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JLange 07-07-2014 06:35 PM

Earl Averill
 
Earl Averill. The Earl of Snohomish

39special 07-07-2014 06:50 PM

Bake McBride
Preacher Roe
Harry "the hat" Walker
Jungle Jim Rivera

dclarkraiders 07-07-2014 07:14 PM

Ozzie "The Wizard" Smith

Stan "The Man" Musial

"Boog" Powell

Brooks "The Vaccum Cleaner" Robinson

Ron "The Penguin" Cey

Shwne " The Flyin' Hawaiian" Victorino

Brian Van Horn 07-07-2014 07:18 PM

Bill "The Quail" Virdon
Bill "Old Arbitrator" Klem

Peter_Spaeth 07-07-2014 08:03 PM

my top 10
 
Sultan of Swat
Iron Horse
Yankee Clipper
Shoeless
Rajah
Big Train
Splendid Splinter
Stan the Man
Rocket (Clemens)
Big Hurt

sycks22 07-07-2014 08:08 PM

Benny Agbayani: Hawaiian Punch

deucetwins 07-07-2014 09:00 PM

Clyde "Deerfoot" Milan

kcohen 07-08-2014 07:54 AM

My favorite Chris Bermanism was

Craig "Def" Lefferts

quinnsryche 07-08-2014 07:59 AM

"Phenomenal" Smith (Old Judge era). Gave himself his own nickname. Now that's BALLS!

earlywynnfan 07-08-2014 08:08 AM

My first thought was No-Neck; he actually signed a ball for me like that.

Also, Bevo LeBourveau

Bugsy 07-08-2014 01:30 PM

Pedro "Booger" Munoz...after Booger from Revenge of the Nerds.

Wite3 07-08-2014 10:06 PM

Edward James Abbaticchio was nicknamed "Batty"

alanu 07-08-2014 10:14 PM

I don't know if these have been mentioned yet

Yogi Berra

Chipper Jones

Tiger Woods

Roy Hobbs, The Natural

alaskapaul3 07-09-2014 07:40 AM

Razor Shines

and as Dubbed by Greg Maddux...Rich Garces was "El Guapo"

jerrys 07-09-2014 10:19 AM

"Three finger" Brown
Cookie Lavagetto
Cookie Rojas
Charlie "King Kong" Keller

ALR-bishop 07-09-2014 10:37 AM

Names
 
Whammy Douglas
Moe Drabowsky
Buuba Morton
Hoot Evers
Vinegar Bend Mizell
Pumpsie Green
Cot Deal
Coot Veal
Duke carmel
Rip Repulski
Klyde Klutz...well maybe that was his name

packs 07-09-2014 11:03 AM

Sugar Cain
Silver Flint

glynparson 07-09-2014 11:34 AM

I've always refered to Carl Furillo as
 
The Reading Rifle.

packs 07-09-2014 09:50 PM

Arlie Latham "The Freshest Man on Earth"

clydepepper 07-09-2014 10:16 PM

The NEW "Twinkle Toes"
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by packs (Post 1294957)
George "Twinkle Toes" Selkirk

Tony "Apollo of the Box" Mullane

William "Adonis" Terry

William Von Winkle "Chicken" Wolf

The NEW "Twinkle Toes"

I present...Mr. Chad Qualls:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACOMc6s9PI4

Bicem 07-11-2014 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth (Post 1294648)

Big Hurt.

Will always be my favorite.

Theo_450 07-11-2014 10:05 PM

He has been mentioned once.

My vote goes to:

"Three Fingers" Mordecai Brown.

Koufax32fan 07-13-2014 09:46 PM

So many good ones, but Double Duty Radcliffe and Cool Papa Bell have to be considered.

Den*nis O*Brien 07-14-2014 07:08 AM

Bear Tracks
 
Johnny "Bear Tracks" Schmitz. The home town hero of Wausau Wisconsin.

Jlighter 07-14-2014 01:34 PM

Ryan "I have no" Braun.:)

wolf441 07-14-2014 01:53 PM

"Poosh 'em up" Tony Lazzeri


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