Player Nicknames
by alligatorimpersonator on Nov 23, 2009 4:40 PM EST
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This is a mild to majorly pointless post, but hey, it's the offseason.
I was just wondering if anyone else ever made up original, funny nicknames for any Braves players. My brother and I used to come up with them all the time.
For example, when the Braves had Tyler Yates, we called him "Yates Infection" and it was like every time Yates got a strikeout it'd be like "Dude, Yates Infection is so nasty!" or if they showed him in the bullpen, it was "Man, it looks like Yates Infection is just itchin' to get into the game."
Other nicknames included Bob Thickman, Manny "I'll-Cost-Ya" (a game), Damn Kolb, LaDouche (dubbed after LaRoche, in the 2005 NLDS elimination game, barely jogged around the bases towards home and was thrown out by a mile where if he actually ran he would have made it. Nothing against him now...), etc.
Does anyone else have some good nicknames?
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I call Chipper "Chip the Rip" or "Chip the Ripper" but that didn't come about till after the rapper of the same name emerged..
Other than that, lets see, I was always a fan of Michael “Bad Ass Mother” Tucker, “Dangerous” Darren Bragg and Chris “the Real Deal” Rietsma… other than that they really go downhill pretty quickly. I think I scared Darren Bragg at a Braves game once, I was the only person in the stadium cheering his pinch-hit appearance when he was hitting about .130 and he definitely flinched and looked into the crowd when he heard me cheering. But then he got a single and finished hitting .269. Go ahead and send all that residual six-year-old credit my way.
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by The Keith Lockhart Era on Nov 23, 2009 6:33 PM EST reply actions
easy one for me:
Marteeeny Weeeny!
Gotta love Martin Prado.
"Are you tryin to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?"
Oh ya, another one:
The Jay Hey Kid is Jason Heyward’s. Get it? Like The Say Hey Kid only different.
"Are you tryin to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?"
And his dog, too. (This is where I feel like Tommy Hanson could provide a delightful Scooby Doo impression)
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by The Keith Lockhart Era on Nov 29, 2009 12:54 AM EST up reply actions
Oh,
and Logan Schaver because we all just love Sunday Night Baseball, don’t we? :)
(Yunel is still the Queen of Hearts)
Joe Morgan and John Miller are one of the two broadcasting tandems that fall into the "banes of my existence" category
Buck and McCarver being the other. But I probably didn’t even need to tell you that.
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by The Keith Lockhart Era on Nov 23, 2009 10:47 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t mind Jon Miller. Don’t love him, but I can tolerate him from time to time. Joe Morgan I hate with the red hot fury of a thousand suns.
same here
I feel like Jon at least knows a little about baseball. Joe Morgan just loves a certain group of players — who are usually black — and raves about them the whole time.
"Are you tryin to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?"
by Scott Coleman on Nov 23, 2009 11:18 PM EST up reply actions
Not only is Morgan patently racist, but he’s both clueless and oblivious. He’ll quite often say something to the effect of “Now what you want to do in this situation, Jon, if you’re the pitcher, is throw him some breaking stuff out away from him. Don’t give him a chance to turn on it.” Batter whiffs at an inside fastball. “See, that’s exactly what I was talkin’ about, Jon, you have to go right after a hitter like this, burn him inside and try to jam him.”
It’s as if he thinks we all hang on his every word so much we’ve already forgotten what he previously said, thus making whatever BS he comes up with at the moment reality. What a putz.
I hate Jon Miller for the sole purpose that he refuses to pronounce player’s names correctly.
Heyward,Hanson,and Shaffer r ready now!! Why do you think they havent signed the "right handed bat"?
by fatazfoot on Jan 7, 2009 8:59 PM EST
As a "professional broadcaster"....
I don’t see how that’s too much to ask either. Once in a while, it happens. But some are MUCH more frequent than they should be (see Mark Jones and Bob Davie).
Too bad we don't have any interns trying to bang ol' Joe.
"...Braves tie! ...Braves tie! ...Braves tie!"
by The Keith Lockhart Era on Nov 24, 2009 12:29 AM EST up reply actions
I really don't get how some of these guys can be "professional" broadcasters..
and constantly miss names, places, and other simple facts.
by Mr. Sanchez on Nov 24, 2009 12:03 PM EST up reply actions
Manny Acosta
I dubbed Many Acosta “the Escalator” earlier this year, because every time he comes into a game the other teams score or amount of base runners is immediately increased.
