. He came to NH last spring for the season ticket holder meet & greet and when we asked his nickname he said something to the tune of “zep, marc, anything but scrabble”. I took that to mean it was a nickname he had in Lansing or at college and didn’t like it lol.
by NHfishercatsfan on Feb 19, 2010 1:28 PM EST via mobile reply actions
i think we should abide by his request
Zep it is, for me.
Uhg
It’s the hockey nicknames that kill me. Just shortening the last name or adding a “-sy” to the name does not mean it’s a good nickname. I love nicknames that actually have a story to it, like Doc or Scrabble.
"Don't tell me it's impossible. Be honest and tell me you can't do it. Tell me you don't know how."
by wroth91 on Feb 20, 2010 6:19 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Baseball nicknames used to be much better too
There was a player whose nickname was Death to Flying Things, because of his defensive ability
Not surprised
I did a quiz a little while ago on sporcle.com to see how many famous athletes’ nicknames I could identify and there’s a lot of baseball ones in there. And most are retired players. Maybe 1 or 2 active players.
"Don't tell me it's impossible. Be honest and tell me you can't do it. Tell me you don't know how."
by wroth91 on Feb 20, 2010 11:52 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
my favorite baseball nickname is still "The Old Lady in the Red Cap"
"Look at me! I'm Tomokazu Ohka of the Montreal Expos!"
He is also called Scrabble in a couple of fantasy baseball magazines
Most notably Fantasy baseball Index
Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...
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