Nicknames from Chris "Cross" Berman

[chanceron]

Lets give Chris Berman some recognition, the guy at times seems to make up some of his nicknames as the games are going on. Usually has me "rolling on the floor" Laughing. I saw a list of his nicknames a while back, but some of the ones I remember are
Chuck "New Kids On" Knoblauch
John "Tonight, let it be" Lowenstein
Eddie "eat, drink and be" Murray
Tony "Jala-" Pena
Frank Tanana "daiquiri"

Anyone else remember any of his nicknames. Or do you have some of your own, share.

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"Ty Cobb in 1911, and I in 1923 were the only players to win the MVP with a perfect score 64 out of 64 votes. It made me feel like I made up for 1922."
_____Babe Ruth

[gregvanv]

John "Charcoal" Burkett

[rich]

Oddibe "young again" Mcdowall. A real beauty!

[RuthMayBond]

Or do you have some of your own, share.Bobby "Mill" Abreu
Tommy Agee "Breaky Heart"
Dick Allen "good time, my pretty"
Walt Alston "Purina"
Cap "You Make Me Feel Like" Anson
Kevin "couldn't be" Appier
Luke "What's" Appling "Ever After"
Richie Ashburn ", toast and coffee"
Steve "Ebony and" Avery
"Home improvement with" Bob Avila

and that's just the letter A :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh

[Utter Chaos]

Bert "be home" Blyleven is one of Boomer's best.

[chanceron]

Boomer should write a book on these nicknames...some are just too funny.
Heres a few more
Lance "You sank my" Blankenship
Jose "Won't you take me on a sea" Cruz
Danny "Dung" Heep
Joe "Wilhelm" Klink


___________________________
Most fans believe the term "Murderers Row" started with my association with the Yankees in 1920, but actually, Bob Ripley drew a cartoon calling them that the year before when he sketched a gang of big bruisers swinging clubs, labeling them "Roger Peckinpaugh, Wally Pipp, Frank Baker, Del Pratt and Ping Bodie", Bob captioned it: Murderers Row. I simply joined the "Row"
_____Babe Ruth

[Iron Jaw]

Don't walk away Rene Gonzalez

[Bluesteve32]

Bert "be home" Blyleven is one of Boomer's best.

I like these as well:

Brian "10" Downing "Street"
Mike "Matha" Maddux
Greg "Appa" Maddux
John "I am not a" Kruk

[chanceron]

John " Yes you are a" Kruk ,,,,great one bluesteve32.

R.J. Reynolds "Wrap"
Rick "really big" Schu
Bruce "3 piece" Sutter
Larry "Satin" Sheets
Eric "Win, place and" Show
Ruben "High" Sierra
Don "On-" Slaught

Heres a list to check out pick out your favorite.
http://www.op.net/~lmk/baseball/berman.htm

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Babe Ruth's WS Pitching Stats
1916....IP-14, 1-0, BB-3 K-4 ERA..0.64 complete game
1918....IP-17, 2-0, BB-7 K-4 ERA..1.06 1 complete

[FrenchyLefebvre]

Hi
My all-time favorite is Rick "Junk" Mahler
Others:
Danny "Theory" Darwin
Kevin "Small/Big Mouth" Bass (Remember Bass requesting that it be switched to "Big").
Von "Purple" Hayes
Jose "Can You See" Canseco

[KingSwisher]

His very first one was John Mayberry RFD.

Kevin Bass requested that it be changed from Big Mouth to Small Mouth so as to not sound so arrogant.

[chanceron]

John Mayberry RFD I remember that one. "Boomer" always seem to take it to the next level. Did Berman get his nickname from being born in the baby boom 50's? I use to love his 2 minutes drill at halftime. I know he made up some of those nicknames while taping it. He's was Sportscaster of the year 6 times.

On the 9th of Feb they had a "Chris Berman day" during Bill Murrays celebrity challenge golf tournment..heres a byline

Byline: John Ryan
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. _ Chris Berman's day:
Hack hack hack hack hack ...
If you think his hands flail wildly on ESPN, you should see some of his drives.
The worst came on No. 18, when the ball took four hops on the rocks in the first 100 yards.
"I was nervous," he said Wednesday after the Celebrity Challenge. "I wasn't ready for this, to be honest with you. I'll be ready now."
He better be. Playing in Bill Murray's group, he's going to draw the biggest galleries.
End Byline

Heres some more of his name calling.

Sylvester swallows return to Campusano
Scott Little Deuce Cooper
Jody Davis eyes
Carlos in Delgado da vida
Brett Favre-egnügen
Brook Jacoby Wan Kenobi
Scott Livingstone, I presume
Me and Willie McGee
Jon get thee to a Nunnally
Rafael Emerson, Lake, and Palmiero
Kevin Alka Seitzer
Heathcliff Slocumb if ya got 'em
Tony Tarasco sauce
Amani it's not a Toomer
Greg The Wrath Of Zahn

Some are repeats but still funny the second time.

