Once you're done helping Twins Geek with player haikus (see below post) while away the day with TWINS ANAGRAMS. Go to Wordsmith and type in a player's name and let the wild times ensue.
For instance:
A CLICHED RED YUM
IODIZE RUG SLUR
ACE JERK HOPS TRIM UP
CATERER OH SKIP JUMP
And....?
Posted by BabyDash at May 3, 2007 10:14 PMHere's an interesting one from JBart:
A BAT RENT JOLTS
Perhaps there are good things coming for his BA?
Posted by: Newton at May 3, 2007 10:44 PMnone for Joe Mauer?
Posted by: slash at May 3, 2007 10:45 PMDOMED MEN IRK
Posted by: Bring Back Reboulet at May 3, 2007 11:11 PMAfter going through each player on the 25-man roster in my head first and then checking the Twins website 40-man roster to find someone whose name has a K but no N in it and FAILING for, like, an HOUR, I've determined that the third and fourth anagrams are for Joe Mauer, using his full name, Joseph Patrick Mauer. HOWEVER! There are 18 letters in Joseph Patrick Mauer, with two A's -- the anagrams only have 17 letters and one A. Dirty tricks!
Posted by: ARRRGHHHH at May 3, 2007 11:20 PMSATAN AN' A JOHN
Something about a devilish changeup and sitting down...?
Posted by: Carl at May 3, 2007 11:24 PMMuch to my chagrin, the Chairman's full name anagrams to AMATEURISH JOCK PREP.
"Chairman Mauer" anagrams to RHENIUM MARACA, which I find inexplicably hilarious. Also HURRICANE MAMA.
Posted by: ctate at May 4, 2007 12:10 AMTorture Hi In
Tonic Punk
Uranium Jet On
-or-
R Ninja Mute U So
Red Wolf
Posted by: Jesse at May 4, 2007 01:12 AMGROIN HARDENER (soooo wrong, but I had to mention it)
MUTE SOUR NINJA
TRUE IRON HIT
ROB ONES FOB
THEN SPEAK
PUNK TONIC
ENJOY RANTS
ALSO BE JUNK
For this season's tribute:
A REBEL RANCH
And some old timers...
HOMER BALL WINKER
KICK PREY BUTT
TOO VAINLY
NEARLY COERCED WIN
ALBINO SLOB
(And who's surprised by this: "Anagrams for 'Kent Hrbek': No anagrams found"?)
Posted by: errhode at May 4, 2007 02:05 AMOur 3B Man:
A COLA THUS I PLOP NUN
His pseudonym:
HEREIN SOUP TRY
His (ass?) bat:
A CLACKING CURING INFO UM
Posted by: Piranhtachew at May 4, 2007 06:03 AMI just looked up and added Hrbie's middle name, "Allen", errhode. Quite a few under my name click.
:)
Is anyone worried that BATGIRL is moving to Cleveland and her name is an anagram of TRIBE GIRL? OK, not quite, but I'm still uneasy.
Posted by: Kurtis at May 4, 2007 06:56 AM(I meant TRIBE GAL)
Posted by: Kurtis at May 4, 2007 06:56 AMDoes everyone know about this:
www.joemauer.com
?
I checked out joemauer.com. It appears to be new this year and already stale. No blogs or comments on the site since Tax Day. The first post: Joe welcoming us to the blog. The second post: Joe's cousin, "Jimbo" telling us that its a Mauer family blog. Nothing more from Joe. Jimbo also answers a previous comment in a his post without giving context, so he isn't very savy about how to us the blog paragigm/structure/format/site. Good luck Joe hanger-ons!
Posted by: Brooklynegg at May 4, 2007 08:29 AMSo, just for fun, I decided to see if Pat Neshek has been keeping up his blog this season. Sorry, Joe. It's no contest. Pat's comments about Tampa Bay are great. Wander over, if you haven't already.
Posted by: brooklynegg at May 4, 2007 08:35 AMthe Doctor = A INJURE MUST NO :nods:
jackal = CALL SAVIORS
Sid = SEND IN SNOOPY? DOPE SIN SONNY?
Posted by: wc at May 4, 2007 09:32 AMSend in Snoopy has to be pretty much the greatest thing ever.
Posted by: Batgirl at May 4, 2007 09:43 AMWell, there goes my work productivity today; I'm guessing I'll be on that site for the better part of the day now. Thanks BG!
Posted by: Eric at May 4, 2007 09:54 AMI agree with Batgirl... if this is a contest, "Send in Snoopy" is the current frontrunner.
Posted by: Kurtis at May 4, 2007 09:55 AMI like that many of the anagrams for Jesse Crain include the word "Jeer" or "Jeers"...that seems fitting.
Have I mentioned he's terrible on here before?
Posted by: Dave at May 4, 2007 10:39 AMhahaha! This is making Friday bearable!
