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DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:23 am

Nicknames have become a lost art in the 2000's. There are players who still have their monickers. Rocket, Big Papi, Big Unit are still kicking in the bigs. Nicknamers have gotten lazy, now there is ARod, O (Orlando Hudson), and Pods. Bring back the non shortened name affiliated nicknames! Donny Baseball, Teddy Ballgame, Hammerin' Hank, and The Vulcher...good stuff!

Pujols is number 282 on the player rater list, I had him a little higher on my draft list.

The winner of this years $100,000 will come from Chicago, League 2.

Past champions are in Las Vegas 2, Tampa 2, and New York 2.

75 teams have ERA's under 3, last year the lowest ERA was 3.58, 40 teams were under 4, pitchers love April.

No Chris Shelton this year? No, ARod doesen't count.

Cooperstown · Post by **Cooperstown** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:47 am

I loved it when Chris Berman did baseball on ESPN. His nicknames were classic. I still remember some of my favorites.

Jose "can you see" Cruz

Von "purple" Hayes

Jim "silhouettes on the shade" Deshais

Jeff "paper" Bagwell

Anyone remember any others?

My favorite nickname from days of yore,

Walt "no neck" Williams

sportsbettingman · Post by **sportsbettingman** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:54 am

I agree 100% on the "ESPN created" crappy nicknames (Other than Chris Bermans better stuff.)

These lazy asses don't want to "waste" valuable face time actually respecting a players full name, and cut syllables out. I-Rod, A-Rod, K-Rod, Dice-K...it's all about shaving time off of the broadcast.

Names I like not mentioned above...

"Doc" Halladay

"King" Felix

"Chipper" Jones

"The Big Hurt"

My own personal nicknames...some don't make much sense.

"Pumpkin Head" (Kevin Mench)

"Freddie" (As in Freddie Krugar...Julian Tavarez)

"E.T." (Mariano Rivera)

"LAAAAAAAAAAANCE" (Berkman...ha!)

~Lance

Nutty Scrats · Post by **Nutty Scrats** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:09 am

More Stuff!

2007 year of the snow out and Minnesota going to build a open air stadium? ROFL

How many closers will the Marlin's trade for?

Arod, this years Tomlinson?

2007 reunions - The Police, Genenis

Greg on XM's Fantasy Focus today saying he doesn't need Rotowire.com anymore one of the sponsor's of Fantasy Focus. LOL

Will the Nats win more than 40 games?

Nick names - Lefty Grove, The Mick, Mark "The Bird" Fidrych, The Goose, Charlie Hustle, Yaz, The Big Unit, The Slended Splinter, The Yankee Clipper

2007 - Dice-K mania! (At Least in Boston) LOL

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:09 am

Bert "Be Home" Blyleven was my favorite Berman nickname.

If there is one player in baseball that should have a nickname it should be Jose Reyes.

The "Mad Hungarian" would probably not be politically correct anymore. The "Dominican Dandy" would probably be ok though.

Chest Rockwell · Post by **Chest Rockwell** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:10 am

Originally posted by Cooperstown:

I loved it when Chris Berman did baseball on ESPN. His nicknames were classic. I still remember some of my favorites.

Jose "can you see" Cruz

Von "purple" Hayes

Jim "silhouettes on the shade" Deshais

Jeff "paper" Bagwell

Anyone remember any others?

My favorite nickname from days of yore,

Walt "no neck" Williams Odibe "young again" McDowell

Bert "be home" Blyleven

Cooperstown · Post by **Cooperstown** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:54 am

Yep, that Blyleven one was the best.

I had forgotten that one.

More stuff-

I miss Harey Carey's pronunciations. What fun it would be to hear him try and pronouce Dice K's name after a double header.

crazytown · Post by **crazytown** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:52 am

John "tonight let it be" Lowenstein

Terry "swimming" Puhl

Barry Lyons "tigers and bears, Oh My"

Blyleven and McDowell were classics

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:31 am

Getting back to nicknames, in College we nicknamed a teammate "Hung" because he was just that. Parents and fans thought we were calling him "Hon" short for Honey. We didn't correct them.

"He reported his wallet missing." That was what a reporter replied when asked what he thought would happen after Goodell's meetings with Pacman Jones and Chris Henry.

eddiejag · Post by **eddiejag** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:29 pm

Ritchie Sexson THE BIG SEXY.

sportsbettingman · Post by **sportsbettingman** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:25 pm

"Stuff" that sucks...

sportsbettingman NFBC main event...position 370 out of 375!!!

Mount Everest anyone?

~Lance