Looking up and down the Tigers roster, you fnd many of the the players have a nickname Miguel Cabrera-Miggy, Cabby, Justin Verlander-JV, Victor Martinez- V-Mart, Jose Valverde-Papa Grande, etc. With the all-star season Alex Avila is having, I think it's time he gets a nickname as well.
Any suggestions?
A-Squared
my 1st thought as well
Sometimes a simple idea works the best. A2 really works around Southeast Michigan. I think it could catch on!
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Plus I'm pretty sure it'd piss off Sparty...
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Or Ace-Deuce
"A flute with no holes is not a flute. A donut with no hole is a danish"
Not to be that guy but please
Not to be that guy but please mark OT
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Seeing as how this is a
Seeing as how this is a Michigan blog, doesn't it make sense that people would come here for "UM-centric threads?"
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I'm pretty partial
to "Alex" myself.
There is no time, sir, at which ties do not matter.
Viva Avila
Viva Avila
ALL ABOARD THE A-TRAIN!!!!!
" ~ Herm "
Electronic message thing
I was at a game and after a good play by a Tiger they always put a cheesy little message on the electronic ring/sign thing. I swear one for Avila was "Living Avila Loca" or something like that.
"A flute with no holes is not a flute. A donut with no hole is a danish"
Most of those don't even
Most of those don't even count as nicknames, they're just lazy constructs. V-Mart, really? Alex Rodriguez will be calling to get his nickname back just as soon as he's done calling the 5,000 other athletes that people have attached it to. The only other time it was clever was with Kenyon Martin.
Also, it's a pretty solid rule that just about everything suggested in a "hey let's nickname this guy" thread is either stupid or astoundingly stupid and never catches on. AAB's idea being an exception.
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I will say
that Edwin Encarnacion is the one exception.
"E5" is maybe the greatest nickname in sports.
There is no time, sir, at which ties do not matter.
The Italian Stallion?
The Italian Stallion?
"They will meet a dastardly fate here for that! There isn't a Michigan Man who wouldn't like go out and scalp those Buckeyes right now."
The rescuers..
Down under?
"Built flat, wide, and low to the ground, the American badger (Taxidea taxus) has incredibly loose-fitting skin with a thick layer of fat under it. This skin helps the badger slip and slide in underground tunnels."
Thrilla in Avila
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Bo' Money Bo' Problems
These "nicknames" are pretty
These "nicknames" are pretty lame as it is. The only even slightly creative one is Papa Grande, and that's just "Big Daddy" in Spanish.
Not actually
Big Potato in Spanish
Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you. -Satchel Paige
Not to be a Spanish snob
Papa Grande actually translates for Valverde to "Big Potato" because he looks just like one.
Papá Grande. Big Daddy.
Papá Grande. Big Daddy.
ALL ABOARD THE A-TRAIN!!!!!
" ~ Herm "
I'm pretty sure
there's no accent in Valverde's nickname, which makes it big potato.
Maybe there is an accent in
Maybe there is an accent in his name but since most white people cant pronounce it correctly so instead of big daddy you're now calling him big potato.
actually
turns out his nickname was supposed to be big daddy and the teammate doing the naming was just really bad at spanish
yeah, big potato... anyways
yeah, big potato... anyways you can always call him "papasote", "papote" etc.... it sounds nasty though...
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By the way...
Who expected this kind of start outa' this guy? I thought he was pretty good last year, but the batting average and clutch hitting caught me by surprise! How cool!
Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you. -Satchel Paige
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Pokey.
I think he was in Major League 2
He is a dead ringer for Jack Parkman. My brother and I have been calling him Parkman since opening day.
"Jack Parkman: I'm the only winner on this team. The rest of 'em, they're losers. Either by choice, or by birth."
great movie
'your biggest gun just got traded to Chicago. Matter of fact, your only gun. Au revoir.'
'What do you call that garbage?'
'I call it the eliminator. I've got another pitch. you hit it, i'll let you name it'
/crushes homerun
'I'll call it the masturbator'
I call him the "Chief" to myself sometimes
Because he looks like Tyrol from Battlestar Galactica...could also go with Cylon, killing would-be stealers with lasers
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Miggy, or Cabby puts the
Miggy, or Cabby puts the Tigers up in the bottom of the 8th with a 2 run single with 2 out: 3-2. Awesome.
Edit: Now V-Mart with a single: 4-2.
Edit: Now Jhonny Power with a single: 5-2. All with two outs. Team has heart.
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Roberts with an error. 8-2
Roberts with an error. 8-2 Tigers. 8 straight runners reach with 2 outs.
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Brennan Bosche a.k.a "B.B.
Brennan Bosche a.k.a "B.B. Swing" is by far the best nickname on the Tigers.
Boesch's nickname
My friends and I have called Boesch "Roy Hobbs" since his ridiculous coming out in the first half of last year's season.
"A flute with no holes is not a flute. A donut with no hole is a danish"
B.B. Gun
B.B. Gun
A-train
A-train
Avila is...
"Pudge 2.0"
Unfrozen Caveman Catcher
Unfrozen Caveman Catcher
I expect nothing and therefore never disappointed.
Tila Avila?
Tila Avila?
Tiger Nicknames
Firstly, I love The Big Tilde for Magglio as a nickname, and I think that Agent P is absolutely brilliant for Ryan Perry (because he may or may not be a platypus.)
As for Avila, well, since he went to Alabama, what about the Alabama Slammer? Failing that, Lt. Commander Hunter, the character Denzel Washington played in Crimson Tide.
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Double A
Simple but effective.
A2
Avila the Hunn
So hot. Milk was a bad choice.
The best Tiger nickname IMO
The best Tiger nickname IMO is Maggs nickname of Singlio cuz hes always getting singles. Im a huge Maggs fan but it cracks me up.
I refuse to call Victor Martinez as V Mart...thats just lame to me. Sometimes I call Cabrera Miggy but I usually just call him Cabrera.
Singlio is by far the funniest. Papa Grande is a pretty cool nickname though.
A-Squared