First off, let me say that I hate the word "meme". I couldn't think of any other suitable title for this post though. "Inside jokes" sounds very clique-y, and doesn't really apply given the dozens (hundreds?) of regular contributors to AA. I was inspired to compile this list after seeing a few comments along the lines of "The Mets should re-sign Tuuu Timp" followed by confused replies like "What?" and "Who's that?". Here's an incomplete list of AA memes, along with a link to where it originated if applicable. Keep in mind I haven't been around here as long as some of you out there, so please add to this list.
- Tuuu Timp, Finnish baseball legend
- Voltron
- Oliver Perez = Sandy Koufax
- Oliver Perez = SO Mature
- Eddie Kunz is ruff
- Jeter's got an edge. Have you seen his outtakes?
- Grission
- Ron Darling <3 David Eckstein
- Scotty!
- Raul Ibanez is in better shape than a lot of 25 year olds (this is less amusing given Ibanez's ridiculous performance this year; the thought process behind the signing still sucks though)
- ITBSOHL - "in the best shape of his life"
- ....i don't trust the mets....
- The Site Bot
- Champtions
- Fernando Martinez nicknames: F!, Fartinez (my favorite), basically anything except F-Mart
- Shane Victorino nicknames: Dick Torino, Vic Torino, Gazoo
- Daniel Murphy nickname: Irish Hammer
- Ramon Castro nickname: Hippo
- Dick Pole
- c 1o1. The linked piece is "Bad News Mets", which scholars believe to be the quintessential c 101 work.
- Douchelord - This was actually coined by WholeCamels, proprietor of the Phillies SB Nation site The Good Phight. Mr. Camels is a rational, non-dickheaded Phillies fan and TGP is an excellent blog, so it's okay that "douchelord" was created by one of the Philth's followers.
- HELLO HELLO MR WILPON
-
Lobby.
- That's poor. That's poor.
- R.A. Dickey Face Photoshop contest.
