Today marked the beginning of another professional baseball season so I thought I'd share some of my favorite baseball players.

Dick Pole whose catcher while playing with the Mariners was Bud Cheeks
"The Big Unit" Randy Johnson
Rollie Fingers
Antonio Bastardo

Kosuke Fukdome
Butts Wagner
Chief Bender
Woody Held

Stubby Clapp
Johnny Dickshot
Pete LaCock
Coco Crisp

Dick Littlefield
Pussy Tebeau
Razor Shines
Charles Gassaway

AND MY TEAM MVP IS....

Honorable Mention:
Gaylord Perry
Richie Sexson
John Jaha(whenever he came to bat..JOHN JA-HAhahahahaha)
Angel Pagan
Tim Spooneybarger
Jung Bong
John Boozer
J.J. Putz
Doe Boyland(Michael Jackson's favorite player)
Dick Burns
Dick Flower
Chien Ming Wang
Boof Bosner
Pickles Dillhoefer
Doug Gwosdz(pronounced Goosh!)
Heinie Manush
Coot Veal
Bob "Death to the Flying Things" Ferguson (back when he played, fielders rarely wore gloves and his nickname meant he was good at catching pop-ups)
Lou "Biscuit Pants" Gerhig (before he was the "Iron Horse" he had that nickname)
Mordecai "Three Fingers" Brown (He only had three fingers on his throwing hand and Mr. Burns still wanted him for the nuclear plant's softball team)
Hugh "Losing Pitcher" Mulcahy (How many players today would want that nickname?  He was only on a full-time roster for four years because he was the "Losing Pitcher" and because there was a war.  Those four seasons he lost  18, 20, 22, and 16 games)
Frank "The Piano Mover" Smith
Joe "The Gay Reliever" Page
George "Twinkletoes" Selkirk
Cannonball Titcomb
Jack Glasscock
Randy Bush
Boob Fowler
Sloppy Thurston
Happy Felsch
Tuck Stainback

As for my picks for the season:  NL East: Philadelphia Phillies, NL Central Cincinnati Reds, NL West Arizona Diamondbacks  Wild Cards: Atlanta Braves, Miami Marlins
AL East Tampa Bay Rays, AL Central Detroit Tigers, AL West Texas Rangers, Wild Cards: New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

World Series: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim vs Miami Marlins

So who is your favorite player?