Posted by: Bring Back Reboulet at May 4, 2007 10:45 AMKENS PEN GIRL
CILIA AXES ALL
TZAR IN ROOM
AM URETER GRIT
COIF JELL FIR
LILAC IS LOTUS (very flowery - there were a number of racy alternatives for this one)
Down on the Farm:
EVILS OWN KEY
WHAT GAME TZAR
and (less encouragingly)
BATTER SOCK (or) BATS ROCKET
Kurtis said: "(I meant TRIBE GAL)"
Kurtis, I'm more concerned that she's a Trib Gal!
Posted by: brianS at May 4, 2007 02:00 PMASK AN ANT, JOHAN.
ED, NIP SONNY SO.
BE BRO OF SON. (Dirty.)
RAZOR MI NOT! (He is a hairstylist, after all.)
CALL SAVIORS (can't really beat that one.)
A HICK TREKS PEN (Okay, he looks like a gomer, but he's not a hick.)
WAGE HE TRITER RUM. (No betting in baseball, boys!)
JEAN CRISES (don't you hate those?)
NINJA CUR ON!
PHEASANT JOHN
LEN'S REP KING
DENS YEN RYES (mmmm, rye)
A SHOE JUMPER
A DICED HELM = NORM (Can he still see auras?)
JOIN TEAM, US = RUNS (woo, house calls!)
FIERCER IF JOLLY
A LOCUST IS ILL
I LORD-SIZE GURU
A BAT RENTS JOLT
LAUNCH INTO SOP (head-first, even)
TANNER JOYS
ALSO BE JUNK? (oooh, harsh)
INHERIT ROUT (or at least the ability to create a rout of the other team..)
WORD ELF. Or even RED WOLF, which I'm sure he'd like more.
A CLICHED DRY EMU/A CHIC DYED LEMUR/A CHIC MUDDY LEER (I liked them all)
SHARE JOB (he's a platoony kind of guy)
OW. HINDER? TELL! (Even if it was because you were skipping. We won't laugh. Honest.)
Just did my name and well...
A RAG EM HITS IN OX
A RAG EM SHIT IN OX
A RAG SEX HIM I NOT
Oh dear, so haveing a name with an X , S and a E in it is not so good after all :-/
Pat the bunny:
A BENT THY PUN
BEAN THY PUNT
BAH PEN NUTTY (even pat misses Nutty)
BAN HEP NUTTY (Hum)
any my favorit;
HA BUTT PENNY
Any one else do twins baseball? Interasting,
A STABS BELL WIN
A BAT BELLS WINS
MINNESOTA TWINS = A MITTEN IN SNOWS
Because they make us all feel warm and fuzzy?
Posted by: FH at May 4, 2007 03:16 PMFH
You can really get some more options by using their non-shortened names, as your list demonstrates.
I like Cirillo's.
And Lew - I don't know ... I can see him preferring to be an elf.
Posted by: adam at May 4, 2007 03:28 PMI did a search for 'Chairman Mauer'
A CAMERA HIM RUN
A ACHE ARM IN RUM
AURA CHARM MINE
ACHE AIM ARM RUN
I hope you don't mind, but an Orioles blog picked up on your idea (we love "Send Snoopy In"). We came up with these:
Baltimore Orioles = Lo I root miserable
Peter Angelos = generate slop ... or ... elegant poser
Mike Flanagan = a lame fan king
Nick Markakis = karma kicks in
Corey Patterson = Ye so rotten crap
Jay Payton = a panty joy
Chris Gomez = schizo germ (I love that one!)
Ramon Hernandez = hard zone manner
Steve Trachsel = shat cleverest
Brian Burres = barrier buns
Scott Williamson = two million casts
Daniel Cabrera = a cleared brain
Brian Roberts = rabbit errs on
Adam Loewen = lame and woe (and he's now on the DL!)
PS - Minnesota Twins = tiniest snowman .. or .. a snow me in stint ... or ... SNOW TITANS MINE!!
Posted by: 3RunHomer at May 4, 2007 09:45 PMLew might enjoy being an elf, true, but Red Wolf sounds so much manlier.
I particularly liked Cirillo's, too. Kubel's is just mean, heh. Rabe's is factual, I feel.
Posted by: FordHoiberg at May 4, 2007 10:07 PMI think I just pulled an oblique from laughing at "groin hardener."
Posted by: sacky at May 5, 2007 12:05 PMA CHEAP ROE SKIRT JUMP
Posted by: Erin at May 5, 2007 11:53 PMHere's an anagram joke I first devised last season, to no one's amusement but my own: While most pitchers warm up in the "bull pen," a certain blogging submariner instead warms up in the "Sheep Tank," for purely anagrammatical reasons.
Posted by: jason at May 7, 2007 12:31 PM