Most remember Stanley Burrell for his outrageous dance moves and ginormous parachute pants.

Others, as the kid named “Pipeline.”

All remember him as MC Hammer, though.

So what the hell does “Pipeline” mean?

Back in the day, (1972 to be accurate) a 10-year-old Hammer was hired by Oakland Athletics owner Charlie O. Finley to be the team’s batboy.

You have to realize Finley was a crazy, crazy mother-you-know-what.

He paid players to grow mustaches. He turned the A’s official mascot into a live mule named after himself. He created mechanical rabbits to deliver fresh baseballs to umpires.

Anyway, back to “Pipeline.” He eventually became Finley’s Executive Vice President as a 13-year-old. No joke.

Anything Hammer heard, he told Finley. Anything Hammer saw, he told Finley.

Hence, players started calling him “Pipeline.”

As for his more famous, onstage moniker?

It, too, spawned in the clubhouse of the Swingin’ A’s – who won three straight titles during Hammer’s first three years on the job.

ASU alum Reggie Jackson was the one to give Hammer his nickname, citing Burrell’s visible likeness to Hank Aaron.

So don’t blame Hammer. Blame Reggie.