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Subject: Nickname Legend Posted by: KB8ers GM - [590592819] Fri, Mar 24, 05:11 OK, jus for fun and keepin the tradition going from b-ball and hockey, here are some: Big Hurt = F.Thomas Big Cat = A.Galarraga Big Unit = R.Johnson Young Unit = R.Anderson Hit Dog = M.Vaughn Crime Dog = F.McGriff A-Rod = A.Rodriguez I-Rod/Pudge = I.Rodriguez H-Rod = Oh Henry Rodriguez Surgeon = G.Maddux Rocket = R.Clemens The Kid = Griffey Big Mac = McGwire Little Mac = J.McEwing Sr.Octobre/Juan Gone = J.Gonzales Boomer = D.Wells El Duque = O.Hernandez Dr.K = D.Gooden Pat "The Bat" = Burrell Izzy = J.Isringhausen Flash = T.Gordon Joey = A.Belle Brett Favre = G.Jenkins ChuckiE-4 = Knoblauch Larry "My Back Hurts, So I Can't Play Today" Walker (whenever Big Unit is in town) "I Rob You" = H.Irabu (last name pronunciation after signing his contract) I purposely left out Bermanisms (Jose "can you see" Cruz Jr.), ESPN (Carlos Del-Got It) and old school (Pudge = C.Fisk) nicks, but please add some of your faves. | ||||||
| 28 | The Pink Pimp ID: 582232115 Sat, Apr 08, 02:56 |
Here's a classic one from Dave Letterman
Terry Forester(sp?) = "A fat tub of goo." | |||||
| 29 | Unitas ID: 81312418 Sat, Apr 08, 10:55 |
From my awesome list of Bermanisms, this is one my favorites: Bert "Be Home" Blyleven I can share the rest of the list with only the baseball players if you want...though it would take a while to sort through the list, I would do anything for my fellow Gurupies! | |||||
| 30 | Taxman ID: 31021317 Sat, Apr 08, 11:47 |
hitting at or below .200 = the Mendoza Line (Mario Mendoza) Candyman = John Candelaria Crimedog + fred McGriff and a few Berman's Beorge "Taco" Bell Barry "U.S." Bonds Jim "Bella" Fergosi Kent "Buy a vowel" Hrbeck Ruben "High" Sierra Roberto "Remember the" Alomar, and Sandy "Remember the other" Alomar | |||||
| 32 | D2K ID: 1133156 Sat, Apr 08, 12:07 | JOEY Belle, OF, Baltimore Orioles | |||||
| 33 | Fool Control ID: 202202919 Sat, Apr 08, 12:17 |
"Doggy" - Richard Hidalgo
"Cammi" - Ken Camaniti Billy "The Loose" Cannon Jim "Catfish" Hunter Maybe we should create/modify some. Darryl "The Snow Man" Strawberry "Charlie wanna bet" Pete Rose | |||||
| 34 | Fool Control ID: 202202919 Sat, Apr 08, 12:19 |
Forgot one.
Marge "Needs to be" Shott | |||||
| 35 | Unitas ID: 81312418 Sat, Apr 08, 13:06 |
Some more Bermanisms...here are some baseball players...I have a whole list of all of his Bermanisms for anyone who is interested...I'm just listing the better ones that haven't been posted yet...I am sure that there are other baseball players on the list, but I was not sure if they were or not...this took me a while so I hope you appreciate it!!! :-) Jim "Hey" Abbott Rick "See You Later" Aguilera Luis Alicea "In Wonder Land" Felipe "Skip To My" Alou Brady "Bunch" Anderson Kevin "Going" Appier Paul "Orville" Assenmaucher Bobby "We All Live In" Ayala "Submarines" Carlos "One if by Land, Two if by Sea, Three If" Baerga Jeff "Brown Paper" Bagwell Harold "Growing" Baines Willie "Money In The" Banks Albert "For Whom The" Belle "Tolls" Rafael "Good Day at the Old" Belliard Esteban "Bats in the" Beltre Marvin "Saint" Benard Andy "Mechant of" Benes Dante "Inferno" Bichette Craig "Matinee At The" Biggio Jeff "See Through" Blauser Bruce Boche "Ball" Ricky "Signing" Bones Bobby "Bad To The" Bonilla Pat "North of The" Borders Scott "Supercalifragilisticexpiala" Brousis Jay "Ferris" Buhner Ken "Helmet" Caminiti Tom "Cotton" Candiotti Jose "Can You See" Canseco Joe "Sergent" Carter Sean Casey "At the Bat" "My Cousin" Vinny Castilla Jack "The Whiffer" Clark Tony "The Tiger" Clark Will "The Natural" Clark Royce "A Roni" Clayton Ken "Get Off on My" Cloude Ty "Corn On The" Cobb Bartolo "After Shave" Colon David "Sili-" Cone Jeff Conine "The Barbarian" Wil "Bungee" Cordero Francisco "Umbilica" Cordova Craig "War" Counsell Jose "Won't You Let Me Take You On A Sea" Cruz Omar "Barbie" Daal "Red Hot" Chili Davis Eric "The Red" Davis Delino "Decocanut" DeShields Rob "Double" Dibble Mike DiFelice "Navidad" Mariano "Slam" Duncan Mike "Well" Dunne Jermaine "Live And Let" Dye Damion "It Don't Come" Eaisley Dennis "Upper D-"Eckersley Jim "Mister" Edmonds Juan "Re-" Encarnacion "El" Sid Fernandez Cecil "Is No" Fielder Rollie "Chicken" Fingers Chuck "Huckelberry" Finley Steve "Dorsell" Finley Cliff "Pink" Floyd John "Generalissimo Francisco" Franco Greg Gagne "With a Spoon" Andres "The Giant" Galarraga Ron "Extrava-" Gant Nomar "Mr. Nice Guy" Garciaparra "Tux" Cito Gaston Jason Giambi "Jack Flash" Bernard "Innocent Until Proven" Gilkey Tom "Heard It Through The" Glavine Juan "Going, Going" Gonzalez Luis "Speedy" Gonzalez Dwight "Johnny Be" Gooden Tom "Flash" Gordon Jim Gott "the Win, the Loss, the Save, or No decision?" Mark "Amazing" Grace Ben "Good" Grieve Jose "Mother" Guzman Juan "Canadian" Guzman Tony Gwynn "One For The Gipper" Mel "Carnegie" Hall Darryl "Green Eggs And" Hamilton Mike "China" Hargrove Pete Harnisch "Racing" Charlie "Issac" Hayes Todd "Highway to" Helton Dave "Harry and the" Henderson Tom Henke "Panky" Gil "Family" Herdia Glenallen "Strawberry" Hill Ken "On the Other Side of the" Hill Sterling Hitchcock "I Presume" Chris "Bubble, Bubble" Hoiles "And Trouble" Kent "Buy A Vowel" Hrbek Todd "Hot Rod" Hundley Brian "Deer" Hunter Butch "Corn" Huskey Bo "Diddley" Jackson John "Get Your" Jaha "s Out" Gregg "The Hammer" Jeffries "Major" Lance Johnson David "Chief" Justice Scott "Goal Post" Kamieniecki Gabe "Welcome Back" Kapler Ron "Miami" Karkovice Eric Karros "Matic" Jeff "Clark" Kent Jimmy "Francis Scott" Key Darryl "Gomer" Kile Jeff "Burger" King Ray "I Dub Thee" Knight Chuck "New Kids On The" Knoblauch John "I Am Not A" Kruk Barry "Meadow" Larkin Don "That Wasn't Me In '56" Larsen Ricky "It's Been A Long, Hard" Ledee Jon "Fat" Leiber Al "Cigarette" Leiter Jim "Frito" Leyritz Jose Lima "Bean" Pat "Pencil Thin" Listach Steve Lyons "And Tigers, And Bears, Oh My" Kevin "No" Maas Greg "Appa" Maddux Mike "Matha" Maddux Dave "Mary" Magadan Pat "Getting Closer To" Mahomes Mickey "Hang It On My" Mantle Jeff "Praying" Manto Juan "Field" Marichal Dave "Vodka" Martinez Dennis "Three" Martinez "Lunch" Willie "Lost In The" Mays "Me and" Willie McGee Mark "Eve of Destruction" McGwire Kent "Magic" Merker Jose "Costa" Mesa Matt "Tom" Mieske Paul Molitor "And The Merimac" "Eating" Raul Mondesi James "Teenage" Mouton "Ninja Turtles" Pedro "Harvest" Munoz