NameMe Bowling Edition

July 7, 2016 9:56 PM

My colleagues and I will be bowling together in a tournament. I found out today that they want us all to have nicknames to print on our shirts. Specifications inside.

Our team name is "Three Strikes, You're In". So I'd like to find something that fits into a baseball theme or something close. The only thing I've come up with so far is "short stop" because I am short. My team is all women if that matters. My workplace is pretty uptight, so nothing too risque. I work in biotech if you want to run with that. I know how good y'all are at this. Name me!

posted by kamikazegopher to Grab Bag (15 answers total)

Shortstop sounds pretty good to me. Fwiw, there was a great shortstop named and nicknamed, Pee Wee Reese
posted by AugustWest at 10:08 PM on July 7, 2016 [2 favorites]

Bat Girl / Ball Girl
Foul Play
Pitcher's Mound (ahem)
Triple Play
Home Run
Bunt
Pitcher or Catcher (not everyone knows the innuendo angle)
Slugger
Designated Hitter

Types of pitches:
Fastballs: Four-seam, Two-seam, Cutter, Splitter, and Forkball.
Breaking Balls: Curveball, Slider, Slurve, and Screwball.
Changeups: Changeup, Palmball, Circle Changeup.
posted by Sunburnt at 10:11 PM on July 7, 2016 [1 favorite]

Hot corner (third base)
Balk
Full Count
Chin music (high and tight pitch you have to dodge to avoid taking it on the chin)
HBP (hit by pitch)
Cut-off man
Human Rain Delay (someone who takes a long time fidgeting hen they come to the plate)
A backwards K is the symbol for strike in baseball scorekeeping, so that'd be clever and punny
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 10:27 PM on July 7, 2016 [1 favorite]

Turkey tosser (tosser gives out a pitcher type image)
posted by slomodinkens at 10:27 PM on July 7, 2016

Babe Ruth
posted by soakimbo at 10:38 PM on July 7, 2016 [2 favorites]

I also like Sunburnt's mention of pitch types as a cool nickname theme for each member: Fastball, Knuckleball, Screwball, Curveball, Gyroball etc because then you could pretend like you've developed some crazy spin coming out from your bowling throw (e.g. "here come's the knuckleball" when trying for a 7-10 split).
posted by slomodinkens at 10:42 PM on July 7, 2016 [3 favorites]

Bloomer, in honor of the Bloomer Girls -- the first women's teams, dating back to the 1890s. They often played against men and won.
posted by mochapickle at 11:16 PM on July 7, 2016

Shortstuff

14 Pounder
posted by artdrectr at 11:23 PM on July 7, 2016

Character names from A League of Their Own? (Dottie, Kit, May, Doris, etc)
posted by misskaz at 7:41 AM on July 8, 2016 [1 favorite]

Kaye (K represents a strike thrown in baseball, and strikes are good in bowling).

Otherwise I think Knuckleball or Slider sound good for nicknames.
posted by under_petticoat_rule at 8:46 AM on July 8, 2016

Slide!

Shoeless Joan (or "Shoeless [your real name]")

The Kamikaze Kid
posted by mosk at 10:20 AM on July 8, 2016

Grounder

Balk

Bad Hop

Pop-up

If you happen to be unpartnered and available: Infield Single

If not: Double Play
posted by jamjam at 12:45 PM on July 8, 2016

Squeeze Play
posted by jamjam at 12:47 PM on July 8, 2016

Best answer: if your first name is Erin as your profile suggests, how about "Hank Erin"
posted by animalrainbow at 1:28 PM on July 8, 2016

Upon reflection, I'd change my above suggestion to "Shoeless Jo", which I think is an awesome bowling team nickname, even if your actual name is absolutely nothing like "Jo".
posted by mosk at 1:40 PM on July 8, 2016