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Posted By: John Spencer
Certainly the history of baseball is made more colorful by the nicknames bestowed on the players. Such labeling is certainly in keeping that major leaguers are men playing a boy's game. Yet you look at the players today and there seems to a real shortage of nicknames out there, and I wonder why? Is it because some spoiled millionaires don't feel they are appropriate and convey the right image, eg. Barry Bonds. Sure there are few, such as A Rod and The Rocket, but they seem to be the exception. Here are a few of my favorites and I would love to hear yours: |
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Posted By: dennis
i always thought this one was very cool esp. for the era. |
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Posted By: T206Collector
...persist, but the media doesn't cover it as much. I suspect if you talk to any players directly they'll tell you everybody's got a nickname of some kind, some less colorful than others. They virtually never refer to each other by the first or last name alone. One of my favorites of today is "El Brujo" for Ramiro Mendoza, now of the Red Sox. When he was with the Yankees they called him "El Brujo," which means something like "Witch Doctor". And then there's "El Duque" of course. Tim "Rock" Raines. Dwight "Doc" Gooden -- the shortening of Doctor K. |
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Posted By: warshawlaw
I like the nicknames that supplant the real name so much that that are on the cards and even became autograph styles: Choo Choo Coleman, Boo Ferriss, Bobo Holliman, Buck Newsome, Cookie Rojas, Whitey Ford, Whitey Lockman, Mickey Cochrane, Granny Hamner, Rip Sewell, Pie Traynor, Ki Ki Cuyler, Duke Snider, Yogi Berra, Moose Skowron, Babe Ruth, Cy Young, |
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Posted By: Greg Ecklund
Tony Mullane - "The Apollo of the Box" |
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Posted By: Brian H
Yes our "sensitivity" does render nicknames like: "Chief" (any indian player), "Dummy" (deaf players) off-limits. |
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Posted By: Andy
Didn't they use to call Christy Mathewson "Big Six"? Read that in a book a long time ago. Always loved the nickname even though I never quite knew the derivation. (Six-fingered man like the guy in The Princess Bride?) |
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Posted By: Gilbert Maines
There are so many. |
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Posted By: john/z28jd
Its odd that Gilbert Maines doesnt list Grasshopper Maines as one of his favorites. |
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Posted By: Gilbert Maines
Although this is not the correct thread for the following comment, please consider that I am anxious to purchase any Old Judge card of Maines. You do not have one in a condition so bad that I do not want it, and although you may have one in a condition so good that I can not afford it, please let me try. |
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Posted By: Rich Jacobs
Here you are--Grasshopper Maines in person: |
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Posted By: Gilbert Maines
Rich - thank you ! |
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Posted By: Darren J. Duet
Some of my favorites : |
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Posted By: Darren J. Duet
Honus "the Flying Dutchman" Wagner |
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Posted By: murcerfan
Puddin' Head Jones |
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Posted By: john/z28jd
Darren,there really was a player named Archibald Moonlight Graham,they used his real stats and bio in the movie,at least pretty close |
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Posted By: Judge Dred
Jeff "Hac Man" Leonard - this name was actually block lettered into some of his bats. |
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Posted By: Bill Cornell
Also went by "Penitentiary Face", for obvious reasons. |
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Posted By: Rich Jacobs
Pud Galvin |
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Posted By: Turbo L.
I'd say Icebox is a good nickname-especially for a pitcher-as in Chamberlain |
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Posted By: Bill Kasel
The Iron Horse - how can you compete with that? |
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Posted By: Darren J. Duet
Did Archibald "Moonlight" Graham become a physician as he did in Field of Dreams? |
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Posted By: Professor turbo
It seems like every team had a "Dutch" a "Babe" a "Lefty" no matter what era. I like THE PROFESSOR-for Greg Maddux in the current era. |
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Posted By: Greg Ecklund
He did become a physician - here's a little information: |
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Posted By: john/z28jd
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Posted By: Kevin O
You gotta love Bill "The Spaceman" Lee. Even better is the name the Spaceman gave Don Zimmer: "The Gerbil." |
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Posted By: Julie Vognar
........."Old Aches and Pains" Luke Appling. |
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Posted By: ErikV.
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Posted By: Mark
I always liked the name "Mark Lemongello," pitcher for the Houston Astros from 1976-78 and for Toronto in 79. If I were handing out nicknames, I would have named him "Kraftie" (as in Kraft-brand Jello). |
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Posted By: Mark
I always liked the name "Mark Lemongello," pitcher for the Houston Astros from 1976-78 and for Toronto in 79. If I were handing out nicknames, I would have named him "Kraftie" (as in Kraft-brand Jello). |
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Posted By: With a name like that:
With a name like that I bet he was probably the best fighter in his neighborhood when he was growing up. |
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Posted By: warshawlaw
Dick "Dr. Strangeglove" Stuart?? |
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Posted By: Brian Weisner
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Posted By: Paul
There is a player in the 51 Bowman set nicknamed "Swish". He was not a pitcher. He's shown swinging a bat (missing, of course). I believe his last name might be Nicholson. |
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Posted By: Greg Ecklund
Nicholson is Bill "Swish" Nicholson, nicknamed "Swish" because of his penchant for strikeouts (even though he never struck out more than 100 times). Despite being among the league leaders in strikeouts for many years, he was actually a very good hitter for the Cubs in the 1940's. |
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Posted By: Another Swish
Another Nicholson (Dave) of the 1963 White Sox should have had the name Swish due to leading the league with 175 strikeouts. This record lasted until Bobby "he aint got a nick name" Bonds passed him up. |
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Posted By: Big Spider Beck
Don't forget "Vinegar Bend" Mizell. |
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Posted By: jay behrens
Matty was known As Big Six because he was 6 feet tall. Quite big for those days. I had never heard the Christian Gentleman moniker before, but Big Six you see all the time. |
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Posted By: The Quote
Jay B., |
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Posted By: Pcelli60
When its cold go to Nippy Jones and when your hungry call Pretzels Pizzulo or Peanuts Lowery.. |
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Posted By: Gilbert Maines
I have to agree with warshawlaw that those nicknames which have totally replaced the players given name, and therefore usually appear on baseball cards are among my favorite (Babe, Cy, etc.). But those somewhat less colorful names which have totally replaced the player's actual name are also intriguing (such as "Billy" Martin, Jungle Jim Rivera, "Pete" Runnels, etc.). |
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Posted By: Rhett
I thought "Death to Flying Things" was Jack Chapman, not Ferguson, but I could be wrong. |
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Posted By: Julie
here without him? |
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Posted By: John/z28jd
The death to flying things nickname was given to both Chapman and Ferguson but Ferguson is probably more well known because he played professionally much longer.14 seasons compared to just 3 for Chapman.Ive also never seen any photos of Chapman while Ferguson isnt as impossible.He was on the Hartford team cdv in the last mastro auction.Its too bad he wasnt pictured in the old judge set as the manager of the NY Mets in 1887 |
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Posted By: Julie
(so I guess no longer real nicknames: Skoonj, Oisk, Peewee, Preacher, Duke, Campy, Twig (that's Terwilliger, spent most of his career with the Cubs). |
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Posted By: dennis
the tall tactician |
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Posted By: Julie
..........and skinny as a rail. |
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Posted By: Paul M
Steve Jeltz - "The Jet" |
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Posted By: Hal Lewis
"Mudcat" Grant ? |
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Posted By: John/z28jd
from the worst single season team in my favorite teams history |
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