Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

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How many other Mets can you think of whose name contains a phonetically spelled-out letter of the alphabet? In Endy's case, actually, TWO syllables (N.D., get it?) I'm a few Mets shy of a complete alphabet (and a few beers shy of a six-pack) but maybe you can think of some others.



There's Floyd Youmans (U), Jay Bruce, Tom Seaver, of course. Any more come to mind?

[Edgy MD]

J. Bruce and McK. Christensen want equal time!



RADK won a Cy Young Award, for God's sake!

[roger_that]

Actually, you remind me that one of my favorite squads back in the day had a ton of players whose names ended in the syllable "Key" (Gilkey, Mlicki, etc.) which isn't a letter of the alphabet, but there must be some names that contain the syllable "Kay"



I don't see how R. A. Dickey qualifies, except I guess because he went by his initials. J.C. Martin would qualify, too, by this standard but, like the baserunner who loses contact with the base, I consider that kinda cheating.

[roger_that]

Billy Beane sort of makes the cut. Conforto (and a lot of others whose names end in "O") fershure. De Aza.



I was thinking that "Beane" is the part that sort of qualifies, but I guess if you break his first name (and a zillion others' names) into "Bill E" than he qualifies as an "E" as well.

[roger_that]

I realized that I got started on this because of the Villar = V. R. thread.

So far, the alphabet looks like



A=

B= BEane

C= SEAver

D = DE Aza

E= WillIE Mays

F =

G = Dillon GEE

H =

I =

J = JAY Bruce

K = McKAY Christensen

L =

M =

N = ENdy Chavez

O = ConfortO

P = PIazza

Q =

R = VillAR

S =

T =

U = Floyd YOUmans

V =

W =probably impossible

X =

Y =

Z =

[Benjamin Grimm]

Elliott Maddox

[Benjamin Grimm]

Jeremy Hefner

[roger_that]

Sorry, which syllables for the phonetic sound of letters are these? You're not suggesting that Maddox is pronounced Madd-EX, are you? I don't get Hefner either.



I mean, it's sort of pronounced like Madd-EX, but the vowel sound is wrong. So is the last syllable in FelIX Millan's first name too. Slightly off. We never had a guy named Exley, have we?

[Benjamin Grimm]

ELLiot.



Jer EMM y.

[LWFS]

Trevor MAY

[roger_that]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ELLiot. Jer EMM y.

Ah, I see now.



I added Perazo too:



A= JosAY Perazo

B= BEane

C= SEAver

D = DE Aza

E= WillIE Mays

F =

G = Dillon GEE

H =

I =

J = JAY Bruce

K = McKAY Christensen

L = ELLiot Maddox

M = jerEMMy Hafner

N = ENdy Chavez

O = ConfortO

P = PIazza

Q =

R = VillAR

S =

T =

U = Floyd YOUmans

V =

W =probably impossible

X =

Y =

Z =

[Chad ochoseis]

Xavier Nady. IIRC, he pronounced it X-avier and not more like "Zavier".



Also, EFFing David Peterson.

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A= JosAY Perazo

B= BEane

C= SEAver

D = DE Aza

E= WillIE Mays

F =

G = Dillon GEE

H =

I =

J = JAY Bruce

K = McKAY Christensen

L = ELLiot Maddox

M = jerEMMy Hafner

N = ENdy Chavez

O = ConfortO

P = PIazza

Q =

R = VillAR

S = Juan LagarES

T =

U = Floyd YOUmans

V =

W =probably impossible

X =

Y =

Z =MaZZEIka

[Frayed Knot]

Colin Mi-Que



And Shawn Ess-tess works better than Lagar-Ess

[Frayed Knot]

Villar should be under V

Put R-mando Benitez as the R

[Frayed Knot]

Duh! Tommie A-G

[Edgy MD]

Y - DYt Gooden

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Edgy MD wrote: Y - DYt Gooden

Only if "Dwight" is a three-syllable word.

[Edgy MD]

OK, then Y - YT Herzog.

[dinosaur jesus]

Xavier Nady

[Edgy MD]

Dwight was always a two-syllable word for Tim McCarver.



I don't think it ever quite made it up to three, but given more time, it might've.



Hey, lez count to ten!



Tai1 Walker



Robin Ven2ra



Mark Gu3



Michael Con4to



5 - FUCK!



E6 Snead



7 - SHIT!



Randy T8



Jeff Co9



Juan Cen10o

[roger_that]

Was "EX-avier" a mispronunciation or how Nady actually pronounced his name? Usually, I think "Zavier" is how it's pronounced.



It's sort of like counting "Texiera" as having an "EX" sound in it because some people mispronounced it "Tex-i-e-ra"

[Benjamin Grimm]

How about U B Brooks?

[roger_that]

Edgy MD wrote: OK, then Y - YT Herzog.

never a Met, though, was he? Maybe Wally WHYtehurst?

[dinosaur jesus]

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W =probably impossible

[Lefty Specialist]

If he ever gets called up, MallEX Smith.

[Lefty Specialist]

Adeiny Hechavarria.

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: OK, then Y - YT Herzog. never a Met, though, was he? Maybe Wally WHYtehurst?

A 1966 coach.

[Lefty Specialist]

And of course, AlEX Trevino, AlEX Ochoa, AlEX Escobar, AlEX Torres and a multitude of others.

[roger_that]

dinosaur jesus wrote: W =probably impossible Ray Daviault?

This is actually brilliant, in its way.



I mean you've got to twist up your mouth and pronounce it a little funny, and also to hold your head just so when you're listening, but if you do "Daviault" DOES sound like 'dubbayew'--probably as close as we will ever get. I like it.





So:



A= Tommie Agee

B= HuBIE Brooks

C= SEAver

D = DE Aza

E= WillIE Mays

F =

G = Dillon GEE



H = Adeiny HECHavarria.

I =

J = JAY Bruce

K = McKAY Christensen

L = ELLiot Maddox

M = jerEMMy Hafner

N = ENdy Chavez

O = ConfortO

P = PIazza

Q = Colin Mc-Que

R = ARmando Benitez

S = Shaun EStes

T =

U = Floyd YOUmans

V = Jonathan VIllar

W =Ray DAVIAULT

X = AlEX Ochoa

Y = Y.T. Herzog

Z =MaZZEIka



I actually like Whitey Herzog for "T" if we can find a better "Y"--we've almost filled out the alphabet, thanks to Dinosaur Jesus. Just a few more spots to fill, some of them fairly easy.



Hmm-actually. thought of a perfectly good "T"--Felix ManTIlla. And I'd like to keep this a list of actual Mets players, so I'm going to go with the oddly-syllabled Wally WHY-terst until someone can come up with a better Y/