Eddie "Eat, Drink, And Be" Murray Mike "Loggins and" Mussina Randy "Quag" Myers Dave Nilsson "Shmilsson" Otis "My Man" Nixon Alex "Gesundheit" Ochoa Chad "The Glove Fit" Ogea Bobby "My Car" Ojeda Gregg Olson "Golden" Antonio Osuna "Or Later" Lance "Red House" Painter Dave "Parallel" Parker Terry "The Pit and The" Pendleton Mike "Pepperoni" Piazza Eric "Ker-" Plunk Kirby "Union Gap" Puckett Brad "Totally" Radke Tim "Purple" Raines Joe "Help Me" Randa Pat "Bum" Rapp Edgar "Trailers For Sale Or" Renteria Jim "Pork Fried" Rice Dave "Prince" Righetti Jose "Blame It On" Rijo Mariano "Buick" Rivera Bip "The Ignitor" Roberts Colorado Rockie "Horror Pitcher Show" Kenny "The Gambler" Rogers Mel "Days Of Wine And" Rojas Scott "Rock And" Rolen Jose "You Say Tomato, I Say" Rosado Reggie "Colonel" Sanders Ryne "Love Letters Of The" Sandberg Tim "Sock Eye" Salmon Benito "El Duche" Santiago Steve "Alto" Sax Mike "Nova" Scioscia Mike "Great" Scott Tom "Leave It To" Seaver Aaron "My Lips Are" Sele Scott "Room" Servais Gary Sheffield "Of Dreams" Craig "Brewer In The" Shipley Ruben "High" Sierra Don "On" Slaught Heathcliff Slocumb "If You Got 'Em" Lee "Arthur" Smith Lonnie "Liston" Smith Luis Sojo "In The Rain" Paul "Feel" Sorrento Sammy "Say It Ain't" Sosa Ed "Ocean" Sprague Bill "Per-" Spiers Mike Stanley "We Want to Help you do it Right" Lee "Cat" Stevens Kevin "Night" Stocker Todd "Aira" Stottlemyre Doug "People Are" Strange Darryl "Rhubarb" Strawberry Kevin "Spinal" Tapani Tony Tarasco "Sauce" Eddie "Fat Man In The" Taubensee Dave "Parking Lot" Telgheder Bob "Thinking" Tewksbury Jim Thome "Can You Hear Me?" Steve "Blood On The" Trachsel Alan "Have Gun, Will" Trammell Michael Tucker "Town" Ugueth "What You Pay For" Urbina Ismael "Exxon" Valdes John "The Man Who Shot Liberty" Valentin John "All in All It's Just Another Brick In The" VanderWal Todd "Snap, Crackle" Van Poppel Andy "Dick" Van Slyke Mo "Better Blues" Vaughn or Mo "If Loving You Is" Vaughn "Then Why Be Right?" Robin Ventura "Highway" Quilvio "Mother" Veras Fernando "When It's Time To Make Some Wine Pick The Grapes Off The" Vina Frank "Sweet Music" Viola Billy "The Kid" Wagner Walt "Three Blind" Weiss Bob "Ebony Eyes" Welch David "War of the Worlds" Wells Bob "Sticky" Wickman Dan "Hack" Wilson Mark "Bay City" Wohlers Tony "Dooley" Womack Kerry "Norwegian" Wood Todd "We Are The" Worrell Greg "The Wrath Of" Zahn Todd "Good Housekeeping" Zeile | |||||
| 36 | Mark L ID: 22028319 Sat, Apr 08, 13:22 |
One of my alltime favorite Bermanisms:
Jim "Two Silhouettes On" Deshaies | |||||
| 37 | KB8ers GM ID: 590592819 Sat, Apr 08, 13:55 |
Bobby "I copied Robbie Alomar's batting stance" Abreu Travis "I copied Griffey's batting stance" Lee Tony "I have the ugliest batting stance" Batista Cal "I change my batting stance every year" Ripken | |||||
| 38 | Justin ID: 26202616 Sat, Apr 08, 14:50 |
I love Berman. The man is a genius. BPJ | |||||
| 39 | BravesGuru ID: 7339817 Sat, Apr 08, 19:08 |
georgia peach-Cobb
Yankee Clipper-DiMaggio Iron Horse-Ty Cobb | |||||
| 40 | AirSteve ID: 130422919 Sat, Apr 08, 22:33 |
I had a girlfriend in college that used to call "Fabulous" Fernando Valenzuela "The Fat Hawaiian" - obviously had him confused with Sid Fernandez.
