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Post by rgs318 on Jul 8, 2019 9:29:56 GMT -5
Medical nicknames? Chuck “the Bayonne bleeder” Werner
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Post by WorcesterGray on Jul 8, 2019 9:30:19 GMT -5
Lots of good nicknames among Negro Leaguers - Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell, Mule Suttles, Turkey Stearns. "Double Duty" Radcliffe earned his when he caught the first game of a double-header, then pitched the second game.
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Post by hchoops on Jul 8, 2019 11:11:37 GMT -5
Some may like this: Frank Lary, the "Yankee Killer" As a Yankees fan, I often wonder how could anyone, especially Mets fans or Red Sox fans hate my beloved Yankees? Seriously? LoveHC Pretty simple as I grew up as a Brooklyn Dodger fan in the late 40s-50s. Many glorious Springs and summers. Many sad Autumns Still in therapy.
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Post by timholycross on Jul 8, 2019 12:44:01 GMT -5
The Van Lingle Mungo thread reminded me of Harry "The Cat" Brecheen and the offshoot Harvey "The Kitten" Haddix.
Sticking with animals, there was Fred "Mad Dog" Carter of the Bullets/Sixers, my original introduction to Mt. St. Mary's.
And another basketball name that should not have gone unnoticed, former URI player & coach, Claude "Snowflake" English. Although I must admit, I doubt the nickname would pass muster with the PC folks these days.
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Post by Tom on Jul 8, 2019 12:51:19 GMT -5
I read the whole thread and I don't think I'm repeating any
In addition to Yankee Clipper, Dom Dimaggio's brother was also called Joltin' Joe
The Red Sox had a pitcher by the name of John "Way Back" Wasdin. Sadly the name came because that's what the radio guy kept saying about hit balls when he was pitching
Back when the Jets were good they had Broadway Joe Namath
George the Iceman Gervin - also used later by MMA fighter Chuck Lidell
How could we forget "The Greatest" - Ali
Wilt the Stilt Chamberlain
There was a guy named Earvin Johnson. He had a nickname I don't remember
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Some athletes like their nicknames so much they legally change their name (so technically it's no longer a nickname)
Massachusetts boxer Marvelous Marvin Hagler
I never thought he earned the nickname, but World B Free
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I should be shot for forgetting the Tommy Gun
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Post by Xmassader on Jul 8, 2019 13:00:35 GMT -5
mm67 My first year of following baseball (and the Tigers) was 1958–a year in which Frank Lary went 7-1 vs. the Yankees and cemented his reputation as a Yankee Killer. The first major league game that I saw was in June of that year on a Saturday afternoon where Lary shutout the Yankees 1-0 with Al Kaline hitting a home run for the only run. From that day till now, Lary has been a personal favorite.
And my distaste for the Bronx Bombers (which peaked in 1964 when they won their 6th pennant in the first 7 years that I followed MLB) has waned slightly with the advent of the player draft, free agency, greater competitiveness by other AL clubs and three Tiger playoff series wins in three tries over the Yanks since 2006. 😊
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jul 8, 2019 13:13:18 GMT -5
Sadly, earlier this week we lost a fabled Kentucky athlete at too young an age when Jared Lorenzen passed away at age 38. He was, literally, a larger than life character. A tremendous, gifted athlete,he played QB at 300+ pounds at times. He could throw a football 90 yards in the air and set some passing records at UK. He played briefly for the NY Giants. With this bio out of the way, let’s look at his nicknames
The Abominable Throwman J-Load The Hefty Lefty The Pillsbury Throwboy
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Post by lou on Jul 8, 2019 13:21:29 GMT -5
Yaz
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Post by CHC8485 on Jul 8, 2019 13:40:13 GMT -5
I read the whole thread and I don't think I'm repeating any It shouldn't surprise me after listening to me for close to 40 years, but you must have tuned out a couple of my posts!
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Post by Tom on Jul 8, 2019 14:17:36 GMT -5
I read the whole thread and I don't think I'm repeating any It shouldn't surprise me after listening to me for close to 40 years, but you must have tuned out a couple of my posts! Twice. My bad. I started out thinking just Way Back Wasdin, and then when I started typing, I just kept going
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Post by rickii on Jul 8, 2019 14:53:21 GMT -5
The Great One Stu The Grim Reaper Grimson Dave The Hammer Schultz Frank Seldom Beaton Ed Boxcar Hospodar
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Post by Tom on Jul 8, 2019 15:04:09 GMT -5
Dick "the Monster" Radatz
Another one - not a great nickname but a necessary one - former Red Sox 3B Clell Laverne "Butch" Hobson
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jul 8, 2019 15:41:29 GMT -5
Dick "the Monster" Radatz Another one - not a great nickname but a necessary one - former Red Sox 3B Clell Laverne "Butch" Hobson Perhaps the last man to finish a season with a fielding average below .900......
