ESPN announcer Chris Berman enjoys making puns out of sports figures' names [many of them baseball]. Here is the DEFINITIVE list:
A | ||
René Kook Arocha | Tony Brothers in Armas | Scott Respect Your Aldred |
Brady Bunch Anderson | Shawn Lil' Abner | Rick See Ya Later Aguilera |
Juan Real Agosto | Steve Ebony and Avery | Mike You're in Good Hands with Allstott |
Luis Alicea in Wonderland | Joey Cask Of Amalfatano | Rich Protect Your Car With Amaral |
Mike Enough Aldretti | Bill Almon Joy | Roberto Remember the Alomar |
Doyle Brandy Alexander | Dana Allison Wonderland | Joaquin the Dog Andujar |
Paul Orville Assenmacher | Jim Hey Abbott | Oscar Azocar Named Desire |
Steve Poison Avery | Jesus Skip To My Alou | David Green Akers |
B | ||
Pedro Borbon Street | Bernardo Brito Supreme | Jeff Pin the Tail on the Bronkey |
Mike April Blowers | Bud Paint It Black | Rafael Good Day at the Old Belliard |
Jay Ferris Buhner | Scott Tallulah Bankhead | Joe Leave It to Boever |
Bruce Bochy Ball | Bert Be Home Blyleven | George Taco Bell |
Greg Life Of Briley | Mike Private Benjamin | Dave Ingmar Bergman |
Jason Raspberry Bere | Ron Chevy Blazier | Jesse Belly Up to the Barfield |
Bruce Eggs Benedict | Barry Savings Bonds | Rod Beck Beck Beck Beck Beck |
Scott Milton Bradley | Todd Mercedes Benzinger | Lance You've Sunk my Blankenship |
Kevin Small Mouth Bass | Billy Lima Beane | Wade Cranberry Boggs |
Dave Burba Shave | Bret Barberie Coast | Daryl Please Come to Boston |
Britt Third Degree Burns | Hubie Babbling Brooks | Greg Crocodile Brock |
Ryan Bowen Arrow | Jeff Brown Paper Bagwell | Ricky Bad to the Bones |
Mark Beetle Bailey | Marty Grin and Barrett | Floyd Up and Down the Bannister |
Tim Humphrey Bogard | Ricky Signing Bones | Bobby Bad To The Bonilla |
Scott Am Brosius | Randy Burning Bush | Craig Matinee at the Biggio |
Pat South of the Borders | Dante Inferno Bichette | Esteban Bats In the Beltre |
Jeff See Through Blauser | Harold Growing Baines | Tom Lightning Bolton |
Andy the Merchant of Benes | John Charcoal Burkett | Tom Here's a Story of a Man Named Brady |
Damon Blue Berryhill | Bill Bubble Bath | Ross I Never Promised You A Baumgarten |
Stan Belinda Carlisle | Pat Side Burns | Scott Supercalifragilisticexpiala Brosius |
Matt Son Of A Beech | Juan Less Bell to Answer | Carlos One if by Land, Two if Baerga |
Eric Sleeping with Bienemy | Andy Merchant of Benes | Jerome You Better You Better You Bettis |
Matt Werewolves of Blundin | Mike Room and Bordick | Rob My Bironas |
C | ||
Ron Born in the US Cey | David Sili Cone | Todd Caribbean Cruz |
Greg Life Is a Cadaret | Pat OK Corrales | Ivan Bubbling Calderon |
Wil Bungee Cordero | Mark Clark Bar | Jose Can You See Canseco |
Steve Kentucky Fried Chitren | Tom Cotton Candiotti | Mark Carreon My Wayward Son |
Henry Ava Cotto | Mark Crystal Clear | Sylvester Swallows Return to Campusano |
Ken Get Off My Cloude | Danny Van Clyburn | Dave Vodka Collins |
Joey Alba Cora | Royce A Roni Clayton | Gene Lamont Cranston |
Ty Corn on the Cobb | Ken Helmet Caminiti | Dennis Short Order Cook |
Jeff Conine the Barbarian | Steve Short Order Cooke | Scott Little Deuce Cooper |
Joe Sergeant Carter | Chuck Creme de la Crim | Cris If I Were a Carpenter |
Mike Cameron Swayze | My Cousin Vinny Castilla | Chuck Baby You Can Drive My Carr |
Golden Archi Cianfrocco | Dave Clark Five | Francisco Umbilical Cordova |
