Nickname Seeks Indian: "Fridge Magnet"

by emd2k3 on Jan 14, 2012 7:45 PM EST

Congratulations to Sir Jack HANNAHAN, who garnered over half of the thousands of votes cast. I'm sure the nickname "English Leather" will serve him well in the years beyond his service to the diamond.

HANNAHAN's gifted glove and English-sounding although Irish surname pushed the vote in his direction. Ohioans love their HANNAHANS, well a little less than Illinois anyways.

What's up next?

The wonderfully charming nickname "Fridge Magnet"

What kind of player is a fridge magnet? Better yet, what kind of former or present Cleveland Indian player is a fridge magnet? A player whose stick-to-it-ive-ness is only challenged by stainless steel? A player who is a reminder of horrible things to come, like a calendar from your least favorite dentist? Or a player who is a cheap souvenir from the Florida panhandle?

There are no parameters other than your own perverted whimsy. Let the nominating process begin!

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Ryan Garko.

Matt LaPorta is the bane of my existence.

by USSChoo on Jan 15, 2012 1:14 AM EST reply actions

Beau Mills…sounds like an appliance brand

by APV on Jan 15, 2012 8:19 AM EST reply actions

Trevor Crowe — allegedly gritty, certainly horrible, and is to a major league baseball player as a cheap Florida souvenir is to a fine piece of porcelain.

by peter m on Jan 15, 2012 1:41 PM EST reply actions

Based on my grandmother’s refrigerator, I have to vote for Sizemore. Seriously, her fridge is papered in newspaper clippings, game program clippings, actual magnets. It’s a fairly creepy shrine to get around when all you want is some limeade.

by ameliorate on Jan 15, 2012 3:14 PM EST reply actions

Man, I love limeade.

Matt LaPorta is the bane of my existence.

by USSChoo on Jan 15, 2012 4:42 PM EST up reply actions

Enough to brave a wall of Grady’s doe eyes and slightly slack jaw (and one huge picture of him clutching his knee and writhing in pain)?

by ameliorate on Jan 15, 2012 5:24 PM EST up reply actions

If I can add some Sprite-like drink to it, thus making a limeade-sparkler, then yes.

Matt LaPorta is the bane of my existence.

by USSChoo on Jan 15, 2012 11:17 PM EST up reply actions

To me, Fridge Magnet is a guy who sticks around for a while, on your team for a while and then on your fridge for a long time after. Carlos Baerga, maybe. Even better, Kenny Lofton.

by Jay on Jan 16, 2012 2:00 AM EST reply actions

Also, you have to start spelling Hannahan right or I’ma get pissed.

by Jay on Jan 16, 2012 2:00 AM EST reply actions

Thank you.

Matt LaPorta is the bane of my existence.

by USSChoo on Jan 16, 2012 2:40 PM EST up reply actions

We need Chuck to use The WayBack Machine to remind us of some older-timers.

by emd2k3 on Jan 16, 2012 8:31 AM EST reply actions

To me, “Fridge Magnet” suggests a player who, while maybe good enough to have earned a little notoriety, was not good enough to deserve a crappy bobble-head. Casey Blake comes to mind.
Of course I also happen to have a half-ripped fridge magnet of Casey Blake on my refrigerator from 2006.

Did Hammy just say "A two run jack-off the wall!"?

by jeff kent's moustache HOF on Jan 16, 2012 11:48 AM EST reply actions