Yankee Game Chatter in-jokes and nicknames.
* functions as wildcard.
*ZILLA: Hideki Matsui. Typically either DPZILLA!!! or CLUTCH-ZILLA!!!
_____________ (TM): Tanyon Sturtze. (SG in ATL)
BRILLIANT!: Tony Clark. Originated as spoof on Guiness commercials with two guys who always reply "BRILLIANT!" no matter what is said, the joke being that the Yankees braintrust sat around a table in the offseason looking for a backup for Giambi and that when Tony Clark’s name came up, the response was BRILLIANT! (Thanks to RL in NY for the explanation and Larry Mahnken and sjohnny for the invention)
CtJ, Come to Jesus!: CJ Nitkowski. (SM in DC)
El Duque, El Du-K: Orlando Hernandez.
Fievel: Jorge Posada
Flash: Either Tom Gordon or John Flaherty. Good Flash tends to be Tom Gordon; Bad Flash is John Flaherty.
ICR, Inanimate Carbon Rod: Alex Rodriguez for his inability to hit with RISP. (sjohnny)
J_ter: You don't same the vowels in G_d's name, do you?
Kaiser Soze: Tanyon Sturtze.
Kowalsky Sucks!: "Kowalsky was a classmate of NJASDJDH and Jeter’s #1 fan. They started talking about how much he sucked during a game and the Yankees rallied late to win. Expect to hear about the suckitude of Kowalsky if a rally is needed." -- SG in ATL
Leadoff Bernie: Bernie Williams seems least like his shell-like self when in the leadoff position.
LOCK THE STATE!!!!: Indicates that Javy Vazquez has just done something shit-tacular. Arose when Yankee GC's, tired of having their open letters to Vazquez ignored -- "Dear Javy, Homeruns bad. Strikeouts good. Walks bad." -- decided to translate their letters into Spanish to see if it would improve his understanding. "Lock the stat" is what Larry Mahnken got after running "Fix the situation" several Babelfish runs. Vaz then proceeded to suck, hard, for a while, and a classic was born.
Lord Fauntleroy: Alex Rodriguez. Nickname used primarily by Red Sox fans dropping in on Yankee GCs to whine. (Joe Bivens)
Mo: Mariano Rivera
Moose: Mike Mussina
NAGAM, Not As Good as Mo: Joe Nathan of the Twins after the Yankees tag him for four runs in 2/3rd of an inning on 08/19/04. (SG in ATL)
NJASDJDH: Nick Johnson Alfonso Soriano Derek Jeter Drew Henson. The Yankee farm-grown infield that should have been. Handle for Yankee Game Chatter poster.
Olderud: No, it's not a typo. John Olerud.
OWC, Overpaid Worthless C##ksucker: Derek Jeter during the second slump of 2004. (Jeter's #1 fan. As SG in ATL puts it, oh, the irony!)
Parasite: Enrique Wilson. Semi-retired due to Jason Giambi's health issues. (sjohnny)
Past a diving *: Where * is a player and the phrase is used to describe a fielder's failure to catch a line drive that they should have gotten. Arose because of how Yankee broadcaster Charley Steiner would, in years past, say "And past a diving Jeter!" three or four times a game.
PP, Profoundly Pedestrian: Esteban Loiaza. (rLr and SG in ATL)
Pumpkin: Tony Clark for his decent hitting in the first part of 2004 and his subsequent sucktasticness.
QuanGorMo: Quantrill - Gordon - Mariano. Refers to the sequence of closers that Joe Torre will run out approximately 99.999% of the time if the Yankees are leading into the seventh.
Serena Roberts: NYTimes writer of a hacktastic piece fawning over Tony Clark and blasting Jason Giambi for being an "expensive misfit" when he was sitting out games due to what was first thought to be a serious, potentially fatal parasitic infection and later discovered to be a tumor. Term seen in context similar to "Serena Roberts just got moist!!!!" or "Take that Serena!!"
Sjavy: Javier Vazquez. Named after sjohnny, who, one fateful game, said that Vazquez had great stuff. Vazquez then almost immediately gave up a three-run homer.
Skeets: Derek Jeter during the first dry spell of 2004. (SG in ATL's brother)
Steinling: The two-headed monster of Yankee radio broadcasts. Composed of the separate bodies of Charley Steiner and John Sterling.
TBE, The Big Enigma: Jose Contreras. (RB in DC)
The Admiral: Brad Halsey.
The Bohunk: Jason Varitek. (rLr)
The Shell: Bernie Williams, 2004 style, whenever he sucks. As in "He's a shell of himself."
The Toughest Man in the World: Jason Varitek
The Village Idiot: Ruben Sierra. (Joe Torre)
TRF, The Run Fairy: Felix Heredia (RB in DC)
TTAS, Two Time All Star: Esteban Loiaza (SG in ATL)
Who's Not: Jorge Posada
WwwMw: What's Wrong With Mo Week. Refers to the week every season where Mariano Rivera sucks and the headline that the NY tabloid papers run during that week.