[jethrod3]

Last year, in a very entertaining thread, we were asked to administer a "wife test." We were to ask our wives to name every baseball player they could remember, and report the results (which were sometimes amazing or amazingly funny).

Tonight I was watching the end of "Facing Nolan" on Netlfix (a nice documentary, BTW), and she hung around as I watched the last 5 minutes, during which Randy Johnson was being interviewed about Ryan. My wife is a bigger sports fan than most women, and she asked "Is that guy's nickname "The Big Something?" I told her it was "The Big Unit."

This prompted me to ask if she knew what Nolan Ryan's nickname was. Her answer: Big Tex! Which of course led me to ask her to name as many nicknames of baseball players as she could.

Here are the results (with comments):
1. Bambino (Babe Ruth)
2. Showtime (Shohei Ohtani) (with some prompting)

After a long pause, she asked me to name some players so she could try to guess their nicknames. So I mentioned Pete Rose, Lou Gehrig, Reggie Jackson and a couple others. They didn't trigger a response, but she then proudly offered "I know the Vikings are the Purple People Eaters!" Aaaaand, SCENE!

Can your spouse or significant other recite more than 2 nicknames of baseball players? Post your results here!