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What's your all time favorite nickname for a MLB player?

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What's your all time favorite nickname for a MLB player?

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  1. Sultan Of Swat.Describes him perfectly.


  2. ozzy smith: the wizard of oz. awesome!

    the player that plays probably Francisco rodriguez: k-rod

  3. Bootstrap Bill (Alex Hinshaw, Giants)

  4. "Yogi"

  5. Pudge, It sounds funny when you say it.

  6. Thanks, Greta! I like to give my own nicknames. To current players:

    Mark "Agent" Mulder

    Barry "Poopy Head" Bonds

    Mike "The Williamsport Sport" Mussina

    Ha ha ha.  

  7. the hebrew hammer, originally for hank greenberg, used for ryan braun now

  8. "Shoeless" Joe Jackson---the story goes that when he was in the minors, he said his new cleats was hurting his foot so he played the rest of game without any shoes, just socks!

    Oh, joe say it aint so!

  9. there are alot of great nicknames from back in the day but most of them 2day are pretty lame w/ the exception of........

    THE RIOT = Ryan Theriot

  10. Some of my favorites.

    Jimmy "The Toy Cannon"  Wynn

    Paul "Big Poison" and Lloyd "Little Poison" Waner.

    Luke "Old Aches and Pains" Appling

    Most of the nicknames from the last 20 years lack any imagination.


  11. The Riot for Ryan Theriot  

  12. Mordecai "3-finger" Brown and Dizzy and Daffy Dean

  13. Hambone =]  Pudge or Crush Davis.

  14. Off the top of my head, I'll go with d**k "Dr. Strangeglove" Stuart.

    Honorable mentions to "The Baby Bull" Orlando Cepeda and Mark "Big Bird" Fidrych.

    Favourite "Bermanism" which is a sort of nickname: Bert "Be Home" Blyleven.

    Chano: "Pugs" are small dogs. "Pudge" is a catcher who carries a little extra weight...and please everyone: Pudge was Carlton Fisk's nickname long before it was Ivan Rodriguez's. Still...I kinda like Pugs Rodriguez

  15. Tim "The Franchise" Lincecum

    Rod "Shooter" Beck

    Wille "Say Hey" Mays


  16. goddzilla

    i just loved those movies


  17. Dizzy and Daffy Dean and also Goose Gossage

  18. Still Bob "Death to Flying Things" Ferguson.

    Virgil "Fire" Trucks

    "Black Bottom" Buford (NL)

    Al "Bucketfoot" Simmons

  19. The Hebrew Hammer for Ryan Braun, or Pudge for Ivan Rodriguez.

  20. I'm not sure about nicknames, except for Tug McGraw, but for real names, I like Coco Crisp and Milton Bradley.

  21. Mr.Marlin for Jeff Conine.

  22. George "The Stork" Theodore

    Tom Seaver- The Franchise

    John "Blue Moon" Odom.  Where did that name come from?  Charles O. Finley, team owner thought that he should have a nickname since fellow starter Jim Hunter did ("Catfish", another great name.)

  23. Pudge for Ivan Rodriguez.

    I never realized that he kinda looked like a small dog. Lol.  

  24. Big Papi

  25. Neon Deon.

    Hammerin Hank.

    GO BRAVES!!!

  26. Bil "Spaceman" Lee. Not named for a love of aeronautics

  27. big puma

    aka

    lance berkman lol

  28. Billy Wagner- The Sandman

  29. I was flipping through my old baseball encyclopedia the other day and I came across a guy named "Piano Legs" Hickman (way back in the very early 20th century).  That one is tough to beat.


  30. Harold Henry "Pee Wee" Reese

    One of the greatest shortstops off and on the field

  31. Old Player on the SF Giants they called him "Enis the p***s" because he was always adjusting the cup  
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