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Wingnut:
Roman Gabriel. Decon Jones. Merlin Olsen. Chuck Long. Sonny Sixkiller. Bronko Nagurski. Webster Slaughter. Cap Boso. Pork Chop Womack. Buzz Nutter. Coy Bacon. Jack Youngblood. Sam Huff. Dick Butkus. Chris Hanburger.

Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?

That was all that came to mind.  Got more?

The "Galloping" Ghost

EasyAce:

--- Quote from: The Ghost on January 22, 2019, 02:08:47 pm ---Roman Gabriel. Decon Jones. Merlin Olsen. Chuck Long. Sonny Sixkiller. Bronko Nagurski. Webster Slaughter. Cap Boso. Pork Chop Womack. Buzz Nutter. Coy Bacon. Jack Youngblood. Sam Huff. Dick Butkus. Chris Hanburger.

Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?

That was all that came to mind.  Got more?

The "Galloping" Ghost

--- End quote ---
And baseball still has better nicknames . . .

Arriba
The Baby Bull
The Bambino
The Barber
Bedrock
The Beeg Mon
The Big Bear
The Big Cat
The Big Donkey
The Big Hurt
Big Papi
The Big Train
The Big Unit
The Bird
Black Jack
Bad Henry
Blue Moon
Bye Bye Balboni
Cakes
Capital Punishment
Catfish
Cha Cha
Charlie Hustle
Choo Choo
The Cobra
Crash
The Crime Dog
Daffy
The Deacon
Death to Flying Things
Dennis the Menace
Dimples
Ding Dong Bell
Dr. K
Dr. Strangeglove
The Dominican Dandy
Ducky
El Duque
El Sid
El Gato
Eric the Red
Everyday Eddie
The Express
Finster
Fonzie
The Fordham Flash
The Flying Hawaiian
Frenchy
The Gambler
The Georgia Peach
Gentleman Jim
The Giambino
Gimpy
Goofy
Goose
Gonzo
Goombah
The Greek God of Walks*
Hoot
The Hoosier Thunderbolt
The Hoover
The Immortal Azcue
The Iron Horse
Iron Man
Iron Mike
Jack the Ripper
Joey Bats
The Kid
King Carl
Kingfish
King Kong
Kitty
Le Grande Orange
The Lip
The Little Napoleon
Lou’siana Lightning
The Mad Hungarian
Mad Max
The Mahatma
The Man of Steal
The Man with the Golden Arm
Master Melvin
Marse Joe
Mick the Quick
Mr. October
Mr. Putt Putt
The Monster
Moose
Nails
Old Aches and Pains
The Ol’ Perfesser
Pat the Bat
The Penguin
Poosh ‘em Up
Pudge
Puff the Magic Dragon
The Rooster
The Say Hey Kid
The Scooter
Shoeless Joe
The Splendid Splinter
Stan the Man
Stan the Man Unusual
Sudden Sam
Sugar Bear
Super Joe
Sweet Lou
Sweet Swingin’ Billy
Thor
The Terminator
Tortilla Fats
The Vulture
Wally World
The Wild Horse of the Osage
The Wild Thing
The Wizard of Oz
The Yankee Clipper
The Yankee Killer

Playing often as not for teams (or subunits) also known as . . .

The Amazin’ Mets
The Baby Birds
The Killer Bs
The Big Red Machine
The Bronx Bombers
The Boys of Summer
The Bronx Zoo
The Dalton Gang
Dem Bums
El Birdos
The Evil Empire
The Fam-i-Lee
The Gas House Gang
The Go-Go Sox
Harvey’s Wallbangers
The Hitless Wonders
The Idiots
Murderer’s Row
The Mustache Gang
The Nasty Boys
The Pittsburgh Lumber Company
The Philthy Phillies
The Runnin’ Redbirds
The Scum Bunch
The White Elephants
The Whiz Kids

. . . who have played in ballparks nicknamed, affectionately or otherwise . . .

The Big Shea (Shea Stadium)
The Eighth Wonder of the World** (The Astrodome)
The Friendly Confines (Wrigley Field)
God’s Little Acre (Ebbets Field)
The House That Ruth Built (The original Yankee Stadium)
The House That Ruthless Rebuilt (The original Yankee Stadium, redone in 1975-76)
The Launching Pad (Atlanta Fulton County Stadium)
The Mistake on the Lake (Municipal Stadium, Cleveland)
The Old Girl (Tiger Stadium)
The Old Grey Lady of 33rd Street (Memorial Stadium, Baltimore)
The Thunderdome(The Metrodome, Minneapolis)

* The only thing Greek about Kevin Youkilis was the way his surname sounded---he's actually Jewish!

** When Joe Pepitone was traded from the Yankees to the Astros, he took one look at the Astrodome and called it the world's biggest hair dryer.

Axeslinger:
@EasyAce

In case you werent sure:  Baseball is gay.

dfwgator:

--- Quote from: EasyAce on January 23, 2019, 03:30:35 am ---And baseball still has better nicknames . . .

Who
What
I Don't Know
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EasyAce:

--- Quote from: Axeslinger on January 23, 2019, 03:35:07 am ---@EasyAce

In case you werent sure:  Baseball is gay.

--- End quote ---
@Axeslinger
In case you weren't sure . . . you're talking beyond your competence.  wink777

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