It has to be a nickname:

(1) Most parents would not be so cruel as to
name a child “Bean” when possessing a last name
of “Stringfellow”

(2) If his parents truly were that cruel, then
surely he’d go by his middle name, or a nickname,
or *something*.

Then again, I once knew a guy with the last name of Rider who, rather than go by “Richard” or “Rick” insisted on being called “Dick.”  So I suppose there’s no explaining human behavior.

...and, he was teammates in Richmond in 1988 with John Smoltz, who famously lost game 7 of the 1991 World Series to an 11-year old.

Thread over.  Travis wins for the 11-year-old reference.

Nicely done, Travis.  You win all teh Internets.

The Sox are definitely a flawed team that won’t be going DEEP into the post season, but it’s hard to say that a team that’s currently leading the wild card definitively WON’T be making the post season, especially since they have more home games and fewer games left against division leaders to play. I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see the Sox spend October home, but it’s ridiculous to be calling them out of it.

I actually giggled (might have been more of a chortle) out-loud on this thread.  Well done.

Who told the writers for “Austin Powers: Baseball has lost it Mojo” about Shysterball?

With a melon!?!?!?