He's right!

by seton hall snake pit on Apr 19, 2008 11:00 AM EDT

Eric "Captain America" Byrnes, OF, Arizona Diamondbacks: Byrnes was known by this colorful, animated nickname when starring for the Licey Tigers in the Dominican winter leagues, and it's perfect to describe his all-out, hair-on-fire style of play. But somehow the name hasn't been brought back to the States, where he's tragically known as "Byrnsie." D-backs fans, you have the power to change this.

http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/news/article_entertainment.jsp?ymd=20080417&content_id=2541862&vkey=entertainment&fext=.jsp

Doug Miller is right. I know we've tried to find a new nickname for EB but I don't believe that we had a solid list of suggestions. I move that we call EB, Captain America until something better arises. Suggestions? Critiques?

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Captain America works,

it’s just a little bit too long. I was reading that article last night as well. I think Bam Bam would work in lieu of Captain America.

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 19, 2008 11:26 AM EDT reply actions

how bout just Cap?

Baseball season, when everything becomes right in the world.

by seton hall snake pit on Apr 19, 2008 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't want him to get shot

and then have O-Dawg find a letter latter from him.

“Dammit, Byrnes…”

The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.

by soco on Apr 19, 2008 11:28 AM EDT reply actions

+1

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 19, 2008 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions

I think comic book characters should be this year’s theme. We’ve already got Captain America, Snyderman, and Thor.

"It's such a fine line between stupid and clever."

by kishi on Apr 19, 2008 1:45 PM EDT reply actions

And Cruz is Ghost Rider

as per Grace and Sutton.

The boys in Sedona Red slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance.

by soco on Apr 19, 2008 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions

I think I do agree,

even tho Cruz ended up with an awful game when they named him that.

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 19, 2008 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Drew

as Wolverine

Melvin as Xavier.

and some of the defensive gems by o-dawg, he could be magneto

by unnamedDBacksfan on Apr 19, 2008 1:56 PM EDT reply actions

BoMel could be just plain old X.

CoJack could be the Juggernaut, bitch!
CY could be Nightcrawler, he’s so fast it seems like he just appears under the ball

Baseball season, when everything becomes right in the world.

by seton hall snake pit on Apr 19, 2008 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Agreed.

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 19, 2008 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Drew is most certainly NOT Wolverine, despite foulpole's nickname "Wolf".

Drew is more like Peter Parker. I like O-Dawg as Magneto, though.

Mark Reynolds as Thor? Eric Byrnes as Captain America? Justin Upton as Colossus?

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 19, 2008 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Randy Johnson as Wolverine? He’s old and grizzled.

"It's such a fine line between stupid and clever."

by kishi on Apr 19, 2008 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions

And surly. Can’t forget surly.

"It's such a fine line between stupid and clever."

by kishi on Apr 19, 2008 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions

No.

Wolverine would NEVER lose a step at age 44. Or age 444.

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 19, 2008 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions

RJ is more like

Old Man River, or something like that.

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 19, 2008 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Actually

The Punisher?

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 19, 2008 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Get some cultural relevance

From the linked article:

Francisco “K-Rod” Rodriguez, P, Los Angeles Angels: It’s a great thing to be a 20-year-old September call-up who blows away everyone in the playoffs and helps win a franchise’s first World Series. It also earned him a much better nickname than plain old “Frankie.”

Doesn’t this fool know that the nickname for Francisco is not Frankie—it’s Pancho.

It is unfortunate that players in the U.S. seem to have the diminutive “y” or “ie” added to their names in place of a real nickname. I mean, “Webby,” “Miggy,” et.al. I have to agree that it’s unimaginative, to say the least. Not that I don’t use those names myself, though, so who am I to talk?

by azshadowwalker on Apr 19, 2008 2:51 PM EDT reply actions

I'm a fan of B-Dub

for Brandon. But that’s just me

Baseball season, when everything becomes right in the world.

by seton hall snake pit on Apr 19, 2008 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah,

but “Frankie” always makes the guy sound like a prizefighter from the 20s.

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 19, 2008 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions

You mean

the guy who has to decide if he’s going to accept the mob’s money and take a dive, or if he’s going to go out swinging?

by azshadowwalker on Apr 19, 2008 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Also...

I always liked Pancho because he sounds like a guy with a big mustache, a beer gut and a 6-shooter strapped to his hip.

by azshadowwalker on Apr 19, 2008 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Racist!

Yeah… he does kinda sound like that, doesn’t he?

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 19, 2008 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm going to hide behind

the “my family is Mexican” banner here. :)

Seriously, though, the Mexican side of my family calls my son “Pancho” because his first name is Francis. I just get Pancho Villa in my mind everytime I hear it.

by azshadowwalker on Apr 20, 2008 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions