Best Padres at each letter of the alphabet. Who are they?
I'll start us off and update as we get good ones...
A - Andy Ashby
B - Bruce Bochy or Kevin Brown (Bret Boone for another x2 points)
C - Ken Caminiti (Chris Cannizzaro for x2)
D - Dave Dravecky
E - Juan Eichelberger
F - Rollie Fingers (Tim Flannery be darned)
G - Tony the Gwynn (Goose Gossage x2)
H - Trevor the Hoffman
I - Mike Ivie
J - Randy the Jones (makes me hungry for a big slugger dawg)
K - Terry Kennedy (John Kruk disqualified for failure to adhere to Gaslamp Ball Law 42.2a: "Players must have two functioning nuts to be eligible for Alphabet Game")
L - Scott Linebrink (Sixto Lezcano disqualified for failure to adhere to Gaslamp Ball Law 42.2b: "Players must not have more than two functioning nuts to be eligible for Alphabet Game")
M - Fred "Crime Dawg" McGriff (Mike Maddux x2)
N - Graig Nettles Phil Nevin (Nevin be darned)
O - Akinori Otsuka (Somebody needs to record a slow, quiet version of the Corky's Pest Control theme for wistful rainy days when we miss Aki.)
P - Jake Peavy (Here's rooting for Jake to earn the "the" nickname someday)
Q - Humberto Quintero
R - Rickey (Rickey gets what Rickey wants, and if Rickey wants you to forget about Gene Richards, then Rickey will make you forget about Gene Richards)
S - Benito Santiago (He probably would've backflipped too if it hadn't been for all that gear) (Scott Sanders x2)
T - Gary Templeton (Tim Teuful x2)
U - John Urrea (Shine on, golden star. Shine on)
V - Greg Vaughn
W - Dave the Winfield (Woody Williams x2)
X - X Nady (San Diego's ex-boyfriend)
Y - Chris Young
Z - Zteve Garvey (Always stickin' his stuff where it don't belong)
Z - Uncle Barry Zito (Come home, prodigal son. All is fogiven)
Update [2006-12-8 14:51:15 by Dex]: Here's something for those of you having senior moments. Anybody can play!
Update [2006-12-8 17:58:27 by Dex]: We did it! There it is in all its glory. Feels kind of satisfying doesn't it? I feel like I ate a really big steak, or carved a birdhouse out of a Rubik's cube or something. Thanks to all who helped!
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