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DH - The Hammer- John Milner
That one popped into my head when I was reading this - you beat me to it. A couple of other honorable mentions Felix the Cat Millan and Kong (Dave Kingman).
Kingman was also known as Sky King
What a fun article John. Rusty was also known as Le Grande Orange. And while I know you selected one player per position, there was Noah Syndergaard's
"Thor" and let's not forget Ed "The Glider" Charles.
Oops you had Le Grande Orange covered 🤷♂️
Yes, The Hammer - a classic
"Marvelous Marv" Throneberry (also called V.R.A.M. beicause everything he did at 1B was backwards
Kid - Gary Carter
Seaver - The Franchise
John Milner was the Hammer.
Keith Hernandez - "Mex"
The Hacker (Mackey Sasser) couldn’t throw but he sure got his hacks in.
Great post!
How do we forget Doctor K? Some other favorites:
Maz
Diaz is called Sugar
Montanez was Hot Dog
Fonzie for Alfonzo
Captain America
The Dude
The Glider! Ed Charles
Keith was called “Mex” by his teammates
Fonzie for Edgardo Alfonzo (my cat is named after him!)
Not official, but my family always called Robin Ventura “Ace” as in Ace Ventura
Apropos of nothing I call Giancarlo Stanton “Jelly Doughnut”. But that’s kind of a long story (lol)
Hernandez wasnt too fond on Mex because he is not Mexican
How about “the Stork “ , George Theodore ?
Yes he was the Stork
Carlos Carrasco was Cookie and lets not forget Strawberry, The Straw.
DH - The Hammer- John Milner
That one popped into my head when I was reading this - you beat me to it. A couple of other honorable mentions Felix the Cat Millan and Kong (Dave Kingman).
Kingman was also known as Sky King
What a fun article John. Rusty was also known as Le Grande Orange. And while I know you selected one player per position, there was Noah Syndergaard's
"Thor" and let's not forget Ed "The Glider" Charles.
Oops you had Le Grande Orange covered 🤷♂️
Yes, The Hammer - a classic
"Marvelous Marv" Throneberry (also called V.R.A.M. beicause everything he did at 1B was backwards
Kid - Gary Carter
Seaver - The Franchise
John Milner was the Hammer.
Keith Hernandez - "Mex"
The Hacker (Mackey Sasser) couldn’t throw but he sure got his hacks in.
Great post!
How do we forget Doctor K? Some other favorites:
Maz
Diaz is called Sugar
Montanez was Hot Dog
Fonzie for Alfonzo
Captain America
The Dude
The Glider! Ed Charles
Keith was called “Mex” by his teammates
Fonzie for Edgardo Alfonzo (my cat is named after him!)
Not official, but my family always called Robin Ventura “Ace” as in Ace Ventura
Apropos of nothing I call Giancarlo Stanton “Jelly Doughnut”. But that’s kind of a long story (lol)
Hernandez wasnt too fond on Mex because he is not Mexican
How about “the Stork “ , George Theodore ?
Yes he was the Stork
Carlos Carrasco was Cookie and lets not forget Strawberry, The Straw.