All Time Great Nicknames in Sports...

[Faustdog]

Tonight highly touted prospect Jhostynxon Garcia, nicknamed "The Password," makes his debut for the Red Sox. The Red Sox also dubbed our own Mitch Moreland "Mitchy 2-Bags." That's a really good one.

Anyone have any favorite sports nicknames, MSU or otherwise?

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Former major league pitcher Marc Rzepczynski was nicknamed Scrabble

 

[HailStout]

Kobe was the black mamba. Brian Scalabrine was the white mamba:

 

[HailStout]

Big Feces

 

[CochiseCowbell]

Porkchop Womack
The Big Unit
Sweetness
The Thrill
Thunder & Lightning
The Mayor
The Mad Hungarian

 

[John Deaux VII]

Myles Stinky Finger Hartsfield always makes me laugh.

 

[HailStout]

Robert Williams was late for the plane to bring him to boston after he was drafted and slept through the time for his introductory press conference. He was named “Timelord”

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Porkchop Womack
The Big Unit
Sweetness
The Thrill
Thunder & Lightning
The Mayor
The Mad Hungarian

 

[Puppers]

Jared "The Hefty Lefty" "Pillsbury Throwboy" "The Round Mound of Touchdown" "J Load" Lorenzen

 

[thatsbaseball]

Babe

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

Pascual (I-285) Perez

 

[Colonel Angus.sixpack]

The Answer.

We talk in’ bout practice. Not the game. Practice.

Honorable mention because it’s not a nickname:

World B. Free

 

[RocketDawg]

That would be politically incorrect now.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

The NBA has had some great ones.

Allen Iverson - The Answer
Jaren Jackson Jr - The Unicorn
Kevin Durant - Slim Reaper
Jerry West - The Logo
Paul Pierce - The Truth
Andrei Kirilenko - AK-47
Jason Williams - White Chocolate

 

[aTotal360]

I still think Magic Johnson is the greatest nickname ever.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

The Say Hey Kid
The Kid
The Nasty Boys (Reds Bullpen)


The Sultan of Swat
The Colossus of Clout
The Colossus of Clout
The Great Bambino

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

The story behind the umpire throwing the balls at him is hilarious.

 

[HailStout]

Larry Legend

also the hick from French lick

 

[Bobby Ricigliano]

The Polish Rifle

 

[Mjoelner]

Trying to remember all of Berman's baseball nicknames from when I was a kid. Off the top of my head, I only remember a few.
Jim People are Strange Morrison
Wally You Ain't Seen Nnnnothing Yet Bachman
Burt Be Home Blyleven

With The Mad Hungarian mentioned, I was a huge KC fan as a kid and he was downright intimidating in his prime when he was with the Royals. Throwing heat, unpredictable temperament, crazy eyes and a full Fu Manchu.

 

[SteelCurtain74]

Reggie White - Minister of Defense
Vinnie Johnson - The Microwave
Walter Payton - Sweetness
William Perry - The Fridge

 

[PBRME]

Phone booth Ray Ray.

 

[SanfordRJones]

The Big Unit is my favorite nickname. A few others:

Splendid Splinter
The Big Hurt
The Big Cactus/Wilt Chamberneezy/The Big Shamrock/Shaq-Fu/Big Aristotle/Mayor McShaq
The Great One
Sweetness
Cool Papa
Hammerin Hank
The Human Rain Delay
The Bringer of Rain
Joey Bats
The Big Train
Crime Dog
Oil Can

 

[dorndawg]

The Tyler Rose - Earl Campbell
FIGJAM - purportedly what other members of the pga call Phil Mickelson

 

[3-2 Dawg]

Boobie

 

[RivaDawg]

Pascual (I-285) Perez

I had forgotten that one!

 

[AttillaTheDog]

Porkchop Womack
The Big Unit
Sweetness
The Thrill
Thunder & Lightning
The Mayor
The Mad Hungarian

Al Hrabosky, what a psycho . Mark "The Bird " Fidrych was right there with him.

 

[Faustdog]

The Big Unit is my favorite nickname. A few others:

Splendid Splinter
The Big Hurt
The Big Cactus/Wilt Chamberneezy/The Big Shamrock/Shaq-Fu/Big Aristotle/Mayor McShaq
The Great One
Sweetness
Cool Papa
Hammerin Hank
The Human Rain Delay
The Bringer of Rain
Joey Bats
The Big Train
Crime Dog
Oil Can

Forgot about the Crime Dog. That's an all-timer.

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

Myles Stinky Finger Hartsfield always makes me laugh.

This is the 17'ing answer. How did Ole Miss not catch more grief for this guy?

 

[CharlieWinfield]

I always liked the name Melvin "Bad News" Barnes of the ABA. He once refused to board a flight from Louisville to St. Louis because the landing time (in central zone) was earlier than the take off time (in Eastern.) The quote attributed to him was "I'm not getting on any time machine."

 

[MSUDAWGFAN]

One I heard the other day and didn't know at the time was that Kevin McHale had the nickname "The Black Hole" because when he got the ball down low it never came back out.

 

[MSUDAWGFAN]

Also Chuck Person was names "The Rifleman"

 

[Pilgrimdawg]

Chet Steadman was “The Rocket”.
“Wild Thing” you make my heart sing - Best sports movie ever

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Pig, stands out to me.

 

[HomeBoyDawg]

Pudge (the Carlton Fisk one)

 

[Herbert Nenninger]

Played baseball in high school with Jarrod Dyson, aka “Mr Zoombaya”. His perpetual quote was “Speed make it do”.

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

And whoa...

 

[dawgman42]

Snacks Harrison
Mighty Dog Chuckie Evans
Too Tall Jones

 

[grinningmule]

The undisputed wrestling champion of the world... A man who calls himself "the ultimate object of desire," "the mountain of molten lust." The one, the only Thunderlips!

 

[Pak Drescott]

Andrei Kirilenko "AK-47"