[Koufax Shoulda Been a Yankee]

Don't know if it was him but I remember one that *someone* said:
Octavio "Shhhh" Dotel (said in a whisper)
Does anyone know who said it or if it is his real nickname? I heard it one day and it nearly killed me!

[chanceron]

I believe I heard Berman say SHHHH Dotel myself. I think it was last year. As far as it being a nickname ...anything goes as far as nicknames by Berman, but as a true nickname in the encyclopedias of baseball I'm don't think so. But then again my research of nicknames which is very extensive...there are no true nickname guides to really go by. Heck some of the nicknames in books today could have been something an ex-player invented during an interview.

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There are over 150 "leftys" in the game of baseball nicknames....BUT not one darn "righty".....WHY :ughh

[chanceron]

Heres a few other choice Berman specials

Hubie "Babbling" Brooks
Craig "Matinee at the" Biggio
Dana "Field Goal" Kiecker
Steve Lyons "And Tigers And Bears, Oh My"
Alex Ochoa "Gesundheit"
Randy Ready "or Not"
Buck Showalter "Raleigh"
Butch "Oil and" Wynegar
Rich "Not Ready" Yett
Mark "Get Back" Loretta
Ben "Good" Grieve

The guy just doesnt stop....ROFL

[chanceron]

I was watch the Berman show last night...err...Yankees and Angels game and someone hit a double down the line against my Yankees and notice, Berman even has nicknames for outfield locations. He announces deep "purple" in left for a double. Theres no end to his name calling.

Here are some more that I dont think were mentioned yet.

Peter "Chips A" Hoy
Gary Redus "a Bedtime Story"
Alan "Have Gun Will" Trammell
Steve "Poison" Avery (thats two for Avery) Steve "Ebony and" Avery
Ron "Roller" Oester
Doyle "Brandy" Alexander
Bill "Almon" Joy
Pat "Ok" Corrales
Joe Slusarski "and Hutch"
John "When Irish Eyes are" Smiley

We should start making up our own names, just to see if we could top some of his.

[Ichiro51]

Curtis "My favorite" Martin

Rich "Loose" Gannon

[pads4ever]

Heard during last night's Angels/Yanks game....
Steve "Dorsal" Finley :clapping :laugh

[RuthMayBond]

THose are clever RMB. How about some more letters.some of these use two
Jim "Glad sandwich" Bagby
Stan Bahnsen "burner"
Harold "Aches and" Baines
Frank/Dusty Baker "can't be choosers"
Dave "declared" Bancroft
Sal "rubber" Bando "Lakes butter"
Randy "touchdown" Bass "interference"
Johnny Bassler "party"
Hank "I got the" Bauer "steering"
Ginger Beaumont "the range"
Rod "I got your" Beck "to the drawing board"
Jake Beckley "Thatcher"
Steve Bedrosian "horse"
Johnny "Gentle" Bench
Chief "Bigs" Bender
Andy Benes "the Menace"
Charlie "won the National League" Bennett
Al Benton "the rules"
Moe "free as a" Berg "in the hand"
Lance Berkman "compensation"
Yogi "grin and" Berra
Angel "go for" Berroa
Jim "newborn" Bibby
Max Bishop "every morning, ten times!"

That's half the B's, that's all for now

[chanceron]

Some of these are just so funny to read, Berman has started something great with nicknames because since the 70s or 80s nicknames have just about fell off the face of the earth. I dont know weather the players have changed so much since the old days or they just dont want to rattle the media like the players of the past. I believe in the past players were expected, when they came to the bigs, to be tagged with some nickname from the vets. But if you look at nicknames in baseball you will see that most of them were from the 60s and beyond. Sure we have had a few great ones since, but nothing like the past. It was always just part of the game. Berman in his funny kind of way is bringing them back in a comical sense.
Great post RuthMayBond

[chanceron]

Heres a few but doesnt compare to RMB

Nap "jumping for" Lajoie
Ty "corn on the' Cobb
Jim "your full of" Maloney
Ernie "don't be" Koy
Bill "don't get too" Stoneman
George "hurry up and no" Stallings

[RBIS]

another Berman: Wally Absorbine Joyner

and one of my fav's Jim Thome "can you hear me?"

and one I made up years ago.........I think.....B. J. "Surhoff to see the Wizard"

[RBIS]

a few yanks among others...
Dave Rhigetti & Meatballs
Tony Rubix Kubek
John Count of Montefusco
Frank Hey Mr. Talley Man talley my Tanana...

[Koufax Shoulda Been a Yankee]

From the Cardinals on Mothers Day:

Albert "Winnie the Pu"jols
Jim "Mr.Ed"monds
Scott "Rock an" Rolen

[chanceron]

This article mentions some new ones at the bottom of the page. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/bbtn/index.

