Wayne Simmonds Bobblehead winner Part II

by Connie Kim on Mar 7, 2010 10:00 PM PST in Schadenfreude

Since I haven't heard anything from justlu, I've picked another winner of the Wayner b-head. It's 88fingerslukee!!

Please email me so I can get the bobblehead to you! Thanks to everyone for participating!!

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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

MEAT TRAIN!!!!!!!

What’s your email Connie?

by 88fingerslukee on Mar 8, 2010 7:17 AM PST reply actions

Never mind

I found it. I sent you my Canadian address, I hope the extra postage isn’t a huge problem.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

by 88fingerslukee on Mar 8, 2010 7:29 AM PST up reply actions

Congrats! Take good care of the Midnight Meat Train!

2009-10 Kings Hockey: Delivering Milk Steaks from the Meat Train at an arena near you!

by DodgerBlueBalls on Mar 8, 2010 8:33 AM PST up reply actions

He’s going to a good home!

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Mar 8, 2010 8:51 AM PST up reply actions

Meat Train?

Still don’t get that nickname. I like Night Train better.

by wavesinair on Mar 8, 2010 8:41 AM PST up reply actions

Well, the full incarnation of it is Midnight Meat Train. So in a way, they’re not all that different.

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Mar 8, 2010 8:51 AM PST up reply actions

Let’s be perfectly honest…why would people choose to give Wayne any nickname with the term “Night” in it? I think we all know why.
Meat Train was the Battle of California’s attempt to give an appropriate nickname to a spectacular player that did not lazily or unorignally had the term “Night” or “Dark” or “Black” in it.

Everytime I hear Wayne called “Night Train,” I cringe…

2009-10 Kings Hockey: Delivering Milk Steaks from the Meat Train at an arena near you!

by DodgerBlueBalls on Mar 8, 2010 11:32 AM PST up reply actions

“Battle of California’s attempt to give an appropriate nickname”

Huh, no. Their nickname was, as Niesy pointed out, was MIDNIGHT! So you’re way off base there…

As for you cringing, well that’s just your feeling. Try not to project it onto others. Let me be perfectly honest. So what if Simmonds is black? Should we be so politically correct to pretend he isn’t? Should the Kings not have him drop the puck with Willie O’ree because he’s black?

Night train isn’t demeaning in anyway whatsoever. I think of GnR’s song and it’s perfect for him.

Well I’m a west coast struttin’
One bad mother
Got a rattlesnake suitcase
Under my arm
Said I’m a mean machine
Been drinkin’ gasoline

Killer song, good nickname, and yeah, he’s black. Whatever.

by wavesinair on Mar 8, 2010 12:26 PM PST up reply actions

Huh, no. Their nickname was, as Niesy pointed out, was MIDNIGHT! So you’re way off base there…

Huh, yes. I would invite you to read more history about the nickname, please. You can find more history here

I’m not advocating using a name besides “night train” because of political correctness. I’m saying that Wayne is an outstanding player who deserves a great nickname which doesn’t lazily center around the fact that he’s African-Canadian. Let’s show some cognitive effort and orginality.

2009-10 Kings Hockey: Delivering Milk Steaks from the Meat Train at an arena near you!

by DodgerBlueBalls on Mar 8, 2010 12:44 PM PST up reply actions

“Night Train” is already taken, as it was Dick Lane’s nickname. Besides, what is a “night train?” A train that runs at night? That’s dumb.

Meat Train, on the other hand, implies a train packed with meat, which is much more apt. Plus it’s fun to yell “MEAT!” when he does something cool.

The West Coast is the Best Coast.

by RudyKelly on Mar 8, 2010 2:10 PM PST up reply actions

I thought it was made OF meat. Now my meatloaf plans are shot all to hell.

In Dinglebarn We Trust

by Niesy on Mar 8, 2010 4:29 PM PST up reply actions

Huh, maybe?

I think we’re both right because I had read this before, which oddly, both were written by Rudy Kelly…

http://www.battleofcali.com/2009/7/27/964850/season-review-midnight-meat-train

Even went so far as to make a movie poster.

How about WBMFS: Wayne Bad Mutha Fu*ka Simmonds? I kid, I kid.

by wavesinair on Mar 8, 2010 2:12 PM PST up reply actions

If you can believe it, that was a movie poster from an actual 2008 release and not made up for that blog article. So at least now we all understand the origin of Wayne’s nomenclature here at SB Nation. People will call him other things at other blogs. It’s just cool that the Kings have a young forward who’s game is so admirable that he clearly warrants having a nickname in just his second season…

2009-10 Kings Hockey: Delivering Milk Steaks from the Meat Train at an arena near you!

by DodgerBlueBalls on Mar 8, 2010 2:47 PM PST up reply actions