also: former Dodger manager Tommy Lasagna | |||||
| 41 | AirSteve ID: 130422919 Sat, Apr 08, 22:42 | And let me be the first to stake out this ground: Kazuhiro "Kawa" Sasaki | |||||
| 42 | Bawler ID: 3231850 Sat, Apr 08, 22:44 | Brian "`s ERA" Rose | |||||
| 43 | berman18 ID: 48327121 Sat, Apr 08, 23:13 |
Matt "son of a" Beech Bert "be home" blyeleven | |||||
| 44 | KnicksFan ID: 22532319 Sat, Apr 08, 23:19 |
Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto
Donnie Baseball-Don Mattingley Steve "Sux" Sax or "Sax on the Beach"(unless he's in single A) | |||||
| 45 | KnicksFan ID: 22532319 Sat, Apr 08, 23:20 |
Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto
Donnie Baseball-Don Mattingly Steve "Sux" Sax or "Sax on the Beach"(unless he's in single A) | |||||
| 46 | Justin ID: 26202616 Sun, Apr 09, 01:52 |
good one bawler :) BPJ | |||||
| 47 | Unitas ID: 81312418 Mon, Apr 10, 00:10 | Maybe Guru should just add a new set of boards for nicknames for all sports, that way we could categorize the nicknames and for anyone who is interested, I would be able to list all of the Bermanisms | |||||
| 48 | Big Papa ID: 46352311 Mon, Apr 10, 00:18 |
Ramon "I wish I was as good as my bro" Martinez
or Ramon "My bro got me famous" Martinez | |||||
| 49 | Razor ID: 54112423 Mon, Apr 10, 01:57 |
Ramon "I was famous for being the ace on one of the best staffs in the league long before little Pete became good but now I suck because I have no Dodger uniform" Martinez
Devon "I'm not worthless if I keep hitting game-tying 9th inning dongs" White Showtime Shawn Green | |||||
| 50 | Baldwin ID: 54049316 Mon, Apr 10, 12:09 |
Can you imagine knowing Berman in highschool? I just imagine him hanging tags on everyone.
True story. My son got Urbina in the suplimental draft his first year up. [Hey I was too busy getting Millwood and Ligtenberg] So anyway just to rub it in my son named him 'U get what u pay for' Urbina. Yes this was before Berman. | |||||
| 51 | aiko aiko ID: 300233112 Mon, Apr 10, 12:26 | Don Zimmer: "Popeye" | |||||
| 52 | CanEHdian Pride ID: 4011410 Mon, Apr 10, 12:44 |
Headline Sports has a couple of news guys that are getting pretty good in the name game. Seem like big music fans. Here's a taste of some of their work (not baseball nicknames but good nonetheless).
Dan Marjle "Walkielikietalkit" (Red Hot ChiliPeppers reference) David "Hey You" Sloan (Sloan- a Canadian band with song that starts HEY YOU!") There have been other very subtle references but I can't remember them. | |||||
| 53 | C1-NRB ID: 31118111 Mon, Apr 10, 13:02 |
Dan "Danimal" Wilson Kenneth "the Lesser" Griffey, Jr | |||||
| 54 | CanEHdian Pride ID: 4011410 Mon, Apr 10, 13:45 |
There are plenty of nicknames posted for veterans but what about the rising stars of today:
Frank Menechino "Cherry" Kip "to my Lou" Wells Chad "Kentucky" Durbin Rich "Sprained" Ankiel Euribiel Durazo "Dazzle" Gabe "Salary" Kapler Rubean "Welcome" Mateo Rob Fick "(choose one of many)" I know it ain't Berman but who is!!!! | |||||
| 55 | ksoze ID: 001731 Sun, Mar 11, 22:10 | butt... for True Mahoney. | |||||
| 56 | Chris ID: 54499 Mon, Mar 12, 11:05 |
hey Razor, Ramon got his Dodger uniform back. We'll see how it treats him. Eric "Gopher Ball" Gagne Chan Ho "Best Pitcher Who Ever Lived" Park Devon "I don't wanna be a 4th outfielder" White Tommy "all the baseball skills of a track star, except older and slower" Goodwin Gary "Mr Unappreciated" Sheffield Orlando "El Liar" Hernandez and it can only be Rob "what the" Fick | |||||
| 57 | perk9600 ID: 2221714 Mon, Mar 12, 11:50 |
the best bermanism Bobby "we all live in" Ayala submarine | |||||