I like Scott 'Supercalifragilisticexpiali' Brosius.


He was sharp tonight, I really liked Ryan "I Can't Palm The Basketball. I Wish I Had" Langerhans. :laugh

[GiambiJuice]

Tim Salmon "Tartar"
Mike "this land is my" Lansing
Scott Rolen "on the river"
Troy "Heart of" Glaus (Blondie reference)
Roberto "Oh my darlin'" Clemente
Mike "Holy" Schmidt

[Oriolesfan1810]

Miguel Tejada "they come and fall"
Brian "Big Bopper" Roberts
Michael "Mitch" Restovich
Johan "Sebastian Bach" Santana
Melvin Mora "quirk"
B.J. "Lights Out" Ryan
Carlos "Silly" Silva
Jeff "Buff" Bagwell
Richard Hidlago "The Conqueror"
Jeff Conine "The Barbarian"
Rickey "Mr." Henderson
Luis "Down the" Rivas

[GiambiJuice]

Mark "clean up this" Messier
Adam "shallow" Graves
Kevin "objects in mirror are larger than they" Appier
Barry "stocks and" Bonds

[YankeesAreBad9]

I must say this one is my favorite...
Todd "Highway to" Helton.

[Dan]

Here are a few I came up with. I also like coming up with Chris Berman nicknames for people I know.

Albert "Didley" Pujols
Mike "Chairman of the" Bordick
Mike Hampton "Inn"
Adam "It's all been" Dunn

[MURPH8283]

one more classic from the NFL...


Vince Workman my way back to you babe

Kirby Union Gap Puckett, ---I'd have preferred a billiards reference

Mel Days of Wine and Rojas

Richie Slip Zisk

[KingSwisher]

Mel Days of Wine and Rojas

Give credit where credit is due. Vin Scully came up with one of the greatest baseball puns of all time long before Berman created his sickening schtick after stealing it from Vin.

Scully called it back in 1964 when Bobby Wine and Cookie Rojas played the infield for the Phillies.

Said the great line '.....days of Wine and Rojas..." when setting up the line-up.

Berman is a parody of himself and should be muzzled. Hate the guy!

[Yankee Pride]

I did'nt see it posted yet , so how about...

Al "cigarette" Leiter :laugh

[MetsFan11368]

My all-time favorite. Jose "who the hell" Azcue.

[TWTCommish]

He'll never, ever top Nomar "Mr. Nice Guy" Garciaparra.

[chanceron]

Here are some more from Berman...the "M"s..
John Holy Moses ...........Me and Willie McGee
Eddie Eat Drink and be Murray ....Kevin No Maas
Jose Flying Melendez ..........Paul Molitor and the Merrimac
Candy Man Maldonado ........Darryl Motley Crue
Oddibe Young Again McDowell ...........Joe Magrane Headache
Bob Melvin and the Blue Notes ...........Fred McGriff the Crime Dog
Mike Mason Jar ...............Greg Appa Maddux
Kirt What Was That Manwaring .........Shane Fleetwood Mack
Dave Mary Magadan ................Don Welcome Matt-ingly
Dave Vodka Martinez ...............Big Ben MacDonald
Pat Mahomes Where the Heart is .........José Costa Mesa
Greg Mathe Maddux ..............Kent Magic Mercker
Juan Field Marichal ...............Jeff Praying Manto
Damon All Mashore That's Going Mashore
Brent Remember the Mayne ............Rick Junk Mahler
Kevin Sing Along with Mitchell ..........Eating Raul Mondesi
Captain Kirk McCaskill .............Steve After Dinner Mintz
Angel In the Morning Miranda ............Brian 12 Year Moehler
James Teenage Mouton Ninja Turtles
Orlando I Am Merced ...........Mike Loggins and Mussina
Pedro Harvest Munoz ..........

[MURPH8283]

Alltime Berman team?

SP Greg Appa Maddux
SP Bert Be Home Blyleven

C?

1B Eat Drink and Be Murray/
2B Juan Play it Again Samuel or Craig Topo Biggio
3B Wade Cranberry Boggs
SS Alan Have Gun Will Trammell/ Nomar Mr Nice Guy
LF Barry US Bonds
CF ?
RF ?

[Professor]

Chance is right. I'd have to venture that the two groups of guys that have the best nicknames are ballplayers and blues men. Absolutely classic.

Here are a few more Bermans (apologies in advance if they're dupes):

Todd "Good Housekeeping" Zeile
Joaquin "The Dog" Andujar
Jim "Two Sillouettes On" Deshaies
Bernard "Innocent Until Proven" Gilkey

[chanceron]

Give credit where credit is due. Vin Scully came up with one of the greatest baseball puns of all time long before Berman created his sickening schtick after stealing it from Vin.


