The Best Nicknames In The World of Baseball

[Dave Visbeck]

Lets not forget... another Negro Leagues player -

John "Steel Arm" Taylor

[Joe Pepitone]

Vinegar Bend Mizell

[Jake_Gibbs]

[QUOTE=hellonewman]Choo-Choo Coleman

Choo-Choo Coleman is my favorite because when asked by Ralph Kiner on Kiner's Corner how he got the nickname Choo-Choo, his reply was "I really don't know Ralph."

[Tommy John]

[QUOTE=Jake_Gibbs]

Choo-Choo Coleman

Choo-Choo Coleman is my favorite because when asked by Ralph Kiner on Kiner's Corner how he got the nickname Choo-Choo, his reply was "I really don't know Ralph."

My favorite Choo-Choo story is when an announcer (Kiner or Lindsay Nelson)
asked him "what's your wife's name, and what's she like?" Coleman replied
"Her name is Mrs. Coleman and she likes me."

[Dave Visbeck]

Tony "Shoo Shoo" Conigliaro

[Dave Visbeck]

From the early years in Boston...

George Lovington "Sassafrass" Winter

[IronCaballo4]

Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens

And my current favorite: Adam Dunn...the Big Donkey

[Dave Visbeck]

I forgot...Thurman Munson, The Walrus.

I've heard the nickname "Squatty" used for him by some Red Sox players in the 70's. Anyone ever heard that used?

[Dave Visbeck]

And here are a few more Yankee nicknames that haven’t been mentioned yet. And of course, my all-time favorite…
Casey Stengel - The Old Perfessor

From the 40's in Boston...
Dominic Paul "The Little Professor" DiMaggio!

[Dave Visbeck]

Lets not forget yet another Negro Leagues player and HOF member...


Wilber "Bullet" Rogan

[Dave Visbeck]

Doe's anyone remember "Dr. Strangeglove"?

[Dave Visbeck]

I find it amazing that no one has mentioned

The Commerce Comet

How about "The Cuban Comet" Minnie Monoso.

[penguin4]

Doe's anyone remember "Dr. Strangeglove"?

Dick Stuart, right?

I think people have also pinned that name on some player recently, however, someone who's still playing -- I forget who.

[Dave Visbeck]

Dick Stuart, right?

I think people have also pinned that name on some player recently, however, someone who's still playing -- I forget who.

That's the guy! And how about "The Springfield Rifle"

[the duque]

Brown is going. So, it looks like we have a rematch of the opening game of the '98 WS

I'm surprised this isn't being talked about more, Houston had a rainout so it might be cause AP wasn't originially schedueled to pitch. But he's coming to Tampa, so it'll be interesting with him seeing familiar faces.

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orlando "el duque" hernandez!

[maldon]

That's the guy! And how about "The Springfield Rifle"

Vic Raschi!

[JoeSeadog]

Let's not confuse "nicknames" for "known as the".

When Mickey Mantle walked into a room people didn't greet him with,
"Hello Commerce Comet!"

Thurman Munson was commonly called "tugboat" by his closest friends on the team.

Some of my favorite nicks: "Spook" Jacobs, "Whammy" Douglas, "Ice" Williams

[DontHateOnNumber2]

I've got an oldie! Felix "El Gato Flaco" Heredia!

[Big_E]

John Milton Rivers -- aka "Mickey" Rivers, "Mick the Quick"
Russell Earl Dent -- "Bucky" Dent, "Bucky Fukcing Dent"
Charles Dillon Stengel -- "Casey" Stengel, "The Old Perfessor"

[Dave Visbeck]

Wonder if Showboat Fisher is in here?

[fredgmuggs]

Curt Blefary - Clank. That told you everything you needed to know about his glove.

[Dave Visbeck]

"Bug" Holliday

[Dave Visbeck]

"Cookie" Lavagetto

[Dave Visbeck]

Frankie "The Fordham Flash" Frisch

[Dave Visbeck]

Albert "Butts" Wagner