Comments on: Card Corner: Dr. Strangeglove

By: Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO

Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:01:19 +0000

Cool Papa Bell
Donnie Baseball
Dr. K
the Babe
“Old Hoss” Radbourn

and of course the greatest of all time..”Mr. October”!

By: Evil Empire

Evil Empire — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:03:04 +0000

How about William Ellsworth Hoy (1862-1961) who was deaf and was known as “Dummy” Hoy? No one ever said baseball players are nice.

http://www.dummyhoy.com/

By the way, in “Ball Four” Jim Bouton told a couple of Dr. Strangeglove stories. One of them had to do with Stuart being late for a team meeting and walking through the room like a model saying, “Dick Stuart is wearing a suit by [such and such designer]” or something like that.

By: PJ

PJ — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:25:05 +0000

My favorite MLB nickname is “Murderers Row.”

My favorite player’s nickname is “Snuffy Stirnweiss.” Yes, he was a Yankee.

My next favorite is “Poosh ‘Em Up Tony” Lazzeri…

: )

By: 17mdr

17mdr — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:06:27 +0000

How about my personal favorite:

“Dirt” (Dick Tidrow)?

If you really want to go back a way:

Wild Horse of the Osage (Pepper Martin)

By: unmoderated

unmoderated — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:47:32 +0000

don’t be sorry, more people should learn of He Who Was Named Biscuit Pants

By: Biscuit Pants

Biscuit Pants — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:06:13 +0000

[19] Sorry UM

By: Biscuit Pants

Biscuit Pants — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:04:55 +0000

[15} Sorry OE, but Irish Muesel and Bob Muesel were two different players. Irish's real name was Emil and a look at B-R tells me that Bob was known as Long Bob.

BTW, Lou Gehrig's nickname among teammates was Biscuit Pants.

By: unmoderated

unmoderated — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:17:42 +0000

“irish”
“ol’ reliable”
“specs”

zzzzzzzzzzzz

how about
sparky (already a nickname) “captain hook” anderson
bobby “el comedulce” abreu
dennis “el presidente” martinez
the chairman of the board
the sultan of swat
sweetbreads bailey
ducky medwicj
joe page – the gay reliever
gabby “old tomato face” hartnett
the human rain delay
the lip
the man nobody knows
the toy cannon
richie “the gravedigger” hebner
catfish
lou “biscuit pants” gehrig
the say-hey kid

well, you get the idea. baseball nicknames are a bit of fascination with me. i have my own names for most modern players – if i don’t, then it’s up to chris berman, and nobody wants that.

By: Shaun P.

Shaun P. — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:15:22 +0000

[8] Fat Elvis? Who’s that?

Kung Fu Panda is just all kinds of awesome. I hope that kid gets to the All-Star Game.

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:01:57 +0000

Well…. it terms of ‘cool sounding’, this doesn’t really fit the bill, but when you think of it, and the improbablility that this could be bestowed on a singe player…. just how cool is it to be named:

Donnie Baseball…

I mean really. How can it get any cooler?

I also liked that Gooden was often referred to as just ‘Doc’.
As in: the Doctor is in the house?

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:01:20 +0000

[0] I’m just intrigued by the notion that a seemingly one dimensional player in the days of yore carved out a rather nice MLB career playing first base.

By: Oldeditor

Oldeditor — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:44:56 +0000

Children, children. Baseball was not created in 1945; your sadly attenuated institutional memory is showing. The Dr. Strangeglove cultural reference is just a fading memory.
So how about: Charlie (King Kong) Keller–a swarthy, hulking man with a sweet temperament. Or George (Twinkletoes) Selkirk–he ran on his toes. Or Tommy (Ol’ Reliable) Henrich–for his clutch hitting. Or, as an illustration of the casual bigotry of the time, Poosh ‘Em Up Tony Lazerri. Or Irish Bob Meusel. And anyone who wore glasses was Specs–as in Torporcer. But, of course, one can’t improve on the Bambino or Joltin’ Joe.
Dr. Strangeglove? Close but no cigar..

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:43:38 +0000

i’d like Cano/Posada flipped, but this is a nice lineup. i’m glad we don’t face King Felix in this series…

Jeter SS
Damon LF
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Cano 2B
Posada C
Matsui DH
Swisher RF
Cabrera CF

By: a.O

a.O — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:40:14 +0000

@ #7:

I’ve always been a big fan of Matsui, but if your nickname is Godzilla, you better do more damage than .246/10/28 in 203 ABs. As usual, the Yanks have kept the aging slugger around when I’m sure you could get Austin Jackson, for example, to hit that — or at least get the experience you need to figure out whether he’ll ever exceed that. Anyway, the nickname no longer fits is all I’m saying. But also, nothing would please me more than to have him return to true Godzilla form.

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:38:10 +0000

it wasn’t a “baseball” nickname, but the sobriquet William Hayward Wilson’s grandma bestowed on him, pretty much rules:

MOOKIE!!!

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:35:07 +0000

[8] Big Puma ain’t bad for Berkman…

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:34:22 +0000

yeah:

Melky = Leche

Cervelli = Frankie Brains

Pena = El Nino

By: williamnyy23

williamnyy23 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:58:37 +0000

[7] And, he still has an OPS+ of 111.

By: williamnyy23

williamnyy23 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:57:02 +0000

[5] Believe it or not, two man shared that nickname.

Of the modern guys, I think Big Unit, Pronk, Kung Fu Panda and Fat Elvis are among the best.

Also, Melky is also called “Leche”, which is kind of cool.

By: The Hawk

The Hawk — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:55:53 +0000

[1] Damn that’s kinda harsh. Dude has no knees!