Scully is the man no doubt....one of the greatest of all time...but Berman has earned his spot in baseball lore with his ability to excite and delight the listener. Plus I think he's gave people alot to think about as far as name calling...In the last 10 years or so, there have been alot of books pertaining to the loss of nicknames through the years and the joy the fans received from knowing these nicknames when baseball was more than just a business....
Heres a little tidbit of Chris Berman
Most of his nicknames are used exclusively by him, but one creation, "Crime Dog" for Fred McGriff (a play on McGruff), has entered mainstream usage. When the show had a change in executive producers in 1985, Berman found out that he was no longer allowed to use his now famous nicknames. After receiving many letters protesting the decision – which included support from baseball player George Brett – the brass at ESPN relented and Berman was soon back to using the nicknames.

He began his broadcasting career as a student at Brown University in the mid-1970s. In the early years of ESPN, he anchored SportsCenter, which he does occasionally (such as the program's 20,000th and 25,000th shows and two "old school" editions on August 11 and 12, 2004 with Greg Gumbel and George Grande respectively.) In a medium dominated by NFL references, Berman's frequent mentions of American Football League players and history have earned him induction to the American Football League Hall of Fame.

[KingSwisher]

Back in the day, O.J. Simpson was part of football lore and history, a true Hall of Famer. Now he's a pariah and caricature of himself.

Same thing with Berman. He's become a buffoon who is now more reviled than respected by TV watchers. He's part of the reason that ESPN is so easily and justifably panned by critics. His schtick of spraying spit on people through the TV screen has become annoying and offensive.

I take the easy way out. I zap him right between the eyes with the remote anytime he appears in the vicinity.

[chanceron]

In that case I won't mention back, back, back, back, back, gone or use any nicknams that Berman (Butch Oil and Wynegar) created while you're reading this Berman thread (by the way the remote doesn't work here). To keep mentioning (Duane Psycho Ward ) nicknames that the Bambino of ESPN sportrscaeters created would be senseless.

Yes OJ has reached the bottom (where he belongs) but Berman with be enshined in alot of fan's mind as a creative and quick thinker and a fresh change from the simple boring announcers that have come and gone before him. When on TV I would think showmanship plays a big part of it all. I wonder if he did this one "on the fly" ....John "Stick It In" Urrea ... ROFL

Here are some more the fat man.

Gary "Hospital" Ward, Mitch "The Devil and Daniel" Webster,
Jeff "Montgomery" Ward, Walt "Three Blind" Weiss, Craig "For What It's" Worthington, Todd "We Are the" Worrell, Tim "Eli" Wallach,
Mark "Bay City" Wohlers, Don "Pop" Werner, Kerry "Norwegian" Wood,
John "Teenage" Wetteland, John "Hia" Wathan, Jeff "Dream" Weaver,
Bob "Intentional" Walk, José "Game Winning" Uribe, Ugueth "What You Pay For" Urbina

[Professor]

Just thought of another of my all-time Berman favorites, along with Oddibe McDowell and Kurt Manwaring.......

Todd "Which Hand Does He" Frohwirth

[BagwellFan]

So far everyone has missed some of my favorites:
Jeff "Brown Paper" Bagwell,
Darryl Strawberry "Fields Forever",
Bobby "Be My" Valentine,
and my all time favorite
Carlos "One if by air, Two if by Sea, Three if" Baerga.

[KingSwisher]

Carlos "One if by air, Two if by Sea, Three if" Baerga.

I just don't get that one. Of course I might have been distracted by the spittle from Berman that came through my TV screen when he blurted it out.

The phrase really doesn't make much sense to me and it's definetly not funny or I'd be laughing by now.

Hate the guy.

[LivnLegend]

I just don't get that one.

I'm going to take a guess that the actual nickname is Carlos "One if by land, two if by sea, and three if" Baerga. This would be a play on the old "Paul Revere's Ride" poem. My guess is you are supposed to read it as "three if by air-ga")
Of course since he said it was his favorite of all-time, maybe he's right and I am wrong :confused:

[KingSwisher]

I did not know that Paul Revere had the "air" option back then. Thought it was just the land-sea thing. Maybe I was sick that day when it was covered in history class.

[LivnLegend]

Well, that's why I said it was a "play" on the poem's wording, not an exact quote. It's a dumb nickname for sure but not meant to be taken literally.

[KingSwisher]

Good to see another Berman hater in the crowd.

[BagwellFan]

Carlos "One if by air, Two if by Sea, Three if" Baerga.

Wow...that's what happen's when I try to look productive and post online from work. Sorry everyone. Thanks for correcting my mistake LivnLegend.

[chanceron]

Good to see another Berman hater in the crowd.

It would be interesting to see how many Berman haters there are.

You must have that special kind of future TV, laseroptical 3D-sensing effect system. I cant wait till I can save up that one.

