March Moniker Madness - Update #2

A couple of week ago we announced that we were taking suggestions for player names for an NCAA-style pool called “March Moniker Madness“. We received close to 500 names for 64 slots!

So, we’re going to inflate the pool to 512 entries . . . that’s right each of the four divisions will have 128 names in it! It will probably take a bit longer to crown a champ, but hey, we’re still seven weeks from Opening Day.

We’ve divvied up the names we’ve already received into the four “regions”, and as you can see below, we’re a bit short in three of them, and a bit overstuffed in the fourth. So, we’re still looking for some “sounds dirty”, “spelling bee” and “what were mom and dad thinking” entries, while we’ll be paring the “fun to say” category down to 128.

A few reminders:

1) No names of guys who never made the Majors.

2) No Negro Leaguers who never made the Majors. (We might run another bracket for these gentlemen later)

3) Please please check the spelling of the name prior to submission.

4) Please refer to the player’s “top line” name listed on Baseball Reference to determine the “valid name” for submission.

5) No “nicknames”, unless it has acquired “top line” status on Baseball Reference (i.e. “Goose Gossage” is listed as “Rich Gossage”)

Some of the names that could have qualified for more than one category have been placed in the category with the fewest entrants so far. Oh, and please note that some names ended up in the “mom/dad” region based on the “uniqueness” of the name in the U.S. in the year 2012. Nothing more.

You still have until Friday to submit entries via a comment here, or a email with the subject line of “Madness” to [email protected]

