My favorite Texas-based baseball writer has his Kazmir-Nottingham take at Grantland, including the following, which is fully correct:

Nottingham … actually, let’s stop for a second and address something important. A’s fans get dumped on because the Coliseum shows up empty on TV, and that’s a disservice to them. It’s one of the worst, and least accessible, ballparks in the country, and Oakland doesn’t have a Yankees-size fan base. But A’s fans are passionate and creative, and loud as hell when the park is full. They’re great.

So having said that, let me say this to A’s fans, as a community: If there isn’t some Robin Hood–themed nickname for Jacob Nottingham by the time he reaches the big leagues, you guys don’t deserve a major league franchise. I don’t care what it is, but this is a meatball over the plate as nickname opportunities go.