[MURPH8283]

Perusing the box score of the first game I ever attended,

won by Jeff Dedmon Don't Wear Plaid, saved by Bruce 3 Piece Sutter.

Jose Can You See Cruz and Glenn Mother Hubbard were other Berman notables that night in the 'Dome.

[Eamus Catuli3818]

These are all ones that I've heard from various home run derbys:

Barry "U.S." Bonds
Sammy "say it ain't" Sosa
Albert "Winnie the" Pujols
Gary Sheffield "of dreams"
Jeff "brown paper" Bagwell
Fred "Crimedog" McGriff-yes that was Berman's nickname (about the only one that's actually stuck)

[G-Force717]

you guys forgot about Jermaine "Live and Let" Dye

Here's some of my own...

Jorge Cantu "hear me now"
Jose "the candyman" Canseco
Rod "who gives a" Carew
Cliff "Christmas" Carroll
Joe "shopping" Carter
Norm Cash "back"
Ed "wooden" Caskin

[chanceron]

Here are some of mine from no name players, but players just the same.
Cliff "Hanger" Curtis
Peaches "and Cream" Graham
Bill "Sly" Foxen
Joe "two in a" Bush
Cuckoo "Clock" Christensen

[MURPH8283]

Randy "Bird in the Hand" Bush and
Dan "Man from" GLADden

starred along with Frank "Sweet Music" Viola and Gary Gaetti and Meatballs

on the late 80s Twins.

Union Gap Puckett and Bert Be Home Blyleven have already been mentioned.

[KingSwisher]

Well, Berman has finally crossed the line.

Now he's doing that sickening name thing on the US Open for players on the leaderboard. I just vomitted all over my TV.

It was mildly amusing for about two minutes in baseball - back in the day. Now he brings up the bile in everybody that hears that whiny voice pitch on TV.

Chris Berman will be the downfall of ESPN before it is over with.

Hate the guy!

[chanceron]

We want more details....I understand he croosed the line by throwing names on the leader board of the open...but which names made soup out of your TV. Did he spit out something like Tiger "In Your Tank" Woods.....you know other people may want to up-chuck themselves, don't hog all the fun.

[MURPH8283]

Was it Tiger "Over the Hill and Through the" Woods...

or maybe Phil "You just can't get anything for a" Mickelson

Rocco "Inter" Mediate?

[RuthMayBond]

Or Phil Mickelson "Amber Bock"
Or Retief "pitcher" Goosen
John Daly "bread"

[schlabotnik]

Mack "the knife and Mrs," Jones

[WillClarkFan22]

Remember this one....


Todd "Mercedes" Benzinger

[west coast orange and black]

...Now he's doing that sickening name thing on the US Open for players on the leaderboard...now i recall why i stopped watching berman about eight or nine years ago. sheesh.

[west coast orange and black]

and as if i did not need a reason not to watch him for the next decade...
Todd "Mercedes" Benzinger

[EJetson]

If you don't like Berman, that's fine, but you don't need to post over and over in this thead about it. Some of us are enjoying the nicknames.


Jaime "The Sun'll Come Out" Navarro

[KingSwisher]

If you don't like Berman, that's fine, but you don't need to post over and over in this thead about it. Some of us are enjoying the nicknames.


Jaime "The Sun'll Come Out" Navarro

We all started out that way. You'll come around eventually and end up being a Berman hater like the rest of us.

It was funny for awhile, then got slowly cloying and ultimately offensive. You're probably giving nicknames to everyday people in your life right now. That's the final stage. You'll embarrass yourself one day when you let slip with one of your made up nicknames for your boss, or clergy, or mother-in-law in front them and it will be all over.

Berman violated all decent sports fans when he pooped out Brandt "Patience of" Jobe during the US Open golf championship. The man has no shame or self control and we are a legion of people that must put a stop to it.

We have your spot in the army reserved. Carry on soldier.

[RuthMayBond]

They'll have to "C" about mine. I specialize in older players that were pretty good but before Berman did his names

Mike Caldwell "that ends well"
Johnny Callison "on his hands"
Dolph "Milli" Camilli
John "crystal" Candelaria
Bernie Carbo "hydrate"
Jose "Saint Louis" Cardenal
Rod "captain and" Carew
Max Carey "movie"
Steve "egg/milk" Carlton
Clay "Christmas" Carroll
Gary Carter "snake/belt"
Rico "birthday" Carty "like it's 1999"
Bob "if I had" Caruthers
Frank "travels by" Catalanotto
Phil "Gentil" Cavaretta
Orlando "locusts and" Cepeda "or neutered"
Bob "self-" Cerv "-er Girl"
Chris "Crying in the" Chambliss
Frank/Dean "Gregorian" Chance
Ed "Beam me up" Cicotte
John "Last train to" Clarkson

Well, that's half of 'em

[RuthMayBond]

We all started out that way. You'll come around eventually and end up being a Berman hater like the rest of us. C'mon, please give us your twenty or so favorite players

[EJetson]

We all started out that way. You'll come around eventually and end up being a Berman hater like the rest of us.



