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Taiwanese Nicknames for LA Angels Character

mjhsieh — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:05:41 -0000

On the most popular bulletin board service in Taiwan called PTT, we Angel fans have a little board chatting about all things Angels. It's not a surprise that many Angels characters have their own Taiwanese nicknames on the board. They are mostly in Mandarin, sometimes pronounced in native Taiwanese. Here are some of the nicknames and the explanations if necessary.

Real name	Fan-give name	Description
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	小翅膀田徑隊(Shao-chi-bon-tien-jin-dwey, the Track and Field Team with small cute wings), 猴子(Ho-je, monkey)
Some group of players with relatively smaller strike zone.	哈比人 (The Hobbits)
Mike Scioscia	縮夏(Shuo-Sha, sounds like Scioscia), 說瞎(Shuo-Sha, sounds like Scioscia, meaning like coaching blindly, only used with poor team performance.) also written as 說蝦. Sometime people use Soth, yes we check HH from time to time.	Mostly we just use some similar pronunciation.
Mickey Hatcher	米老鼠(Mee-Lao-Sue, Mickey Mouse)	It's interesting that we have fewer posts about eliminating the mouse...
Chone Figgins	Figgy, 腿姬/Leggy(Twey-gee, leggy), 腿/Legs(twey, legs), 阿腿(Ah-twey, lovely legs), Leggins, Fichiro(like ichiro), Vladimir Firrero(only used when playing against Yankees), 腿哥(Twey-ge, Brother Legs), 腿爺(Twey-yay, Extremely respected legs)	These nicknames are corresponding to his current performance. Leggins, Legs and Leggy are used with poor performance. As he gets hot, we have some later nicknames till Firrero. The ultimate form of this beloved utility guy is "汎用人型決戦兵器"/"general purpose humanoid ultimate weapon" (of Neon Genesis Evangelion)...
Vladimir Guerrero	Vlad, Vlady, 葛雷諾(Ge-lay-nol), 鳥滾葛(Niaw-gwen-Gwe, Ground-out Guererro), 主炮(Jwu-Pow, main fire power), Geroro(Actually pronounced as giroro)	Giroro has a lot of power in his arsenals according to "Keroro", a Japanese Anime.
Garret Anderson	GA, 大叔(Da-Sue, big uncle), 液化的膝蓋(EE-hwa-de-shi-gai, liquified knees)
Torii Hunter	獵人(Liyay Ren, hunter)	Some Taiwanese noticed that "Torii" is actually referred to the Japanese gate in front of a shrine, but that doesn't sound like too much fun.
Gary Matthews Jr.	GMJ, GMJ*, G公(Gee-Gon, Old Gary), 激公(Gee-Gon, Respectful Hormone), HGH
Bobby Abreu	(see description)	Almost all Taiwanese people (maybe about 80% of the population) know this guy thanks to the fact Chien-Ming Wang being with the ~~Borgs~~Yanks, so I am not going to cover that.
Juan Rivera	小黃/小璜(Hsiao-Hwang, little Juan)
Mike Napoli	拿坡里(Napoli), 拿胖(Na-pon), 批薩/賣批薩(Pizza or selling pizza)	"Napoli Pizza" is a quite famous Pizza restaurant chain in Taiwan.
Erick Aybar	愛拔/愛八(Ai-bar), sometime 腦殘愛八(brain-dead aybar, usually used when caught stealing)	After he got hot since June, no more brain-dead...
Kendry Morales	古巴人(Cuban)	Simply calling him a Cuban is kinda lazy, but a lot of Taiwanese baseball fans remember him as the young man who punished Taiwanese national team in 2003 world cup.
Howie Kendrick	HK47, 好姨	Sounds similar for the second nickname.
John Lackey	姜蕾姬(Jiang Lay Gee), 辣雞(Lar Gee)	Just some arbitrary Chinese names that sound like Lackey or John Lackey.
Kelvim Escobar	交友男(Ji-ow-yo-nan, "a man good at making friends"), Myspacecobar, 愛司/愛思(Ace), 愛司扣八(Acecobar), 柯巴(Cobar)	He has a lot of HOOOOT myspace friends, that's why we call him myspacecobar or 交友男. Also we call him ace or acecobar because he looks like an ace.
Joe Saunders	桑德斯(Saunders), Hokie Joe, 桑德斯上校(Colonel Saunders), 桑同學(Saun-tone-shue, classmate saunders)
Ervin Santana	小山(shiaw shan, little shan), 山同學(shan-tone-suey, classmate shan), 凸塔那(too-ta-na), 全壘打王(chuen-lay-da-won, king of homeruns), 吸血鬼(Shee-Shey-Gwey, vampire)	Beloved name (shiaw shan or shan-tone-suey), rant name (too-ta-na, chuen-lay-da-won) and superstitious name (Shee-Shey-Gwey) are used based on Ervin's performance.
Jered Weaver	小公主(Hsiao-gon-joo, little princess), 織織公主(Je-Je gon-joo, princess that weaves), 織織(Je-Je, weave-weave)	Literally due to the name and his hair style: he used to have relatively long hair. Two years ago he went head-to-head against CMWang and PTT people laughed at the hair style. Nevertheless, the nickname stuck.
Francisco Rodriguez	krod, 雷殘(Lay-tzan, tripping), 抖rod(Doe-rod, shaky-rod)
Scot Shields	神盾(Shen-Duen, Godly shield), 抖盾(Doe-Duen, Shaky shield)	Anyone noticed that when he is nervous, he is literally shaking?
Bartolo Colón	摳龍(Co-long), 摳胖(Co-pon, Fat Colon), 大芒果(Da-moun-gwo, Big Mango)	The names pretty much say it all.

OC Metro: OC’s 40 Under 40 (Torii Hunter listed)

mjhsieh — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:13:23 -0000

Via OC Metro Magazine

Torii Hunter, 32

Centerfielder, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (laangels.com)

Brought over from the Minnesota Twins with a 5-year, $90 million contract, this 7-time Golden Glover has been recognized for his philanthropic endeavors, winning Major League Baseball’s Marvin Miller Man of the Year award last season. Hunter also founded the Torii Hunter Project, a youth baseball initiative that increases opportunities for young players, particularly in inner cities.

What he hopes to be doing in 10 years:

“I’d like to be spending more time with my family and doing TV work as a baseball analyst.

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