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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Baseball’s Top Ten “Y” Nicknames

Too bad we cannot use “Jimmy Furty.”

10. Matt Cain – Cainy

Here’s a guy in desperate need of a nickname. Matt Cain would make a good name for a hard-hitting free safety but when it comes to a baseball, it’s just a little too bland. Cainy sounds like a guy who would order a dozen clowns to come to your locker and rough you up. This is the kind of guy who keeps everyone loose over a 162-game season.

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1. The Chanumas Spirit Posted: March 24, 2010 at 06:57 PM (#3485097)

Wow. I feel dumber for having read this.

7. Nelson Cruz – Cruzy

Let’s face it – Nelson is not the best name out there. Sure you can go the tough guy route – like Nelson from The Simpsons. And there’s always Nelson Rockefeller. But other than that, well, there’s not much. But Cruzy – that’s the cool older guy who buys you beer when you are underage. This is the one that all the kids in the neighborhood look up to and want to be like one day.

At least until they reach that age and realize how big of a loser he is

2. The District Attorney Posted: March 24, 2010 at 06:59 PM (#3485099)

"Y" nicknames are so awful, I have to appreciate the sardonicism here.

3. Cris E Posted: March 24, 2010 at 07:01 PM (#3485100)

Needs an Editor - Crappy

The internet is too big. Start pruning here.

4. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) Posted: March 24, 2010 at 07:12 PM (#3485111)

What, no Youppi?

5. Fred Lynn Nolan Ryan Sweeney Agonistes Posted: March 24, 2010 at 07:20 PM (#3485121)

Or Teddy Ballgame-y?

6. snapper (history's 42nd greatest monster) Posted: March 24, 2010 at 07:23 PM (#3485124)

The internet is too big. Start pruning here.

For once I'm greatful that my work blocks a site.

7. Pat Rapper's Delight Posted: March 24, 2010 at 07:26 PM (#3485128)

"Y" nicknames are so awful,

Barely a step up from the glut of first-initial-plus-first-syllable-of-last-name "nicknames."

The only one that's any good is asking Pete Rose what he thinks of Yuniesky Betancourt's awesome nickname.

8. SoSH U at work Posted: March 24, 2010 at 07:26 PM (#3485130)

I started thinking Yogi, Yaz, Yankee Clipper...

That might have been an interesting list.

9. Jack Keefe Posted: March 24, 2010 at 07:30 PM (#3485138)

Hey any 1 who calls me Keefy will be eating a choice knuckle samwich Al.

10. Sheer Tim Foli

Posted: March 24, 2010 at 08:13 PM (#3485180)

I came here to read Keefe's comment.

Also author Dan Turner once said, lamenting the unoriginality of 1967 Expos nicknames, if Mordecai Brown played for this team they would call him "Browny".

11. Tuque

Posted: March 24, 2010 at 08:28 PM (#3485195)

But Cruzy – that’s the cool older guy who buys you beer when you are underage.

That's not what I think when I hear that word. Though I guess buying underaged guys beer is not out of the question.

12. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: March 24, 2010 at 08:40 PM (#3485206)

No Sam Horn?

13. Pasta-diving Jeter (jmac66) Posted: March 24, 2010 at 08:49 PM (#3485214)

-y suffix nicknames are pretty much confined to the NHL aren't they?

"Campy" is one of the few baseball ones

I started thinking Yogi, Yaz, Yankee Clipper...

Ye Olde Aches and Pains

14. Dan Szymborski

Posted: March 24, 2010 at 09:09 PM (#3485225)

I still want Cain's nickname to be Raisin. And I'm going to keep trying to push Buzz Oliver until he retires (50 years ago, there's no way a guy can be chased off the mound by a swarm of bees and NOT get that nickname!).

We also need some random nicknames that just don't make any sense. Why can't Mike MacDougal be Mad Mike? Millennium Mike? Molybdenum Mike? Not many people are aware of Josh Wilson's existence, but he'd have more fans if he was Josh Wilson, Galactic Devourer of Worlds.

And hell, the Indians have a shortstop named Asdrubal. How can Luis Valbuena not be called Hannibal and then the two of them can do promos in ancient getup on elephants.

15. Greg (U)K Posted: March 24, 2010 at 09:26 PM (#3485238)

Aaron Hill - The Candid Dandy

16. Danny Posted: March 24, 2010 at 09:28 PM (#3485242)

Barely a step up from the glut of first-initial-plus-first-syllable-of-last-name "nicknames."

I'd give them a full step up, since their coaches and teammates actually seem to use the Y nicknames.

17. Greg (U)K Posted: March 24, 2010 at 09:30 PM (#3485245)

Kurt Suzuki - Old Gum and Horseshoes

18. Adam M

Posted: March 24, 2010 at 09:37 PM (#3485248)

I am grateful to have a first name that is largely immune to nick-namery.

