Sports Aptronym's

In lieu of MVP's Eckstein's post about sports nicknames, I decided I'd like to post about a similar topic- aptronyms. An aptronym is a name aptly suited to fit the person. For example, Chris Moneymaker is a professional poker player (How fitting is it that a guy has a last name of Moneymaker and his job is solely to make money? You see?). So without further adue, here we go:

-Usain Bolt (sprinter)
-Brian Cashman (Yankees GM)
-Gilbert Arenas (basketball)
-Cecil and Prince Fielder (baseball)
-Eric Gagne (pitcher) (Gagne is french for "to win")
-Derek Jeter (SS) (Jeter is French for "to throw")
-Scott Speed (NASCAR)
-Willie Thrower (QB)
-Josh Outman (pitcher)

3 comments:

The 'Bright' One said...

what job isnt solely to make money?

I would also like to nominate anyone who's last name is Gay. Like Randle Gay and Rudy Gay.

What about Takeo Spikes

David "MVP" Eckstein said...

i thought gange was french for Steroids

saBEERmetrics said...

Kevin Jew-kalis