Nicknames

[Heathbar012]

A thread of current and former Giants' nicknames:

Classics:
Willie Mays - The Say Hey Kid
Will Clark - Will the Thrill
Barry Bonds - Teh Lord

"Newbies":
Pablo Sandoval - Kung Fu Panda
Brandon Belt - Baby Giraffe
Brandon Crawford - Stamos, Crawbaby

 

[msgkings322]

A thread of current and former Giants' nicknames:

Classics:
Willie Mays - The Say Hey Kid
Will Clark - Will the Thrill
Barry Bonds - Teh Lord

"Newbies":
Pablo Sandoval - Kung Fu Panda
Brandon Belt - Baby Giraffe
Brandon Crawford - Stamos, Crawbaby

Melkman
Oxy
Chez3
Riot
The Beard
J Lo (is that a thing?)
The Freak
MadBum or just Bum


Old school:

Orlando Cepeda: Baby Bull
McCovey: Stretch
The Count (of Montefusco)
Blownitez
Jeff Leonard: Hackman

 

[calsnowskier]

Don Robinson - Caveman
Jeffrey Leonard - Hackman, One Flap Down
Kevin Mitchell - Big Mitch
Rick Reuschel - Big Daddy
Rod Beck - Shooter

 

[calsnowskier]

Craig Lefferts - Lefty
Kurk Reuter - Woody

 

[gp956]

Don Robinson - Caveman
Jeffrey Leonard - Hackman, One Flap Down
Kevin Mitchell - Big Mitch
Rick Reuschel - Big Daddy
Rod Beck - Shooter

Jeffrey Leonard - Hackman, One Flap Down, Penitentiary Face

 

[calsnowskier]

AJ Piersienski - motherfuckingpieceofcrapstucktothebottomofmyshoeatadogpark

 

[msgkings322]

Pat the Bat (Muthafuckin' optional)

 

[gp956]

Freddy Sanchez - Chez, Franchez
Jonathan Sanchez - Dirty, Chez2
Hector Sanchez - Chez3

 

[gp956]

Brian Wilson - b-weezy

 

[tzill]

ManBur
White Shark
Shotgun
Vogey
Zeets
Billy Weed

 

[filosofy29]

Orlando Cabrera = OCrap

 

[ColinCoby]

AJ Piersienski - motherfuckingpieceofcrapstucktothebottomofmyshoeatadogpark

LOL. Owe you rep.


And...who the hell is Oxy? Is there a Giant player hooked on Oxy Cotton or something?

 

[CameronFrye]

Guys - when you list the nicknames, list the player as well.

 

[CameronFrye]

LOL. Owe you rep.


And...who the hell is Oxy? Is there a Giant player hooked on Oxy Cotton or something?

Colin - I just posted this on the Board Language thread:

Oxy - Angel Pagan's nickname. So derived because the words Angel and Pagan are seemingly contradictory. Hence the oxymoron (shortened to oxy for brevity sake) nickname.

 

[Giantsmojo]

Freddy Sanchez - Chez, Franchez
Jonathan Sanchez - Dirty, Chez2
Hector Sanchez - Chez3, C3PO

FIFY

 

[tzill]

LOL. Owe you rep.


And...who the hell is Oxy? Is there a Giant player hooked on Oxy Cotton or something?

What is Oxy Cotton? Sounds like an acne treatment.

 

[tzill]

ManBur
White Shark
Shotgun
Vogey
Zeets
Billy Weed

In order:
Emmanuel Burris
Gregor Blanco
Matt Cain
Ryan Vogelsong
Guerrmo Mota

 

[Heathbar012]

What is Oxy Cotton? Sounds like an acne treatment.

You guessed it. It's an acne treatment applied by Aaron Neville.

 

[SFGRTB]

Former:

teh nada-Miguel Tejada
Rent-er-wreck-Edgar Renteria
Fonty-Mike Fontenot
RayRay- Ray Durham
Richie-Rich Aurilia

 

[tzill]

Former:

teh nada-Miguel Tejada
Rent-er-wreck-Edgar Renteria
Swamp Thing-Mike Fontenot
RayRay- Ray Durham
Richie-Rich Aurilia

FIFY