# The Bear with the Muslim Name
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bear-with-the-muslim-name/390911
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [February 5, 2007, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bear-with-the-muslim-name/390911 "2007-02-05T12:12:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2007, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bear-with-the-muslim-name/390911/1 "2007-02-05T12:12:41Z")
Did I misinterpret something, or did they boo this dude at every turn? What gives? Is he a self-professed terrorist or what? I’m not a big football fan, so I didn’t watch all season. Did they do this every time he played?
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### Author:  [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2007, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bear-with-the-muslim-name/390911/2 "2007-02-05T12:14:53Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun]
Did I misinterpret something, or did they boo this dude at every turn? What gives? Is he a self-professed terrorist or what? I’m not a big football fan, so I didn’t watch all season. Did they do this every time he played?
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You misheard, though understandably. They call him “Moose” and the crowd yells “MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE” when his name is announced.
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### Author:  [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2007, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bear-with-the-muslim-name/390911/3 "2007-02-05T12:16:21Z")
[QUOTE=LifeOnWry]
You misheard, though understandably. They call him “Moose” and the crowd yells “MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE” when his name is announced.
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Dude. Thank you! I was really bugged by that throughout the game. _Phew!_ My rock-n-roll deafness can be a real pain in the ass sometimes.
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### Author:  [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2007, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bear-with-the-muslim-name/390911/4 "2007-02-05T13:04:43Z")
It will probably be illuminating to know that his first name is Muhsin, pronounced moose-een.
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### Author:  [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2007, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bear-with-the-muslim-name/390911/5 "2007-02-05T13:44:53Z")
[QUOTE=fetus]
It will probably be illuminating to know that his first name is Muhsin, pronounced moose-een.
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Aaaaahhhh…the picture becomes clearer with every post.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bear-with-the-muslim-name/390911/6 "2007-02-05T14:34:07Z")
Since it seems the OP’s question has been accurately answered, I’ll mention that one of the Tennessee Titans players, Drew Bennett, gets the same sort of “booing” whenever he makes a great catch. It’s the crowd yelling “Drewwwwwwwww” and not “Boo.”
Ben Troupe gets similar treatment – when he’s playing.
Unless the game announcer(s) knows the significance of such things, he/they will manage to make some ridiculous comment about it. For that reason, among others, we prefer to watch the game while listening to the radio. The radio guys are homers and don’t get distracted by local wit.
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bear-with-the-muslim-name/390911/7 "2007-02-05T14:37:26Z")
[peyton manning]They’re not saying “boo,” they’re saying “moooooooo-vers.”[/peyton manning]
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### Author:  [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bear-with-the-muslim-name/390911/8 "2007-02-05T14:38:36Z")
Daryl “Moose” Johnston of the Dallas Cowboys got the same treatment when he was still playing.
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### Author:  [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bear-with-the-muslim-name/390911/9 "2007-02-05T14:55:55Z")
They’re not booing him. They’re saying “boooo-urns”.
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bear-with-the-muslim-name/390911/10 "2007-02-05T18:55:39Z")
What is the oldest incidence of this? I remember when Lou Whittaker played for the Detroit Tigers in 1984, everyone cheered, “Louuuuuuuuuuuuuu!” when he came up to bat.
It had to be explained to me then.
Anyone heard of one older?
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### Author:  [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bear-with-the-muslim-name/390911/11 "2007-02-05T19:01:09Z")
[QUOTE=Mahaloth]
Anyone heard of one older?
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Lou Pinella.
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### Author:  [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bear-with-the-muslim-name/390911/12 "2007-02-05T19:04:29Z")
Boog (BOOOOOOOOG) Powell used to get it in Baltimore, where he played for the Orioles from 1961 to '74. I don’t know of any older examples, but I wouldn’t be surprised to hear of one.
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### Author:  [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bear-with-the-muslim-name/390911/13 "2007-02-05T19:12:43Z")
Same question is being discussed in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=407036) thread. According to **astorian** (who also mentions Boog Powell), Yankees fans were doing it with Moose Skowron in the 50’s.