Best Nicknames On Your Kids' Teams

Krak,

What does Pyoobz mean? Something to do with his real name, maybe?

I don't even want to ask about the first kid! I sure hope he can drop that nickname before he gets much older.

I would hate to be the guy whose nickname is

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B_utt-Plug

Thats hilarious!!!

As far as nicknames nowadays, they mostly are done by a simple formula-

First letter of first name

Hyphen

First syllable of last name.

Ie. A-Rod, T-Mac, D-Wade.

Very unimaginative if you ask me.

We do have a few "original" names on the team, "Iceberg" "Jazzy" "Reggae" to name a few.

Nicknames today seem to be pretty crass. When played, I was "Mighty Mac" (because my last name sort of rhymes with 'Mackerel' and I could pop it). A friend's last name was Sacks so, naturally, he was Sack-o-####. And another guy was simply called "Ed" even though his name was Brad because he showed up at a blind date's door all done up as Ed Grimley, Jr., pointy hair, floodwaters and all.

Lumber....for Johnathan Edwards....kid is 6'5", 245 and hits the ball a freakin' mile.

Scooter, for the fast kid.

Lala, for my son, his name is Nicholas, and when our youngest tried to say it, it came out La La. Since she grew up at the ballpark, it kinda stuck. She's 6 now, and she still hollers out as loud as she can when he gets up to bat....GO LALA.

KellerDad,

Jonathan Edwards could also be nicknamed "HOSE".

Or whatever else you would call someone with one of the strongest arms in the country.

Two offerings:

1. "Diesel", for a kid that's much wider than he is tall.

2. "Crayola", for a kid that got a crayon stuck up his nose when he was little and unfortunately let his baseball buddies find out about it.

Tugboat .... for the kid that seems to run in the sameplace without getting anywhere (quickly).

No claims to baseball glory for me, but I ended up with the nickname Eel Toes...given to me by a friend we affectionately called Clam Boy...he's passed away...God rest his soul...his zaniness lives on!

Our 16U boys have a;
"Slick"
"Hummer"
"The Lock"
"TD"
"Petes'"
"Joeybottleofwater" - ethnic thing
"Tat"
"Reider"
"MO"
very close knit group.

Within our family my Dad was Riz, I was Riz, my sons were all Riz except for the last was who was dubbed Little Riz.

Obviously all derivitives of our last name

All of the kids on my 12U team have 2 sets of nicknames:

1) Latin/Hispanic names
2) Female names

We use either one of them depending on how they are playing. It is a way to help them relax in a current situation.

On my son's high school team last year there was a "Skids". The kid had to make an emergency bathroom trip during a team warm up run and didn't make it. A few years ago on a travel team we had a "Goat". The kid got the name by finishing all the leftovers at a post game meal. There were a few times we had to explain to the opposing team that was the kids nickname and we weren't disrespecting them. A dugout full of 12 year olds yelling gooaaattt sounds pretty funny.

I once stopped a game between two local teams and sternly cautioned a dugout in regards to caller an opposing batter "PIG".....

After the game, his mom came up to me and told me that everyone calls him "PIG" and that it had been his nickname since grade school........

A close friend of mine has 2 sons. Both names start with the letter D. One is much larger than the other, so one is "BIG D" and the other is "LITTLE D".......of course his wife is now called "DOUBLE D"......all aptly named....

My oldest is named Tyler and I have called him "T-Bird" since he was a baby and I can't remember why.

My youngest is the fastest kid on his team, so quite naturally he is called "Pokey".

My older son is called Frantic Frank by his HS coach. My younger son is called C Wack by his friends because he could hit, they also call him C Bass because we live by the water.

My favorite was my sons friend "onions",his fastball made your eyes water.

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KellerDad,

Jonathan Edwards could also be nicknamed "HOSE".

Or whatever else you would call someone with one of the strongest arms in the country.

When my son is playing CF, he is warming up with John between innings. He hates it if John strikes out the inning before, because John lets it loose. He says he always comments "So thats what 97mph looks like"

Not only a supurb talent, but a great young man. But we've made the mistake of trying to feed him on a few occasions......

