Mt. Everidge has got around. What should the consensus nickname be?
by OmahaHi on Aug 25, 2009 5:19 AM PDT
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I was reading the A's official site when I came across this
Mt. Everidge making a name for himself.
Did this possibly come from here?
AN comments on july 28th and Aug 4th
I did think of that nickname on July 28th, but I can't say if anyone else used it in print prior to that. If no one can prove otherwise, I just may have to take the credit for that particular one Mr. Urban.
I have heard of a rumor that someone is doing a revamp of AN terms " time to update ANcillary terms?" and want to see what the accepted nickname should be for him. Feel free to throw out some new nicknames for the other rookies and see if we can get some consensus before the next update.
I have looked over the nicknames used for Everidge and tried to get most of them in this poll- There are a lot of good nicknames so I grouped a few together.
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Thomas the Tank Engine
Oh, but if I catch a line drive by a girl, that’s girl-on-girl action, the twiceness is eliminated, and it just counts once - gigglingone
How about "Thomas the Replacement-Level Engine"?
"To tell the truth, I'm not excited to go to Cleveland, but we have to. If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited going to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face, because I'm lying" - Ichiro
by Philip Christy on Aug 25, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I vote for this
Cause with a “think I can think I can” attitude, who knows, he might do more… and probably not.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
"Guy who doesn't hit good enough for the big leagues"
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Literalist
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I vote for this one.
Or “Replacement Level Slop” works for me too.
You do that and pretty soon your world turns into some kind of crazy postmodernist dystopian nightmare where nothing is actually true anymore. - Paul Thomas
by designatedforassignment on Aug 25, 2009 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions
usually not that guy, but
that was unnecessary. the guy is playing in the big leagues.
"If you hit .440 with 20 bombs, you don't have to do s---. You don't have to bring a glove to practice, just hit and leave whenever you want. You can bring a 40 and smoke a cigarette and call me from the parking lot asking me what time the game is, and I'll tell you. You can even say 'F--- you, Steve!' Actually, don't say that, that wouldn't be very nice." -Steve Friend, Head Coach, Chabot College Gladiators Baseball
Fair point
I mean the guy is infinitely better than I am at baseball, that being said the amount of love he gets around here and from people like Urban is completely disproportionate to his talent level.
You do that and pretty soon your world turns into some kind of crazy postmodernist dystopian nightmare where nothing is actually true anymore. - Paul Thomas
by designatedforassignment on Aug 25, 2009 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
agreed 100%
and i probably should have just stopped here instead of posting below as well.
"If you hit .440 with 20 bombs, you don't have to do s---. You don't have to bring a glove to practice, just hit and leave whenever you want. You can bring a 40 and smoke a cigarette and call me from the parking lot asking me what time the game is, and I'll tell you. You can even say 'F--- you, Steve!' Actually, don't say that, that wouldn't be very nice." -Steve Friend, Head Coach, Chabot College Gladiators Baseball
The slop part was over the top but Tommy "Replacement Level" Everidge still works for me.
You do that and pretty soon your world turns into some kind of crazy postmodernist dystopian nightmare where nothing is actually true anymore. - Paul Thomas
by designatedforassignment on Aug 25, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
OOOOH, I like that one.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
Hi ZF31!
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by WaddellCanseco on Aug 25, 2009 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Welcome back
You were missed.
You do that and pretty soon your world turns into some kind of crazy postmodernist dystopian nightmare where nothing is actually true anymore. - Paul Thomas
by designatedforassignment on Aug 25, 2009 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks.
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Aug 25, 2009 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Youre one of my all time favorite posters hopefully you stay back
Ive been trying to create more stat friendly content, and I hope to get your feedback.
You do that and pretty soon your world turns into some kind of crazy postmodernist dystopian nightmare where nothing is actually true anymore. - Paul Thomas
by designatedforassignment on Aug 25, 2009 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Tommy Average nicknames...
choose one:
Wes Bankston or
Jeff Baisley
He’s not good enough to have a nickname
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Aug 25, 2009 8:27 AM PDT reply actions
geez
i know everidge isn’t an all-star, or probably an acceptable everyday player, but some people seriously need to get over themselves here. say what you want about “replacement level slop” or “guy who doesn’t hit good enough for the big leagues” or whatever, but put it in perspective: he’s still playing baseball in the major leagues, and you aren’t.
/rant
"If you hit .440 with 20 bombs, you don't have to do s---. You don't have to bring a glove to practice, just hit and leave whenever you want. You can bring a 40 and smoke a cigarette and call me from the parking lot asking me what time the game is, and I'll tell you. You can even say 'F--- you, Steve!' Actually, don't say that, that wouldn't be very nice." -Steve Friend, Head Coach, Chabot College Gladiators Baseball
Do you have a point at all, or no?
Because last I checked, I never claimed to be a better player than Everidge. In case you give a shit, my career ended my sophomore year in high school — however I still play soccer to this day, and barring a quad problem my first year in college I’d have probably been able to at least play a couple seasons in MLS. Big whoop.
So anyway, would you care to explain what my not being a big league baseball player has to do with Everidge not being a good hitter?
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
well my point was up the page a little bit
and i probably shouldn’t have grouped you in with DFA’s comment…i thought theirs was a bit much and kinda just added yours in, which wasn’t even that bad at second look. probably should have just posted the first one and not the second.
and yeah, that’s cool to know about your soccer career, i’m impressed. as a college athlete myself, i can respect that.
"If you hit .440 with 20 bombs, you don't have to do s---. You don't have to bring a glove to practice, just hit and leave whenever you want. You can bring a 40 and smoke a cigarette and call me from the parking lot asking me what time the game is, and I'll tell you. You can even say 'F--- you, Steve!' Actually, don't say that, that wouldn't be very nice." -Steve Friend, Head Coach, Chabot College Gladiators Baseball
Sweet. We can hug it out later.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
deal
"If you hit .440 with 20 bombs, you don't have to do s---. You don't have to bring a glove to practice, just hit and leave whenever you want. You can bring a 40 and smoke a cigarette and call me from the parking lot asking me what time the game is, and I'll tell you. You can even say 'F--- you, Steve!' Actually, don't say that, that wouldn't be very nice." -Steve Friend, Head Coach, Chabot College Gladiators Baseball
i am not quite as fired up as mikev, but...
if nobody was allowed to post anything derogatory about a player who is a better baseball player than the poster, this site would be pretty empty. i don’t need to be a better baseball player than tommy everidge to point out the fact that he’s really not that great as a starter on a major league team.
see reply to mikev
"If you hit .440 with 20 bombs, you don't have to do s---. You don't have to bring a glove to practice, just hit and leave whenever you want. You can bring a 40 and smoke a cigarette and call me from the parking lot asking me what time the game is, and I'll tell you. You can even say 'F--- you, Steve!' Actually, don't say that, that wouldn't be very nice." -Steve Friend, Head Coach, Chabot College Gladiators Baseball
Should we hold off on saying our thoughts about Eveland? Giese? Casilla? Crosby?
They’re not good. They suck. What’s the point of making talent comparisons if we have to compare them to me? Sure, they’re all fantastic compared to me, but does anyone care? We compare players to league averages. To replacement level. Not me level.
And in case you’re going for the disrespectful angle, “guy who doesn’t hit good enough for the big leagues” isn’t exactly derogatory. I can’t think of a better way of saying he doesn’t hit good enough for the big leagues.
Personally, I see him as a "Donnie Murphy" type of hitter
I think if he were a strict platoon player he could do ok as a major league hitter, but he’ll bat against RHP enough that he’ll put up meh numbers overall. Not that a right-handed platoon hitter who doesn’t field well and can’t run well is all that valuable, mind you. He’s basically “Nomar now” without ever being “Nomar then.”
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
and less brittle
"If you hit .440 with 20 bombs, you don't have to do s---. You don't have to bring a glove to practice, just hit and leave whenever you want. You can bring a 40 and smoke a cigarette and call me from the parking lot asking me what time the game is, and I'll tell you. You can even say 'F--- you, Steve!' Actually, don't say that, that wouldn't be very nice." -Steve Friend, Head Coach, Chabot College Gladiators Baseball
in my comment
i know everidge isn’t an all-star, or probably an acceptable everyday player
and see my reply to mikev above.
