Fun with Wikipedia
by redhornet78 on Jul 1, 2009 1:14 PM PDT
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I have about an hour to kill at work and wanted to see in what town Timmy was born (Bellevue), and i realized there are some fun facts about our boys in the wacky pages of Wikipedia. Here is a list of our 25 man roster with whatever's the funnest fact i could find about them from just their Wiki entry. I tried to avoid the obvious stuff, but how many of these are new to you?
in order by jersey number, because, um...
- Bengie - "played shortstop for Arizona Western College"
- Dwight Winn - "On October 3, 1999, he hit an inside-the-park grand slam against the New York Yankees. No player has hit one since."
- Juan "Scrunchy Face" Uribe - "Uribe has ... three children: Juan Luis, Juanny, and Janny"
- Ishi - "person life married michelle" (this part is written just like this and hidden at the very bottom of his page)
- Nate - "He is one of few baseball players to bat without batting gloves."
- Flewis - "He is the cousin of former major league outfielder Matt Lawton."
- Edgar R. - "is one of only three players to be the last hitter of two World Series"
- Matty C - "graduated from Houston High School in Germantown, Tennessee, where he earned the nickname Big Sugar"
- Eli W- "MLB Debut: July 5, 2005 for the Baltimore Orioles"
- Scott Rowand - "is the first cousin of Tampa Bay Rays pitcher James Shields."
- Matt Downs - "born March 19, 1984 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama"
- B. Wilson - "recorded saves in 24 consecutive save opportunities between May 2, 2008 and August 20, 2008"
- Affeldt - "he had half of the nail surgically removed after the 2003 season"
- Justin Miller - "in 2004, Major League Baseball established a rule that forced Miller to wear long sleeves whenever he played."..."I don't know," he laughed. "They just said it's the 'Justin Miller rule.'""
- Howry - "is one of four pitchers who have pitched in at least 70 games each of the four seasons from 2004-08"
- Snatchwig - "When Valdez was first traded to the Giants, he went by the name Manny Mateo. While in his first year with the organization, however, his real name and real age (nine months older than he previously claimed) were revealed"
- Panda - "Sandoval himself characterized his approach as: "See ball, swing."
- RJ - "During batting practice in 1988, the 6'10" Johnson, then with the Montreal Expos, collided head-first with outfielder Tim Raines, prompting his teammate to exclaim, "You're a big unit!""
- Medders - "born January 26, 1980 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama"
- Romo - "In 2005 he was the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year."
- Timmy - "Lance Berkman offered his view of Lincecum: "He's got as good of stuff as I've ever seen. ... He's got three almost unhittable pitches.""
- Sadowski - Categories: Polish-American sportspeople
- Dirty Sanchez - "becoming the 3rd player from Sabana Grande, PR to reach the Major Leagues and the 1st pitcher (Jose Vidro, Robinson Cancel)"
- Torres - "On June 15th, 2009, Torres hit the 48th Splash Hit at AT&T Park."
- Zito - "His uncle is TV's Patrick Duffy"
- Bochy (Bonus) - "is known for having one of the largest cap sizes in Major League Baseball at 8 3/4. When he joined the Mets in 1982, they did not have a batting helmet that would fit him, and they had to send the ones he was using in the minors."
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Nephew of Patrick Duffy?
That’s hilarious.
I like cats. Wings is the greatest show of all time.
Tyler Graham is my favorite San Jose Giant because he has smart balls.
by Norm Median on Jul 1, 2009 1:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
"TV's" Patrick Duffy
as opposed to “The Heritage Foundation’s” Patrick Duffy.
by VidaWantsYourCar on Jul 1, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Zito’s uncle is Scuzzlebutt’s leg?
Duane Kuiper: Hall Of Fame broadcaster.
by Johnny Disaster on Jul 1, 2009 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did the police ever question Zito in regards to the J.R. shooting?
by biff pocoroba on Jul 2, 2009 7:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was all a dream. Just like Zito’s Sigh Yung season.
Poor Zito, he had to wake up to find his uncle showering in his bathroom.
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 2, 2009 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
not the first time that happened, either…
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 2, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Holy Shit. I know he has a big head, but 8 3/4? That has to be a Wikipedia mistake.
by out machine on Jul 1, 2009 1:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
No, I’m pretty sure it’s correct. He still has to get his hats custom made to this day and I know they make up to size 8 in the stores.
by deuce deuce on Jul 1, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve seen 8 3/4 listed as his hat size before. I wear 7 5/8 myself, so that doesn’t seem improbably big to me.
I think I’m the one who added the tidbit about Merkin “Manny Mateo” Valdez to Wikipedia. There are also several Giants-related Wikipedia articles I created, although I did so in very lazy fashion.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
by jcb9 on Jul 1, 2009 1:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
/checking
I first created the Wikipedia articles for Brian Sabean, Randy Winn, Hank Greenwald, Mark Davis, Mark Gardner, Scott Munter, and Madison Bumgarner.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
by jcb9 on Jul 1, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i, and book report writers everywhere,
thank you.
