PosterNutbag44 at #1.

I hope you enjoyed compiling the list.

My standards are a little more strict.  The only usernames that make me smile a little are

FreeSeatUpgrade and Joses bathroom buddy.

Other than those, it's all nomenclature, mine included...

el campysino

afansnotes

where did mcbronsh go?

and I didn't even know there was a competition. I feel like the Tampa Bay Devil Rays....

YouSunkMyBlankenship

I see that the username "Grumpy AN User" is still available.

I dunno, but Oaktoon was pretty famous.  And, I would have included monkeyball and GnGGirl, too.

is beaneandnothingness -- I met her at AN Day 2, I think, but I haven't seen her posting in a long while.

I'd forgotten about joses bathroom buddy, I love that name.  harenshair makes me laugh, too, because Haren's hair looks like it could post on its own.  And FrankThomasHasHugeLegs, because, well, he does.

Pshaw.

Aw, shucks.

LongLiveLangerhans

Reginald Stephen Shipp Bixby
almost reggie (just like the name suggests...the guy was almost named Reggie or something)

Cross yourself off the honorable mention list, lol.  "Reg" does nothing for me...has to be part of reggie or reginald.

I like the pairs/groups of usernames that I easily confuse...off the top of my head, there's "mdl" and "mkt", there's "fadedash" and "fade2night", "BruceBochte" and "BruceBochteBiyatches", both of whom have made appearances in this diary...there's "Rickeyfan" and "RickeySteals" (definitely the most easily confused...and there used to be "RunRickeyRun" too, but he must have turned into a San Diego Surf Dawg fan or something), "Rob", "Robb", and the little-known "white rob" (special HOF vote for the last one), "Dan" and "Danny", and of course "Cutthemullet" and "Gene Nelson's Mullet."  You've got the two well-known Moneyball reference handles, pickinmachine and notsellingjeans (all we need is a Milo and the most legendary Moneyball quotes will be represented).  While on the subject, can't forget monkeyball.  Oh, and lastly for the pairs, how about the name that has a pair built in, "kimnjerry."  Which if read incorrectly could also be confused with "Ice Cream", I suppose.

There's a lot of people that have names along the lines of ___________A'sFan, saying whatever location they're from.  Some people claimed entire states this way...IndianaA'sFan, GreenAndGoldSooner, NorthDakotaA'sFan (I think).  But then there's just "Nebraska."  I always found that name pretty funny...would anyone post under the name "California?"  Jay Witasick came closest when he showed up poorly disguised as "californiagirl"...maybe if Flea or Anthony Kiedis were members of AN...but no one else thought their state could stand alone as a user name.  I have to induct Nebraska into my HOF for that ballsy move.

rfloh just looks awesome, I have no idea what it means.  It makes me think of the beyond stupid "ROFLMAO", though, so I'm going to let the veteran's committee issue the verdict there.

Cool confusing pairs aside, I don't like that some people apparently drew such a mental blank when confronted with the AN registration screen that they just used their names...c'mon, Nate/Gerard, that's lazy.  I expect better of you, Jennifer/Sharon/Larry E/every other person who has a name like this.  Sal's borderline, at least you're left guessing about the significance of the number.  Blez too...shortening his last name, maybe acceptable.  

I actually like The Dogfather, because sometimes I read it as a takeoff of The Godfather, other times of The "Blogfather".    

"jrbh" is only good because it reminds me of The Oaktoon Before Oaktoon...poster formerly known as Jeff Beresford-Howe.  I remember when I first stumbled on AN, reading that guy's posts the most, thinking, wow, this guy has no life, posting this much on here...three years later, I'm that same guy posting on AN with no life!  Well, not quite the same guy, luckily I don't think I've pissed people off to the point where I'm considering suicide ie a move to Davenport, Iowa (lol, that was great stuff).  After I finally submit this post, I might have to read through the comments of the first diary I posted on AN, so I can rehash the great argument between jrbh and I about how to define a "career year."  devo and others were arguing with him, too, but they were railing against his siding with Ray Ratto in seeing the A's as Royals-esque.

Yeah, that about wraps it up...well, I'll add more if I think of any that I'd put on my HOF ballot.  I'm glad to be on the first ballot...I'll take a plaque in Chico over one in Cooperstown any day.    

McFood, monkeyball, and Duke of Left Field have been my faves. Any time I see McFood I think of Groundskeeper Willie. monkeyball's cool because it's not only a play on the book title, but also a successful video game franchise.

I just realized that reztips is spitzer backwards.

And is it fade dash or faded ash?

of all time is "apricot."  Least favorite (no offense to the user) is "suck my moneyballs."

though I fear everyone's always laughed at my homely moniker.  

What a great diary! I can't believe I totally missed it until today.

A couple of my faves I haven't seen mentioned:

Dr. Pez
Zonis
and the short lived, completely inappropriate and tastelessy offensive slam at ohad, which was "homohad", because of his flimsy excuse that his real name was Homer Ohad-something-or-other.

team honorable mention? ok. i'll change my an user name to blue moon and mudcat too. hof si?