MLB - Obscene last names

In My Humble Opinion
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A long time ago, I read that there was a big league player whose name could not be uttered by Spanish broadcasters because it was obscene - in español, of course.

The writer didn’t spell out the name, and I’ve often wondered who that guy might be.

Even though the pronunciation isn’t quite on the money, Clete Boyer, is a possibility, I think. You see, “boyo” (as in “boy oh boy!”) is the Spanish equivalent of cunt (pardon the expression, please).

Then there’s Don Blasingame. It looks tame enough and it’s probably a stretch, but if you softpedal the first syllable and pronounce the rest as SING ah may, (Cingame) that’s Spanish for “Fuck me.”

Any ideas?

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How about Charles Fuqua Manuel? Sounds like a verb in the middle. :slight_smile:

3

You don’t have to speak Spanish to appreciate the most wonderfully hilarious baseball name ever:

Rusty Kuntz!

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Who’d argue? :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

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I had some friends visiting from Austria who’d giggle incessantly every time Robert Fick came to bat for the Atlanta Braves. Fick= Fuck in German. Took me awhile to figure out what they were laughing at.

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Q: Who’s the only major leaguer whose name consists of 4 body parts?

Tony Armas.

We’ll never beat “The bowler’s Holding, the batsman’s Willey”, though.

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I know a five-year-old who thinks the name Pujols is hilarious.

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My last name is VERY close to Neanderthal. It’s a curse… :frowning: Not obscene but still…

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Dick Groat, man. That one always gives me the giggles.

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Pujols is hilarious.

My dream matchup would have Bartolo Colon pitching to Pujols.

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Not very obscene, but I can’t help but wonder how many times Milton Bradley and Coco Crisp have taken the field in the same game at the same time.

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Huh huh huh.

Huh huh.

Poo Holes.

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[brief hijack/]

But the funniest sports name ever is from Nascar.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Dick Trickle.

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Thanks, RickJay.

Mentally, I gave the Joles part the usual “J” pronunciation.

Now it’s funny. :smiley:

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The Mariners have a middle reliever named J.J. Putz.

(The U is like the OO in “book,” not like the U in, well, putz.)

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Except I believe that’s “¡Chíngame!”, with a “ch”, not just a “c”, from “chingar”, to fuck.

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Probably a bunch, since they were 2/3rds of the Cleveland Indians outfield for a good bit of time.

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It’s not dirty or from MLB, but my favorite sports person name is …

*Jeff Beukeboom * … a NHL player from the Oilers then Rangers.

For those of you who don’t know and love him!

It’s pronounced “Boo-ka-boom”, I’m not kidding!

And considering his job … a.k.a goon … it fits so perfectly :slight_smile:

Ahh so much fun watching 235 lb. “Book” … “Boom” someone!

So glad were’re getting hockey back :slight_smile:

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Yep. You don’t want to know how I learned that.

Does it have to be sports figures? I had a student whose name was pronounced exactly like the word fuck. He went by Samuel instead, for some reason…

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A Cuban in GTMO give me the infinitive and he spelled it out as Cingar but pronounced it as SEEN gar (ess sound on the cee).

His name was Noahcito Websterito.

(But he might have been a little chitfaced at the time.)