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Origin of User Names

Was itching to make this post during regular season, but felt it had to wait.

Thought it would be interesting to find out how everyone on this site got their username.

Some of them,

 

i know, are obvious, but others--er, not so much.

 

I'll start. Anaheim is my loyalty to having Anaheim angels, halos is just a nickname for the angels, and 1961 is the year the franchise was formed.

 

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How did you get your sbnation user name?
Name IRL
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Random thoughts
12 votes
saying, this sounds good, lets ty it?
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other
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[Scott Nak]amura

== Resident Point Tallier ==

by scottnak on Oct 8, 2008 8:31 PM PDT   0 recs

I thought you were a big Spiez and AK fan...

Scott (Spiezio) n A.K. (Adam Kennedy for those who may not recall AK)

Anyway. That’s the way I had always read it.

Thanks for the explanation and I now stand corrected.

by Downing Rules on Oct 22, 2008 3:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I was ChokeTheMonkey

And then Reggie Willits came to play in 07. I was reading something on the register dot com and the writer phrased something like “Willits was hitting bullets all over the field”.

Thus, ReggieBullits (how clever, spelling Bullets like Willits…harharhar).

Is it March yet?

by ReggieBullits on Oct 8, 2008 8:34 PM PDT   0 recs

it was supposed to be "i heart howie"

but i typo’d

and then when we switched to new one, i didnt know how to transfer so i just made a new handle, hence 2.0

by ihearhowie2.0 on Oct 8, 2008 8:39 PM PDT   0 recs

Firefox

The Angels may have beat them 8 times in a row, but winning three before they do is all that matters.

by hauldog on Oct 9, 2008 9:28 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Mine comes from my job...

Selling stuff at Angel Stadium since 2003 (and one season back in 1996) in the stands.

Most people call us “vendors,” but we usually call ourselves “hawkers,”

thus Angel Hawker.

Selling you ice cream since 2003

Peanuts...Get your Overpriced Peanuts!

by Angel Hawker on Oct 8, 2008 8:43 PM PDT   0 recs

Mine.

NOT a gynocologist.

Old guy, therefore old school. Wear your pants to the knnes, and pull up your colors, stretching the STIRRUPS.

If you ain’t showing your stirrups, you are out of uniform.

The fact that it might make the occasional lady blogger here flinch is merely a bonus.

Francisco Rodriguez: 2006 to Present: 149 saves. 5 Panthers. As fabulous as Pride, Romero, Gregg, Budde and Dino Ebel combined.

by Stirrups on Oct 8, 2008 8:46 PM PDT   0 recs

flinch

Francisco Rodriguez: 2006 to Present: 149 saves. 5 Panthers. As fabulous as Pride, Romero, Gregg, Budde and Dino Ebel combined.

by Stirrups on Oct 8, 2008 9:09 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

My screen name has 2 sources.

First some background. I started following the site in April, but didn’t start posting until early August. For a couple of months, I was thinking of possible screen names, and hadcome up with several possibilities. Some time in May, someone in a game post made an error and wrote “Soth” instead of “Sosh”. So, the mistaken name for Scioscia took hold on HH.
The second source was my daughter, who is now 21 years old. She first played softball when she was around 7-8 years old…at a time when her font teeth had fallen out. She could not say softball. It came out “sothball”…or something close. So, when comtemplating a screen name, “sothball” seemed to work in 2 ways. It makes me think of the Angel way to play baseball, and it reminds me of some great times with my daughter.

by sothball on Oct 8, 2008 8:57 PM PDT   0 recs

Fontball

Captain, there are doubt's...

by Match Day 5 on Oct 11, 2008 6:26 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Zing!!!

Oh wait…that’s aimed at me. Hey!!!

by sothball on Oct 12, 2008 8:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

For some bizarre reason, every time I see one of your posts

I get visions of big hairy white monsters inhabiting the ice caves of snowbound planets in a galaxy far away…

Francisco Rodriguez: 2006 to Present: 149 saves. 5 Panthers. As fabulous as Pride, Romero, Gregg, Budde and Dino Ebel combined.

by Stirrups on Oct 8, 2008 9:10 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That's one of my

favorite star trek episodes. Actually it’s the only one i remember.

since 1961

by Chompo on Oct 9, 2008 10:19 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Hothball

Captain, there are doubt's...

by Match Day 5 on Oct 11, 2008 6:27 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

'splains some of them photos...

Francisco Rodriguez: 2006 to Present: 149 saves. 5 Panthers. As fabulous as Pride, Romero, Gregg, Budde and Dino Ebel combined.

by Stirrups on Oct 8, 2008 9:10 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

??? How is girl soccer wear and different from guy soccer wear?

Did you have color coordinated ribbons in your hair?

Were you banned from using a cup?

by sothball on Oct 8, 2008 9:17 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Your dad was seriously messed up.