Please don't act like you're better than me because you use words like "cloying". You're not.

So, he's a caricature of himself. Big deal. That doesn't mean that some of those nicknames he came up with weren't funny. This thread isn't about whether you like Berman or not.

Relax. Pull the cork out.

[west coast orange and black]

My favorite Chris Berman nickname came probably 15 years ago (west coast orange and black will probably like this one)

Kurt "What's That" Manwaringactually, man, my all-time favorite is:

cris"tate" berman. as in having a pointy little head.

[MURPH8283]

Frank "musta nota" Cattalanotto "sleep last night"

[hudsonharden]

I like C.C. "Splish Splash I was takin'" Sabathia


btw, does this thread belong in Between Innings? I know it's old but there's been a lot that's left out.

[RuthMayBond]

And now today's names, brought to you by the letter D

Bill "Hello" Dahlen
Babe Dahlgren "the pharmacy America trusts"
Ray Dandridge "-control shampoo"
Harry Danning "salon"/"lotion"
Danny "O My" Darwin "Clementine"
Andre "baker's" Dawson
Dizzy "Smells Like" Dean "Spirit"
Don "green fried" Demeter
Ryan "garbage" Dempster
"One Toke Over" Delino DeShields
Art Devlin "Blue Dress On"/"Miss Jones"
Bill Dickey "fingers"
Murry "Mason-" Dickson
Martin "Sonic" Dihigo
Larry Doby "Cruel"
Bobby "storm" Doerr
Brian Downing "The Boondocks"
Larry "Blood, Sweat, Tears and" Doyle
Dan "guilty of" Driessen
Walt Dropo "a hat"
Don Drysdale "horses"
Hugh Duffy "nose"
Shawon "-body" Dunston "-body Wrong Song"

Anagrams are so tough, but acronyms are not so hard and can be funnier

[Trivia Guy]

They may have been mentioned earlier (I didn't check) but some of my all-time favorites include..........

John " I am not a" Kruk
Juaquin "the dog" Andujar
Nomar "Mr. Nice Guy" Garciaparra
Bert "Be Home" Blyleven

[Old Sweater]

Tom "cotton" Candiotti

Always have enjoyed Berman. Like a kid in the candy store when he does a baseball game. He came to Coors Field when we was building it and even went out with boys for a few.

[cubsfan1073]

Boomer's a great announcer. One of my favorites is Oddibe "young again" McDowell.

[Chicoutimi CP]

You all, coffee drinkers, don't you forget : Sid « Sugar and » Bream

[iPod]

SHHHH Dotel

I... don't get it. Maybe it's just a product of my brain being mush from final exams. I wonder why he passed on the obvious Octavio "Don't Ask" Dotel.

[Old Sweater]

Was Jeff "See Thru" Blauser, mentioned?

[RuthMayBond]

I hope you guys don't say E-E-EEk to these

Dennis "driving" Eckersley
Howard "Running On" Ehmke
Mark Eichhorn "See Clearly Now"
Bob "village" Elliott
Del Ennis ", anyone?"
Scott "Leif" Erickson
Carl Erskine "a lot of questions"
Carl "Mount" Everett
Johnny Evers "so humble, there's no place like home"
Buck Ewing "some, you lose some"

[Dalkowski110]

"I thought Erskine was ur-sky-n, not ur-skin."

No, the latter is correct. My Dad's old enough to actually hear him being announced over the PA system at Ebbets Field. And to remember Red Barber talking about him.

[RuthMayBond]

I hope you'll grade this better than an F.

Red "Do me a" Faber "trail"
Ferris "You're So" Fain
Ron "tooth" Fairly
Jeff Fassero "Plain And Tall"
Bob "nice young" Feller
Wes Ferrell "cat"/"To Kings"
Cecil "good hit, no" Fielder
Carlton "hand over" Fisk "-ful Of Dollars"
Mike "off again, " Flanagan
Art "spirit is willing but the" Fletcher "weak"
Art Fletcher "muscles"
Elmer "salt" Flick
Tim "Ice" Foli
Whitey Ford "Knox"
Bob "May the" Forsch "be with you"
Bob Forsch ", spoon and knife"/"-out at second"
Terry Forster "restaurant/hotel"
George Foster "than a speeding bullet"
Dave "lost and" Foutz
Jimmie "pea soup"/"San Andreas" Foxx
John Franco "-American"
Bill Freehan "easy"/"sketch"
Buck "Philadelphia" Freeman
Jim "Bela" Fregosi
Larry "poppin'" French
Frankie "fried" Frisch
"Gulliver's" Travis Fryman

[Tovar]

Some great Twins nicknames, but have we all forgot Rick "Innocent" Lysander ?

