Thursday, November 5, 2009

C.D.E. Translator

C.D.E. Translator:

This list will help you follow what the heck I'm talking about.

  • ABATT: blog "Bleed Cubbie Blue"
  • ACB: "Another Cubs Blog" who still love Milton Bradley
  • 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:  Cubs DH, 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.
  • Poo-Holes:  Albert Pujols...the Cardinals 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: 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.
I'll be adding to this list as time goes on.  Just click on the link on the Side Bar!