spring.net — live bbs — text/plain
The SpringSports › topic 25

Favorite sports nicknames

topic 25 · 7 responses
~terry Sat, Sep 21, 1996 (00:36) seed
Wilt the Stilt. Dollar Bill Bradley. You get it. What are your favorite sports nicknames? Players. Teams. Whatever, anything goes.
~TJ Mon, Sep 23, 1996 (12:51) #1
Walter Sweetness Payton Dribbling Dick Dickerson Phi Slama Jamma
~TJ Mon, Sep 23, 1996 (15:08) #2
OH YEA FIGHTING IRISH OF NOTRE DAME
~terry Tue, Sep 24, 1996 (05:46) #3
Do you get the feeling that TJ's pumped up?
~joshd Tue, Sep 24, 1996 (22:50) #4
I'd vote for Clyde the Glide, I think. Or, come to think of it, Phi Slamma Jamma.
~ginger Sat, Jun 14, 1997 (22:02) #5
the worm.
~pmnh Wed, Jan 28, 1998 (17:28) #6
some rodent names are cool.. whitey herzog (the white rat)... don zimmer (the gerbil)... avian names- mark fidrych (the bird)... doug rader (the red rooster)... reptilian names- nate colbert (the iguana)... john mcmullen (the snake)... legendary names- walter johnson (big train) babe ruth (bambino, sultan of swat, etc...) ty cobb (the georgia peach) pete rose (charlie hustle)* joe dimaggio (joltin' joe) joe jackson (shoeless joe)* other misc.- "blue moon" odom... "cool papa" bell... "oil can" boyd... "catfish" hunter... and- cannot forget- dick "dr. strangeglove" stuart ("give me some lead, babee!") *denotes "should be in hall-of-fame", like other legends mentioned are...
~terry Wed, Jan 28, 1998 (18:07) #7
Pete should be in the Hall of Fame. It's time.
log in or sign up to reply to this thread.