Some of my own:
Don "mind your business & don't" Buddin
Frank "hats off to" Lary
Don "put a dime in" Demeter

[PJ-34]

Some new ones;

David"Big Papi"Ortiz
David"Boomer"Wells

...best I can do lol...

[RuthMayBond]

"G", I hope you like these

Augie "bag" Galan
Pud Galvin "and Hobbes"
Oscar Gamble "soup"
Ron Gant "Smile Without You"
Gene Garber "baby food"
Larry "vegetable" Gardner
Ralph "Baby you can drive my" Garr
Ned "George Washington" Garver
Jim Gentile "Alouette"/"On My Mind"
Bob Gibson "me a headache"
Brian Giles "support"
Jim Gilliam "Island"/"Softly With His Song"
Troy "semi-" Glaus
Tom "heard it through the" Glavine "my head off"/"My Baby"
Kid Gleason "the skids/pan"
Dave "all that glitters is" Goltz
Lefty Gomez "where the heart is"
Joe "Froggy Went A-" Gordon "fisherman"
Goose "gas" Goslin
Goose "Jimmy Dean" Gossage
Hank Gowdy "Doody time"
Mark "Blue and" Grace "Anatomy"
Mudcat "ain't life" Grant "Ole Opry"
Hank "Jeepers, creepers, where'd you get those" Greenberg
Bobby Grich "Who Stole Christmas"
Ken "mashed potatoes with" Griffey
Burleigh Grimes "of passion"
Marquis Grissom "bear"/"and Clover"
Dick "Serbs and"/"nanny" Groat
Heinie Groh "spurt"
Kelly Gruber "band"
Ron Guidry "Hawk, North Carolina"/"as charged"
Jose/Ozzie "Waters" Guillen
Larry "Indian" Gura

[Solair Wright]

I have a good name for the 2006 AL MVP that he will undoubtfully say or joke around with. Now batting for the Twins, Justin "The Isle of Doctor" Morneau!

[AstrosFan]

Borrowing from Colin Mochrie, let's not forget Juan Pierre " 'Cause my bladder's empty"

And you can use the body's systems for Joe "Respira" Torre, or Joe "Excre" Torre.

We can do pretty much anything with Ron Cey.

[Tovar]

And you can use the body's systems for Joe "Respira" Torre, or Joe "Excre" Torre.


I personally prefer Joe "chicken catcher" Torre.

a coupla more Bermanisms from the '80s
Wes "Chauncy" Gardner & Bill "hello" Dawley

[RuthMayBond]

I have a good name for the 2006 AL MVP that he will undoubtfully say or joke around with. Now batting for the Twins, Justin "The Isle of Doctor" Morneau!Justin "Chateau Lafite" Morneau?

[Chopdawg]

...Eric "Hoisted On His Own" Bedard

CHOP

[RuthMayBond]

I hope these don't have you saying,
"What the H?"

Harvey "Flowers In The" Haddix
Chick Hafey "Crockett"/"-ver"
Noodles "chip chop" Hahn
Jesse Haines "57"
Roy Halladay "Inn"
Granny "If I Had A" Hamner
Mike Hampton "Races"
Ron Hansen "devil"
Tommy "Cold Spring" Harper
Toby Harrah "the dog"
Gabby "I" Hartnett "know you"
Gabby Hartnett "to crack"
Jeff "geothermal/radiant" Heath
Richie "Hugh" Hebner
Guy "Chinese" Hecker "high water"
Harry Heilmann's "Spin Blend"
Todd Helton "Skelter"
Solly Hemus "be crazy"/"Be Somebody's Baby"
George "three goal" Hendrick
Tommie (James) Henke "panky"
Mike "Fleet" Henneman
Billy Herman "chocolate cake"
Whitey Herzog "Good"
John Hiller "high water"
Larry Hisle "Trophy"
Al Holland "at the moon"/"Oates"
Tommy "Holmes sweet" Holmes
Harry "Herbert" Hooper "vacuum"
Joel Horlen "Hears A Who"
Bob "Down On The" Horner
Rogers "Homer" Hornsby "Furniture Refinisher"
Charlie Hough "and puff"
Frank "Our Father" Howard "in Heaven"
Jay/Harry Howell "I Know?"
Waite "Some Like It" Hoyt "So Good"
Carl "Old Mother" Hubbell "bath"/"figurine"
Miller "All you gotta do is" Huggins
Tex Hughson "Astros"
Tom Hume "am I speaking with?"
Catfish Hunter "-Acre Woods"/"The Boardwalk"

[Disgruntaledmarinerfan]

Sammy "say it ain't" Sosa
- my personal favorite.