"Samsonite": This kid threw his 1970's suitacase from the third story of a motel room on a road trip because of the old commercials, he was testing the durability of the suitcase. Every since then, he was Samsonite. Besides, who brings a big hard suit case on a road trip these days.

"Marmaduke": It was easier to figure out than his real last name, McAdoo.

"Pattymelt": His last name had melt in it, just seemed to fit. And he was prissy, so call him a pattymelt seemed to fit

"Buddy Lee": The Levi Jeans character, the kids last name was Lee?

Just a small sampling.

My son really wanted a nickname this year and he's got one that I think will stick for a while. He chose to be #44 after Reggie Jackson. Early this year as he was up to bat, his grandpa was cheering him on "Come on Reggie". Another parent questioned why we called him "Weggie" so now the name sticks. His entire team, including coaches calls him either Weggie or Weg-man. Even going to be personalized on a special Christmas gift (as per his request).

My favorite was a kid who played for us, Stewart - called Stewey - called Stew and finally the progression ended with "Beef". To this day, his old teammates still call him Beef.

My old team had alot of fun ones:

Bonky - 3B - Hit the ball a mile
Ween - LF - Smooth as silk
LittleRock - 2B - Me LOL
Boomer - SS -The best player - drafted by Tigers
Nooge - P - Last name fit this one
Porky - RF - Skinny but great player
Ducky - 1B - Tall lanky and looked like Donald
Curly - CF - Bald at 18 yrs old.
Choo Choo - C - Built like a train
Animal - P - Name fit attitude

HotPockets,

The son played in a tourney in Vegas last year and he had a HotPocket for breakfast when we were running late. He went 6 for 6 in two games and pitched 5 innings of shutout ball in one day. Needless to say Hotpockets was his nickname for about a year. Everytime he was up to bat, " let's go HotPockets"! It was pretty funny for a while.

One of my son's team had nicknames that rhymed. He is Binky, the others are Dinky, Winky, Stinky, Rinky, Pinky, etc. I don't know how they keep them straight.

However, they did nickname one kid "Caretaker". The RF got suspended, by his parents, for 3 games due to low grades, and the other kids said "Caretaker" was just taking care of his spot until the regular player got back from suspension.
"Egg", short for Egghead (which he ISN'T).
"Big 'Un" and "Lil' 'Un" two brothers that could absolutely crush the ball.
"Tatoo" because he has plenty.
"Bronco" a guy from Europe whose name was really Branko.
"Sea Biscuit", the fastest guy, and his first name begins with "C".


Back in the day, the early 70's, I was known as "The Great One" for reasons that are unknown to me to this day. We also had:
"Nuke", last name Newquist, the leading hitter (played D-II),
"Dandy Mike" because he kinda prissed when he walked (played D-I),
"Doc" because he was always "operatin'" on the girls,
"Zubo" (no clue, those who nicknamed him won't tell),
"Radar" because he looked like Radar O'Reilly from M*A*S*H.
"Ox" was the catcher (played D-I),
"Hollywood" was the first guy to get eyeglasses that darkened in the sun.
"Kernel" (Colonel or however you spell it) because he wore a little army outfit when he was a little kid and it stuck.
"Pest", his family had an exterminating business.


My favorite:
My best freind, Mike Lee, was known as "Horse" because he looked exactly like Lee Marvin (from the movie: " A Man Called Horse"). When he was pitching, a regular chant was "Paint His Wagon, Lee Marvin" (from another movie: " Paint Your Wagon").

jaxnbulldog - funny - gotta duplicate a couple of yours.. we got a Bronco [a morphing of his last name] and a Winky...LA [kid from N'Awlins], got a Ham and a Hamp, Woody, Lumpy, Moe

In HS son's nickname was "The Wall"...he's a catcher. Jr. in college now, I just asked him and he said only one guy on his team had a nickname, but he politely declined to tell me what it was.

Two that stand out are, "Creek Chub" and "Goat".

