Nicknames

[calsnowskier]

How could we have forgotten...

Humm Baby
Noggin
Ssory Doc / Boss

 

[Heathbar012]

It's a work in progress and we're lazy.

 

[tzill]

Well, if we're going back:

Pudge Lavelle
John "aquaman" Curtis
Boo LeMaster
The Mad Hungarian
Cave Man
Big Daddy
Hambone

 

[SFAnthem]

Teh "Magic Juan"

My mom used to tell baseball stories of this guy with reverence. The Dominican Dandy.

 

[calsnowskier]

Well, if we're going back:

Pudge Lavelle
John "aquaman" Curtis
Boo LeMaster
The Mad Hungarian
Cave Man
Big Daddy
Hambone

Already got these ones...

How about...

The Unit
Bedrock
Raggs
Eric "The Black&Orange" Davis
The Kid


And of course, the greatest nickname ever...

Dick Pole

 

[tzill]

Already got these ones...

How about...

The Unit
Bedrock
Raggs
Eric "The Black&Orange" Davis
The Kid
U

And of course, the greatest nickname ever...

Dick Pole

I think it was The BIG Unit (which I would change to The Pig Eunich)

 

[Stokes1931]

I think it was The BIG Unit (which I would change to The Pig Eunich)

Interesting juxtaposition, Dick Pole and The BIG Unit.....

I don't think Dick Pole was a nickname, either. He never played for the Giants, only for the Bostonians.

Dick Pole Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com

I think his name was also banned on the Mouse Board.

 

[tzill]

Interesting juxtaposition, Dick Pole and The BIG Unit.....

I don't think Dick Pole was a nickname, either. He never played for the Giants, only for the Bostonians.

Dick Pole Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com

I think his name was also banned on the Mouse Board.

He was Roger Craig's pitching coach, no?

 

[Heathbar012]

He was Roger Craig's pitching coach, no?

Yes he was, and not solely due to the fact that his name made Humm Baby giggle.

 

[calsnowskier]

He was Roger Craig's pitching coach, no?

Who book-ended Paranoski as pitching coach? Wasn't there someone between Paranoski and Raggs?

Edit: Pole was between Paranoski and Raggs...

Edit Edit: Parranoski was between Pole and Raggs...

 

[Stokes1931]

From wiki

Pole began his coaching career in the Cubs' minor league system in 1983, and joined their major league coaching staff in 1988, working as pitching coach for Don Zimmer. Pole remained in that capacity through 1991, during which time he oversaw the development of Greg Maddux.

Maddux credits Pole as a major influence, and a significant contributor to his success. In a 2005 interview, he said, "I remember when Dick Pole told me one day, ‘Why don’t you stop trying to strike guys out? Just try to get them out, and you’ll probably strike out just as many guys, if not more. He was right. I’ve always tried with two strikes just to make a pitch and get the guy out. You get a lot of strikeouts just on accident."

Pole returned to his roots as pitching coach for the Pawtucket Red Sox in 1992, then spent 1993—1997 on the coaching staff of the San Francisco Giants, under Dusty Baker. Pole next worked as bullpen coach for Boston in 1998. After that, he was pitching coach for the Anaheim Angels in 1999, for the Cleveland Indians from 2000–2001, and for the Montreal Expos in 2002. He re-joined the coaching staff of the Cubs in 2003. He was most recently the pitching coach for the Cincinnati Reds, taking the job in early November 2006. On October 2, 2009, the Reds relieved him of his duties as their pitching coach, and Pole reportedly left immediately after being informed.

 

[msgkings322]

Did anyone say FYWW yet?

 

[SFAnthem]

I always thought Bud Black pitching to Steve Decker = a Black & Decker battery was pretty cool

 

[Heathbar012]

Did anyone say FYWW yet?

Is that one for every Giants' bullpen til the end of time? I don't see it ever being bad again... fingers-crossed...... no jinx please...

 

[Mays-Fan]

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.

I understand he has a younger brother, Jesus.

 

[SharksGiantsNinersFan]

I was listening to Mark Grace Call Timmy - Black Beauty when Giants played the Douchbags

 

[SharksGiantsNinersFan]

did anyone mention everyone favorite catcher Eli "whitey" whiteside .. glad I am not watching him play and his prematuring gray hair.

 

[SharksGiantsNinersFan]

Orlando Cepeda - "Baby Bull" or "Cha Cha"
Christy Mathewson - "Big Six," "Matty," or "The Christian Gentleman"
Andres Galarraga - "Big Cat"
Orel Hershiser - "Bulldog"
Edgardo Alfonzo - "Fonzie
Melky Cabrera - "The Melk Man" or "Leche"
Aubrey Huff - "Huff Daddy"

 

[Heathbar012]

did anyone mention everyone favorite catcher Eli "whitey" whiteside .. glad I am not watching him play and his prematuring gray hair.

Whiteside's fault.

 

[SFGRTB]

MVPosey
Herk-Pence
Peggs-Francisco Peguero
Scoots-Scutaro
KCYa-Santiago Casilla
Kobe-Arias
(White) Shark-Blanco