[mr_kiga]

Other favs not mentioned earlier in the thread:

Rene "Kook" Arocha
Todd "Snap, Crackle" Van Poppel
Duane "Psycho" Ward
Ozzie "Like a" Virgil
Cookie "Days of Wine and" Rojas
Albert "Winnie the" Pujols
Mike "Nova" Scioscia
John "Teenage" Wetteland

And while I agree that Boomer's nicknames are in jest, and don't usually stick (at least not the way "Sultan of Swat" or "Mr. October" might), for at least one player it did become his baseball name:

Fred McGriff "The Crime Dog"

[RuthMayBond]

This will have you saying, "I - I - I!"

Monte Irvin "U.S.A." (for all you Beach Boy fans :laugh )

[crondawg101]

David "Supreme Court" Justice

[RuthMayBond]

My initials ain't JJ for nothing

Reggie Jackson "-packed adventure"
Jackie "George" Jensen
Derek Jeter "never prosper"
Chipper Jones "of Arc"
Eddie "orange" Joost "A Closer Walk With Thee"
Addie "flapping your" Joss "the facts, ma'am"
Bill "Tasters'" Joyce "You and Me"
Wally Joyner "Joyner, We Adore Thee"
David Justice "I Am Without One Plea"
Jim Kaat "in the act"

[RuthMayBond]

Jim Kaat "in the act"
Al "Draggin'" Kaline
Eric Karros "sene/syrup"
Benny Kauff "and cold"
Tim Keefe "the fires burning"
Willie Keeler "elf and crackers"
Charlie "serial" Keller
Ken "Gimme"/"animal" Keltner
Steve "Boy Scout" Kemp
Jason Kendall "On My Mind"/"Rations"
Frank Killen "Me Softly With His Song"
Ralph "Some" Kiner "Wonderful"
Ralph Kiner ", gentler nation"
Dave Kingman "In The Rain"
Ron Kittle "of fish"
Chuck "What" Klein "Of Fool Am I?"
Bill "insurance" Klem
Ryan Klesko "to the hop"
Johnny "fit for a" Kling "James Version"/"of the hill"
Jerry "can't keep a" Koosman "down"
Sandy "race cars" Koufax
Ray Kremer "vs. Kremer"/"sugar"
Mike Krukow "haircut"
Tony Kubek "In The U.S.S.R."

[NewEnglandAmazins]

The only one I can remember from back in day is George "Taco" Bell. I prefer his football nicknaming skills:
Woodrow " Hold me closer tiny" Dantzler

[J-MAC]

troy "lip" glaus

[RuthMayBond]

troy "lip" glausBetter than mine :applaud: :clapping

[J-MAC]

Better than mine :applaud: :clapping

hahaha thank you. Me and my buddies when we go to games just chirp all the ball players with the names we make up. i have a billion more but i forgot alot of them. Im thinkg i should wirte them down.

[Pete Rose Rounding Third]

From the current Houston Astros roster:

Eric "Will bear the" Bruntlett
Mike "Had a little" Lamb
Ty "Is like kissing your sister, but better than kissing your brother" Wigginton
Mark "This day as a special part of Astros" Loretta
Carlos "Bare" Lee
Hunter "If you're not wearing 100% cotton dockers, you're just wearing" Pence
Jason "Life in the fast" Lane
Roy Oswalt "Acted alone"
Woody "Or wouldn't he" Williams
Chad "Over" Qualls
Brad "Is there any more beer in the" Lidge

[RuthMayBond]

From the current Houston Astros roster:

Eric "Will bear the" Bruntlett
Mike "Had a little" Lamb
Ty "Is like kissing your sister, but better than kissing your brother" Wigginton
Mark "This day as a special part of Astros" Loretta
Carlos "Bare" Lee
Hunter "If you're not wearing 100% cotton dockers, you're just wearing" Pence
Jason "Life in the fast" Lane
Roy Oswalt "Acted alone"
Woody "Or wouldn't he" Williams
Chad "Over" Qualls
Brad "Is there any more beer in the" LidgeI'm guessing Berman's not claiming these ;)

[Pete Rose Rounding Third]

Nope, just my own efforts. I should have made that clear.

[EJetson]

Brian "Assimilate this, you" Falkenborg
Derrek "of Da Edmund Fitzgerald" Lee
Johnny "Any day with ganja is a good" Damon

[Trivia Guy]

From the current Houston Astros roster:

Roy Oswalt "Acted alone"

This is a great one and would make Berman proud.

For the record, my all-time Berman favorite is Mark Carreon "my wayward son".

[Utter Chaos]

This is a great one and would make Berman proud.

For the record, my all-time Berman favorite is Mark Carreon "my wayward son".My all-time Berman favorite is Bert "be home" Blyleven

[EJetson]

My all-time Berman favorite is Bert "be home" Blyleven

I like Jaime "The sun'll come out" Navarro.