Too many J’s
JMB · December 6, 2005 at 12:48 pm · Filed Under General baseball
Does this whole Blue Jays thing have anyone else a bit weirded out? First B.J. Next, A.J. Now they’ve re-upped with J.P. Maybe it wouldn’t be so strange if, say, the Red Sox or Phillies has signed these guys. But the Blue Jays? C’mon. Maybe it’s just me, though.
(Cue Twilight Zone theme)
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31 Responses to “Too many J’s”
What do you suppose they’d give us for J.J. Putz? Twice what he’s worth, I’d say.
Maybe they will be the high bidder in the frenzied pursuit for Jay-me Moyer.
Jay Powell? Jay Howell?
Also, I’m curious, why are some abbreviations so commonly accepted while others are shunned?
AJ, BJ, CJ, DJ, EJ, JJ, KJ, LJ, OJ, MJ, PJ and TJ? All totally normal.
Have you ever met an HJ? Or a UJ? Why no love for IJ?
UJ just sounds cool. I’d like to see it someday.
Youuuuuu-Jaaaaaayyyy.
For some reason U.L. Washington always seemed like an unusual set of initials.
Going in semi-alphabetic order, then, are they interested in C.J. Nitkowski, but only after they acquire D.J. Carrasco?
It’ll be awhile ’til they get to J.J. Putz 😉
How about A.J. Pierzynski
Then I Propose to round out the M’s pitching staff(after King Felix).
Millewood
Moyer
Meche
Morris.
Morris AND Millwood? Have you discovered a pot o’ gold at the end of the rainbow that the rest of us don’t know about?
#4– and Ugie didn’t cooperate, being a UUU — Ugueth Urtain Urbina & his brothers Ulises Utah and Ulmer Ulses….
[Everett post coming]
[Everett post coming]
Ummm … improve our bench? Doesn’t take much. That’s the best I could come up with, assuming he comes cheaply. How’d I do?
[Everett post coming]
I’ve got a UJ. Uncle Joey, otherwise known as Todd Hollandsworth.
Heh. This is the kind of hard-hitting analysis I come to USSM for…
I wonder if Toronto’s assistant general manager now feels compelled to change his name to “Keith Jaw.”
If they really want to pursue this angle…
Miguel Jerez Batista – MJ
Frank John Catalanotto – FJ
Scott Jeremy Downs – SJ
Jason Andrew Frasor – JA
John-Ford David Griffin – JD
Gabriel Jordan Gross – GJ
John Joseph McDonald – JJ
Justin James Speier – JJ
Joshua Eric Towers – JE
While compiling this list, I learned three nifty things:
1. Both Roy Halladay and Vernon Wells have a III in their names.
2. Gustavo Chacin’s middle name is Adolfo.
3. B.J. Ryan’s full name is Robert Victor Ryan – no J anywhere.
#19:3 — that’s because he is a “Bob Jr.”
Why then is he called BJ?
And just what did he do for JP Ricciardi that persuaded him to offer that huge contract?
I knew a girl named U.J. She was peppy and cute in her fashion and she dished and got a lotta B.J. love during college. 😉
You know if the Blue jays sign 2 more players who go by their initials than they’ll be able to field their own boy band.
#6: U L (Washington) is not his initials, it’s his actual name. His first name is, in fact, the letter U, space, then the letter L. Nothing else.
Actually, it’s because Ryan’s father’s name is Bo, and everyone called him Bo Junior. According to Ryan, “that’s redneckology, right there.”
FP Santangelo didn’t have a name, either. He was just FP.
That reminds me of Seahawk fullback from some years ago: John L. That was his first name, for the longest time I always thought it was just ‘John’ and L. was his middle initial but I was told that the ‘L’ was just part of his first name.
As in John L. Williams? I didn’t know that was part of his first name. Weird.
#25, you mean Frank Paul Santangelo? 🙂
yup, Bo Jr. Hit one too many b’s there…
The kids could call him Boju.
In an attempt to make this on topic:
Apparently the lack of a “J” has prevented the Toronto Blue Jays from signing Carl(PR nightmare)Everett. That is not an obstacle for the M’s, as they appear ready to sign him.
Probably a bargain deal, but easily one of my least favorite players in baseball. He always reminds me that there is no “I” in team, but there are two in “idiot”.
Is there really such a thing as “too many jays”?