Whatever happened to the great nicknames?
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"Slinging" Sammy Baugh
Bobby "Blonde Bomber" Layne
Clyde "Bulldog" Turner
Dante "Glue Fingers" Lavelli
Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch
"Concrete" Charlie Bednarik
"Galloping Ghost" Red Grange
Charlie "Golden Boy" Trippi
Lou "The Toe" Groza
Football must have been so much more fun back then!
Bobby "Blonde Bomber" Layne
Clyde "Bulldog" Turner
Dante "Glue Fingers" Lavelli
Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch
"Concrete" Charlie Bednarik
"Galloping Ghost" Red Grange
Charlie "Golden Boy" Trippi
Lou "The Toe" Groza
Football must have been so much more fun back then!
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On my block Vinnie was kickin' everyone's ass!
PS: I'm not pickin' on those names - this was right out of a George Carlin type monologue.
<< <i>It went by the wayside when mothers started naming their kids Shawn and Chad and Jamie instead of Vinnie and Pete and Joe and Sammy.
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What do you mean, my wife and I named our first born Yelberton Abraham
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<< <i>It went by the wayside when mothers started naming their kids Shawn and Chad and Jamie instead of Vinnie and Pete and Joe and Sammy.
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What do you mean, my wife and I named our first born Yelberton Abraham
No problem.
After ya teach him how to pronounce his name...
Teach him how to kick Vinnie's ass!
Maurice "The Rocket" Richard
Lawrence "Gump" Worsely
Dave "The Hammer" Shultz
And best of all... Reggie "The Rifle" Leach
Had to throw a few hockey names in. Still like "The Juice" for OJ.
Do you remember the nicknames for:
Kevin Mitchell
Dave Hollins
Garry Mathews
Dennis Boyd
Larry Jones
Greg Minton
Juan Gonzalez
Not that they were great, but they were in the last 20-30 years or so. The biggest problem is when someone thought it "cute" to do the abbreviations from the full name, which really shouldn't be for everyone, but it seems every commentator doesn't want to feel left out. A-Rod, K-Rod, F-Mart, etc, etc,.
But ya, the original nicknames were kinda cool
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<< <i>You're forgetting some guys!
Do you remember the nicknames for:
Garry Mathews >>
Ah, my man The Sarge
I was actually just thinking last night about how much I liked him when I was a kid, in his Braves days.
I was watching the Phillies broadcast of their game with San Francisco and they had a great photo of Gary, Gary Maddox and Bobby Bonds in ther Giants days.
The Big Unit
The Big Hurt
Pronk
THe Professor
The Rocket
Pudge
There is still good ones out there, Its just the Arods, Irods, KRod, LT, TO, etc have become the lazy choice at times.
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<< <i>You're forgetting some guys!
Do you remember the nicknames for:
Kevin Mitchell
Dave Hollins
Garry Mathews SARGE
Dennis Boyd OIL CAN
Larry Jones
Greg Minton Honestly, I can't believe he had a nickname.
Juan Gonzalez JUAN GONE
Not that they were great, but they were in the last 20-30 years or so. The biggest problem is when someone thought it "cute" to do the abbreviations from the full name, which really shouldn't be for everyone, but it seems every commentator doesn't want to feel left out. A-Rod, K-Rod, F-Mart, etc, etc,.
But ya, the original nicknames were kinda cool
And what about one of my favs:
Dr. Strangeglove
<< <i>Greg "moon man" Minton. >>
Yes! I do remember that now. I wonder if he got it because he gave up so many "moon shots"?
George "Babe" Ruth, George "Buck" Weaver, George "Snuffy" Stirnweiss, George "Birdie" Tebbetts, George "Doc" Medich, George "Boomer" Scott, George "The stork" Theodore, George "Sparky" Anderson, etc....
Because he reminded Hrbek of the guys in high school who took nothing but shop classes.
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<< <i>Greg "moon man" Minton. >>
Yes! I do remember that now. I wonder if he got it because he gave up so many "moon shots"? >>
I don't think so. He had a "HEAVY" sinkerball that resulted in one of the lowest HR/9 innnings in the modern era.
He was a space case just like Bill Lee.
-------Dr. Strangeglove---Stanley Kubrick- I mean Dick Stuart.
"Magic" Johnson
George "The Iceman" Gervin
Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins
Walt "Clyde" Frazier
Bob "The Dobber" Lanier
Marvin "Bad News" Barnes
"Slick" Watts
John "Crash" Mengelt
Mark "The Bird" Fidrych
Jerone "the bus" Bettis
John "the candyman' Candelaria
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<< <i>"Dr. J"
"Magic" Johnson
George "The Iceman" Gervin
Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins
Walt "Clyde" Frazier
Bob "The Dobber" Lanier
Marvin "Bad News" Barnes
"Slick" Watts
John "Crash" Mengelt >>
How could Earl "The Pearl" Monroe be left off of that list?
