I linked the Stan Hochman column in which he solicited ideas for nicknames for the Phillies’ rotation the other day (recall that he wanted it to be “Un-Four-gettables”). Well, the mob has spoken and Stan delivers the news:
The winner, by a squeaky margin, was R2C2, a spinoff of the smart-aleck “Star Wars” robot. Good luck trying to get copyright clearance on that one. Finishing second was Four Aces, with the voters equally divided between poker references and a tribute to the Philadelphia music group starring Al Alberts. (Biggest hit: “Love is a Many-Splendored Thing.”)
Um. OK.
Anyway, most people were saying “R2C2" anyway, so I suppose we’re stuck with that one, for better or worse. And it’s not bad as far as these things go. Not nearly as awesome as “Fat Joe and the Terror Squad,” which many had suggested. But I suppose it’s better to have something that will still work if Joe Blanton gets traded. Alas.
