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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