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FAVORITE NICKNAME 80's Team

PostPosted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 7:18 pm
by 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

PostPosted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:52 pm
by FletchGriswold
How about, John "Tonight, Let it Be" Lowenstein. One of my all time Chris Berman favorites.

PostPosted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:58 pm
by FletchGriswold
George "Taco" Bell
Oddibe "Young Again" McDowell
"Disco" Dan Ford
Bert "Be Home" Blyleven

PostPosted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:19 am
by STEPHENANDERSON 2
Jose"Can You See" Cruz
Todd "Take me on a Sea" Cruz
Jim "Hound Dog" Pressley

PostPosted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:25 am
by 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

PostPosted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 7:16 am
by 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

PostPosted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:08 am
by 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

PostPosted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:59 am
by dinsdale
What about Bobby "Grich who stole Christmas"

PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 1:49 pm
by GREGRASHEED
How about Jeff " Penitentiary Face " Leonard?

A few more Boomers

PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 3:05 pm
by 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