Baseball Horse Names

I love baseball, just as much as I love horse racing. Baseball is one of the things that my dad and I could agree on. Before his death last year, he had asked me to use my MLB.com account so he could watch his beloved Mets, and I agreed to let him. While he unfortanlly never did, I still love the game to this day. Tuesday I was bored, so on Twitter I started a hashtag called #Baseballhorsename. All of a sudden a very nice conversation started and all these names that are sometimes over looked as baseball names or terms came out of woodwork. Below is just a sample of names that are associated with baseball weather they be people, places or just terms (special thanks to Chris Hernandez (tencentcielo) and Linda Dougherty (LindaMDougherty) on Twitter for the inspiration). Hope you enjoy!

The pedigrees of the horses will follow:

(f) Female

Grand Slam (Gone West x Bright Candles by El Gran Senor)

Slambino (Grand Slam x Bloomy by Polish Numbers)

Bases Loaded (f) (Northern Dancer x Pennant Star by Bold Ruler)

Relief Pitcher (IRE) (Welsh Term (IRE) x Bases Loaded by Northern Dancer)

Stolen Base (f) (Herbager (FR) x Bases Full by Ambiorix (FR)) (This family is actually loaded with baseball terms, Bases Loaded and Relief Pitcher are from this same family. However the two most famous members of this family (other then La Trioenne) do not have baseball terms in their names. They are 2005 2yo Champion filly Folklore and 2004 KY Derby and Preakness winner Smarty Jones)

Lets Go Mets (shiver, don't like the Mets) (Impeachment x Queen Candace by Candi's Gold)

Go Yankees (double shiver, hate the Yankees) (Yankee Victor x Jet to Vegas by Roman Diplomat)

Zim and Torre (Two Punch x Motel Malibu by Bates Motel)

Lights Out Lidge (Afleet Alex x Cervante (AUS) by King's Theatre (IRE))

Ball Four (Grand Slam x Making Faces by Lyphard)

Fenway Faithful (Grand Slam x Lemon Tart by Deputy Minister)

Field of Dreams (f) (Meadowlake x La Finale by In Reality)

There are several other names that I didn't include on this list, but if you have any other interesting Baseball Horse Names, leave a comment below this post.

Since this is a somewhat off weekend (no offence to the Sword Dancer, but most of the horses in the race are a bit over the hill), and that Sunday I start my vol. job for the season, there won't be an Weekend Preview this week. However, there will be a post tomorrow I just got to figure out what to do.