[Balin Intruder] Nicknames #1

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Author Message Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11238 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 1:07 am:        A new series of puzzle, in which you will have to guess the origin of a certain nickname. All these nicknames (or at least most of them) will come from my years of playing baseball with crazy people. And just to really be weird, I will allude to viral videos by how I put my name in the puzzle title. I don't know why, but I will. Anyway, here goes: What was the origin of the nickname "Pablo"? Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4520 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 2:05 am:        ... so, this is a nickname given to you, Balin? There are a couple famous ballplayers named Pablo. Relevant? I don't get the viral video thing. How is that "alluding" to one? Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn) New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 659 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 3:17 am:        Was "Pablo" Mexican? Hispanic? Did he speak Spanish? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11245 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 3:23 am:        ... so, this is a nickname given to you, Balin? No - a teammate of mine There are a couple famous ballplayers named Pablo. Relevant? Yope I don't get the viral video thing. How is that "alluding" to one? Balin Intruder -> Bed Intruder Was "Pablo" Mexican? Hispanic? I forget - assume he was part Hispanic. Assume part Mexican, if you want. Did he speak Spanish? Irrel Eli (Eli) New member Username: Eli Post Number: 1817 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 10:25 am:        Is the sport of baseball at all relevant? Was it something about the appearance that gave him the nickname? Something related to his behaviour? Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3227 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 10:26 am:        Picasso relevant? Did your teammate have a badly broken nose or something similar? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11258 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 3:48 pm:        Is the sport of baseball at all relevant? Yesish/Yope Was it something about the appearance that gave him the nickname? No Something related to his behaviour? No Picasso relevant? No Did your teammate have a badly broken nose or something similar? No Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin) New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2775 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 4:08 pm:        San Francisco Giants relevant? Kung Fu Panda? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11261 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 4:44 pm:        San Francisco Giants relevant? No Kung Fu Panda? No Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin) New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2777 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 4:48 pm:        So not Pablo Sandoval then. Drat. BTW Balin, no, my puzzle has nothing to do with what we talked about yesterday, LOL. Eli (Eli) New member Username: Eli Post Number: 1824 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 8:35 pm:        Do we need to know the spesifics of baseball to solve this? (if so I'm totally lost, lol) Is his age relevant? Location? What type of car he drives? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11265 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 9:41 pm:        Do we need to know the spesifics of baseball to solve this? No (if so I'm totally lost, lol) Is his age relevant? No Location? No What type of car he drives? No Eli (Eli) New member Username: Eli Post Number: 1831 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 10:28 pm:        Is Pablo actually playing baseball? is he a baseball fan? not even remotely interested in baseball? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11286 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 10:29 pm:        Is Pablo actually playing baseball? The person with the nickname or the namesake? Yes to the first, Yes-and to the second. is he a baseball fan? Yes, Yes-and not even remotely interested in baseball? No, No Eli (Eli) New member Username: Eli Post Number: 1834 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 10:40 pm:        I was thinking that maybe the guy was nicknamed Pablo after a big baseball player (if there is any by that name, lol) as a joke, because he had no interest in baseball whatsover, but all his friends were mad baseball fans. Well, back to the drawing board. If we're concentrating on the nickname-Pablo; anything relevant in how he plays baseball? what he does before? during? or after a game? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11287 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 - 2:53 am:        If we're concentrating on the nickname-Pablo; anything relevant in how he plays baseball? Yope what he does before? during? or after a game? No You have an FA, I think. Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11288 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 - 2:54 am:        BLOOPER: The above post is for the namesake-Pablo, not the nickname-Pablo. For the nickname-Pablo, the answers are all No. Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3230 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 - 10:46 am:        Pablo Martinez? if not please disregard the following... No hitters relevant? Poor old Pablo has been so close to a no hitter several times in his career? Did your team mate almost get a no hitter? Is hitting the batter with a pitch relevant? The aforementioned Senor Martinez has hit a few in his time? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11305 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 - 9:07 pm:        Pablo Martinez? No, but in one sense OTRT if not please disregard the following... All below are irrel No hitters relevant? Poor old Pablo has been so close to a no hitter several times in his career? Did your team mate almost get a no hitter? Is hitting the batter with a pitch relevant? The aforementioned Senor Martinez has hit a few in his time? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11334 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 7:44 pm:        HINT: You know that "Pablo" is part Hispanic. With that information only, why would Pablo Martinez be closer to the actual "namesake-Pablo" than Pablo Sandoval (assuming you know nothing about either Martinez or Sandoval)? Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin) New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2850 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 7:53 pm:        because...Sandoval doesn't look like a Hispanic name? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11340 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 7:55 pm:        because...Sandoval doesn't look like a Hispanic name? Yes!... Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin) New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2852 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 7:59 pm:        Bed Intruder? I don't get it... Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11342 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 8:03 pm:        Bed Intruder? I don't get it... That was just for fun. Or rather, funny and funnier. It's a viral video and has absolutely nothing to do with the puzzle. Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1456 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Sunday, January 23, 2011 - 3:58 am:        Sandoval doesn't look like a Hispanic name? It does to me... Anyway, so is the point that the teammate had a Hispanic-sounding last name, but not a Hispanic-sounding first name? So "Pablo" seemed more appropriate? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11407 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Sunday, January 23, 2011 - 2:20 pm:        Sandoval doesn't look like a Hispanic name? It does to me... It does, but "Martinez" is a more typical (or stereotypical) Hispanic last name. Anyway, so is the point that the teammate had a Hispanic-sounding last name, but not a Hispanic-sounding first name? True but not the right answer So "Pablo" seemed more appropriate? Noish Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11484 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 5:13 pm:        HINT: His specific last name is relevant. Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 472 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 5:22 pm:        Is it Martinez? Another name that ends in -ez? Rbruma (Rbruma) New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1282 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 5:36 pm:        Is his last name one that is/was one of a famous person, also called Pablo? Escobar? Picasso? Neruda? Casals? (I ran out of Pablos) Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11493 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 5:04 am:        Is it Martinez? No Another name that ends in -ez? Yes Is his last name one that is/was one of a famous person, also called Pablo? FA Escobar? Picasso? Neruda? Casals? None of these (I ran out of Pablos) Sundowner (Sundowner) New member Username: Sundowner Post Number: 673 Registered: 6-2003 Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 11:14 am:        Is the namesake's first name not Pablo? Is Pablo a contraction? like Paco B. Lopez? Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3238 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 1:50 pm:        Sanchez? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11506 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 3:33 pm:        Sanchez? Yep! Now tell me who Pablo Sanchez is and I shall $poyle. Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3239 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 3:57 pm:        The little video game dude? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11514 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 1:03 am:        The little video game dude? A good enough description as any. **********SPOILER********** This player had the last name "Sanchez," so we nicknamed him "Pablo," after the character from the Backyard Sports series. Nice solve, everyone; let's see if the next one is as easy.