Nicknames

Our last name has always been in play when it came to nicknames

I spent 8 years in grammar school with kids thinking my name was "Riz" and was always known as "Riz" even to this day when on the ballfield.

My sons were all known as "Riz" except for the youngest he was "Little Riz" because he was in school with his brother

My nickname in high school was "Cannonball" because I broke one kid's arm and another kid's leg in one high school game. I did both on "roll slides" into second base. Guess I understand why you can't "roll slide" anymore in high school.

Played with a guy we called BULLHORN, for obvious reasons, Fly [play off last name, but also appropriate], Buzz, Rocco [Italian guy - duh]. Had a kid on our team at 9-10YO - called him Lumpy - he is now 6'2" 185# !!Still call him that, tho.

When my oldest was a freshman, a senior asked him his name, my son said "Steve", the senior said you look more like a "Wayne" than a "Steve". It stuck. My younger son is "Little Wayne", my mother comes out to watch a lot of games and she is now officially designated as "Grandma Wayne".

I would have preferred they tagged him with "Crash" or "Moose" or something cool but instead he will go down in school history as "Wayne".

Two minor leaguers from the 90's who unfortunately never got the call. "Pork Chop" Pugh and "Motorboat" Jones

We call our player "Stuff" -because he's got some!

Being an ex Navy Flier, I always give my youth players nicknames like callsigns and some have stuck. One particular kid who looked exactly like a young Ronny Howard, I called Opie. Well he's a Junior in HS now and I don't think anyone knows his given name. He's Opie.

Another one sweet looking 10 year old with long eyelashes I called Bambi and his mother calls me and tells me he (she) wants something more manly like Gunner or Spike. He eventually quit baseball and is a top HS golfer.

Halfmoonslider aka Threadkiller

A few years ago we were playing in a tournament and not doing too well. One of our players who is/was not normally a big hitter was having quite a day though at the plate. I asked him what he had for breakfast that morning, he replied Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Since then, whenever he comes up to bat, we call him "Crunch".

I'm surprised that nobody has broke out some of Chris Berman's nicknames. The best one is....

Bert "Be Home" Blyleven

I like nicknames as a coach, and I have a few good ones from this year's team:

"Jockey" - our 2B is about 5-4, 125 1bs.

"Stitch" - CF is another little guy, and he imitates the movie character perfectly.

"Bobble" - Our catcher has a huge head (size 8) so the players say he looks like a bobble-head doll!

**I like those 3 - all are FANTASTIC young men, and they have fun with the nicknames. I personally had 2 as a player:
Psycho - I am very intense and my skipper thought I was...
Knightmare - play on the name, got it from a sportswriter in Erie, PA

This thread is too funny. Son says everyone on team has a nickname, including the coaches.
Chill,
Have you fallen off your chair yet?

I had a scrawny little kid on my team one year. This kid was never groomed very well!! His hair was all over the place, his clothes were always just a little messed up and he usually had some dirt on him somewhere!! So we affectionatly(sp.)named him Filthy McNasty!!! That name fit this boy like a glove!

My 05’ son played Varsity as a freshman, starting every game either as a pitcher or 1st baseman. Needless to say in the beginning he had to earn respect from the upperclassmen (which he did).

My father is named after his father (Jr); I am named after him (III) and my son, after me (IV). The team found out and called him “Quattro”. I was called “Tray”, and my father (his grandfather) “Deuce”.

These names lasted for two years. In his junior year, they found out our middle name (Rutledge), since then he has been called "Rut" which has stuck and he proudly wears on some of his shirts.

Genman

In a PONY league game a few years back a young man came to the plate and the opposing dugout started chanting "PIG!"...PIG....PIG!".....then strike the PIG out!....look out PIG!.....

I called time and warned the dugout to stop with the name calling........the rest of the game was very silent......after the game, the boys mother came over to me and told me that the other team (who happended to be made up of schoolmates of the player) were not insulting her son........that everyone calls him PIG, and has for years......

Another one

We had a young man from Wisconsin play with us this fall and he quickly was dubbed "CHEESE"

Leave it to the guys on the bench !!!

My son is referred to as "Spew" because he puked several times while playing a HS football game.

A kid on his team is referred to as "Sandblower" because he is so short that when he expels gas he blows the sand.

THE BIG UNIT !!!

In HS I was Moose, because I am a large man.

In College I was CONG, same reason (stuck with that one)

My son has picked up a couple....

Gunner
Crash (another catcher like Crash Davis - crashing the walls )


Some of the nicknames of kids on my teams....

Spike (the kid with spikey hair)
Jag ( the kid with the 8 syllable last name that starts with Jag )

This is an entertaining thread!

Keep 'em coming.........