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Player Nicknames, How did they get them ?

tennesseebankertennesseebanker Posts: 5,433 ✭✭✭
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I have always been interested in baseball players nicknames, I have always wondered how they ever came up with nicknames like
"Big Poison"
"The Flying Dutchman"
"The Big Unit"
And thousand's of others, Does anyone have any interesting stories to share about how some of the players got thier nicknames ?
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  • zef204zef204 Posts: 4,742 ✭✭
    Dudley Dawson?
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  • GonblottGonblott Posts: 1,951 ✭✭
    "The Refrigerator"

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  • tennesseebankertennesseebanker Posts: 5,433 ✭✭✭
    Zef, I think it is obvious how he got his nickname.
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  • ElemenopeoElemenopeo Posts: 2,577 ✭✭

    This from Wikipedia about Paul "Big Poison" Waner and his younger brother Lloyd "Little Poison" Waner:

    "A possibly apocryphal story claims that their nicknames reflect a Brooklyn Dodgers fan's pronunciation of "Big Person" and "Little Person." In 1927, the season the brothers accumulated 460 hits, the fan is said to have remarked, "Them Waners! It's always the little poison on thoid (third) and the big poison on foist (first)!" But given that Lloyd was actually taller, this story would seem somewhat incongruous."
  • zef204zef204 Posts: 4,742 ✭✭
    And Wikipedia for Randy Johnson.

    "Perhaps the most infamous fact about Randy Johnson is his nickname, "The Big Unit". During batting practice in 1988, the 6'10" Johnson, then with the Montreal Expos, collided head-first with outfielder Tim Raines, prompting his teammate to exclaim, "You're a big unit!"[citation needed]. The nickname has stuck ever since."
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  • tennesseebankertennesseebanker Posts: 5,433 ✭✭✭
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    Good Stuff !
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  • onlyanumberonlyanumber Posts: 2,433


    << <i>Dudley Dawson? >>



    Wasn't that Booger from Revenge of the Nerds?
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  • kylehess10kylehess10 Posts: 351
    What about Glenn "Bam Bam" Hubbard. I've always wondered how he got that
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  • tennesseebankertennesseebanker Posts: 5,433 ✭✭✭


    << <i>What about Glenn "Bam Bam" Hubbard. I've always wondered how he got that >>




    Maybe because he kinda favors Barney Rubble
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  • ravenmanravenman Posts: 83
    john "t-bone" shelby
  • jamesgotpoormanjamesgotpoorman Posts: 1,682


    << <i>What about Glenn "Bam Bam" Hubbard. I've always wondered how he got that >>



    What about Glenn "the snake" Hubbard for his fleer 83?I believe) card. image
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  • HalvesHalves Posts: 23
    Has anyone noticed how there really hasn't been any good nicknames given out recently, say in the last few years. The most recent good ones (that aren't a play on their name like Smoltzie or A-rod):

    Allen 'the Answer' Iverson
    Frank 'the Big Hurt' Thomas

    and so on...just seems there's no imagination with players nowadays...
  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,114 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I always liked Pepper Johnson.

    When playing for Ohio State in the Rose Bowl, they had a team breakfast and he was putting pepper on his cereal.

    I wonder what Andrew MacFarlane put on his cereal?
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    << <i>What about Glenn "Bam Bam" Hubbard. I've always wondered how he got that >>



    What about Glenn "the snake" Hubbard for his fleer 83?I believe) card. image >>




    haha I know what card you're talking about. I love how weird some cards get.....like that Ryan Klesko card from Pinnacle holding a surf board image
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  • DarinDarin Posts: 7,325 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I always liked Andre 'bad moon' Rison.
  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭
    I like Al 'Airplane' Edwards. I saw a picture of him in an old SI holding up two basketballs away from his body. That guy had a freakish wingspan.
  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    I have that issue also. He was a legend in the playground games.

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  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭


    << <i>john "t-bone" shelby >>




    I thought that was George Castanza's nickname?? No wait, that was KoKo.
  • JdurgJdurg Posts: 997 ✭


    << <i>And Wikipedia for Randy Johnson.

    "Perhaps the most infamous fact about Randy Johnson is his nickname, "The Big Unit". During batting practice in 1988, the 6'10" Johnson, then with the Montreal Expos, collided head-first with outfielder Tim Raines, prompting his teammate to exclaim, "You're a big unit!"[citation needed]. The nickname has stuck ever since." >>



    I always thought that nickname came from a locker-room showing. image
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