Dodgers fans eat their young.
by redhornet78 on Jul 1, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As official Randy Winn author, you should add that he has a brother that played baseball for Santa Clara too. Wikipedia can never have enough useless facts :-)
by m34josh on Jul 1, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
his brother didn’t really play
We're all basically Pedro Feliz.
by SF Pete on Jul 1, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Goofus sugessted this in the nicknames thread a couple of days ago.
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
by nvsfg on Jul 1, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the funnest fact about Matt Downs is that he was born
other than that, total stiff.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 1, 2009 1:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey ! That’s my son you’re talking about.
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
by nvsfg on Jul 1, 2009 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
get him a hobby, man.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 2, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Downs is a cabinet maker in the offseason.
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006, and bringing you all your California League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 1, 2009 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tuscaloosa
I imagine that he and Medders knew each other, growing up in the same town.
by biff pocoroba on Jul 2, 2009 7:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Juan “Scrunchy Face” Uribe – “Uribe has … three children: Juan Luis, Juanny, and Janny”
Does this man have any redeeming qualities?
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at second.
by marcello on Jul 1, 2009 2:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
At least those names aren’t as bad as the name of former Giant Deion Sanders’s daughter – Deiondra.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
by jcb9 on Jul 1, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or Jermaine Jackson’s kid’s name: Jermajesty
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jul 1, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
or George Foreman and his five sons
George Jr., George III, George IV, George V, and George VI.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 1, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not a bully, but I would’ve teased that girl so bad in school.
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
McCC = McClain Chronicles
by Useful_Idiot on Jul 2, 2009 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No.
Still in despair.
BRING BACK MARMOL!
konakona:「つかさに教われと...なんか非常に負けたような気がする。」
Shun Kakazu: MOAR JAPANESE PROSPECTS PLZ
by Zetsuboushita on Jul 1, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He tried to kill a man?
THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Jul 1, 2009 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
TOO SOON.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
by jcb9 on Jul 1, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good stuff
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
by ResDog on Jul 1, 2009 2:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Recommended
Not bad for an hour
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
by hairball on Jul 1, 2009 2:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Bengie played SS?
What was this, a beer softball league?
Jonathan Sanchez. He's left-handed, like Barry Zito. His fastball breaks 80, unlike Zito.
by Aadik on Jul 1, 2009 3:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
sandwich supervisor?
steak swallower?
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Jul 1, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sausage Sampler
Insanity is just a state of mind.
by giants9107 on Jul 1, 2009 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Squatty Squatter
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
We are at war with Los Angeles. We have always been at war with Los Angeles.
Lowering the Quality of Internet Discourse Since 1985™
by S.F. Giangst on Jul 2, 2009 12:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
From Mad Bum's wikipedia page
He is best friends with Tim Lincecum.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
by thehavenot on Jul 1, 2009 8:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Posey's middle name is Demp...
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
by thehavenot on Jul 1, 2009 8:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I thought his middle name was MONSTER!
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 2, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're thinking of
“Moster Cody” Ransom
by Giant Homer on Jul 2, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dude
Awesome post, man.
I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.
by ORthey on Jul 2, 2009 1:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wikipedia can be fun
but not always accurate. the other day I saw that Adam Smith, the famous 18th century philosopher, died after defeating the Decepticons….I’m pretty sure that’s not true.
Neal before Zod!
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants
by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 2, 2009 3:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
He wasn’t a philosopher.
Judgment Day is coming
comics | art | Nattowear
by Natto on Jul 2, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If he defeated the decepticons, how could they have killed him? Clearly, that article is bogus
Wall-E for Best Picture 2008
McCC = McClain Chronicles
by Useful_Idiot on Jul 2, 2009 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The free market defeated the Decepticons!
That’s a crippling blow to the idea of regulation, I’d say.
"Catcher are base running. Hitters are offense."
Only [hella] games left until the end of Zito's [no, make that Rowand's] contract.
Adoptive father of "Poncho" Villalona: This Angel don't fly. Nothing about him is light.
by thehavenot on Jul 3, 2009 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We like middle names.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Jul 2, 2009 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Scott’s a joke nickname but dude Dwight is his real name.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jul 2, 2009 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heh
I just looked it up and learned that Aaron Rowand’s actual middle name is Ryan. I was convinced it was actually Scott.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Jul 3, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, Scott is just what Barry Bonds called him last year.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.
by jcb9 on Jul 3, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bonds was doing some TV with Kruk and Kuip when he said this. This is when he showed up to SF.
by SFGuy on Jul 4, 2009 2:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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