I’ve been preaching “Say Hey Skippy Shoes” ever since Dan McLaughlin started singing praises of him as if he’d won 9 consecutive Gold Gloves.

Pujols – Hombre the Giant

Yadi – Funky Cold Molina

this has to be a winner…...

La Fu Man Rue ~ LaFuManRue

we called him Grudzilla

Has to be “Rocket Scientist”

Because sometimes it does take a rocket scientist….

By the way, do they play “Jump” for Skip’s at bats?

It does invite “Hop” as a nickname….

I’m really sensitive when it comes to nicknames. I think we rush too quickly to come up with something that it’s often uncreative or silly. That’s why I’m so disappointed in nicknames these days. No creativity. Therefore I am making a call to ban the first initial-first syllable of last name “nicknames”. Except for J-Rod (and A-Rod, he’s the orgional unless you count J-Lo) since when he came up to the bigs he called himself J-Rod and had it written on his shoes. Gotta give the guy props for moxy (too bad he can’t hit right-handed).

Plus, every frickin’ cub fan refers to their players by those uncreative nicknames. D-Lee. A-Ram. DeRo(okay, that’s his last name, but still), A-Pat, etc., etc.

El Hombre is great, as is Wagonmaker and WonderBrad and I’m really excited about The Colonel (although that’s a tough word to spell). Yadi is a natural nickname as is Lud. I think Slick is it for Rick and Skip just works. Izzy, well it is what it is and it ain’t changin’. When Izturis played for the cubs they called him Izzy as well but I like Itz2 better.

(btw, Itz2 has his own signature move. Last year when A-Ram hit a go ahead homer against the Brewers, Itz2 got a little “familiar” with Ram’s stuff…from behind no less…which prompted a local radio host to coin the move the Cesar Salad. Funny).

So, we gotta skip A-Rey and go with Flatbill. I also say we drop the “Glaus” from “Santa Glaus” and just go with Santa, or possibly Kringle? Or Kris? Brian Barton IS Crab Man and Duncan wil always be Lil’ Dunc (just because it’s funny). Oh, and its just gonna have to stay Uncle Rico (although I hope he goes to Memphis).

Btw, La Rue (in french) means “The Street”. So maybe “Broadway” is appropriate? And I guess Carpenter is simply Carp (although I could live with Ace).

Anyway, no one else really deserves a nickname. Most will come in time. They need to just really stick and mean something like Bi-Polar Betty and Sno Cones (two all-time greats!). I know I didn’t give many ideas, mainly just wanted to eliminate a few since I think the origional poster did well and then began to reach a little. Fun topic nonetheless.

wonderbrad or puppykicker? so hard to pick just one. I choose… Puppykicker!

but hasn’t. Chris Duncan has been referred to as Natty Light. In one particular game thread we were discussing if Chris Duncan were a beer what flavor he would be, and whoever threw out Natty Light nailed it.

Also, this year in game threads the name franklin (as in the last name of our setup man) has been synonymous with beer.

Example: Glaus GIDP – “Wow, did that just really happen again? I need a franklin.”

I believe this particular tidbit of VEB vernacular stemmed from a drinking game of some sort. Not nickname related, but pretty damn funny.

Can’t we do better than “Lud” for Ludwick?

I can’t hear his name without thinking of two famous Ludwigs….

van Beethoven

“Mad King Ludwig” or “The Swan King”

who gave us Neuschwanstein Castle, the model for Disney castle…..

I love the post! I have a few nickname ideas of my own, so here they go:

Chris Duncan: Given the large amount of dipping he does, I think he’s got to be Ulysses S. Smokeless. My college team back in the day had a picture of 5 guys from the 1930’s Cubs chewing massive plugs, and we called one of them Ulysses S. Smokeless. So anyway, I’m giving the title to Chris Duncan.

Randy Flores: Whenever he comes into a game, I utter “Aw Fuck” to myself. There you go…Aw Fuck

I don’t have the time at work to do up the links, but I wrote up the original Bi-Polar Betty post back in ‘06, in which I gave Anthony Reyes the moniker “Sophie”. Over the past two years, following that context, Reyes has gone from a odd-looking, potential winner to a dorky girl whose wardrobe & actions have been drug down by bad ideas (both internal & external) to a recharged looker who improved mostly by simplifying.

As for Wagonmaker, it’s not technically a nickname. It is what his last name actually means: a wainwright makes wagons or, more specifically, the wagon bed. A wainwright would usually double as a wheelwright, completing the wagon. (I can also claim credit for that one.)

Another nickname I’ve used for Adam is “Big Sexy”, which I think was brought on by a combination of remembering Scarlet the Cardinal’s amorous comments during our WS run & his “sexy” arsenal. I know that one is used by Richie Sexson, but I think it works for him.

Quick hits: Flores is D’Artagnan, Albert is The Mang, Thompson is Babyface, Baron von Ludwig, Cesar Ain’turis, & LaRue is Italian Porn Star

Cannot be beat for elegance and symmetry.

Once every fifty years a Cardinal might come along who can rewrite MLB records. It’s perfect.

I hope we can do it again in 50 years in a third language…....

(Brendan Ryan)

nobody mentioned get up baby’s nomination for ryan ludwick:

http://getupbaby.net/?p=1738

thudwick!

has a great ring to it.

The subheading on his return: “The Old Dude Cometh”

Duncan to TLR, “I think we need to go with The Old Dude.”

Shannon on the radio, “The Old Dude cometh from thine bullpen.”

The possibilities are endless.

THE OLD DUDE COMETH

Russ Springer showed no rust in his first appearance since enduring a stay on the disabled list with an inflamed nerve.

Springer struck out the first batter he faced, third baseman Bill Hall, before allowing an opposite field double to right fielder Gabe Gross, then a fly out and grounder to short.

Springer, 39, had not worked since April 4, when he allowed three runs without getting an out against the Washington Nationals.

Springer is likely to be called upon again tonight as fellow righthanders Kyle McClellan and Ryan Franklin threw 26 and 31 pitches, respectively, Tuesday.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/9E1BCAEEC47E05B686257434000E4D53?OpenDocument

I wonder how long I’ll be able to yell “Stick it in their Pu-jols!” before someone tries to assualt me? Perhaps a bit of reserve may be in my best interest…those of you who brave to Shea know what I’m talking about. By the way DEWEY’S FLAT IRON is no longer the scene apparently…Where is the Cardinal bar in Manhattan?

when i see brendan ryan, i think “cletus”. no explanation for that one, just the first thing that pops into my head.

For Iszturis: Izn’t
Ank: Anything but “Young Musial”
Tony: Fungo
D. Duncan: Crypt Keeper

He was briefly Snapple in my apartment (IzT > Ice-T>Snapple).

But then we remembered that Snapple is good. So we tried Lipton, but that’s not as much fun to say.

I saw the get up baby’s nickname for ludwick too and i love it—Thudwick,..I also think the Baron is cool too.
Rock Scientist for Barton is great.
I really like K-Mac for McClellan
AK87 for Kennedy has a nice ring to it.
Lil’ Dunc is fitting for Duncan but I kinda like Chaw too.
Ankiel is The Natural but its more fun to say Ank the Tank or Rick the Stick
I wish I could find a perfect name for Pujols but i like The Mang right now
Brendan Ryan’s nickname is Boog, but I think I like the reference of Nuke from Bull Durham, very fitting.
Oh and Santa Glaus is freaking great!
Question: I’ve seen puppykicker used for B. Thompson on the website before, but I’m not quite sure of the reference here, can anyone help me out? I do like WonderBrad though!

• I meant rocket scientist…