Worst Nicknames in Sports

[riffjim4069]

Okay, here are a few of my worst nicknames (male) in sports and my rationale. Obviously, it's a personal choice so please feel free to disagree and/or add your favorites...er, least favorites.

Chick - come on...why and heck you would call a dude Chick?...especially an ugly dude!
Babe - unless you're Babe Ruth please give this nickname back (see Chick)!
Bubba - applies to anyone who doesn't actually look like a Bubba, such as Bubba Watson
Chipper - great nickname if you're singing on the show Glee...otherwise change it to Shredder
Whitey - well, I guess Cracker and Sambo are more racially offensive.

 

[BillD1984]

Great thread idea!!

Off the top of my head, the one that always bothered me in Boston was Robert "Chief" Parish. Don't get me wrong, Parish was a great player that helped the Celtics win 3 titles. But Bruins great John Bucyk was "Chief" in Boston first, so...........

There's many more. I'll have a more thorough list later.

 

[salsadancer7]

My favorite...Elvis "Toast" Patterson....LOL!

 

[Lkr]

the only sports related figure that I can ever refer to as Chick is Chick Hearn.
'Big Baby' isn't a complimenting nickname, but it fits Glen Davis so well that I'm not sure if its bad or not...

 

[mccoyrj]

Great thread idea!!

Off the top of my head, the one that always bothered me in Boston was Robert "Chief" Parish. Don't get me wrong, Parish was a great player that helped the Celtics win 3 titles. But Bruins great John Bucyk was "Chief" in Boston first, so...........

There's many more. I'll have a more thorough list later.

Per wikipedia:

His nickname was "The Chief", after the fictitious Chief Bromden, a silent, giant Native American character in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. According to Parish, former Celtics forward Cedric Maxwell gave Parish this nickname because of his stoic nature.

 

[riffjim4069]

Didn't Jim Rice coin the nickname "Chicken Man" for Wade Boggs? Chicken and Rice...too funny!

 

[cosmo_kramer]

Richard "Digger" Phelps

 

[Mr Tony]

Coco Crisp

 

[mccoyrj]

Mark "the bird" Dietrich

 

[HD MM]

Jason Kipnis' nickname in Cleveland is "dirt bag".

 

[Ramy]

Mark "the bird" Dietrich

Did you mean Fidrych, who played for the Tigers?http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2009/04/fidrych_killed.html

 

[mccoyrj]

Did you mean Fidrych, who played for the Tigers?http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2009/04/fidrych_killed.html

Yep. I was a little drunk when I posted that.

 

[riffjim4069]

Yep. I was a little drunk when I posted that.

We'll have to call you RJ "Just a Little Drunk" McCoy.

 

[riffjim4069]

One of the best and one of the worst is...

...Mordecai 'Three Finger' Brown. Personally, I love the nickname but the story behind it is a little gruesome. I doubt that it would be politically correct to ever use this nickname again.

Mordecai Brown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[salsadancer7]

WAIT....LOL! the Marlins had a guy, a reliever a few years back called "el pulpo" ... for those of you that are hispanically impaired, that means "the octopus" He had 6 fingers in BOTH hands. I am trying to find his name and a pic. LOL!

EDIT: Found him WITH A PIC!!! Antonio Alfonseca

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/6finger.jpg

 

[meathead76]

Longhorns
Crimson Tide
Tigers (LSwho and Auburn)
Volunteers
Buckeyes
Sooners



well you get the point

 

[cinnabun93]

Black and Gold....God do I hate the Pittsburgh Steelers!

 

[salsadancer7]

Black and Gold....God do I hate the Pittsburgh Steelers!

LOL!

 

[SabresRule]

Bryant "Big Country" Reeves