# Luuuuke/Cruuuz/Tuuuk/Booo!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luuuuke-cruuuz-tuuuk-booo/956001
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [December 13, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luuuuke-cruuuz-tuuuk-booo/956001 "2021-12-13T19:07:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luuuuke-cruuuz-tuuuk-booo/956001/1 "2021-12-13T19:07:14Z")
I’ve noticed over the years that players whose name rhymes with boooo often get their name called out by fans. It struck me because it always sounds like they are booing the player.
Victor Cruz was probably the first one that I noticed, but it happens to Tuukka Rask as well, and others whose names escape me at the moment. I’ve been meaning to start this thread, but was actually prompted it was Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me on NPR – Luke Burbank was on the panel, and the crowd, of course, yelled out Luuuke.
Have others noticed this? Could it be that lots of players get called out by crowds, but I only notice the ones that rhyme with boo? Or, maybe when it rhymes with boo, the crowd does a better job getting synchronized?
(Yes, I know the Simpsons quote about the folks yelling “Boourns…”)
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### Author:  [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luuuuke-cruuuz-tuuuk-booo/956001/2 "2021-12-13T19:08:36Z")
Yup. Amari Cooper, wide receiver for the Cowboys, gets the “COOOOOP” chant from Dallas fans.
Back in the day, Daryl Johnston got the “MOOOOOOOSE” call any time he touched the ball.
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luuuuke-cruuuz-tuuuk-booo/956001/3 "2021-12-13T19:11:32Z")
At my first baseball game when I was 9, Tigers second baseman Lou Whitaker came to the plate for his first at-bat, and the crowd began to yell “Looooouuuuuu!” Of course I joined right in with a loud “Boo!” My dad quickly corrected me.
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### Author:  [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luuuuke-cruuuz-tuuuk-booo/956001/4 "2021-12-13T19:47:22Z")
I forgot to add, Brad Stuver (goalkeeper for MLS Austin FC) gets “STUUUUUUUUUVER” or “STUUUUUUUUU” when he makes a save.
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### Author:  [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luuuuke-cruuuz-tuuuk-booo/956001/5 "2021-12-13T20:00:30Z")
It has to be tough as a player, at least the first couple of times.
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### Author:  [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luuuuke-cruuuz-tuuuk-booo/956001/6 "2021-12-13T20:06:59Z")
George “Boomer” Scott, 1st baseman for the Red Sox in the late 60s.
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luuuuke-cruuuz-tuuuk-booo/956001/7 "2021-12-13T20:43:13Z")
Absolutely. Cleveland had Sin Soo CHOOOOOOO for a few years. We also had catcher LOOOOUUU Marson for a minute. Way back in the day we had JUUUUUUUULIO Franco.
Kansas City has Mike MOOOOOOustakis
I can’t think of any non-OOO players at the moment but I’m sure they exist… Jose Raimirez has his own chant but it’s “Josaaaay josay josay josay. Josaay, josay.”
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luuuuke-cruuuz-tuuuk-booo/956001/8 "2021-12-13T20:44:57Z")
A few years ago, the Packers had a fullback named John Kuhn; on the rare occasions when he’d carry the ball, the fans would yell “KUUUUUUUUUUUUUHN!”
In the '70s and '80s, Brewers first baseman Cecil Cooper got “COOOOOOOOP!” every time he did something good.
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### Author:  [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luuuuke-cruuuz-tuuuk-booo/956001/9 "2021-12-13T20:47:32Z")
So, is it just that fans like yelling names that rhyme with boo? Or, do they all synchronize really well with those kinds of names, so you can’t hear it as clearly when Joe Shlabotnik steps up to the plate?
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luuuuke-cruuuz-tuuuk-booo/956001/10 "2021-12-13T20:51:22Z")
Probably a little of both; probably a lot easier to spontaneously chant a single-syllable name/nickname.
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### Author:  [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luuuuke-cruuuz-tuuuk-booo/956001/11 "2021-12-13T20:54:10Z")
BEUUUUUUUKE!
> **[Jeff Beukeboom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Beukeboom)**
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> Jeffrey Scott Beukeboom (born March 28, 1965) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played as a defenceman for the Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers between 1986 and 1999
> Beukeboom played junior hockey for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (1982–1985). After being selected in the first round (19th overall) of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft by the Edmonton Oilers, he played in juniors fo...
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### Author:  [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luuuuke-cruuuz-tuuuk-booo/956001/12 "2021-12-13T21:11:29Z")
A million years ago I asked here at the SDMB who was the first guy to get the “they’re not saying BOOO” treatment. Farthest back anyone could remember was Moose Skowren, who played for the Yankees in the 1950s.
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### Author:  [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luuuuke-cruuuz-tuuuk-booo/956001/13 "2021-12-13T21:14:27Z")
“YOOOOOOK!”
For Kevin Youkilis of the Red Sox, not that long ago (eta: has it been nine years already?).
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### Author:  [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luuuuke-cruuuz-tuuuk-booo/956001/14 "2021-12-13T21:28:38Z")
I remember when Boo Harvey was the star point guard at St. John’s University. One time, after he drove the lane through three defenders and finished with a brilliant scoop shot, the crowd erupted.
_“Heh heh… they’re not booing, folks!”_ the TV announcer said. _“They’re just saying BOOOOOOOOOOOO!”_
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### Author:  [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luuuuke-cruuuz-tuuuk-booo/956001/15 "2021-12-13T22:04:48Z")
I first experienced this with [Jose UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUribe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Uribe) of the San Francisco Giants. I think of him every time I hear the “not a boo” call.
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### Author:  [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luuuuke-cruuuz-tuuuk-booo/956001/16 "2021-12-13T22:29:16Z")
My dad took me to a Yankee game when I was a lad, in 1978, and he had to explain to me the crowd wasn’t booing, but rather welcoming Lou Pinella to his at-bat.
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### Author:  [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2021, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luuuuke-cruuuz-tuuuk-booo/956001/17 "2021-12-14T02:26:45Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#):
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> My dad took me to a Yankee game when I was a lad, in 1978, and he had to explain to me the crowd wasn’t booing, but rather welcoming Lou Pinella to his at-bat.
Lou Pinella was my first thought. My second thought was Boog Powell.
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### Author:  [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luuuuke-cruuuz-tuuuk-booo/956001/18 "2021-12-14T13:52:42Z")
When Minnesota got an expansion basketball team, I wanted it to be named the Caribou. Then they could just be called the Boooooooo! They went with the Timberwolves, though.
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### Author:  [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luuuuke-cruuuz-tuuuk-booo/956001/19 "2021-12-14T14:00:56Z")
That way, no matter how bad they were, they would be immune from booing! Brilliant idea!
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### Author:  [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luuuuke-cruuuz-tuuuk-booo/956001/20 "2021-12-14T17:09:12Z")
Way back in the 70s I took an out-of-town friend to her first St. Louis Cardinals game. She was absolutely shocked that the fans would boo Looooooou Brock.
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