Lo Duke of Flushing or Lo Duke of Flatbush?

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

Lo Duca was born in Brooklyn, so what should be his "nickname"

[Guest Edgy DC]

Flatbush /=Brooklyn, of couse.

I fear a dazzling construction like Lo Puka is gestating.

[Valadius]

The Duke of Brooklyn.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I voted none.

LoDuca, by the way, would be only the fifth Paul to play for the Mets.

The Mets were completely Paulless until Mr. Siebert arrived on a dark day in 1977.

After Siebert went away, it would be another 14 years before the next Paul came along. That would be Mr. Gibson.

The Mets were very Paulful in 1996, when they had Mr. Byrd and Mr. Wilson. But there's been a nine-year Paul drought between Wilson's departure and the arrival of Mr. LoDuca.

Fascinating, huh?

[seawolf17]

"The Duke" of Brooklyn is Duke Snider. Get your little punch-and-judy catcher out of his nickname territory.

[Valadius]

The Second Duke of Brooklyn.

[seawolf17]

If Duke Snider were dead, he'd be spinning in his grave.

[MFS62]

seawolf17 wrote: "The Duke" of Brooklyn is Duke Snider. Get your little punch-and-judy catcher out of his nickname territory.

Exactly.
The only nickname I would want him to have would be "The guy we traded for somebody better".

Later

[Theoldmole]

There's only one Duke of Flatbush, and it ain't this bozo.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Easy.

[Guest sharpie]

None is kicking butt.

[Elster88]

"Paul Lo Duca"

[Guest ABG]

"Gaby Hernandez"

[Elster88]

"Gaby Hernandez" is a weird nickname for Paul.

[Frayed Knot]

"LoDuca, by the way, would be only the fifth Paul to play for the Mets."

And it won't take much for LoDuca to become the Mets' all-time best Paul according to the world famous CPF ranking project.

* As of now we've got Siebert as the introductory Met at #500 (he's right after JtMHBB -- will drop out of the rotation entirely once 2005 is factored in)
* Byrd - he of the $7mil/yr contract - comes in at #469
* Wilson clocks in at #390
* and the leading Paul of all time is Gibson at the lofty rank of #327

One mediocre or better year in '06 and LoDuca leaves em all in the dust.

[Guest sharpie]

Lo Duca will be the first non-pitching Paul.

[DocTee]

P. Liddy

[metirish]

]LoDuca, by the way, would be only the fifth Paul to play for the Mets. The Mets were completely Paulless until Mr. Siebert arrived on a dark day in 1977. After Siebert went away, it would be another 14 years before the next Paul came along. That would be Mr. Gibson. The Mets were very Paulful in 1996, when they had Mr. Byrd and Mr. Wilson. But there's been a nine-year Paul drought between Wilson's departure and the arrival of Mr. LoDuca.

That's just great info, what fan would even thnk about that, being that Paul is a common name I'm surprised he's only the fifth.

[nymr83]

worst thread ever.
no more dumb nicknames please.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I agree, Namor, and we seem to be in the majority.

Sitting around deciding what somebody's nickname should be doesn't seem like the right way to go about it.

Maybe a nickname will come about on its own, and maybe it won't. And if it doesn't, then that's fine.

[metirish]

Plus he moved to Arizona when he was two years old....I agree no more giving players names...

[Elster88]

Aw come on. What about Duke-Monster or Wolverine?

[metirish]

Yeah and when he has his first passed ball we can call him the duke of hazard.

[seawolf17]

Elster88 wrote: Duke-Monster

I just laughed so hard I spit my lozenge across the room.

[Valadius]

That's extraordinarily funny, but come on now. I like coming up with funky nicknames.

[Centerfield]

I like your nicknames Val. At the very least, I can relate. In '98, I had a sign that said John Olerud - The Quiet Riot.

That nickname never caught on either...

[Guest Edgy DC]

Nicknames will come to be in the marketplace of ideas.

Nicknames have more credit if they are established as a response to the action as a relationship develops with the player, rather than a focus group pounding out ideas (see Matsui, Kazuo), playing on the name, before we've even see the fellow play in a Mets uniform.

[Elster88]

So all we need to do is get Wagner to crawl to the mound during his first appearance in a night game.

We can call him Daywalker (Wesley Snipes' Blade) if he walks (not jogs!) during day games.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

metirish wrote: ]LoDuca, by the way, would be only the fifth Paul to play for the Mets. That's just great info, what fan would even thnk about that, being that Paul is a common name I'm surprised he's only the fifth.

More on first names:

The Mets haven't had anyone named Glenn, Fred, Kyle, Lloyd, or Evan.

They've had only one Nick, and that was 38 years ago.

They've had three Felixes, but no Oscars.

They've had three Shawns, a Shawon, and a Shaun, but no Seans.

They've had one Robin, but no Jennifer.

[Guest Edgy DC]

John: 16 (plus two Johnnys, two Jons, and one Jonathan)

Paul: 5

George: 4

Ringo: 0