Best Baseball Nickname

[Jack of Arcades]

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Nothing compares to the Big Unit in terms of coolness, randomness, and odd phallic reference all wraped into one.

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The best part of the nickname is that it's synonymous with his real name.

[Jack of Arcades]

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Not one of the best, but when Griffey, Jr was good, his nick was "the Kid". Plain, in and of itself, but kinda cool cuz he hailed from the same hometown (Donora, PA, I believe) as Stan the Man.

The Man and The Kid from the same city....kinda cool.

Josh

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To be fair, many players have been known as "the kid" or "kid." Teddy Ballgame and Gary Carter spring to mind, not to mention Kid Nichols.

[ChipWrecked]

Mr. Cub.

[ericd]

For fielding prowess:

Curt Blefary - Clank
Dick Stuart - Dr. Strangeglove

Though not sports related, General Mathew Ridgeway wore grenades over both breast pockets and thus was nicknamed "Iron Tits".

[imported_metrognome7]

Of the list I'd say "The Big Unit," but the all-time best, in my opinion, are "Death to Flying Things," "Ol' Hoss," "Oil Can," and "Wild Horse of the Osage."

The best name in baseball history? Shooty Babbitt.

[jesusarenque]

Superjew. Nails is pretty good, too.

[Jack of Arcades]

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Of the list I'd say "The Big Unit," but the all-time best, in my opinion, are "Death to Flying Things," "Ol' Hoss," "Oil Can," and "Wild Horse of the Osage."

The best name in baseball history? Shooty Babbitt.

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Urban Shocker.

[nolanfan34]

The Ryan Express.

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[Jack of Arcades]

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The Ryan Express.

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I didn't see that coming at ALL.

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[sfer]

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"Donny Baseball should be on this list."

True, so could Mr October, The Georgia Peach, Oil Can, etc. I didn't want to make it a 30 name poll though. Maybe I should've.

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I think Mr. October would be a serious contender for #1.