What shall we call Byrnes?

by peachy rex on Apr 5, 2008 9:30 PM EDT

There's an epidemic raging in our threads - an epidemic of competing nick-names for Eric Byrnes. In the tradition of benevolent dictatorship that has made the Snakepit great, it is time for the not-quite-sovereign people to speak.

Since I'm here, I'll start : "Hacksie." It maintains a connection to the rather lame, but at least familiar, "Byrnsie" and references his most salient characteristic - the fanatical, single-minded determination to swing mightily at every pitch thrown his way. Sometimes they're whacked for doubles, sometimes they go sailing past into the catcher's mitt, but whatever happens he can always proudly claim that he took a hack. (Called strikes are for pitchers!)

Please propose other candidates in the comments...

Poll

What shall we call Eric Byrnes?

Bam Bam

22 votes

Byrnesie

48 votes

Flower

11 votes

Hacksie

14 votes

Something else

16 votes

111 votes | Poll has closed

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I'm going with Bam Bam. He kinda looks like him and when he connects he crushes the ball.

He's also a little over caffinated, kinda like a bull in a china shop.

I think it fits.

by foulpole on Apr 6, 2008 12:23 AM EDT 0 recs

flower?

I voted for Byrnsie - Although I reserve the right to change my vote to Hacksie..... but I have to give him some props after tonight's game.

by dstorm on Apr 6, 2008 2:23 AM EDT 0 recs

Lame?

by unnamedDBacksfan on Apr 6, 2008 2:25 AM EDT 0 recs

As a nickname for EB,

NOT this. Just avoiding confusion. He's NOT my favorite by any means.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Apr 6, 2008 2:25 AM EDT up 0 recs

That was a bit harsh

I concede - but since every post was throwing out a new possibility, it seemed that Byrnesie was losing favour fast. (And someone did call it lame in the thread, just not me.)

Personally, the only one that totally horrifies me is "Flower." People were tossing around "Bambi" for Upton, too... I mean, seriously, is this the Snakepit or GLB?

by peachy rex on Apr 6, 2008 2:34 AM EDT up 0 recs

I wasn't referring to your poll

you know that, right?

To be a clone of GLB, we need two or three MySpace references and something about mythical horses with one horn.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Apr 6, 2008 11:54 AM EDT up 0 recs

OMG

I tottalee made a quiz about this on my 'Space page. Check it out, kthnxbai!?!!1!

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 6, 2008 11:55 AM EDT up 0 recs

rofl

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by flipgatey3 on Apr 14, 2008 7:50 PM EDT up 0 recs

For a reffrence to Flower

I joked that Drew's nickname should be Thumper, being a joke about his often less than stellar power numbers. Secondly, it was a joke on Bible Thumper, even if I have no proof of the Drew family being particularly Bible Thumping, like say the Detroit Lion's Jon Kitna, but it was still a bit funny to me at the time.

So it was proposed to me, who would be Flower, the Skunk. I proposed Byrnes, as he's always dirty.

I didn't really see this as a joke that caught anyone's attention and don't advocate as a full time nick name, despite the fact it's leading the poll (at the time of me reading it)

I'd be a fan of Sir Flips a Lot, or Dances with K's, but, neither of those would catch on outside of my head.

by Captain D Bag on Apr 6, 2008 9:32 AM EDT 0 recs

And just to finish up

Upton would be Bambi: long legs, and the young prince of the forest. This doesn't bode well for his mother though. :-)

by Jim McLennan on Apr 6, 2008 12:42 PM EDT up 0 recs

FLIPPER!!!! How Perfect....

Shoewizard on the dbbp has a link to a really cool photo shop picture of EB imposed on a dolphin. Look on any topic for one of shoes postings and click the link at the very bottom.

by unnamedDBacksfan on Apr 6, 2008 12:29 PM EDT 0 recs

I've taken a liking to the Alchemist, in a similar manner to Mark Reynolds being Special K. As I said in the Gameday thread yesterday, Byrnes is quite an alchemist- he may not turn lead to gold, but he can turn Ball 4 into a pop-out.

Yeah, but no actual *helpful* suggestions.

"Look what it's done for us. People still don't recognize us but..." *snaps fingers*
"We're contenders now!"

by kishi on Apr 6, 2008 2:19 PM EDT 0 recs

Didn't

his name used to be Pigpen? I prefer Flipper for his stupid throws.

by AZSEAfan on Apr 7, 2008 1:41 PM EDT 0 recs

Sutton and Grace tried Pigpen

but he apparently didn't like it so that went away.

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 7, 2008 6:44 PM EDT up 0 recs

I call him Byrnesie...

Anybody seen the movie "What's Up Doc?"?

by Frank Squishy on Apr 7, 2008 8:15 PM EDT 0 recs

It's been a long time but the one with Ryan O'neil and Barbara Strisand (sp?).

Did she call him Bynesie?

by foulpole on Apr 8, 2008 12:59 AM EDT up 0 recs

Back when he was on the A's

We always called him Byrnesie so that's what I go with. I know when he played winter ball his nickname is "Capitan America" so we could always go with that...

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by Shippee33 on Apr 7, 2008 9:44 PM EDT 0 recs

ahhh shippee

you're killin me, i didn't see that post (see below)

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by flipgatey3 on Apr 14, 2008 7:51 PM EDT up 0 recs

My vote for Byrnesie

Though I have to say that he sure does kinda look and act (overly energetic) like Bam Bam.

"I have heard that in war haste can be folly, but have never seen delay that was wise." Sun Tzu The Art of War

by Turambar on Apr 8, 2008 12:43 AM EDT 0 recs

Byrnes shold be called "Pigpen"

by Huxtable Reunion on Apr 8, 2008 12:30 PM EDT 0 recs

Ok, late addition ...

Mr. Byrnes ... And every time he does something good, we scowl behind our monitors, put our palms together, and tap our fingertips together while slowly releasing from between our lips a reptilian-like 'Exxxcelent' ...

And of course, during his inevitable hacks ... 'BLAST YOU, ERIC!!'

by Captain D Bag on Apr 10, 2008 8:22 AM EDT 0 recs