"If you hit .440 with 20 bombs, you don't have to do s---. You don't have to bring a glove to practice, just hit and leave whenever you want. You can bring a 40 and smoke a cigarette and call me from the parking lot asking me what time the game is, and I'll tell you. You can even say 'F--- you, Steve!' Actually, don't say that, that wouldn't be very nice." -Steve Friend, Head Coach, Chabot College Gladiators Baseball
sheesh, let's throw them all under the bus.
Eveland, I’m prettier and have a much more acceptable waistline.
Giese. I could throw more outs than that guy.
Casilla. I never lied about my age to get a job.
Crosby. I never needed my dad to sell me out to a newspaper to get sympathy.
still Swish Fan #1.
Everidge is too fat to run the bases. I get tried of seeing supposedly big league players not caring enough about their job. He needs to lose some wait. O ne night the A’s batted Cust, Powell and Everidge back to back.Sure, any given night one of them may hit it out, but, when we really need to push a run across it’s hard to do with a" lot of lard asses."
ANYTHING except Tommy Time
Within a few days of hearing Kuiper and Fosse overuse it, I was wishing I’d never see or hear it again.
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+!. They just need to stop. Fosse is cool but Kuiper is atrocious. Fire him already.
by 33SwisherSweet on Aug 25, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Kuiper makes Fosse bad
Kuiper’s knowledge and basic PxP skills are so horrible it basically forces Fosse to pick up the slack he’s not capable of.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
I like Fosse on TV
because it keeps him off the radio.
You do that and pretty soon your world turns into some kind of crazy postmodernist dystopian nightmare where nothing is actually true anymore. - Paul Thomas
by designatedforassignment on Aug 25, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Excellent point.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
I remember
Fosse doing play by play on radio a couple years ago because Ken was sick.
My ears began to bleed.
"Chicks dig the long ball, although fat chicks will settle for warning track power" - Nick Diamond
Yep, me too, from that perspective
Ken Korach is the last vestige of any portal to the soul of Bill King. I don’t like Ray homering it up while Ken is trying to call the game and such.
+1, jeffro
It’s fairly fashionable on AN to praise Fosse — which is fine, strictly from a “he’s our Foss” POV — and to criticize Krukow, but from where I sit (naked, atop the Sears tower) Krukow actually offers some insights every game (no I don’t like his stupid scribbling fans out or “sit down, meat”), is objective about calls and plays that go for/against the Giants, and doesn’t conduct the worst interviews you could possibly imagine. Fosse may be “our guy” but he’s pretty bad at his job, IMO.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Concur
My favorites are the question segments they do every game where they clearly have no idea what the answer is so they praise the person who wrote in and talk about ice cream.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
Yep. Fosse's slipped a lot
He’s almost unbearable to me now.
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But how unbearable is it,
knowing that he’s had 30 years to figure out what an actual question is, but yet he still feeds statements to interviewees for them to repeat his idea?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Why is a color guy asking the questions?
I’ve always thought the color guy brought in expert info, not actually lead conversations, interviews, tell us what just happened that we just watched and was reported incorrectly during the first pass (“waaaay back, way back, oh never came close to the wall”). To me, you get a guy doing the pxp that doesn’t have to rely so much on Fosse, and he’s a lot better. Kuiper’s complete lack of knowledge about the game forces Fosse to fill in the gaps and/or talk way too much.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
It is no longer the Sears tower, but the Willis Tower now
Is it really as windy as I imagine up there?
I like sit down, Meat, but otherwise agree that Fosse is terrible, though better than what a lot of other teams have.
You do that and pretty soon your world turns into some kind of crazy postmodernist dystopian nightmare where nothing is actually true anymore. - Paul Thomas
by designatedforassignment on Aug 25, 2009 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Whatchoo talkin' 'bout?
(I saw that news too, but it will always be Sears Tower to me)
The Oakland A's: Pissing off fathers of disappointing baseball players who still managed
to be better than their dads (charter club members: Tom Grieve & Ed Crosby)
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Yeah for sure
For me it will always be stop number two in Faris Bueler’s Day Off
You do that and pretty soon your world turns into some kind of crazy postmodernist dystopian nightmare where nothing is actually true anymore. - Paul Thomas
by designatedforassignment on Aug 25, 2009 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think Fosse ever recovered from
that blow Pete Rose delivered to him.
