Ready for Another Spouse Test?

[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!

[NiceDocter]

The Bambino, Joltin Joe, The Big Hurt, Mighty Casey ( guess she means the guy in the poem)

[philliesfan]

I asked my wife. I thought she pointed out that she could only name 1. But I was mistaken with the finger she used............

Seriously, she could care less about baseball but she really loves football. Maybe even knows more about football than me actually.

Bob

[jethrod3]

Originally Posted by philliesfan

I asked my wife. I thought she pointed out that she could only name 1. But I was mistaken with the finger she used............

Seriously, she could care less about baseball but she really loves football. Maybe even knows more about football than me actually.

Bob

LOL, maybe we should expand this to nicknames for athletes from any sport!

[jeffmohler]

After a lot of thought, she said "I am pretty sure there was someone named "Lefty"". Sigh

[nebboy]

My wife said sure the “killers Bs and Spanky”
I must say I was impressed with her answers.
I’ll even challenge you guys to come up with this guys she did, especially then 2nd reference. Good luck with this one.

[Jcosta19]

My wife also said Shoeless Joe and "Babe" Ruth, adding "Cy" Young (referencing Cyclone as the reason for it, which surprised the hell out of me).
She showed her married into Yankee allegiance also adding A-rod, Mr. November for Jeter and The Sandman for Mariano.

Her best response was for another Ruth nickname, The Bronx Bomber

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[JollyElm]

My GF said/reacted, "Stop!!!!!! If you keep asking me stuff I know nothing about, I'm gonna throw your eBay packages in the garbage before you even know they came in the mail!!!!!"
So, zero nicknames...and a newfound knowledge that I really got to start watching my back.

[ahmanfan]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

My GF said/reacted, "Stop!!!!!! If you keep asking me stuff I know nothing about, I'm gonna throw your eBay packages in the garbage before you even know they came in the mail!!!!!"
So, zero nicknames...and a newfound knowledge that I really got to start watching my back.

My spouse:

Babe ruth
Alex rod
Jeter

No nicknames

[here2havefun]

Satchel Paige
Chipper Jones
Babe Ruth
Jackie Robinson
Mookie Betts
AROD
All Rise
Knows that David Ortiz has a famous nick name, but couldn't recall it.

We had a serious debate on what exactly constitutes a "nick name", I told her that most of her guesses are not in the spirit of the question. She didn't care lol.

[boysblue]

Just the one: "Doc" Halladay. We live not far from Toronto.

[campersmd]

My wife said she didn't care, then immediately named
Babe Ruth
Shoeless Joe
Jolting Joe
Iron Man Ripken
Brooks Robinson - She knew he had one but could not recall the human vacuum cleaner