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Old 02-02-2011, 09:26 PM
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The Jo-burg and Rockport Harbor continue to have names rejected, but the Thunder Gulch out of Ceridwen (Lord Avie) officially was named today...

TOY CANNON

Suggested by Chuck, and I loved it.

Hope everyone else does and am curious to see how many know the reference. Hope the colt can live up to the name!
The name is great. Have no clue about the reference. Something to do with Chuck and his toys????
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Old 02-02-2011, 09:30 PM
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The name is great. Have no clue about the reference. Something to do with Chuck and his toys????
Old Houston Astro outfielder Jimmy Wynn's nickname. Was short and stocky but hit for power.
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Old 02-02-2011, 10:07 PM
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Old Houston Astro outfielder Jimmy Wynn's nickname. Was short and stocky but hit for power.
There was an upper deck seat in the Astrodome near one of the foul poles with a toy cannon logo on the back. Supposedly a Wynn-hit ball landed in that area, and based on the seat location, the ball was hit quite a distance.
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Old 02-02-2011, 10:08 PM
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There was an upper deck seat in the Astrodome near one of the foul poles with a toy cannon logo on the back. Supposedly a Wynn-hit ball knocked into that area, and from the looks of it, the ball was hit quite a distance.
The Astrodome was cavernous, so a regular home run was absolutely crushed.

As an Astros fan I'm very pleased with this choice of name.
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Old 02-02-2011, 10:11 PM
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The Astrodome was cavernous, so a regular home run was absolutely crushed.

As an Astros fan I'm very pleased with this choice of name.
Bill James thought Jose Cruz was absolutely punished by playing half his games in the dome.
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Old 02-02-2011, 10:14 PM
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Bill James thought Jose Cruz was absolutely punished by playing half his games in the dome.
Bagwell was too. Look at the pitchers that the Dome made look outstanding that were total trash elsewhere.
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Old 02-03-2011, 06:41 AM
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Bagwell was too. Look at the pitchers that the Dome made look outstanding that were total trash elsewhere.
While I am not disputing that the Dome was a very poor hitters park I'm not sure who you are referring to that looked outstanding only in Houston? IMO the frustrating thing about being an Astros fan during that era was that they werent able to develop that many really good, biased aided pitchers and take advantage of the park effect.
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Old 02-03-2011, 05:54 PM
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Bill James thought Jose Cruz was absolutely punished by playing half his games in the dome.
Chris Berman - Jose "Take Me on a Sea" Cruz
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Chris Berman - Jose "Take Me on a Sea" Cruz
My favorite Chris Berman-ism was always - - Bert "Be Home" Blyleven
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