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FAVORITE NICKNAME 80's Team
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Fri Sep 16, 2005 7:18 pmby toobig47
1B- KEITH 'MEX' HERNANDEZ
2B- CHET 'THE JET' LEMON
SS- OZZIE 'THE WIZARD' SMITH
3B- RON 'THE PENGUIN' CEY
LF- TIM 'ROCK' RAINES
CF- ANDRE 'THE HAWK' DAWSON
RF- DAVE 'COBRA' PARKER
DH- LENNY 'NAILS' DYKSTRA
C- MIKE 'SPANKY' LAVALLIERE
SP- DENNIS 'OIL CAN' BOYD
RP- DAN 'THE QUIZ' QUISENBERRY
HONORABLE MENTION/BENCH
LEON 'BULL' DURHAM
LONNIE 'SKATES' SMITH
Posted:
Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:52 pmby FletchGriswold
How about, John "Tonight, Let it Be" Lowenstein. One of my all time Chris Berman favorites.
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Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:58 pmby FletchGriswold
George "Taco" Bell
Oddibe "Young Again" McDowell
"Disco" Dan Ford
Bert "Be Home" Blyleven
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Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:19 amby STEPHENANDERSON 2
Jose"Can You See" Cruz
Todd "Take me on a Sea" Cruz
Jim "Hound Dog" Pressley
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Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:25 amby moodinator123
although it's from the wrong sport this is one of the all-time great burman nicknames:
Eric "Sleeping with" Beiniemi (sp) from the bengals
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Sat Sep 17, 2005 7:16 amby LMBombers
Here's a few I can remember:
Kevin "Large Mouth" Bass
"Louisiana Lightning" Ron Guidry
Tony "Jala" Pena
Jim Deshaies (Berman gave him a funny one but I can't remember it. It had something to do with shades, as in blinds)
"Goose" Gossage
Dwight "Dewey" Evans
"Pudge" Carlton Fisk (the original pudge, not the IRod Pudge)
Will "the Thrill" Clark
Tim "Rock" Raines
Bill "Mad Dog" Madlock
"Wally World" Wally Joyner
Steve "Alto" Sax
"HoJo" Howard Johnson
Greg "The Bull" Luzinski
"Sarge" Gary Matthews
"The Human Rain Delay" Mike Hargrove (remember how long he took to get into the batter's box before each pitch?)
"The Hit Man" Mike Easler
"The Candy Man" Candy Maldonado
"Charlie Hustle" Pete Rose
"Kitty" Ron Kittle
"Inky" Pete Incaviglia
Nicknames
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Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:08 amby Panzer ace
Here are a few more:
Ray (blame it on the) Knight
Dan (man from) Gladden
Hubie (babbling) Brooks
Bill (Dor-an) Dor-an
Julio (generalisimo) Franco
Jose (Ponce) DeLeon
Eric (ker-) Plunk
Bud (back in ) Black
and 2 of my favorites
Rob (bomb-a) Deer
Eddie (eat drink and be ) Murray
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Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:59 amby dinsdale
What about Bobby "Grich who stole Christmas"
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Fri Sep 23, 2005 1:49 pmby GREGRASHEED
How about Jeff " Penitentiary Face " Leonard?
A few more Boomers
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Fri Sep 23, 2005 3:05 pmby abnerdoubleday
Von "Purple" Hayes
Andy "Dick Van" Slyke
John "I am not a" Kruk
Danny Darwin "Theory"
Tony "Brothers in" Armas
Doyle "Brandy" Alexander
Damon "Blue" Berryhill
Bobby "Bad to the" Bonilla