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<< <i>"Dr. J"
"Magic" Johnson
George "The Iceman" Gervin
Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins
Walt "Clyde" Frazier
Bob "The Dobber" Lanier
Marvin "Bad News" Barnes
"Slick" Watts
John "Crash" Mengelt >>
How could Earl "The Pearl" Monroe be left off of that list? >>
Good call Nick. I'm sure there are more.
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<< <i>Paul "Big Poison" Waner >>
Lloyd "Little Poison" Waner
I gotta
Gary "The Kid" Carter
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<< <i>"Slinging" Sammy Baugh
Bobby "Blonde Bomber" Layne
Clyde "Bulldog" Turner
Dante "Glue Fingers" Lavelli
Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch
"Concrete" Charlie Bednarik
"Galloping Ghost" Red Grange
Charlie "Golden Boy" Trippi
Lou "The Toe" Groza
Football must have been so much more fun back then! >>
You forgot "Gorgeous" George McAffee!
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The List : Best Nicknames in Baseball History
by ESPN Page 2 Editorial Staff
Rank Nickname [Hover Over Name for Why] Name
1st
The Splended Splinter
Ted Williams
2nd
The Sultan of Swat
Babe Ruth
3rd
Willie "Hit 'em Where They Ain't" Keeler
Willie Keeler
4th
"Hammerin' " Hank Aaron
Hank Aaron
5th
The Big Unit
Randy Johnson
6th
The Georgia Peach
Ty Cobb
7th
Mordecai "Three Fingers" Brown
Mordecai Brown
8th
The Yankee Clipper
Joe DiMaggio
9th
Fred "Bonehead" Merkle
Fred Merkle
10th
Walter "Big Train" Johnson
Walter Johnson
The List : Best Nicknames in Baseball History by ESPN Page 2
The ESPN Page 2 editorial staff gave an honorable mention to: Mark "Big Mac" McGwire, Willie "The Say Hey Kid" Mays, Jimmie "Double X" Foxx, Paul "Poison" Waner and Lloyd "Little Poison" Waner, "Dizzy" and "Daffy" Dean, Don "Donny Baseball" Mattingly, "Rapid" Robert Feller, Whitey "The Chairman of the Board" Ford, Willie "Pops" Stargell, Ken Griffey "Junior", Roger "The Rocket" Clemens and Dwight "Dr. K" Gooden.
The ESPN Page 2 editorial staff received more than two-thousand letters after they published their list of the best nicknames in baseball history. Some agreed. Some disagreed. Some made suggestions of their own. The Page 2 editorial staff then took those letters and made another baseball list based on the quantity of received letters:
Top Ten Nicknames by Letters Received
Rank
Nickname
Name
Letters
1st
Charlie Hustle
Pete Rose
121
2nd
Stan the Man
Stan Musial
103
3rd
Shoeless Joe
Joe Jackson
96
4th
Sultan of Swat / The Babe
Babe Ruth
79
5th
Donnie Baseball
Don Mattingly
57
6th
Oil Can
Dennis Boyd
51
7th
The Splended Splinter
Ted Williams
48
8th
The Wizard of Oz
Ozzie Smith
39
8th
Hammerin' Hank
Hank Aaron
39
10th
Mr. October
Reggie Jackson
28
The two lists (Best Nicknames in Baseball History & Top Ten Nicknames by Letters Received) were combined and a poll was taken. Here are the results of that particular poll.
14,647 votes and from the poll came a new list of top ten baseball nicknames (no new entries were permitted).
Do you agree with their choices? Do you have a favorite nickname? Share your opinion on Baseball Fever where there are thousands of topics about baseball nicknames...
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The Express
Pops
Mad Dog
The Capital Punisher (aka "Hondo")
Killer
Say Hey
"Mr. May"
A little tribute to board member "onefasttalon".....Spuds (perhaps the most apropos nickname ever)
<< <i>Lee single-handedly ruins another thread. >>
It's enough to make a man want to quit the hobby.
"Steady" Eddie Brinkman
"Sweet" Lou Whitaker
William James "Gates" Brown
Rigoberto "Tito" Fuentes
The Baby Bull
Bid D
Gomer
The Dominican Dandy
The Toy Cannon (one of my favorite nicknames)
Obviously there is no shortage of nicknames in sports today, but the card companies don't seem to make use of them much. I think during Chris Berman's heyday one of the card companies made an insert set or subset with some of his better nicknames.
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