The All-Scrabble team
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 28, 2008 11:00 PM PDT
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I've become a bit of a Scrabble enthusiast. I attend a club every Thursday night, and one night my club director mentioned that he'd seen an All-Scrabble football team, where every player's first and last names were both valid Scrabble plays. He mentioned Jerry Rice as an example - JERRY is a term for a Nazi soldier.
So, I endeavored to create a 25-man roster of current major leaguers whose names fit that description. So, when I should have been studying high probablility seven letter words, I-dumps and three-to-make-fours, I put together the All-Scrabble Major League baseball team. Every player's first and last names are valid plays according to the Official Scrabble Club and Tournament Word List, 2nd Edition. Definitions are given when they're not obvious.
Mngr Dusty Baker - Cincinnati Reds
STARTERS
RHP Ben Sheets - Milwaukee Brewers
BEN - [n] an inner room
LHP Cliff Lee - Cleveland Indians
LEE - [n] shelter from the wind
LHP Randy Wolf - Houston Astros
RANDY - [adj] lustful (marked by excessive sexual desire)
RHP John Lackey - Los Angeles Angels
JOHN - [n] a toilet
LACKEY - [v] to act in a servile manner
RHP Jake Peavy - San Diego Padres
JAKE - [adj] all right; fine
PEAVY - [n] peavey (a lever used to move logs)
BULLPEN
LHP Bill Bray - Cincinnati Reds
BRAY - [v] to utter a harsh cry
LHP Chase Wright - New York Yankees
WRIGHT - [n] one who constructs or creates
RHP Scot Shields - Los Angeles Angels
SCOT - [n] a tax
RHP Cory Wade - Los Angeles Dodgers
CORY - [n] a former monetary unit of Guinea
RHP Heath Bell - San Diego Padres
HEATH - [n] an evergreen shrub
RHP Dan Wheeler - Tampa Bay Rays
DAN - [n] a level of skill in martial arts
WHEELER - [n] one that wheels (to convey on wheels)
CL Kerry Wood - Chicago Cubs
KERRY - [n] one of an Irish breed of cattle
INFIELDERS
1B Prince Fielder - Milwaukee Brewers
FIELDER - [n] one that catches or picks up a ball in play
1B Brad Nelson - Milwaukee Brewers
BRAD - [n] to fasten with thin nails
NELSON - [n] a wrestling hold
2B Kelly Johnson - Atlanta Braves
KELLY - [n] a bright green color
JOHNSON - [n] the penis (usually considered vulgar)
2B/SS/3B Nick Punto - Minnesota Twins
NICK - [v] to make a shallow cut in
PUNTO - [n] a hit or thrust in fencing
SS/3B Chipper Jones - Atlanta Braves
CHIPPER - [v] to chirp (to utter a short, shrill sound)
JONES - [v] to have a strong craving for something
3B Josh Fields - Chicago White Sox
JOSH - [v] to tease (to make fun of)
OUTFIELDERS
LF Buck Coats - Toronto Blue Jays
BUCK - [v] to leap forward and upward suddenly
CF Coco Crisp - Boston Red Sox
COCO - [n] a tall palm tree
CF Matt Kemp - Los Angeles Dodgers
MATT - [v] to matte
KEMP - [n] a champion
LF/RF Matt Stairs - Philadelphia Phillies
LF/RF Nick Swisher - Chicago White Sox
SWISHER - [n] one that swishes (to move with a prolonged hissing sound)
CATCHERS
C Toby Hall - Chicago White Sox
TOBY - [n] a type of drinking mug
C John Baker - Florida Marlins
As an aside, the only current All-Scrabble Giants player is Matt Cain - CAIN is defined as "kain (a tax paid in produce or livestock)." I left him off the roster mainly to avoid redundancy - I already had Matt Kemp amd Matt Stairs, and I couldn't leave them off because I was really hurting for outfielders.
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I’ll never again be able to hear Kelly Johnson introduced without snickering.
Scott McClain: Great story, no place on the 2009 Giants.
by EliminateMe on Oct 28, 2008 11:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
Kelly’s a girl’s name! Hilarious!
Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com. It's not being updated right now. Hope for more at your own risk.
by groug on Oct 28, 2008 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now batting
Braves 2nd baseman, #2…Bright Green Penis!
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 29, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who Did Randy Johnson Not Make This Team?
RANDY – [adj] lustful (marked by excessive sexual desire)
JOHNSON – [n] the penis (usually considered vulgar)
by giantsrainman on Oct 28, 2008 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was about to ask this same question!!!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Oct 29, 2008 7:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What to make of Randy Messenger…. ????
by aGIANTfan on Oct 29, 2008 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is a pretty jake list you’ve made. But I’ve seen jaker.