"Surely these gents are talking about the dashing rookie campaign of southpaw Jamie Moyer. Now, that cat is on the up and up." JLaff, in 1929.
I agree
what a dickhead thing to do by Pete Rose
You do that and pretty soon your world turns into some kind of crazy postmodernist dystopian nightmare where nothing is actually true anymore. - Paul Thomas
by designatedforassignment on Aug 25, 2009 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't even understand "Tommy Time"
Is that a movie reference or something?
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
i think its like its "bed" time or "lunch" time
"Gratuitous gesticulating together sounds even better"
Can't you just imagine
Powell behind the plate, Everidge at first, Wallace at third, Cust at DH…we could be the All Krispy Kreme Dream Team!
"Tonto think Billy Beane need to make team full of squirrels and bears."
Speaking of nicknames, someone should tell the Chronicle and CSN
that despite their most admirable efforts, “Boom Boom Bailey” just ain’t happening. Sorry.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I think the problem there is
Springer started that nickname, and the rest of the relievers ran with it. Nicknames the actual players use in the clubhouse tend to catch on (see: that Panda across the Bay, thanks to Zito), despite the fans’ best efforts to come up with more creative stuff.
Outman, fighter of the Hitman, champion of the K, he's a master of scoreless innings and friendship for everyone.
by walk off bunt on Aug 25, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Tommy Sticks
I like it. If you don’t…than to hell with ya.
These ain't your father's A's.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 25, 2009 1:04 PM PDT reply actions
How about...
Tommy Tutone .220.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Tommy Mendoza
Because that’s the direction he’s headed in the bigs.
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Tommy "Matt Watson who got a chance" Everidge.
Quite a mouthful but I like it.
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
Matt Watson has defensive value, silly
so that clearly doesn’t work
You do that and pretty soon your world turns into some kind of crazy postmodernist dystopian nightmare where nothing is actually true anymore. - Paul Thomas
by designatedforassignment on Aug 25, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Irrelevant.
Everidge earns bonus points because he looks like a hitter!
"We were shit, pathetic," Guillen growled early in spring training. "We hit too many home runs."
by lenscrafters on Aug 25, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
You get extra points for picking several comments I replied to
You do that and pretty soon your world turns into some kind of crazy postmodernist dystopian nightmare where nothing is actually true anymore. - Paul Thomas
by designatedforassignment on Aug 25, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
can I take any credit for Tommy Time?
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2009/8/1/972497/a-hill-beats-cahill-in-a-game#19109073
I’d like to think it was my idea, anyway… maybe a bunch of us thought of it at once, who knows?
Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?
the more i think on it
the more I think Mount Everidge is a better nickname, but “TOM-MY TIME!!” is what the crowd ought to be chanting whenever TE comes up in a big situation with guys on base.
Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?
by emperor nobody on Aug 25, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Is that because getting his wOBA up to league average would be as difficult as summiting Everest?
You do that and pretty soon your world turns into some kind of crazy postmodernist dystopian nightmare where nothing is actually true anymore. - Paul Thomas
by designatedforassignment on Aug 25, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
it looks like the first "Tommy Time" use was July 28th by OldhamA
"Gratuitous gesticulating together sounds even better"
I'm not going to waste my precious time coming up for a nickname for a player
so below everidge.
by sirbed on Aug 25, 2009 4:06 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
*applause*
"Chicks dig the long ball, although fat chicks will settle for warning track power" - Nick Diamond
Only one possibility: Tommy Boy!
It came to me the first time I saw him up at bat. Not a knock on his intelligence, mind you— it just suits his, er, other characteristics. The movie tagline even suits the A’s this year: “If at first you don’t succeed, lower your standards.”
Can I be Mrs. Mt Everidge :)
"I am Jack's inability to cleanly field a ball." ~Leopold Bloom
by athleticsgirl24 on Aug 26, 2009 12:27 PM PDT reply actions
Betting Everidge
Said with a Russian accent.
HT- monkeyball
m*****f***ing c***s***ing peanut butter and jelly!! f*** f*** f***!!!
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