Tim Pablo Crews | Casey Sixteen Candaele | Bob Sister Christian |
Jose Can You See Cruz | Ben Winter Coates | Hey You Get Off of Mike Cloud |
Matt White Cassel | Chris Cab Calloway | Larry Self Centers |
D | ||
Kal Jack Daniels | Rob Bomba Deer | Rich Dotson 280z |
Mike Well Dunne | Leon Bull Durham | Delino Decoconut Deshields |
Bill Doran Duran | Bo Buenos Diaz | Jim 2 Silhouettes on Deshaies |
Eye of the Storm Davis | Bill Hello Dawley | Jeff Dedmon Don't Wear Plaid |
Dan Salad Dreissen | Jim Washer and Dwyer | Mariano Slam Duncan |
Ron My Darling | Eric the Red Davis | Brian Number 10 Downing Street |
Ken Fix or Repair Dayley | Rob Acey Ducey | Danny Darwin Theory |
Red Hot Chili Davis | Jody Davis Eyes | Carlos In Delgado Da Vida |
Rob Double Dibble | Kelly Churchill Downs | Carlos Daylight Come and Delgado Go Home |
Omar Barbie Daal | ||
E | ||
Cecil Espy N | Dave No Man is an Eiland | Lee Elia Kuryakin |
Dave Right Engel | Tom East of Edens | Damion It Don't Come Easley |
Joey Bette Davis Eischen | Juan Re Encarnacion | |
F | ||
Jim Bela Fregosi | Steve A Bridge Too Farr | Steve Chariots of Fireovid |
Mike Horse Fetters | Brett Favre Ngugen | Felix the Cat Fermin |
Rollie Chicken Fingers | Bob Air Forsch | John Generalissimo Francisco Franco |
Scott Fletcher Christian | Curt Model T Ford | Todd Which Hand Does He Frohwirth |
Hector Sizzling Fajardo | Steve Huckleberry Finley | Mike Center Felder |
Monty Farris Wheel | Tony Prehistoric Fossas | Chuck Dorsal Finley |
Smokin' Lou Frazier | Jeff French Frye | Cliff Pink Floyd |
Marvin Philadelphia Freeman | Kevin Linoleum Flora | Jay Fiedler on the Roof |
A J Touchy Feeley | Jay See Me Feely | Barry Bananas Foster |
Jeff Philadelphia Feagles | ||
G | ||
Greg Gagne with a Spoon | Andres the Giant Gallaraga | Fettucini Alfredo Griffin |
Mark Amazing Grace | Mike Leggo Gallego | Tom Heard it Through the Glavine |
Mark Federal Grant | Jose Mother Guzman | Tony Gwynn and Bear It |
Mark Chauncey Gardner | Don Down the Gullet | Dwight Gooden Plenty |
Tux Cito Gaston | Dan Man from Gladden | Bernard Innocent Until Proven Gilkey |
Johnny Pass the Grubb | Juan Speedy Gonzales | Tom Flash Gordon |
Jim Gott the Win | Ron Extrava Gant | Mark Woody Guthrie |
Brent Rusty Gates | Jason Giambi Jack Flash | Nomar Mr. Nice Guy Garciaparra |
Juan Going Going Gonzales | Joe Grahe Flannel | Ben Good Grieve |
Rich Loose Gannon | Bobby Seven Year Gritch | Tony Gwynn One for the Gipper |
Chris Gwynn the Eskimo | Andrew Ski Glover | |
H | ||
Jay Thurston B. Howell III | Mel Carnegie Hall | Jeff Going Back To Huson |
Tommy Ben Herr | Lamarr Where Does It Hoyt | Dave Harry and the Henderson |
Von Purple Hayes | Danny Uriah Heep | Mike Heath Bar |
Tom Dirty Henke | Kent Buy a Vowel Hrbek | Jeff Hamilton Joe Frank and Reynolds |
Bruce Patty Hurst | Glenn Old Mother Hubbard | Charles Moscow on the Hudson |
Tim Hulett Packard | Chris Mr. Haney | Neal Heaton and Air Conditioning |
Chris Hammond Cheese | Vince Four Horsman | Pete Harnisch Racing |
Brian Deer Hunter | Glenallen Strawberry Hill | Peter Chips A Hoy |
Ron Tala Hassey | Toby Last Harrah | Darryl Green Eggs And Hamilton |
Todd Highway to Helton | Tom Henke Panky | Art and Howe |
Sam Little Big Horn | John Habyan Corpus | Ah Ah Az Hakim |
I | ||
Dane Clockwork Iorg | ||
J | ||
Bo Diddley Jackson | Dion Bartles and James | Felix Do You Know the Way to San Jose |
