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Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

roger_that Jun 02 2021 08:53 AM

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 Jun 02 2021 09:01 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

J. Bruce and McK. Christensen want equal time! RADK won a Cy Young Award, for God's sake!

roger_that Jun 02 2021 09:08 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

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 Jun 02 2021 09:15 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

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 Jun 02 2021 12:40 PM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

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 Jun 02 2021 12:44 PM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

Elliott Maddox

Benjamin Grimm Jun 02 2021 12:45 PM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

Jeremy Hefner

roger_that Jun 02 2021 01:06 PM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

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 Jun 02 2021 01:30 PM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

ELLiot. Jer EMM y.

LWFS Jun 02 2021 01:41 PM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

Trevor MAY

roger_that Jun 02 2021 01:56 PM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

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 Jun 02 2021 02:23 PM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

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

roger_that Jun 02 2021 04:11 PM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

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 Jun 02 2021 04:20 PM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

Colin Mi-Que And Shawn Ess-tess works better than Lagar-Ess

Frayed Knot Jun 02 2021 04:35 PM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

Villar should be under V Put R-mando Benitez as the R

Frayed Knot Jun 02 2021 04:47 PM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

Duh! Tommie A-G

Edgy MD Jun 02 2021 05:15 PM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

Y - DYt Gooden

roger_that Jun 02 2021 07:53 PM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

Edgy MD wrote: Y - DYt Gooden Only if "Dwight" is a three-syllable word.

Edgy MD Jun 02 2021 07:59 PM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

OK, then Y - YT Herzog.

dinosaur jesus Jun 02 2021 08:07 PM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

Xavier Nady

Edgy MD Jun 02 2021 10:38 PM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

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 Jun 03 2021 04:04 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

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 Jun 03 2021 04:08 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

How about U B Brooks?

roger_that Jun 03 2021 04:44 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

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

dinosaur jesus Jun 03 2021 05:45 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

=roger_that post_id=66405 time=1622659257 user_id=128] W =probably impossible

Ray Daviault?

Lefty Specialist Jun 03 2021 06:02 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

If he ever gets called up, MallEX Smith.

Lefty Specialist Jun 03 2021 06:05 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

Adeiny Hechavarria.

Edgy MD Jun 03 2021 06:07 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

Edgy MD wrote: OK, then Y - YT Herzog. never a Met, though, was he? Maybe Wally WHYtehurst? A 1966 coach.

Lefty Specialist Jun 03 2021 06:51 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

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

roger_that Jun 03 2021 07:41 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

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/

Johnny Lunchbucket Jun 03 2021 08:09 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

Damion EZley

Edgy MD Jun 03 2021 08:27 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

For T, you can use RusT Staub. I'm very curious to see how you ultimately monetize this project.

Edgy MD Jun 03 2021 08:30 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

For I — Dave Ilers

roger_that Jun 03 2021 08:43 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

Edgy MD wrote: For T, you can use RusT Staub. I'm very curious to see how you ultimately monetize this project. There's a market for this sort of nonsense? Do tell. (And I don't mean Octavio.)

roger_that Jun 03 2021 09:04 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Damion EZley Wot letter is this supposed to represent? A= Tommie Agee B= HuBIE Brooks C= SEAver D = DE Aza E= WillIE Mays F = Jeremy HEF-ner G = Dillon GEE H = Adeiny HECHavarria. I = Dave Eilers J = JAY Bruce K = McKAY Christensen L = ELLiot Maddox M = N = ENdy Chavez O = ConfortO P = PIazza Q = Colin Mc-Que R = ARmando Benitez S = Shaun EStes T = RusTY Staub U = Floyd YOUmans V = Jonathan VIllar W =Ray DAVIAULT X = AlEX Ochoa Y = Wally WHY-terst Z =MaZZEIka OK, incorporated a few changes here, now we need only another EM. "Hafner" was actually spelled "Hefner" which (with a slight Cockney accent) gives us our "F"--so now we need either another "EM" name or another "EFF" name (and I'll switch Jeremy back to EM.) Who was that big galoot we sent back and forth to Milwaukee--Burnitz? Was his first name Jeremy too? Or did he spell it funny?

G-Fafif Jun 03 2021 09:22 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

Mike REMlinger.

dinosaur jesus Jun 03 2021 09:33 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

Can we do the Greek alphabet next? I'm ready with Amed Rho-sario and Doug Psi-mons.

Edgy MD Jun 03 2021 09:39 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

Jeff Χser, checking in

Johnny Lunchbucket Jun 03 2021 09:46 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Damion EZley Wot letter is this supposed to represent? A= Tommie Agee B= HuBIE Brooks C= SEAver D = DE Aza E= WillIE Mays F = Jeremy HEF-ner G = Dillon GEE H = Adeiny HECHavarria. I = Dave Eilers J = JAY Bruce K = McKAY Christensen L = ELLiot Maddox M = N = ENdy Chavez O = ConfortO P = PIazza Q = Colin Mc-Que R = ARmando Benitez S = Shaun EStes T = RusTY Staub U = Floyd YOUmans V = Jonathan VIllar W =Ray DAVIAULT X = AlEX Ochoa Y = Wally WHY-terst Z =MaZZEIka OK, incorporated a few changes here, now we need only another EM. "Hafner" was actually spelled "Hefner" which (with a slight Cockney accent) gives us our "F"--so now we need either another "EM" name or another "EFF" name (and I'll switch Jeremy back to EM.) Who was that big galoot we sent back and forth to Milwaukee--Burnitz? Was his first name Jeremy too? Or did he spell it funny? E and z duh

Edgy MD Jun 03 2021 09:53 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

M - Mil Brown

roger_that Jun 03 2021 09:58 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

=G-Fafif post_id=66604 time=1622733742 user_id=55]Mike REMlinger.

No, there's no way to split R and EM into two separate syllables. We need an EM sound all by itself.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 03 2021 09:59 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

The Mets have had three Jeremies and a Jeromy. You can take you choice of them.

roger_that Jun 03 2021 10:01 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

Edgy MD wrote: For T, you can use RusT Staub. I'm very curious to see how you ultimately monetize this project. There's a market for this sort of nonsense? Do tell. (And I don't mean Octavio.) Also I think most of the proceeds should go to Dinosaur Jesus. Two-thirds of the heavy lifting was done by the guy who thought of the one letter I deemed "impossible" to get at the outset.

roger_that Jun 03 2021 10:02 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

Benjamin Grimm wrote: The Mets have had three Jeremies and a Jeromy. You can take you choice of them. You'll have to remind who the other two are. All I can remember is Hefner (who I'm using for EFF) and Burnitz, who spells it funny.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 03 2021 10:19 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

Reed and Griffiths. http://ultimatemets.com/roster.php

Johnny Lunchbucket Jun 03 2021 10:22 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

Brad E. Maus

roger_that Jun 03 2021 11:03 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Reed and Griffiths. http://ultimatemets.com/roster.php Forgot about both of them, if I ever knew them. Pretty unsubstantial. That's some useful database you linked to, though. Pick one of them as more important in Met history, and I think we're done here.

Edgy MD Jun 03 2021 11:07 AM Re: Dillon Gee and Endy Chavez

I guess that means no Greek. Sorry, Dellin Βnces.