March Moniker Madness update #1

Original announcement of March Moniker Madness

Sounds Dirty	Fun to Say	Spelling	Mom/Dad
Antonio Bastardo	Felipe Alou	Randor Bierd	Ambiorix Burgos
Gene Brabender	Porfi Altamirano	Jonathan Albaladejo	Atahualpa Severino
Stubby Clapp	Sweetbread Bailey	Casper Asbjornson	Egyptian Healy
Jim Cockman	Al Alburquerque	Doug Mientkiewicz	Hansel Izquierdo
Dick Cox	Duane Below	Adam Hyzdu	Ewald Pyle
Dick Pole	Matt Batts	Andy Stankiewicz	Ehren Wassermann
Dick Starr	Joaquin Andujar	Chris Jakubauskas	Elih Villanueva
Dickie Noles	Foster Castleman	Billy Grabarkewitz	Heathcliff Slocumb
Dickie Thon	Cannonball Titcomb	Arquimedez Pozo	Callix Crabbe
Charlie Furbush	Chicken Hawks	Jim Czajkowski	Chance Ruffin
Dick Teed	Chicken Wolf	Gene Stechschulte	Brayan Pena
Dick Wantz	Chick Shorten	Gene Vadeboncoeur	Malachi Kittridge
Dick Ward	Buttercup Dickerson	Craig Smajstrla	Merkin Valdez
Doug Fister	Ed Hug	Jimmy Uchrinscko	Amaury Telemaco
Homer Bush	Billy Jo Robidoux	Bill Wambsganss	Jennings Poindexter
Johnny Dickshot	Howdy Groskloss	Kila Ka’aihue	Dooley Womack
Charlie Wacker	Bris Lord	Kanekoa Texeira	Dorsey Riddlemoser
Oral Hildebrand	Guy Sturdy	Keiichi Yabu	Franquelis Osoria
Woodie Held	Count Sensenderfer	Keith Luuloa	Atlee Hammaker
Woody English	Grady Sizemore	Ken Szotkiewicz	Yorvit Torrealba
Woody Upchurch	Josh Outman	Kent Hrbek	Zoilo Versalles
Woody Wagenhorst	Chief Bender	Marc Rzepczynski	Yurendell de Caster
C. Nipple	Chief Yellow Horse	Monty Pfyl	Yuniesky Betancourt
J.J. Putz	John Urrea	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	Wascar Serrano
Fred Woodcock	Boots Poffenberger	Doug Gwosdz	Ugueth Urbina
Ferdie Schupp	Mickey Klutts	Mark Grudzielanek	Travis Ishikawa
Jack Glasscock	Mickey Mantle	Win Remmerswaal	Terrmel Sledge
Ed Head	Mickey Morandini	Robinzon Diaz	Runelvys Hernandez
Chien-Ming Wang	Mickey Tettleton	Steve Wojciechowski	Radhames Dykhoff
Brian Schmack	Amos Otis	Matt Tuiasosopo	Yoel Hernandez
Elmer Sexauer	Choo Choo Coleman	Ossee Schrecongost	Rikkert Faneyte
Jordan Tata	Coco Crisp	Nate Schierholtz	Delino DeShields
Hosea Siner	Coco Laboy	Lou Schiappacasse	Boof Bonser
Hal Woodeshick	Buddy Biancalana	Dave Wehrmeister	Chone Figgins
Joe Stripp	Burke Badenhop	Brooks Kieschnick	Colonel Snover
B.J. Waszgis	Con Lucid	Bob Zupcic	Drungo Hazewood
Heinie Manush	Jot Goar	Carl Yastrzemski	Denard Span
Crazy Schmit	Orval Overall	Bud Zipfel	Emiliano Fruto
Doug McWeeny	Fausto Carmona	Dolf Luque	Elizardo Ramirez
Walt Smallwood	Urban Shocker	Eli Grba	Eppa Rixey
Pete LaCock	Tommy Toms	Emil Yde	Everth Cabrera
Randy Johnson	The Only Nolan	Fernando Seguignol	Favel Wordsworth
Randy Bush	Speed Walker	Jeff Samardzija	Jair Jurrjens
Tony Von Fricken	Speed Martin	Jerry Ujdur	Kimera Bartee
Sterling Hitchcock	Razor Shines	Joe Kmak	Lafayette Henion
R.A. Dickey	Randy Ready	Frenchy Bordagaray	Lastings Milledge
Emil Mailho	Mellie Wolfgang	Johnny Podgajny	Milton Bradley
Don LeJohn	Tim Spooneybarger	Johnny Van Cuyk	Nyls Nyman
George Woodend	Pete Weckbecker	Joe Zdeb	Nyjer Morgan
Eddie Yuhas	Ubaldo Jimenez	Jim Viox	Onix Concepcion
John Wockenfuss	Ubaldo Heredia	Lance Zawadzki	Rivington Bisland
Moe Thacker	Ron Rightnowar	Doug Waechter	Yamid Haad
Nippy Jones	Al Kaline	Lon Ury	Sixto Lezcano
Rip Repulski	Chet Lemon	Jason Isringhausen	Lyman Bostock
Pud Galvin	Cookie Rojas	Justin Duchscherer	Erubiel Durazo
Jeff Manship	Buster Posey	Harry Vahrenhorst	Joba Chamberlain
Homer Smoot	Frank Sigafoos	Kirk Saarloos	Fu-Te Ni
Granny Hamner	Ichiro Suzuki	Jae Kuk Ryu	Oddibe McDowell
Hunky Shaw	Memo Luna	Les Tietje	Marvell Wynne
Hank Schmulbach	Ham Wade	Lee Viau	Rubby De La Rosa