19. Sheer Tim Foli

Posted: March 24, 2010 at 09:37 PM (#3485250)

We should bring back the cool names from Negro Leagues. Cool Papa, Speedboy, Newt, Crush and my personal favourite, Heavy.

20. RJ in TO Posted: March 24, 2010 at 09:40 PM (#3485252)

I really want the nickname of Scrabble to catch on for Marc Rzepczynski. With Eyechart basically retired, it seems like it's time to appoint a successor.

21. Greg (U)K Posted: March 24, 2010 at 09:41 PM (#3485253)

I went to school with a guy named Hitesh Mystery.

Took my a couple years to realize Mystery wasn't actually his last name, it was just that no one could pronounce his Sri Lankan name.

22. HOLLA(R) Posted: March 24, 2010 at 09:45 PM (#3485256)

I'd be fine with giving out nicknames solely based on obscure(-ish) rock music. Then the nerds shall truly inherit the earth. I'll start by dubbing Prince Fielder \"#### Yeah, That Wide".

23. Nasty Nate Posted: March 24, 2010 at 10:30 PM (#3485286)

this will be year 4 of me trying to get 'Dizzy' to catch on for Matsuzaka

24. Orange & Blue Velvet Posted: March 24, 2010 at 10:47 PM (#3485303)

Eddie 'Cocky' Collins. He was more aloof than cocky, but you can't beat an alliterative.

25. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) Posted: March 24, 2010 at 10:48 PM (#3485305)

With Eyechart basically retired...

In camp with the Dodgers, fighting Garret Anderson for the last bench spot.

26. rLr Is King Of The Romans And Above Grammar Posted: March 24, 2010 at 10:56 PM (#3485307)

In camp with the Dodgers, fighting Garret Anderson for the last bench spot.

If you need to fight Garret Anderson for your job, you're effectively retired.

27. Orange & Blue Velvet Posted: March 24, 2010 at 11:10 PM (#3485318)

I'd pay good money to see a Mientkiewicz-Anderson fight.

28. Pat Rapper's Delight Posted: March 25, 2010 at 02:06 AM (#3485442)

With Eyechart basically retired...

In camp with the Dodgers, fighting Garret Anderson for the last bench spot.

I have Doug Gwosdz baseball cards, I watched Doug Gwosdz, Doug Gwosdz played when I followed baseball the closest. Doug Mientkiewicz, you're no Doug Gwosdz.

29. Dan Szymborski

Posted: March 25, 2010 at 03:23 AM (#3485481)

Yeah, I can't give anyone someone else's nickname. I always used Alpha Bits for Mientkiewicz.

Someone once tried to coin me Word Search, which also happily didn't stick.

30. Dan Szymborski

Posted: March 25, 2010 at 03:24 AM (#3485482)

If you need to fight Garret Anderson for your job, you're effectively retired.

But if you actually are Garret Anderson, you're effectively retired. It's a bitter stalemate, I tells ya!

31. Karl from NY Posted: March 25, 2010 at 06:27 PM (#3485895)

Barely a step up from the glut of first-initial-plus-first-syllable-of-last-name "nicknames."

This, of course, is one category where Albert Pujols sadly is nowhere near a league leader.

32. Zach Posted: March 25, 2010 at 07:02 PM (#3485945)

We also need some random nicknames that just don't make any sense. Why can't Mike MacDougal be Mad Mike? Millennium Mike? Molybdenum Mike?

In KC he was Mac the Ninth, which isn't bad.

KC actually has some good nicknames right now. "ProZack" Greinke, "Bam Bam" Billy Butler and Joaquim "The Mexecutioner" Soria.

33. Dan Szymborski

Posted: March 25, 2010 at 07:26 PM (#3485977)

In KC he was Mac the Ninth, which isn't bad.

I never heard that one! That is ridiculously awesome. How did I miss a badass Kurt Weill-based nickname?

34. The Keith Law Blog Blah Blah (battlekow) Posted: March 25, 2010 at 07:46 PM (#3485996)

I tried dubbing Mat Gamel "Mat the Batt".

35. Designated Sitter (GGC) Posted: March 25, 2010 at 07:48 PM (#3485998)

I thought the "y" thing was mainly Italian. No one called me Jonny before the big boss here started to and his family was from Sicily.

36. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: March 25, 2010 at 07:56 PM (#3486005)

I never heard that one! That is ridiculously awesome. How did I miss a badass Kurt Weill-based nickname?

The funny thing is the team tried to push "the Hurricane" because of his violent pitching delivery, but the fanbase (or maybe JoPo?) came up with Mac the Ninth.

37. RJ in TO Posted: March 25, 2010 at 08:04 PM (#3486012)

We also need some random nicknames that just don't make any sense. Why can't Mike MacDougal be Mad Mike? Millennium Mike? Molybdenum Mike?

In KC he was Mac the Ninth, which isn't bad.

My brother liked to refer to him as Frugal MacDougal. Mac the Ninth is much better.

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