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Great Baseball Nicknames

Discussion in 'Baseball' started by Braves, Jun 24, 2004.

  1. NCBBallFan

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    Nails: Lenny Dykstra
    Marvelous Marv: Marv Throneberry
    Little Looie: Luis Aparicio

    Don't know "The Barber" or "Big Dog" ...

    Hoot: Bob "Hoot" Gibson
    Mempis Bill: Bill Terry
     
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    "Big Dog": Brian "Big Dog" Daugbach ?????
     
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    Nope

    Hint - Big Dog - part of the big red machine

    and The Barber - initials S.M.
     
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    Sal Maglie & Tony Perez ???
     
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    You are correct sir.
     
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    We need to get some more players in this game .....

    Jump in guys (and gals)
     
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    We missed D-Train .... Dontrelle Willis (My son helped me)
     
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    This is cheating a bit - but it is one of my favorites. It's a Berman-ESPN nickname.

    "Young Again"
     
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    Berman qualifies for his own thread ... he's got a great imagination for making plays on words.

    Oddibe "Young Again" McDowell
     
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    Some more "Bermanisms"

    Heep Sop Choi "to the World"
    Albert "Winnie the" Pujols
    Von "Purple" Hayes
    Danny "Dung" Heep
    Chuck "New Kids On" Knoblauch
    John "I am not a" Kruk
    Dennis "Fluorescent" Lamp
    Ray "I dub thee" Knight
    Vicente "Padilla Padilla, that's all folks"
    C.C. "Splish Splash I was takin'" Sabathia
    Dontrelle "Whatchu talkin' 'bout" Willis
    Jose "Can you see" Cruz
    Kevin "Large Mouth" Bass
    Walt "3 Blind" Weiss
    Todd "highway to" Helton
    Doyle "Brandy" Alexander
    Roberto "Remember the" Alomar
    George "Taco" Bell
    Lance "You sank my" Blankenship
    Daryl "Please come home to" Boston
    Steve "Kentucky fried" Chitman
    Curt "Devil with the blue" Dressendorfor
    "Fettucini" Alfredo Griffin
    Al "Cigarette" Lighter
    Rick 'Innocent" Lysander
    Greg Gagne ''With a Spoon"
    Roberto "Remember the" Alomar
    Ron "Born in the US" Cey
     

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