Translator

• ABATT: blog "Bleed Cubbie Blue"
• Beaker: Former Cub, and garden staple, Matt Murton
  
• Buttercup: Former Cub and former future Cy Young award winner Mark Prior
  
• Crickets:  The Ricketts family, the new owners of the Cubs and our Insect Overlords
• E6: Former Cub and current little leaguer (Pirate) Ronny Cedeno.
  
• Fox Trot:  Jake Fox.
  
• Hufflepuff: Micah Hoffpauir, a nickname created by a son of a guy I work with.
  
• JJ: One of my all-time least favorite Cubs, Jacque Jones.
• Jenga: Milton Bradley, the board game.
• K-Fuk:  Kosuke Fukudome
  
• LOHO: The blog "A League of Her Own" run by Cubbie Julie
• Muskrat: cubs.com beat reporter Carrie Muskat.
• The Orca: Carlos Silva...who appears to be a bit overweight.
• O.V.:  Obstructed View...a blog
  
• Poo-Holes:  Albert Pujols...the Angels chemically enhanced superstar.
  
• REEDZ: Cubs outfielder Reed Johnson 
  
• Spellcheck or F7: Cubs pitcher and great Notre Dame wide receiver Jeff Samardzija (at times I'll just spell his name something like this--Samdafpodfiaudfjadkfja)
• Toe-Thumbs: former backup catcher Koyie Hill who had an accident a couple of years ago.
  
• TOOTBLAN: Thrown out on the basepaths like a nincompoop. This was created as a short way of describing Theriot's baserunning issues.