Kosuke Fukudome	Pretzels Getzien	Harry Hedgpeth	Niuman Romero
Lip Pike	Ellis Valentine	Mark Teixeira	U L Washington
Bill Goodenough	Homer Bailey	Len Swormstedt	Quilvio Veras
Rich Hand	Homer Summa	Peter Zoccolillo	Scipio Spinks
Jim Toy	Julian Javier	Phil Ouellette	Sendy Rleal
Nick Swisher	John Boccabella	Pete Incaviglia	So Taguchi
Gene Woodburn	High Pockets Kelly	Ricky Trlicek	Romulo Sanchez
Skip Pitlock	Honus Wagner	Rich Yett	Sterling Slaughter
Rollie Fingers	Jorge Fabregas	Rick Wrona	Osiris Matos
Pi Schwert	Oil Can Boyd	Matt Skrmetta	Huston Street
Milt Wilcox	Grover Lowdermilk	Tom Yewcic	Renyel Pinto
Johnny Watwood	Omar Moreno	Joel Zumaya	Rheal Cormier
Jimmy Gobble	Irish Meusel	Skip Jutze	Quinton McCracken
Shooty Babitt	Old Hoss Radbourn	Joe Lefebvre	Mordecai Brown
Julius Willigrod	Grant Balfour	Link Wasem	Trench Davis
Sleeper Sullivan	Rafael Santo Domingo	Jose Valdivielso	Waldis Joaquin
Rusty Kuntz	Pie Traynor	Sibby Sisti	Yovani Gallardo
Thorny Hawkes	Hilly Hathaway	Nick Neugebauer	Wily Mo Pena
Travis Schlichting	Shoeless Joe Jackson	Lou Scoffic	Wandy Rodriguez
Smead Jolley	Germany Schaefer	Nick Strincevich	Urbano Lugo
Trevor Plouffe	Nomar Garciaparra	Scott Schoeneweis	Vida Blue
Kirby Puckett	Laddie Renfroe	Red Schoendienst	Asdrubal Cabrera
Pokey Reese	Shin-Soo Choo	Bill Nahorodny	Blaise Ilsley
Chippy Gaw	Spider Jorgensen	Mauro Zarate	Biff Pocoroba
Butch Huskey	Vinegar Bend Mizell	Ron Wotus	Arodys Vizcaino
Rupe Toppin	Schoolboy Rowe	Jay Witasick	Adron Chambers
Skip Schumaker	Storm Davis	Mark Strittmatter	Welday Walker
Red Munger	Steve Fireovid	Blake Tekotte	Rance Mulliniks
John Boozer	Mookie Wilson	Allyn Stout	Octavio Dotel
John Misse	Dazzy Vance	Bob Uecker	Garth Iorg
John Vukovich	Kiko Calero	Archi Cianfrocco	Dane Iorg
Johnny Bench	Kiko Garcia	Ted Wieand	Aquilino Lopez
Ad Swigler	Jacque Jones	Tex Wisterzil	Zeke Wrigley
Alan Knicely	Lena Styles	Luke Hochevar	Eugenio Velez
Buck Thrasher	Nap Lajoie	Yats Wuestling	Asa Stratton
Nook Logan	Marv Throneberry	Whitey Kurowski	Esteban Yan
Noodles Hahn	Vada Pinson	Lino Urdaneta	Blas Monaco
Smoky Joe Wood	Jim Walewander	Tadahito Iguchi
Minnie Minoso	Bake McBride	Dan Quisenberry
Blue Moon Odom	Socks Seybold	Vito Valentinetti
Fernando Tatis	Tito Fuentes	Sandy Valdespino
Enos Slaughter	Cesar Cedeno	Winston Llenas
Sandy Wihtol	Cesar Geronimo	Aurelio Monteagudo
Stuffy McInnis	Manny Sanguillen	Wayne Terwilliger
Pee Wee Reese	Boog Powell
	Catfish Hunter
	Alvaro Espinoza
	Chipper Jones
	Adam Shabala
	Nino Espinosa
	Todd Van Poppel
	Virgil Trucks
	Kiki Cuyler
	Yogi Berra
	Dixie Walker
	Dizzy Dean
	Whit Wyatt
	Bucky Dent
	Satchel Paige
	Scottie Slayback
	Skipper Friday
	Sparky Anderson
	Stan Papi
	Sugar Cain
	Terry Shumpert
	Tuffy Rhodes
	Tug McGraw
	Uke Clanton
	Van Mungo
	Vance Worley
	Wally Pipp
	Kaiser Wilhelm
	Rube Waddell
	Ryan Theriot
	Ab Wright
	Al Yeargin
	Austin Jackson
	Babe Ruth
	Billy Shindle
	Bob Moose
	Bobby Wine
	By Speece
	Cal McLish
	Chase d’Arnaud
	Chili Davis
	Cy Young
	Damon Berryhill
	Don Demeter
	Don Money
	Dummy Hoy
	Dusty Baker
	Dusty Rhodes
	Early Wynn
	Ed Ott
	Emmanuel Burriss
	F.P. Santangelo
	Fernando Valenzuela
	Ferris Fain
	Frank Francisco
	Franklin Stubbs
	George Throop
	Gino Cimoli
	Gus Triandos
	Harmon Killebrew
	Ivan de Jesus
	Ivan Nova
	Jack Fanning
	Jake Striker
	Jim Panther
	Junior Felix
	Junior Spivey
	Kermit Wahl
	Lev Shreve
	Marino Salas
	Mo Vaughn
	Moose Haas
	Oscar Gamble
	Pablo Sandoval
	Phil Coke
	Placido Polanco
	Prince Fielder
	R.J. Swindle
	Rabbit Maranville
	Rennie Stennett
	Danny Tartabull
	Carney Lansford
	Mark Lemongello