We got started last week with Rick Ankiel. Now it's Joe Mather's turn.
After the jump, Joe Mather...
Our friends at Viva El Birdos have embraced a nickname Joe picked up down in Double A in Springfield. They call him "Joey Bombs."
With all due respect, Unreal thinks we can do better.
May we suggest the alliterative "Wouldn't You Really Rather" Mather?
How's about "Spud" -- a reference to Mather's home state of Idaho?
No?
How about "The Beav" -- a nod to the similarity of Mather's name to that of the immortal Jerry Mathers, star of the classic small-screen series Leave It to Beaver? (And who who grudgingly submitted to an Unreal interview a few years back.)
Or perhaps you prefer an Evangelist Name Generator-inspired nickname: "Deacon Doc"?
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One vote per reader, please. But don't hesitate to write in a suggestion and leave it via the Comments thread. We'll close voting and announce the winning nickname a week from today, when we put up a new poll.