And it sounds like “smokin hot chick” must have played for the other side. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Francisco Rodriguez: 2006 to Present: 149 saves. 5 Panthers. As fabulous as Pride, Romero, Gregg, Budde and Dino Ebel combined.

by Stirrups on Oct 8, 2008 9:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It basically IS Switch Hitter....

Ladybugs…starring Johnathan Brandis and Rodney Dangerfield.

Ladybugs, dude.

Whatever dude.

by Mayheminthehood on Oct 8, 2008 9:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Wait

I thought Switch Hitter was a totally original premise!

If GA wasn't so Lazy, I'd have something clever here.

by TheTypingFiend on Oct 8, 2008 9:48 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

"No respect" playing Martha Mayhem?

I just can’t picture Rodney D with a wig and high pitched voice running up and down a soccer field…

Maybe Sean Rodriguez….he didn’t look too bad in that Hooters wear.

by sothball on Oct 8, 2008 10:02 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I was in love with the blonde one...

what’s that you say?

oh my…

Hostility abounds on Halos Heaven

by thrill000 on Oct 9, 2008 11:31 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Kimberly Mullen or the blonde that was really a dude, Matthew/Martha?

I liked Penny Pester, in the end when she decided she was special, no matter what others think.

Whatever dude.

by Mayheminthehood on Oct 9, 2008 11:39 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

ha

I was joking about the dude.

I think I’ve only seen this movie like once and I don’t remember much.

Hostility abounds on Halos Heaven

by thrill000 on Oct 9, 2008 12:24 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Real name, kinda.

Last name is Mayhood. Had nickname Mayhem…which turned into mayhem in the hood sometime around high school;

Whatever dude.

by Mayheminthehood on Oct 8, 2008 9:07 PM PDT   0 recs

NoDakHalo

My first name is Norm.

I work for Daktronics.

Halogens are my favorite elements.

But seriously, I’m sure you can all figure it out.

If the Red Sox and Dodgers play for the World Series, I will not watch a single minute of a single game.

by NoDakHalo on Oct 8, 2008 9:08 PM PDT   0 recs

it is...

If the Red Sox and Dodgers play for the World Series, I will not watch a single minute of a single game.

by NoDakHalo on Oct 8, 2008 9:13 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh.

Well in that case I thought it was short for Norm Daktronics Halo.

by sothball on Oct 8, 2008 9:15 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Make that...

big hairy white monsters inhabiting the ice caves of snowbound planets in a galaxy far away…who are REALLY slow on the uptake!

Francisco Rodriguez: 2006 to Present: 149 saves. 5 Panthers. As fabulous as Pride, Romero, Gregg, Budde and Dino Ebel combined.

by Stirrups on Oct 8, 2008 9:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

well played, sir.

Francisco Rodriguez: 2006 to Present: 149 saves. 5 Panthers. As fabulous as Pride, Romero, Gregg, Budde and Dino Ebel combined.

by Stirrups on Oct 8, 2008 9:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Norm

Willie Mays Aikens is FREeeeeeeee

by Angel Aviator on Oct 8, 2008 10:49 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

NORM!!!!!

had to do that one…even if your name isn’t Normie

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring".
Rogers Hornsby

by ladybug on Oct 9, 2008 7:49 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Cliffie!!!!

Angels fan since '67

by red floyd on Oct 9, 2008 5:46 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

call me Carla :-D

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring".
Rogers Hornsby

by ladybug on Oct 9, 2008 8:25 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

2002 World Series, Game 2

Cancun. Outside sports bar. Liquor’d up. “The Clyde” impersonation was born (in honor of the rally monkey).

Think Clyde the orangutan from Clint Eastwood movies. I have a picture, but I’m too GA lazy to post it.

by The Clyde on Oct 8, 2008 9:09 PM PDT   0 recs

My name was given to me

when both my hubby and I worked for a band called Union, which was Bruce Kulick from Kiss, and John Corabi from Motley Crue.

Whenever the band would see us, we were always together, so henceforth, pattimelt came to life. Those of you that have my email addy, the numbers at the end are the year my hubby and I met for the first time.

by pattimelt on Oct 8, 2008 9:18 PM PDT   0 recs

and he's still alive after all these years.....LOL

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring".
Rogers Hornsby

by ladybug on Oct 9, 2008 7:50 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Kokey8

Kokey= in high school we had these packs of animal cookies.. and in Physics class which is right after lunch i would always eat the cookies. But i only ate the Elephant and his name was Kokey.. My physics teacher started calling me kokey.

and 8. well for kobe bryant #8. His first number

Do you know how to grow dreads like Vlad?

by Kokey8 on Oct 8, 2008 9:24 PM PDT   0 recs

So it has nothing to do with an 8 ball of blow?

That changes everything.

