I guess that if I really can't escape this whole "Seattle's wannabe Bat-Girl" thing, one of these days I was going to have to make a requisite "Nicknames" post. (Not to be confused with the Name Game Awards post, which honors baseball players with crazy names.)
Nicknames that I semi-regularly use around here:
Mariners / Ex-Mariners
Bobby Madritsch - "Bowflex"
Greg Dobbs - "Dobby the Bench Elf"
Dan Wilson - "Danny Boy"
Pat Borders - "Uncle Rico"
J.J.Putz - "John Jacob Jingleheimer Putz"
Jarrod Washburn - "J-Rod the Washburninator", Blue Eyes
Jeremy Reed - "Bearemy Reed"
Eddie Guardado - "Teddy Beardado"
Gil Meche - "Meche Assault"
Ron Villone - "Ronnie the Bear"
Chris Snelling - "Doyle" (from USSM)
Hunter Brown - "Hunter Brown For Third"
Phillies
Chase Utley - "Chasey-at-the-Bat", "An Ace Homers Cutely"
Pat Burrell - "Pattycakes" (sometimes "Pattycakes Strikeout", if I'm pissed off at him).
Left field at CBP: Burrellville, Pattstown
Ryan Howard - "Cerrano"
Jimmy Rollins: "J-Roll", "J-Roll from the Bay" (after his rap song "Wish List" on Oh Say Can You Sing)
Jason Michaels: "J-Mike"
Cole Hamels: "Holy Camels", "Old King Cole"
Others
Randy Johnson - "Big Ugly"
Orlando Hernandez - "El Dookie" (also from USSM)
Miguel Tejada - Mister-Swings-At-Everything (from Moneyball)
"Alphabet Soup" - refers to a lot of guys with long last names, but particularly Justin Duchscherer and Dougie Mientkiewicz
Mark Grudzielanek - "Grudzilla" (from the back of his Topps 2005 baseball card)
Jason Marquis - "Marquis Mark"
Joe Crede - "Shoeless Joe from Jefferson, MO" (sorta like Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees), "Speedy Crede", "Crede Clearwater Revival"
Rob Mackowiak - "Whack-o-Mack", "Mack Daddy"
Craig Wilson - "Mullet"
Kevin Youkilis - "The Greek God of Moneyball References"
Bobby Kielty - "The Heatmiser" (from MSB)
Joe Blanton - "Cupcakes" (from Athletics Nation)
Albert Pujols - "Pujols At The Bat"
Brad Wilkerson - "Bluegrass" (picked up from Ball-Wonk), "Wilkie" (picked up from my brother)
Roberto Petagine - "Eeny Meeny Petagine" (just like Eeny Meeny Morandini!)
Japanese baseball
Michihiro Ogasawara - "Guts" (it's just the nickname he already has), "Clean-Shaven Doppleganger"
Shunsuke Watanabe - "Sub" Marine
Hiroyuki Kobayashi - "The Other Kobayashi"
Tsuyoshi Nishioka - Boy Wonder Nishioka, Speed Star Nishioka
Tsuyoshi Shinjo - "Darth Shinjo"
Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi - "Old Man Shimoyanagi", "Teddy Bear"
Tomoya Satozaki - "Dorkozaki"
Tomoya Yagi - "Papa Yagi"
Kei Igawa - "Dappe", "Lord Igawa of Mito"
Satoru Kanemura - "Kanemoron"
Masahiko Morino - "Dragonbutt" (and thus Tatsunami is "Dragonbutt Senior")
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