Baseball Nicknames

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

One of the great pitcher batter confrontations in recent history was Gossage getting Yaz to pop up with two on and two out in the bottom of the ninth in the Bucky Dent game.

My favorite one of Goose's is when he faced Kirk Gibson in the 1984 World Series, complete with Sparky Anderson audio. I mean, seriously, just look how much Sparky is enjoying the moment BEFORE the final pitch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmukTdo-WuY

[Ricky]

Let’s not forget The Hammer or The Commerce Comet.

[mattsey9]

El Mago! The perfect nickname for Javier Baez.

[egri]

My personal favorite is The Silent Captain, Bobby Doerr.

[cannonballsun]

Some more Yankee nicknames :
Yogi Berra - He is so well known as Yogi, I think people forget that it is a nickname.
Bobby Murcer - Lemon (for the shape of his head)
Fred Stanley - Chicken ( for his skinny body)
Stan Bahnsen - Stanley Struggle (he got this name with the White Sox). One year he won 20, the next year he lost 20. There was always someone on base.

[tedzan]

Allie Reynolds was 1/4 part Creek Indian. Yankees sportscaster, Mel Allen, was so impressed with Allie's performance (1947 - 1954)
that he named him the ..... "Super Chief".






TED Z

T206 Reference
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[tedzan]

SABR has a great write-up on Charlie Keller...... https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/charlie-keller/






TED Z

T206 Reference
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[cannonballsun]

Originally Posted by cannonballsun

Some more Yankee nicknames :
Yogi Berra - He is so well known as Yogi, I think people forget that it is a nickname.
Bobby Murcer - Lemon (for the shape of his head)
Fred Stanley - Chicken ( for his skinny body)
Stan Bahnsen - Stanley Struggle (he got this name with the White Sox). One year he won 20, the next year he lost 20. There was always someone on base.

Ron Guidry - Louisiana Lightning

[skil55voy]

Frank Lary - Bulldog, The Yankee Killer

Norm Cash - Stormin' Norman

Willie Horton - Willie the Wonder

Fred Gladding - The Big Bear