White trashin' the 909

by Red114 on Oct 9, 2008 1:11 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

DaBigKahuna

I’m 6ft tall, 300+ and I love kustom kulture, Exotica and Tikiana. In Hawaiian the word refers to a priest, sorcerer or healer but it modern times it’s come to mean a leader or the best at something.

"No pay me bunt" Vlad

by DaBigKahuna on Oct 8, 2008 9:28 PM PDT   0 recs

Nickname, sorta

A friend of mine decidedly nicknamed me Zoe a decade ago. Shortly after that, I began a three year college radio career, doing a weekly industrial show I called “The Necrobotic Dance Party.” Since my music was a subgenre of the post-punk, gothic, dark variety I fashioned the DJ name Zoe Necrosis. Now to this day I still use said name for my podcast, blogging, all purpose interweb littering.

"I've got more action than my man John Woo
And I've got mad hits like I was Rod Carew" - Shure Shot, The Beastie Boys

by Zoe Necrosis on Oct 8, 2008 9:31 PM PDT   0 recs

For some bizarre reason, when I see your screen name

I have flash backs to the movie “The 6th Sense”…you know, “I see dead people”. But worse. It must be the “Necrosis” in your name. I guess we all have our irrational side…

by sothball on Oct 8, 2008 9:38 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Yours is one of my favorites

Its the kind of name that gets stuck in your head and you end up repeating it over and over again…wait, I take that back, you suck.

I was uncool before uncool was cool.

by WiHaloFan on Oct 9, 2008 6:02 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Clutch

Tried to think of something baseball-related and clever. First considered using HollyWood, which was my Little League nickname (you figure it out—stemmed from the latter word), but must’ve thought nobody else would get that I wasn’t referring to the city…

Light Up That Halo!

by Clutch on Oct 8, 2008 9:48 PM PDT   0 recs

wasnt clutch

one of the lame angels mascots in the late 90s? along with scoop i think, lol

Mike Scioscia For President

by Sorbo182 on Oct 9, 2008 2:43 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It wasn't scoop

it was gas and brake. Or thats what I think whenever I see your nick.

Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!

by teopeht on Oct 9, 2008 12:27 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It wasn't Scoop, but it was Clutch

And yes, they were lame. Total Disney. Two bears (I assume to represent California). They’re names were Clutch, and Rbi. (Pronounced “Ribby” of course). I’m thankful to Disney for the stadium remodel, keeping the Halos in Anaheim, and the WS championship. But the Disney flavor (cheerleaders on the dugout, a “countdown” before the first pitch, etc)… man, that was embarrassing. Long live Arte!

If you can't rock me, the Halos will...

by Rockin' Halo on Oct 10, 2008 7:16 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I seem to

recall a year when they were called clutch and scoop as well.

Lamest poster of all-time.

by ineptituderunsamok on Oct 12, 2008 7:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Someone has that screen name...

complete with the photo of Clutch and Scoop…

by Downing Rules on Oct 13, 2008 5:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

CJ is the main character in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

My first handle on HHv.1.0 was actually nomahhh, but I haven’t used that for eons.

http://inplaynoouts.blogspot.com/ - A blog about teams I like, written by me.

by Carl Johnson on Oct 8, 2008 9:53 PM PDT   0 recs

I was “halofan” and then they promoted me to this blog from my 2003/04 livejournal and it was like being elevated to the priesthood, so that is where the “Reverend” part comes in.

by Rev Halofan on Oct 8, 2008 10:10 PM PDT   0 recs

basically, Howie's the man.

end.

Kotch would've had that.

by howiestheman on Oct 8, 2008 10:14 PM PDT   0 recs

sigh

Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!

by teopeht on Oct 9, 2008 12:28 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

what?

Kotch would've had that.

by howiestheman on Oct 9, 2008 1:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think he's saying

howies hitlessness at the plate humored halos heaven.

since 1961

by Chompo on Oct 9, 2008 1:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Awesome Alliterations Are Amazing.

Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!

by teopeht on Oct 10, 2008 1:54 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

He is commenting on your typo.

you mistakenly typed an apostrophe instead of " wa".

Francisco Rodriguez: 2006 to Present: 149 saves. 5 Panthers. As fabulous as Pride, Romero, Gregg, Budde and Dino Ebel combined.

by Stirrups on Oct 9, 2008 2:01 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

ouch

Kotch would've had that.

by howiestheman on Oct 9, 2008 3:51 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I am obviously a Mike Napoli fan.

I wanted a name that indicated that without using his actual name in my name, so I chose to use his uniform number. I thought this name up about 30 seconds before I pushed the button to join HH about two years ago.

Recipient of the 2008 "The Iron Man" award from scottnak of Halos Heaven!

by 44FAN on Oct 8, 2008 10:33 PM PDT   0 recs

man and I always thought you werea reggie jackson fan...

Show 'em your a panther... Show 'em what you can do....

by stuck in Romania on Oct 8, 2008 10:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

haha me too!

I'm your huc