I find it interesting that Clear Channel has the games and the signs are up on a viacom billboard. didn't cc have some signs? thanks for the cash, indirectly though it is!
I think the Astros should have a policy that forbids the signing of players who have last names that can be shortened into dumbass pseudo-nicknames (DPNs). Their recent transactions have been good. They traded one DPN(Wags), and the player they got in return doesn't appear to have any DPN possibilities, though I wouldn't put it past Milo Hamilton to use the word "Ducky" a few times in reference to Kevin Duckworth. Kent - already a short last name, so "Kenty" wouldn't make much sense. Pettitte - Petty? Nah, that would make Astros games sound either like a classic rock station (Tom) or NASCAR radio (Richard) Clemens - Clemmy? Not a chance A couple years ago, it seemed like every person on the team had a DPN. The trend is slowly but surely disappearing. Once Bagwell and Biggio retire, hopefully the dumbass pseudo-nickname era will be gone forever...
DUCKWORTH: Excuse me. Can I talk to you for a second there, Octavio? DOTEL: It's "Ducky". DUCKWORTH: The thing is...I'm supposed to be "Ducky". DOTEL: Heh heh. You're not a "Ducky". You're a perfect Brandon. DUCKWORTH: What? Now, you listen to me! DOTEL: All right, you can have "Ducky". Stop crying. DUCKWORTH (sniffling): I'm not crying. And I shouldn't have said that about your wife. Please accept my apologies.
So, Duckworth's nickname on this BBS has to be Coco now. Good job codell! Wonder if Coco will pitch tonight?