Brook Jacoby Wan Kenobi | Wally Absorbine Joyner | Stan Javier Self A Merry Little Christmas |
Temple Bethel Johnson | Doug Along Came Jones | Dave Supreme Court Justice |
Jeff Mick Jeager | ||
K | ||
John I Am Not a Kruk | Bob Yom Kipper | Mike The Man Who Would Be Kingery |
Jimmy Francis Scott Key | Dana Field Goal Kiecker | Chuck New Kids on Knoblauch |
Eric Burger King | Ron Ma and Pa Kittle | Joe Colonel Klink |
Darryl Gomer Kile | Eric Karros Matic | Jon Kitna Kaboodle |
Dan Erie Kanell | ||
L | ||
Jim Saturday Night LeFebvre | Chet Bitter Lemon | Mike Car 54 Lavalliere |
Steve Lake Michigan | Dennis Fluorescent Lamp | Tim Praise the Laudner |
Scott Lay Lady Leius | Jim Frito Leyritz | Bill One if by Landrum |
Jeff Sugar Ray Leonard | Vance Common Law | Al Cigarette Leiter |
Rick Innocent Lysander | Urbano Renewal Lugo | John Tonight Let It Be Lowenstein |
Mark Bud Leiter | Pat Pencil Thin Listach | Keith June Lockhart |
Ed Merrill Lynch | Steve Detroit Lyons | Rudy Mother In Law |
Jose Lind Cuisine | Craig Def Lefferts | Scott Livingstone, I Presume |
Davey Canta Lopes | Mark Get Back Loretta | Steve Lyons And Tigers And Bears, Oh My |
Gene Meadow Larkin | Kerry Leather And Lacy | Don't Walk Away René Lachemann |
Sean Personal Landeta | Al Fruit Of Levine | |
M | ||
John Holy Moses | Me and Willie McGee | Eddie Eat Drink and be Murray |
Kevin No Maas | Jose Flying Melendez | Paul Molitor and the Merrimac |
Candy Man Maldonado | Darryl Motley Crue | Oddibe Young Again McDowell |
Joe Magrane Headache | Kent Magic Mercker | Fred McGriff the Crime Dog |
Mike Mason Jar | Greg Appa Maddux | Kirt What Was That Manwaring |
Shane Fleetwood Mack | Dave Mary Magadan | Don Welcome Mattingly |
Dave Vodka Martinez | Big Ben MacDonald | Pat Mahomes Where the Heart is |
José Costa Mesa | Greg Mathe Maddux | Bob Melvin and the Blue Notes |
Juan Field Marichal | Jeff Praying Manto | Damon All Mashore That's Going Mashore |
Brent Remember the Mayne | Rick Junk Mahler | Kevin Sing Along with Mitchell |
Eating Raul Mondesi | Captain Kirk McCaskill | Steve After Dinner Mintz |
Angel In the Morning Miranda | Brian 12 Year Moehler | James Teenage Mouton Ninja Turtles |
Orlando I Am Merced | Mike Loggins and Mussina | Pedro Harvest Munoz |
Curtis My Favorite Martin | Josh Tears of McCown | Mark Eve of Destruction McGwire |
Roger Chocolate Maltbie | Mike After Dinner Minter | Chris One Bad Ma'afalla |
Natrone Refried Means | ||
N | ||
Matt No Nokes | Paul Buenos Noce | Reid Buffalo Nichols |
Gene Full Nelson | Tim Golden Nehring | Edgar High Nunez |
Dan Nick Naulty | Robb The Flying Nen | Jon Get Thee To A Nunnally |
O | ||
John Orton Hears a Who | Johnny Quaker Oates | Gregg Olson Golden |
Alex Ochoa Gesundheit | Al Osuna or Later | Sandis Ozolinsh that stole Christmas |
Ron Roller Oester | Steve Vi Olin | |
P | ||
Tom Goodnight Sweet Prince | Jim Car Poole | Rafael Emerson Lake and Palmiero |
Jim Hanky Pankovits | Ted Tower of Power | Ken Good Evening Mr. Phelps |
Mark Trans Parent | Terry Swimming Puhl | Terry Pit and the Pendleton |
Eric Ker Plunk | Joe Actual Retail Price | Dave Parallel Parker |
Bill Veal Pecota | Mike Onion Pagel | Melido Shuffle Perez |
Don Whiter Shade of Pall | Tony Jala Pena | Phil the Final Plantier |
Chan Ho 3 Com Park | Robert Missing Person | Mike Pepperoni Piazza |
Jorge Carne Posada | Jeff Juden Priest | Vicente Buckingham Palacios |
