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Lo Duke of Flushing or Lo Duke of Flatbush?

What should Paul LoDuca be known as

Lo Duke of Flushing	4 votes
Lo Duke of Flatbush	3 votes
Other	3 votes
None	19 votes

mlbaseballtalk Dec 05 2005 05:26 PM

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

Edgy DC Dec 05 2005 05:28 PM

Flatbush /=Brooklyn, of couse. I fear a dazzling construction like Lo Puka is gestating.

Valadius Dec 05 2005 05:57 PM

The Duke of Brooklyn.

Yancy Street Gang Dec 05 2005 06:02 PM

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 Dec 05 2005 06:08 PM

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

Valadius Dec 05 2005 06:18 PM

The Second Duke of Brooklyn.

seawolf17 Dec 05 2005 06:25 PM

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

MFS62 Dec 05 2005 07:11 PM

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 Dec 05 2005 07:40 PM

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

Edgy DC Dec 05 2005 07:55 PM

Easy.

sharpie Dec 05 2005 08:24 PM

None is kicking butt.

Elster88 Dec 05 2005 09:24 PM

"Paul Lo Duca"

ABG Dec 05 2005 09:49 PM

"Gaby Hernandez"

Elster88 Dec 05 2005 10:45 PM

"Gaby Hernandez" is a weird nickname for Paul.

Frayed Knot Dec 05 2005 11:02 PM

"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.

sharpie Dec 05 2005 11:21 PM

Lo Duca will be the first non-pitching Paul.

DocTee Dec 06 2005 03:44 AM

P. Liddy

metirish Dec 06 2005 07:46 AM

]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 Dec 06 2005 10:49 AM

worst thread ever. no more dumb nicknames please.

Yancy Street Gang Dec 06 2005 10:54 AM

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 Dec 06 2005 11:03 AM

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

Elster88 Dec 06 2005 11:17 AM

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

metirish Dec 06 2005 11:22 AM

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

seawolf17 Dec 06 2005 11:23 AM

Elster88 wrote: Duke-Monster I just laughed so hard I spit my lozenge across the room.

Valadius Dec 06 2005 12:36 PM

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

Centerfield Dec 06 2005 12:43 PM

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...

Edgy DC Dec 06 2005 12:50 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 09 2005 11:08 PM

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 Dec 06 2005 12:53 PM

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.

Yancy Street Gang Dec 06 2005 04:52 PM

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.

Edgy DC Dec 06 2005 04:57 PM

John: 16 (plus two Johnnys, two Jons, and one Jonathan) Paul: 5 George: 4 Ringo: 0

HahnSolo Dec 06 2005 05:00 PM

Can I cast my vote for "Former Met"?

Elster88 Dec 06 2005 05:04 PM

Does Darryl = Daryl? Does Gregg = Greg? Does Kazuo = Kazuhisa? Does John = Takashi?

HahnSolo Dec 06 2005 05:08 PM

Can I cast my vote for "Former Met"?

Valadius Dec 06 2005 07:16 PM

Or Never-Met.

MFS62 Dec 09 2005 01:32 PM

Dante Brinkley is the PTBNL. http://mets.scout.com/2/476743.html I liked him . He can rake. He was a little old for each minor league stop because he signed late. Never found out of it was because of college, military service or jail. Later

Edgy DC Dec 09 2005 01:51 PM

Dante played at Southwest Missouri State University. He's a good player and too bad to lose him (I saw him at two levels) but the Mets have a lot of players like him and he's neither the best nor the youngest.

MFS62 Dec 09 2005 04:17 PM

Edgy DC wrote: Dante played at Southwest Missouri State University. He's a good player and too bad to lose him (I saw him at two levels) but the Mets have a lot of players like him and he's neither the best nor the youngest. Thanks for the info about his school. What other players to the Mets have on the farm "like him"? Later

Little Napoleon Dec 09 2005 06:41 PM

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

Edgy DC Dec 09 2005 11:11 PM

]What other players to the Mets have on the farm "like him"? Carlos Gomez and Jamar Hill, to name two, have similar skill sets, but are younger and more highly regarded.