To: kawhill
Walter Johnson’s was known as “the Big Train”. That was back when players had interesting and colorful nicknames.
Babe Ruth, Dizzy Dean, the Yankee Clipper, etc.
I don’t follow baseball much anymore. Do today’s players have such nicknames?
5 posted on
10/26/2025 4:02:46 PM PDT by
Leaning Right
(It's morning in America. Again.)
To: Leaning Right
Walter Johnson’s was known as “the Big Train”. That was back when players had interesting and colorful nicknames.
Babe Ruth, Dizzy Dean, the Yankee Clipper, etc.
I don’t follow baseball much anymore. Do today’s players have such nicknames?
Caleb John Raleigh, is nicknamed the "Big Dumper".
6 posted on
10/26/2025 4:05:51 PM PDT by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: Leaning Right
“The Big Dumper” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
To: Leaning Right
Do today’s players have such nicknames?
Big Bat Bucks, Mo' Money, Makin' Bank, Dough Boy, Kid Benjamin...
/sarcasm
8 posted on
10/26/2025 4:09:14 PM PDT by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: Leaning Right
That was back when players had interesting and colorful nicknames.
“Well, let’s see, on the team we have uh Who’s on first, What’s on second, I Don’t Know is on third…”
9 posted on
10/26/2025 4:10:12 PM PDT by
dfwgator
("I am Charlie Kirk!")
To: Leaning Right
Plenty nicks today: El Mago, Sheriff, Thor, El Nino, Polar Bear, Big Maple
11 posted on
10/26/2025 4:20:21 PM PDT by
jjotto
("...saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau...")
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