O's Sign 20-year old Cuban SS Yorkislandy Alvarez

[Number5]

5 hours ago, DrungoHazewood said:

Best first name in Orioles history?  Other contenders include Engelb, Breyvic, Ubaldo, Vidal, Odrisamer, Wei-Yin, Yamaico, Olise Cla, Radhames, Randor, Napoleon, plain old Yorkis, Ivanon, Heathcliff, Dorn, Oswaldo, Drungo, Dyar, Hoyt, Valmy, Enos, Hyun Soo, Delino, Vladimir, Wellington, and of course Jonathan.

Brooks!

[Cumberbundy]

4 hours ago, Frobby said:

Are minor leaguers included?    I’ve always been partial to Winter Polo, though it’s really the whole name, not just the first name, that makes it stand out.  

Papa, John deserves mention.

[Cumberbundy]

Merv,, Elrod, Boog, Moe, Chico, & Marcelino made the 1970s O’s tough to beat.

 

[Morgan423]

5 hours ago, Aristotelian said:

Thorne is going to have fund with this one if he ever makes it.

We're going to have to put Gary through a three hour long training class before he has to start pronouncing it.  Otherwise the first time he says it on the air, he'll say "York Island-y Alvarez".

[Natty]

Well we just brought up Demetrius.

[Cumberbundy]

1 hour ago, Morgan423 said:We're going to have to put Gary through a three hour long training class before he has to start pronouncing it.  Otherwise the first time he says it on the air, he'll say "York Island-y Alvarez".

Cousin Marv: What?
Bob: They're Chechens. They're from Chechnya, but you call them Chechens.
Cousin Marv: Yeah, they're from Chechnya.
Bob: Yeah, I said that. You don't call people from Ireland Irelandians, do you

[El_Duderino]

50 minutes ago, Cy Bundy said:

Cousin Marv: What?
Bob: They're Chechens. They're from Chechnya, but you call them Chechens.
Cousin Marv: Yeah, they're from Chechnya.
Bob: Yeah, I said that. You don't call people from Ireland Irelandians, do you

Super underrated movie

[DrungoHazewood]

13 hours ago, Cy Bundy said:

Merv,, Elrod, Boog, Moe, Chico, & Marcelino made the 1970s O’s tough to beat.

 

Chico Salmon's real name was Rutherford.  Boog is John.  And Moe Drabowsky was Myron.

[DrungoHazewood]

9 minutes ago, Cy Bundy said:

I don’t know if the names Rutherford & Myron take away from or improve the list. 

Rutherford is an A+ name.  If you name a kid Rutherford you have to expect that he's going to have a 3' beard at some point.

[Enjoy Terror]

[Ruzious]

It was probably inevitable that a thread about Yorkislandy Alvarez would eventually lead to a picture of Rutherford B. Hayes.  

I guess the only real news we have on Alvarez is that he was on the Cuba under 18 team in 2017?

 

[atomic]

37 minutes ago, Ruzious said:

It was probably inevitable that a thread about Yorkislandy Alvarez would eventually lead to a picture of Rutherford B. Hayes.  

I guess the only real news we have on Alvarez is that he was on the Cuba under 18 team in 2017?

  

And that he seems very happy a major league team signed him.

[scOtt]

51 minutes ago, Ruzious said:

It was probably inevitable that a thread about Yorkislandy Alvarez would eventually lead to a picture of Rutherford B. Hayes.  

I guess the only real news we have on Alvarez is that he was on the Cuba under 18 team in 2017?

 

And that he's not afraid of a Long March.

[btkidd01]

Posted this in another thread, is this guy really 6’10”? He sure didn’t look it in the picture. Misprint maybe

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, btkidd01 said:

Posted this in another thread, is this guy really 6’10”? He sure didn’t look it in the picture. Misprint maybe

If he's 6'10" I feel confident in predicting he isn't going to stick at short.