How'd you get your forum moniker?

son is a catcher,"sure" on his feet and a Golden Panther (cat)

Around here they all think it's VERY corny!

A few years back when my kids took me kicking and screaming to a computer for my 1st email account on AOL.....I had to come up with something clever; guess I goofed.

I was a Baltimore Orioles fan; so I added the name and my age and came up with that great handle "Orioles42"

I like another team now, but kept the handle.

O42

O42 ...

And your age is different now, too, right ?

CatSureMom:

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Around here they all think it's VERY corny!

As Marie Antionette's cook once famously said..."Let them eat corn!"

That's a good moniker!

orioles42:

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I like another team now, but kept the handle.

Ahh yes...we can choose a new team all right, but we can't choose a different age!

Had a job in HS that required me to initial (rz) everything, soon after that I forgot my real name and to this day pretty much answer to "rz" or "z" in the hood. However, I'm still Randall to my mother when she has issues with me . The 1 came from computer login names that require at least 3 characters.

Interesting subject, Bulltinkle! Especially since my ViewSonic flat screen moniker just went out (six month out of warranty)and I am back to using an old fuzzy screened moniker for awhile.

Fungo,
Call me I need to know 'bout 'em yard sales fer razin' muney...

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Originally posted by itsagreatgame:
Need I say more?

THAT'S EXACTLY HOW I GOT MY NAME!!!

"Need I say more?"

Blazer= Midwest Blazers Scout team in Wisconsin an 18 and under select team that I helped create, we have been around for 8 years (although the Blazers have been an organization for 30+ years)

25= My jersey number from little league through college baseball and on to coaching.


Midwest Blazers

Georgia Bulldog grad and huge fan plus last name. No comments on how inventive that isn't from any Clemson, TN, Ga Tech or Gator fans!!!!

FBM,

It is funny you asked that question....I have to fall out of bed in the morning to get up.

O42

I got thrown out of a youth baseball game for something somebody else said,(Only time in 14 yrs of watching my sons play)I'm thinking I should change it, it's too long!

Basically I am not very bright or imaginative....

I wanted the name to indicate that I was not the player - and I saw someone else was using their son's graduating class ... tada 08Dad was born...

When we originally logged on, my son was going to be the primary user. He is a catcher and lately he has been catching some strong arms, hence the heat... I loved this site so much, that now we share it... we usually read it together, we each learn something, and it is part of that great bonding time.

I tell my friends all the time, my full time job is my kids my part time job is the business I own.

Wanted everyone to know exactly who I was. How can you be any more specific than CADad?

I thought that stood for Central Alabama and you didn't know how to spell "Bubba".

Fungo,
How did you know that? Were you able to get my IP address?

CADad,
How'd you know? I did a search of your "I Pee" address and this is what came up so I knew it must be Central Alabama or Central Arkansas.

I am a baseball bum.

I love baseball and I also live in a refrigerator box during the day. I guess it is better than calling myself baseballhobo?

I'm obviously a Virginia Tech grad, perhaps their slowest wide receiver in history, or so my sons think...... Actually, they think it's pretty cool I played football there, until I tell them that (1) my speed as a WR then wouldn't beat their d-linemen now, and (2) we once lost to Alabama (and Da Bear) 77-6.

Hokieone

Ever since I was a little kid - I thought all the good stuff and the interesting stuff happened on the field. "In the game" - so to speak.

All of the off the field stuff - and the hype - at any level - and the bad personal stories - never seemed to have anything to do with the game itself.

Then - as I was signing up for the HSBBWEB - (thanks to TR) - I remembered the EA Sports theme - "Itsinthegame".

I think the marketing dudes at EA Sports actually had a good moment - and I took the name because I thought it was the truth.

Itsinthegame.

Fungo,

Completely unoriginal. I was tired when I registered. My son will be a 2010 HS grad, so dad10 it was. Didn't even capitalise the d. Since then I've thought up some great monikers . . but . . . ah . . . . maybe I'll change it . . sometime.

I simply wasn't thinking at all, let my allegiance shine thru. When coaching however we always point out the high standards of dress and on field conduct the Yanks demand (at least compared to the Nation of Idiots). Class and tradition count for something, don't they? A winning tradition never hurts either. Any complaints will be accepted in another 80 years or so ...

I used to just watch and then I quit so while I was posting instead of watching, I missed this.

Which reminds me, "You can observe a lot by watching"

And, If you watch long enough, someone else will ask the dumb question for you.

And, if you keep your mouth shut, and just watch, your foot can not get into your mouth.

forum moniker..?? Don't really know but wished I could change mine peace, Shep

infidel-08:

Your moniker and explanation is absolutely hilarious!

The photo is a hoot too!

my barber's name.

Well, I was going to use Bullwinkle but it was taken. So I opted for my nickname from my baseball days as a kid (well, part of it anyway).

My son is class of 2008.

This is probably too corny, but the "Beebe" is a reference to Don Beebe, former wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers and the Buffalo Bills. Yes, I know this is a baseball site, not football. The man made a single play for the Bills in Super Bowl XXVII that to me really defines competition, perseverence, effort and talent. It has stuck with me as though it happened last week. I've used it several times with teams I've coached, especially when the opponent seems overly confident or my players seem overwhelmed.

The score was Cowboys 52, Bills 17, late in the 4th quarter. Even the announcers were just waiting for it to end. The Cowboy's Leon Lett picked up a fumble in the Bills' end. With no one near him, he ran at least 50 to 60 yards toward the goal line. He began to celebrate at about the 10 yard line, by holding the ball in his right hand and extending it outwards toward the sideline crowd.

At the time of the fumble, Don Beebe was one of the farthest players from the ball. He sprinted as fast as he could (which was pretty fast by any standard), weaving in and out of the traffic ahead of him. He closed a huge gap between himself and Lett. Just as Lett reached the one yard line, Beebe reached out and smacked the ball out of his hand and through the endzone, resulting in a touchback, Bills' ball.

As I've told my players:
A spectator asks "What was he thinking? or Why bother?".
A competitor, who tries his hardest every play, doesn't ask those questions. He understands.

BTW, Beebe won a Super Bowl with the Packers, but if you go to his House of Speed website, it's his play against Leon Lett that gets top billing.

That's good...I remember that happening...thanks for the memory.

I am a coach for the Southern Illinois Bullets.

Haven't changed mine in a couple of years ... still believin' my kid is a (D)Back in the Future

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Originally posted by FutureBack.Mom:
Haven't changed mine in a couple of years ... still believin' my kid is a (D)Back in the Future

Your's is still one of the best, "Dot."

You're right JT...FutureBack.Mom is one of the most clever monikers on the HSBBW.

Like PG commented awhile back...you gotta love slobintoronto...it's almost festive!

Call me Mr. Obvious... I live in New Jersey and I am a dad to three kids.

Besides, Fungo was already taken

OLD....not as young as I used to be
SLUGGER...used to be a decent bomber
8......my number, my boys number, Yaz' number, me being a Prussian(German) Polish guy.

My son's number for many seasons.