(They're more fun if you say them out loud!)

Mike enough, Aldretti
Steve poison Avery (okay, I just like that one because he was a Brave)
Joey Cask Of Amalfatano
Jim Hey Abbott
Bill Almon Joy
Rick see ya later Aguilera
Rich protect your car with Amaral
Oscar Azocar Named Desire
Jason Raspberry Bere
Eric Sleeping With Bieniemy
Bert be home Blyleven
Lance you've sunk my Blankenship
Scott Supercalifragilisticexpiala Brosius
Jeff Conine the Barbarian
My Cousin Vinny Castilla
Pat OK Corrales (yeah, he's a Brave, too)
Sylvester swallows return to Campusano
Scott Little Deuce Cooper
Red Hot Chili Davis
Jody Davis eyes
Carlos in Delgado da vida
Brett Favre-egnügen
Brook Jacoby Wan Kenobi
Scott Livingstone, I presume
Me and Willie McGee
Oddibe young again McDowell
Jon get thee to a Nunnally
Rafael Emerson, Lake, and Palmiero
Kevin Alka Seitzer
Heathcliff Slocumb if ya got 'em
Tony Tarasco sauce
Amani it's not a Toomer
Greg The Wrath Of Zahn

So of course I saved some favorites for last. My favorite reference:
Luis Sojo in the rain
I had heard this one many times over many years before I figured out where he got the nickname. Click on the link. It's a great song, a wonderful reference. I can't believe I had heard this song so many times before I realized it's where Chris Berman's nickname for Luis Sojo came from.

And my all-time favorite:
Chuck New Kids on Knoblauch
Enough said.

This is a real, definitive list. I got a few of mine from here. I think it isn't really up-to-date because there aren't many football players on it, but it's very extensive. Also some of the players' names are simply wrong. I've never heard of Scott Blauser, but even if he did exist, that probably should be Braves shortstop Jeff Blauser. But, hey, how can I not link to a web page that mentions Kevin Tapani and Dion James? I mean, when was the last time you heard those names?

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