Snow day
Posted by Andy on March 2, 2009
As many of us sit under massive piles of snow, here are a few players for you to consider:
But perhaps the best name for these conditions is Slick Castleman, who describes both the road conditions and something you might build out of snow.
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:28 am
Probably none of those players saw much snow growing up.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:21 pm
How about this Inclement Weather lineup:
C - Grover "Slick" Hartley (1911-1934)
1B - J.T. Snow (1992 - present)
2B - Tim Flood (1899 - 1903)
3B - John Rainey (1887-1890)
SS - Larry Raines (1957 - 1958)
OF - Gerald "Ice" Williams (1992 - 2005)
Fred "Snow" Snodgrass (1908 - 1916)
Roy "Stormy" Weatherly (1936 - 1950)
DH - Matt Winters (1989)
SP - Elton "Icebox" Chamberlain (1886 - 1896) or Storm Davis (1982 - 1994)
RP - Steve Rain (1999 - 2000)
Mgr - Mike "the Human Rain Delay" Hargrove
PH/Bench:
Icehouse Wilson (1 AB, 1934)
Charlie Snow (1 AB, 1874)
"Stormin'" Norman Cash (1958 - 1974)
Bob "Hurricane" Hazle (1955 - 1958)
Curt Flood (1957 - 1971)
Lou "Slick" Johnson (1960 - 1969)
Special Father-Son entry: Tim Raines (1979 - 2002) & Tim Raines Jr. (2001 - 2004)
Reserve Starters:
George Winter (1901 - 1908)
Chuck Rainey (1979 - 1984)
Clint "the Hondo Hurricane" Hartung (1947 - 1950)
Slick Castleman (1934 - 1939)
Whitey "Slick" Ford (1950 - 1967)
Bullpen:
Jesse Winters (1919 - 1923)
Clarence Winters (1924)
Slick Coffman (1937 - 1940)
Slicker Parks (1921)
"Coffman is Slick, but Parks is Slicker"
I realize that Larry Raines played more games at 3B than SS, likewise John Rainey played more OF than 3B, but there are very few (i.e. none) shortstops / middle infielders with good weathery names or nicknames. Maybe we could start referring to Troy "the Human Icile" Tulowitzki or something...
My personal favorite two-fer is Roy "Stormy" Weatherly, though I suspect that he acquired his nickname becauuse of his last name.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Wow, great job tom!