Bill Liquid Plummer | Luis Ap Polonia | Albert Winnie the Pujols |
Ricky Proehl Shampoo | Carl Slim Pickens | Arquimedez Principle Pozo |
Q | ||
Jamie Men at Quirk | ||
R | ||
Dave Prince Righetti | Randy Ready or Not | Jerry Rolls Reuss |
Bobby Tokyo Rose | Kevin Reimer Reason | Dave Rohde Runner |
Tim Purple Raines | Johnny Manta Ray | Craig Reynolds Wrap |
Gary Redus a Bedtime Story | Jim Pork Fried Rice | Cookie Days of Wine and Rojas |
Vern Golden Ruhle | Luis Buick Rivera | Bruce Two Minutes for Ruffin |
José Blame It On Rijo | Andre Bad Moon Rison | Kevin Ritz Cracker |
Wally Lionel Ritchie | Bryan Rekar Named Desire | Kirk Weekly Rueter |
Who Framed Roger Ruzek | Jerry Minute Rice | |
S | ||
B J And the Bear Surhoff | Joe Slusarski and Hutch | Pete Raise Your Hand if You're Schourek |
Gary Sheffield of Dreams | Bill Per Spiers | Todd Aris Stottlemyre |
Tim Sockeye Salmon | Gary Sheffield Of Dreams | Heathcliff Slocumb if ya got 'em |
Mark Tossed Salas | Steve Alto Sax | Craig Brewer and Shipley |
Rafael Evil Ways Santana | Joel Mule Skinner | John When Irish Eyes are Smiley |
Eric Win Place or Show | Larry Satin Sheets | Mike Great Scott |
Darryl Strawberry Shortcake | Mike Pre Schooler | Bob Ice Station Sebra |
Billy Free Sample | Tom Leave it to Seaver | Jeff Wine Sellers |
Juan Play it Again Samuel | Rick Really Big Schu | James Easter Steels |
Ed Ocean Sprague | Doug People Are Strange | Sammy Say it Isn't Sosa |
Mario Scotch and Soto | Bill Beer Stein | Bruce Three Piece Sutter |
Kevin Alka Seitzer | Ruben High Sierra | Mike Nova Scioscia |
Scott Room Servais | Chris Church Speier | Paul Veal Sorrento |
Buck Showalter Raleigh | Mario Speedwagon Soto | Tim Spehr Tire |
Franklin Ticket Stubbs | Reggie Colonel Sanders | Lance Sargeant Schulters |
T | ||
John Private Tudor | Steve Rainbow Trout | Andres Doubting Thomas |
Manny Kingston Trillo | Fred Toliver Twist | Alan Have Gun Will Trammell |
Pat Pick Up the Tabler | Frank Tanana Daquiri | Mark Fall Of The House Of Tauscher |
Kevin Spinal Tapani | Dickie Mara Thon | Jim Home Thweet Thome |
Mike Miami Tice | Tony Tarasco Sauce | Jim Thome Can You Hear Me? |
Michael Turner Overdrive | George Iced Teague | Ground Control to David Toms |
Amani It's Not A Toomer | ||
U | ||
José Game Winning Uribe | John Stick It In Urrea | Ugueth What You Pay For Urbina |
V | ||
Bobby Be My Valentine | Ozzie Like A Virgil | Frank 101 Strings Viola |
Dave Death Valle | Robin Ventura Highway | Todd Smack Crackle VanPoppel |
Andy Dick Van Slyke | ||
W | ||
Butch Oil and Wynegar | Gary Hospital Ward | Mitch The Devil and Daniel Webster |
Jeff Montgomery Ward | Walt Three Blind Weiss | Craig For What It's Worthington |
Todd We Are the Worrell | Tim Eli Wallach | Vince Workman My Way Back to You |
Mark Bay City Wohlers | Don Pop Werner | Kerry Norwegian Wood |
John Teenage Wetteland | John Hia Wathan | Jeff Dream Weaver |
Bob Intentional Walk | Duane Psycho Ward | |
X | ||
Y | ||
Rich Not Ready Yett | Matt Forever Young | |
Z | ||
Ray Wine Zellers | Greg The Wrath Of Zahn | Todd Good Housekeeping Zeile |
Eric Light My Ziere |
Great list, but you absolutely must make room on it for Oddibe Young Again McDowell.
ReplyDeleteI agree. That was one of the great ones.
DeleteI like Dean Arnold Palmer one of my faves is Junior Felix became Senor Felix
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