Most of my nick-names for players probably aren’t TC-friendly. Normally a player really has to mess up to warrant a nickname from me.
haha
same here. The few I put up are even pushing it a little…
You say to-mah-to, I say you're retarded.
by alligatorimpersonator on Nov 24, 2009 3:39 PM EST up reply actions
Me and my dad used to call Mark Lemke Dirt because after every game his uni was covered in dirt…he was a player
Not to crap on your father-son thing, cause that’s one of the most important parts of baseball, but I think that was kind of his nickname with everyone, cause I know we used to call him that at my house too.
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O well damn thats just the first thing i thought of when I read the post, still holds a place near and dear to the heart nonetheless
My girlfriend has a nickname for nearly everybody
They range from adorable to inexplicable.
Yunel = Klondikebar
McCann = McBeard
Jurrjens = Jergens
Hanson = Jolly Red Giant (She is 5’0")
Hudson = Huddy House (Like the restaraunt)
Prado = Nitram Odarp (Once she heard that she hasn’t stopped using it)
Kelly = Twinkle Toes (Cause he runs like a girl)
Javy = Javy Lopez (She thinks its funny to call him the wrong name i.e. “When did Javy Lopez start pitching?”)
Francoeur = French Toast or Jeffy
Kotchman = Casey Crotch-grab (she claims he did it all the time but I never noticed)
Jordan Schafer = Cancer Patient
That’s all I got right now.
Ooh, “my girlfriend”…aren’t you special…
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+100 for the fellow with possibly the best name on here.
Party hard.
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by The Keith Lockhart Era on Nov 30, 2009 2:09 AM EST up reply actions
haha that's a good one
I call Jair “Free Willy” because when he was asked to comment about Michael Jackson’s death, all he said was “It’s a shame. He was a such a great artist. The Free Willy song was good.”
I saw a writer make fun of his statement, by describing what Michael Jackson’s tombstone would look like according to Jair:
R.I.P.
Michael Joseph Jackson
Aug. 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009
The Free Willy Song Was Good
You say to-mah-to, I say you're retarded.
by alligatorimpersonator on Nov 24, 2009 3:45 PM EST up reply actions
The Free Willy song is freakin' amazing
Who didn’t rock out to that in elementary school… or now.. still…
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by The Keith Lockhart Era on Nov 29, 2009 12:52 AM EST up reply actions
+1
The Free Willy comment had my rolling. Had to name my fantasy football team after it.
by Smoltz's Beard on Dec 2, 2009 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
My ex used to call Mike Gonzalez Monkeyman.
"Are you tryin to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?"
by Scott Coleman on Nov 24, 2009 3:24 PM EST via mobile reply actions
My ex used to call Mike Gonzalez Monkeyman.
"Are you tryin to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?"
by Scott Coleman on Nov 24, 2009 3:24 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Now they are both free agents
I thought hurricane season was over........
by bravesguy311 on Nov 24, 2009 3:38 PM EST up reply actions
LOL
If Albert played in the AFL, they’d have to rename it the AZ/NM Fall League, based on where his homers landed.
hahah for sure. sorry for the double post. f’ing iPhones right?
"Are you tryin to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?"
by Scott Coleman on Nov 24, 2009 9:05 PM EST up reply actions
If I said "so did John Rocker" that would probably cross some lines, right?
"...Braves tie! ...Braves tie! ...Braves tie!"
by The Keith Lockhart Era on Nov 29, 2009 12:50 AM EST up reply actions
Fair enough.
And it only makes it funnier that John Rocker is now the living embodiment of Kenny Powers. Except instead of trying to make a comeback, he just anti-semetically curses out the reporter who wrote the old SI piece on him at some banquet in ATL. Still has the mullet though.
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by The Keith Lockhart Era on Nov 30, 2009 2:07 AM EST up reply actions
I only pay attention to TI when he does joke songs, like I’m On A Boat or The Dark Christal.
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I'm waiting for Andruw to pop up in the background of a video eating a sandwich.
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by The Keith Lockhart Era on Nov 30, 2009 2:05 AM EST up reply actions
T-Pain actually did “i’m on a boat”. Get your T’s right.
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