I don't know why those two are so nicknamed. My sons nickname is "Turtle". Not because he's slow, but because he looked like a turtle when running.

The earlier T-Bird reminded me of another nonsensical name for one of son's teammates:
"J-Bird Froglips"
It sounds familiar, like maybe it's from a cartoon or something. But the kid's name isn't even 'Jay', doesn't begin with a 'j', doesn't look like a bird or a frog.........who knows.

First of all, my name is Kevin Dorko. Look at my last name....what do you think the guys on the team call me?

I've been called "****" for as long as I can remember.

My dad was a ****, and my sister is a ****. I guess **** will follow me through baseball where ever I play.

Catcher,

I feel for you!

Maybe someday you'll make the "hall-of-fame" and get the last laugh!

Here is a VERY TRUE story and not even a nickname. A few years back one of the best girls basketball players in our state had the first name of Fonda. You can guess what her last name was. Fonda is not such a bad name in most cases. Often wondered what the parents were thinking!

Son's nickname: POWDER. From the movie of the same name about the albino guy. Got the nickname at 9 years old when he was batboy for the college I worked at--changed in the locker room one day and was so pale, and along with the white hair at the time--and one of the players called him POWDER. The name stuck for 4 years until we moved away.

PGStaff:

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OHere is a VERY TRUE story and not even a nickname. A few years back one of the best girls basketball players in our state had the first name of Fonda. You can guess what her last name was. Fonda is not such a bad name in most cases. Often wondered what the parents were thinking!

Let me guess...Pottagould...Fonda Pottagould.

Another couple I thought of.

My son plays against a small, country team with a kid that is trememdously fat. He it the kind that you will see one day on a tractor, wearing bib overalls, and weighing 500 lbs. They call him Oompah-Loom-Pah, but not to his face of course.

We used to go down to La Place, LA, and play a private school down there and they had a super skinny firstbaseman that we started calling "Fly Rod". It stuck, and the next two years when we returned, they had picked it up and were all calling him "Fly Rod".

"Mr. Bones" last name Barnett...which started as Bone-nett and then "Mr. Bones"
"Rat" was a real skinny kid, about 120 lbs., with dark hair and skintone.
"Big Bamboo" or "Bamboo" (don't know where he got that)
"Free-bee" was Freeman
"Jabbar-vis" From Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, was a kid named Jarvis, who played basketball
"Wildman" belonged to two guys. One always complained about the other one stealing his nickname.
And of course, "Superman", which went to my brother, Clarke Kemp (Close enough).

Son was dubbed "SWEET" in Legion ball because of his swing, and "Remps" or "Rep" as a play on last name. In the future, we'd just liked him to be called BACK---since he's decided to pursue passion #2, which is acting...

Son played in early HS with a player with the last name of Raghaven. He was up to bat at one game and his teammates were cheering him on. The umpire thought they were calling other other pitcher 'Rag Arm' and got very angry at the poor sportsmanship he thought was being demonstrated. When it all got sorted out, the coach was laughing so hard HE almost got thrown out. Of course, poor Sid got the nickname...

i was the closer/starter on a team and they called me THE SAND MAN.

for 2 reasons

obviously since i'm a closer it says i will shut the other team down.

and because i am from the middle east and there are big deserts there.

My son's T-Ball name was "Thirsty."

When he was in second grade he went to his first park and rec t-ball practice on a hot day. His teenage coach was asking kids their names but my son was more interested in taking a water break so when it was his turn to answer the question, he told the coach "I'am thirsty"

This is a cute thread, lots of chuckles.

College Parent and Catcher41 really cute stories.

Nicknames are an integral part of the team chemistry.

Everyone on sons team has one, coaches included (won't tell, don't ask).

As for mine, once a Kopper always a Kopper.

Good stories and names.

My son's summer team (14 and under) had 3 Josh's. Coach said "no way" for three Josh's. Since my son was first on the team he stayed Josh. 2nd Josh was quiet and polite. Coach nicknamed him "Nice". 3rd Josh was wacko so coach nicknamed him "Elmo". Stuck with them through HS.