FAVORITE NICKNAME 80's Team

[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

[FletchGriswold]

How about, John "Tonight, Let it Be" Lowenstein. One of my all time Chris Berman favorites.

[FletchGriswold]

George "Taco" Bell
Oddibe "Young Again" McDowell
"Disco" Dan Ford
Bert "Be Home" Blyleven

[STEPHENANDERSON 2]

Jose"Can You See" Cruz
Todd "Take me on a Sea" Cruz
Jim "Hound Dog" Pressley

[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

[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

[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

[dinsdale]

What about Bobby "Grich who stole Christmas"

[GREGRASHEED]

How about Jeff " Penitentiary Face " Leonard?

[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