| 58 | pogophiles ID: 3245839 Mon, Mar 12, 12:32 | BravesGuru Post #39 -- The "Iron Horse" was Lou Gehrig, not Ty Cobb | |||||
| 59 | Catfish ID: 71158811 Mon, Mar 12, 13:09 |
Benny Agbayani -- Hawaiian Punch Derek "The only thing I can do with my head is shave it" Bell | |||||
| 60 | Wilmer McLean ID: 487331412 Mon, Mar 12, 15:37 |
Livan "to feed Al Roker" Hernandez -- sung to "Livin' La Vita Loca" | |||||
| 61 | KrazyKoalaBears ID: 431156218 Mon, Mar 12, 16:01 | Jeff D'Amico - Big Daddy | |||||
| 62 | The Beezer ID: 191202817 Mon, Mar 12, 16:10 |
I don't know, I was always partial to: Mark "The Bird" Fidrych (sp?) "Tug" McGraw and my all-time favorite: Al "The Mad Hungarian" Hrabosky | |||||
| 63 | Westchester Mets ID: 403541913 Mon, Apr 30, 19:37 | Edgardo Alfonzo - "Fonz" from Gary Carter | |||||
| 64 | puckprophet ID: 243411016 Mon, Apr 30, 20:36 | ankiel is the 'new wild thing' | |||||
| 65 | SCHMEGGA ID: 441113284 Mon, Apr 30, 21:45 |
"Hammerin" Hank Aaron Ernie Banks -> "Mr. Cub" Will "The Thrill" Clark Roger "The Rocket" Clemens Lou Gehrig -> "The Iron Horse" "Shoeless" Joe Jackson Carl Yastremski -> "Yaz" Willie Stargell -> "Pops" Ozzie Smith -> "The Wizard of Oz" Don Mattingly -> "Donnie Baseball" Mickey Mantle -> "The Mick" | |||||
| 66 | Gangman Leader ID: 3210292313 Mon, Apr 30, 22:02 |
If you're going back in time, here's a few favorites: "The Splendid Splinter" - Ted Williams "Say Hey" - Willie Mays "The Ryan Express" - Nolan Ryan "The Toy Cannon" - Jimmy Wynn "Red Rooster" - Doug Rader "Lefty" - Steve Carlton Stan "The Man" Musial "Spaceman" - Bill Lee "Psycho" - Steve Lyons | |||||
| 67 | Tim G ID: 1611393123 Mon, Apr 30, 22:15 |
We need one for Mientkiewicz, Szczerbiak is already the consonant, any ideas? | |||||
| 68 | JeffG Donor ID: 2444220 Mon, Apr 30, 22:20 |
Reggie "Mr October" Jackson. Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez. In addition to George "the boss" Steinbrenner coining "fat toad" for Irabu, he is also credited for first calling Dave Winfield "Mr May". There are some unofficial nicknames... The Yankee Stadium faithful called Hideki Irabu "upper deckie" for his frequent giving up of tape measure homeruns. I have heard Knoblauch called "Chuck-E" or "Knob-E". | |||||
| 69 | stewart ID: 54354238 Tue, May 01, 09:13 | "upper deck" Rod Beck, "way back" Jon Wasdin, "elgupo" Rich Garces BoSox nicknames | |||||
| 70 | PudgeFan07 ID: 40214259 Tue, May 01, 16:51 | "Burn, baby, Burn-ie" Williams | |||||
| 71 | PudgeFan07 ID: 40214259 Tue, May 01, 16:55 | i forgot to add these in.... KKKKKKKKKKKKKKerry Wood and Jeff "The Choke Artist" Nelson | |||||
| 72 | patjams ID: 3345116 Tue, May 01, 17:05 | I have just taken to referring to Mientkiewicz as "ie,ie"! Or we could call him Monkeyvich. | |||||
| 73 | gibby88 ID: 591301218 Tue, May 01, 17:09 |
Steve Garvey "Popeye" Ron Cey "The Penguin" Dale Murphy "Murph" Ted Williams "Splendid Splinter" Jose "Oh, the HUMANITY!" Lima | |||||
| 74 | gibby88 ID: 591301218 Tue, May 01, 17:10 |
Steve Garvey "Popeye" Ron Cey "The Penguin" Dale Murphy "Murph" Ted Williams "Splendid Splinter" Jose "Oh, the HUMANITY!" Lima | |||||
| 75 | Bodacious Tatahs ID: 24317238 Wed, May 02, 09:29 | Darryl Nosebleed Strawberry | |||||
| 76 | Vaj Sustainer ID: 51453259 Wed, May 02, 09:46 | Bob "Death to Flying Things" Ferguson is still my all-time favorite. | |||||
| 77 | Chris ID: 443172014 Wed, May 02, 11:45 |
Actually, now that I think of it... "Jackie" Chan Ho Park, for his little karate kick on Tim Belcher. | |||||
| 78 | Scrubbunch Donor ID: 45359209 Wed, May 02, 13:13 | Mientkiewicz - The Mint??? | |||||
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