OT: PLAYER/COACH NICKNAMES
Ok guys, looking for nicknames that you and your buddies have for athletes or coaches. I have read some pretty funny and clever ones on here before that gave me a good laugh, though I could not tell you what they are off the top of my head. (Reason for this post). Not looking for popular or common names, (ie, King James, Black Mamba, Megatron), but original names that you or your friends have made up .
Example, my buddy and I always call Najeh Davenport "Closet Shitter" and he will be that forever because.. well, google it if you don't know.
Gerald Laird will forever be "Laird Ass" , and we have a slew of others, but I want to hear yours !
Brandon Inge was known as "bucket of dicks" around my circle of friends.
That name also seems appropriate for a circle of friends.
if I knew how to insert pics I would insert the clappiest of all pics. Well done!
Some of us called Rob Deer "Feast Or Famine" when he was with Detroit, because there were only two ways that most at-bats would end, and only one of them did not involve a big, terrifying whiff at a curveball.
Among some of my favorites from baseball's slightly more distant past is Dick Stuart's "Dr. Strangeglove" appellation. His stats confirm that his relationship with meaningful defense at first base was....complex.
Up until this year I always referred to Porcello as "Five Inning Ricky"
Gerald Laird: LARD
Chris Houston: Always called him 'Toast Houston' because he's always getting burned
Dick Sherman: Goes without saying
Stan the Fat Man (Van Gundy) I plan on retiring that nickname very soon.
Phil coke has gone through a lot of nicknames but recently it's been "President's Choice (when he does well)", "Pepsi Cola ( not great but doesn't completely blow it) or "Fucking dumpster fire piece of shit (have been using this one a lot this year out of pure rage)"
Pork-Jello.
Actually I think I stole that one from someone on the WLA message board.
Up until this year he was always "gas can Ricky" to me.
My buddy called Rasheed "dumb whore" which became simply DW over time.
At Auburn, Al Borges was known as gorgeous borges
Gerry Larry = Gerald Laird
Walty = Derrick Walton
Urban Meyer = Oscar Meyer or Urban Liar
utility outfielder back in the 50's and early 60's, played primarily for the Yankees and Kansas City A's, also short stints with the Angels and Houston.
We referred to him as "Peckerhead". Only because he seemed to be the best clutch hitter in the history of Strat-O-Matic Baseball. I swear the man was lethal late in games!
Even though Cerv had rather pedestrian career stats, he somehow always came thru with big clutch hits when my friends and I played Strat-O-Matic. The S-O-M game one of my buddies owned came with several sets of cards, including a Yankee team from the mid-50's. And it wasn't teh Yogi Berra's and Mickey Mantles of that team that always got the key hit, it was that peckerhead Cerv.
I've been referring to JD Martinez as "Jumbo Dong", because I don't know what the JD stands for and well, he's been playing like he's got a jumbo dong.
Classic Tigers moment right there.
Donkey is the shortened form of Don Kelly for me and my 5-yr-old granddaughter (who often watches the Tigers with me).
Timmy B was simply Touchdown Tim and Ty was Mr. 6 of course.