Not instantly but a mental double-clutch.
Eric Gagne won 33 games in the majors. His name is French for “Wins” or “won,” depending on whether it has an accent mark.
(Off topic, pitcher Bill Monbouquette’s last name means “My little bouquet.”)
Chargers had a cornerback named Quentin Jammer. He was highly touted coming out of college, and had flashes of brilliance in the NFL but overall was just okay.
The Nats’ third basemen is Carter Kieboom. Sadly, when he does manage to hit the ball, it doesn’t go “kaboom.” It’s usually an infield dribbler.
Sitting at #182 in the WTA rankings we have Katie Volynets.
With a name like that she should be ranked much higher. Maybe she needs to switch to pro volleyball.
Anna Smashnova should come out of retirement just to play Volynets.
I have always been slightly disappointed that his 17 year NHL career never took Miroslav Šatan to the New Jersey Devils.
Homer Bush only hit 11 homers in his career.
I guess his parents thought Jock Jones would play some sport, too bad he only lasted 1.5 years in the NFL
Sadly, Darryl Boston never played for Boston, and Reggie Cleveland never played for Cleveland (but he did play for Boston.) Rudy York never played for New York, Denver Grigsby played before Denver had a team, Steve Phoenix played before Phoenix got their team, and incredibly, no major leaguer named Washington has ever played for any of the three major leagues teams Washington has had.
However, a Negro Leagues player named Howard “Duke” Cleveland played for TWO Cleveland franchises, and another named Pete Washington played a season with the Potomacs, so apparently Negro League general managers understood what the fans wanted.
In the NFL, there have been three players with the last name Boston (David, McKinley, and Tre), and one with the first name Boston (Scott); alas, none of them have played for the Boston/New England Patriots.
However, the Washington Football Team has had six players with the last name Washington.
Mike Quick was a notably quick NFL wide receiver.
Brian Quick was less notably quick but was also an NFL wide receiver.
In my lifetime alone, Washington has had five (or maybe six) major league teams:
–Senators
–(new) Senators 1961 (ok if we don’t count this one)
–Nationals
–Redskins a/k/a WFT
–Bullets/Wizards
–Capitals
That’s not counting D.C. United, (or the Generals :))
I meant Major Leagues, e.g. baseball.
Glad to hear the “new Senators” count!
Some future examples.
On the other hand, though, Jacques Jones, pronounced the same way, had a 10-year Major League Baseball career.
Mario Lemieux was arguably the best hockey player of his era. His last name translates to “The Best.”
The University of Kentucky football team has a kicker who was demoted from the starting field goal kicking job for missing too many attempts. His name is Chance Poore.
Last Saturday on the opposing sideline was a placekicker for Tennessee named Cameron Dicker, a.k.a. Dicker the Kicker.