Me lose brain? Uh oh.
by neurofarm on Oct 29, 2008 7:35 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m going to shove you in some qat for this.
Ni!
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by WalrusMan on Oct 29, 2008 8:57 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
NI is not a valid play
Oddly enough, every other two-letter word involving an N and a vowel is valid. AN, NA, EN, NE, IN, ON, NO, UN and NU are all good, but NI is not.
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum" = TENSE, CLIMACTIC, TRIUMPHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 29, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
NOOOOOO NOT AGAIN!!!!
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by WalrusMan on Oct 29, 2008 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll Help Out...
John,
Start Here
My adopted son Matt Downs. Lost in the wilderness of mediocrity.
by nvsfg on Oct 29, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Martin Moment!
You even commented in that thread John!
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by WalrusMan on Oct 29, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
“WE ARE THE KNIGHTS THAT SAY…”
"Ain't got a hope in Hell - that's my belief." - Bon Scott
by victor frankenstein on Oct 29, 2008 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I missed that exchange in that other thread.
However, I totally got the “Ni!” reference in this one. I just felt compelled to mention that it’s an invalid play nonetheless. I thought maybe it would be good in the international word list, but it isn’t valid there either.
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum" = TENSE, CLIMACTIC, TRIUMPHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 29, 2008 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Awesome List
My adopted son Matt Downs. Lost in the wilderness of mediocrity.
by nvsfg on Oct 29, 2008 9:10 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Keep in mind that that lookup tool uses the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, which is different from the club and tournament list. The OSPD leaves out all the profanities and offensive terms, so JOHNSON is, therefore, not in it.
The OSPD is mainly for casual home use. They had to create different dictionaries because people were offended. For example, the OSPD used to define the word JEW as verb meaning “to bargain” – and some Holocaust survivor just went apeshit.
By the way, APESHIT is not valid in the club list. However, DIPSHIT, HORSESHIT and CHICKENSHIT are.
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum" = TENSE, CLIMACTIC, TRIUMPHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 29, 2008 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and BULLSHIT too. Duh.
Anagram of "Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum" = TENSE, CLIMACTIC, TRIUMPHING
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 29, 2008 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dick Pole.
ZIPS: Milledge: 466 HR, 485 2B, 2282 hits, 278-379-524
by rfloh on Oct 29, 2008 9:40 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
ty cob
willie maize
damn this is corny
"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."
by i did my job on Oct 29, 2008 10:39 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Brad Hennessey
Brad – to fasten with thin nails
Hennessey – Alcoholic beverage that you want to consume after watching this guy pitch
John Bowker
John – toilet
Bowker – inability to play 1B or lay off high fastballs
by NeifiChicken on Oct 29, 2008 10:51 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Bobby Bonds
Bobby – English term for policeman
Bonds – nostocksjust……
Am I mad, in a coma, or back in time? Whatever's happened, it's like I've landed on a different planet. Now, maybe if I can work out the reason, I can get home.
by Lyle on Oct 29, 2008 4:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
HOF team (nicknames of note in parentheses)
C Bill Dickey, Johnny Bench
1b Frank Chance, Bill Terry
2b Joe Morgan, Nellie Fox
3b Frank Baker
ss Joe Tinker
OF: Mickey Mantle, Harry Hooper, “Babe” Ruth (Cool Papa Bell)
P: Bob Feller, Bob Gibson, Bob Lemon (Catfish Hunter, Dizzy Dean, Lefty Grove)
Honorable mention to Al Kaline, played as a single word.
by jae on Oct 29, 2008 5:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
DAMN,
this is nerdy. Pretty swank.
I always get to these things like 17 days later.
Still-proud, adoptive mama of Notgardo Alfonzo, who's back from the 50-game purgatory. He promises never to do it again. I couldn't get him to promise to hit, though. We're working on that with bribes of M&Ms, kind of like potty training.
by tk on Oct 30, 2008 8:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Bestest Scrabble play
I once scored 121 points by playing the word ‘HAMBONE’ on the upper left Triple Word Score, with the ‘O’ combining with the already played ‘ZONE’ to create ‘OZONE’. All tiles used. Triple word. 121 points.
By the way, didn’t some guy score nearly 800 points in a game a few years back to set a record? If I remember correctly, it was some guy who worked in the trades…not sure if it was Joe the Plumber.
by biff pocoroba on Oct 31, 2008 9:00 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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