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Post by longsuffering on Jul 8, 2019 22:47:13 GMT -5
All-Dessert Team John "The Candy Man" Candelaria Pie Traynor Cookie Lavagetto "Pie" McKenzie has already been mentioned but is there a seat at the dessert table for Buffalo's "Cookie" Gilchrist? And I'm sure these guys would make a place for Miesha "Cupcake" Tate
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Post by timholycross on Jul 9, 2019 11:12:04 GMT -5
Dick "the Monster" Radatz Another one - not a great nickname but a necessary one - former Red Sox 3B Clell Laverne "Butch" Hobson Perhaps the last man to finish a season with a fielding average below .900...... And brings (unfortunately) back memories of Don "Zip" Zimmer, who played the guy at third at least a month too long before he figured out that Butch having to adjust the bone chips in his elbow every few minutes would affect his throwing accuracy.
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Post by hchoops on Jul 9, 2019 11:31:41 GMT -5
Boris “Boom Boom” Becker(sat with the fans outside the court on Henman’s Hill today for the Serena match)
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jul 9, 2019 13:28:44 GMT -5
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Post by WorcesterGray on Jul 9, 2019 20:54:29 GMT -5
"Boom Boom" Geoffrion, Montreal, Canadiens. And pitcher Walter "Boom-Boom" Beck. The moniker wasn't a compliment. From a past "Banished to the Bullpen" blog . . . "In 1933, he had his only real full season as a major league starter, providing 257 respectable innings for the Brooklyn Dodgers, although he also gained the dubious distinction of joining the 20-loss club. That season established Beck in Brooklyn’s starting rotation for 1934, setting up the moment that would define his career. After three months of poor performance, Beck was pitching for the Dodgers in Philadelphia on July 4th, 1934. It did not go particularly well: the box score indicates that Beck got just two hitters out, walked three, uncorked two wild pitches and allowed three earned runs in the process. Brooklyn manager Casey Stengel had seen enough and came out to remove Beck from the game. Today, the most a pitcher might do to object to their removal from a game is to stay on the mound and argue. Beck, filled with that “pent-up, disappointed rage of months”, went just a little further: he turned and hurled the ball out into right field, where it “boomed” off the tin right field wall of the Baker Bowl. It was also said that Hack Wilson, either daydreaming, exhausted already from chasing the hits Beck had been giving up, or suffering from his “afternoon hang-over“, did not realize that the ball had simply come from Beck’s moment of petulance. He fielded it and threw a perfect strike to second base. To cap off the tragically slapstick incident, Stengel was said to have returned to the dugout to find Beck furiously kicking a water bucket, to which the Dodgers skipper exclaimed “Stop it! You’ll break a toe and then I won’t be able to sell you.”
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Jul 10, 2019 2:52:05 GMT -5
Enos "Country" Slaughter Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean
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Post by WorcesterGray on Jul 10, 2019 5:22:36 GMT -5
And his brother, Paul, aka "Daffy"
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Post by hchoops on Jul 10, 2019 5:34:25 GMT -5
Fred “Dixie” Walker, The People’s Cherce (Brooklynese) “Struck’em Out” Leon Cadore( pitched 26 innings in one game)
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Post by timholycross on Jul 11, 2019 10:24:51 GMT -5
The well-known outfielder "Stormin' Gorman" Thomas, and his less well-known contemporary, pitcher Thomas Gorman, aka . . "Stormin' Thomas" Gorman. In keeping with the reverse nickname idea, I give you pitchers Mark "The BIrd" Fidrych and Doug "The Fidrych" Bird. Inherited nicknames (because the last name was similar): someone mentioned Goose Gossage, who was preceded by Goose Gosger* who was preceded by Goose Goslin. *Gosger was mentioned as a deceased member of the 69 Mets last week in a pre-game ceremony. Fortunately for him, whoever was in charge of the event was incorrect and he's still alive. There may be others, but there's a decent chance he's the sole answer to this trivia question: Name a member of both the 69 and 73 Mets that didn't appear in either post season. At least, Baseball Reference doesn't show him getting in a game. Not surprising, given he hit .114 in 1969 for the Seattle PIlots (mostly) and the Mets. Bump: It just occurred to me why they screwed up Jim "Goose" Gosger's health (for the lack of a better word). They confused him with a different deceased ex-Met nicknamed Goose, Greg Goosen (and an ex-Pilot as well). Goosen was the subject of another famous Casey Stengel quote: "“Goossen is only 20, and in 10 years he has a chance to be 30.” A real interesting guy, www.nytimes.com/2011/03/04/sports/baseball/04goossen.html
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