Friday, May 9, 2014

Nicknames

Nicknames


           

           You may hear me refer to some of the players by nicknames. Sometimes you can figure out who I am talking about, sometimes there isn't enough context. I am going to post a list of the player nicknames. Some have stories behind them, some don't.


Cody Allen- Chicken, Chicken Al

Fun Fact- Justin Masterson actually brought a real chicken to the ballpark and it wandered onto the turf near the warning track.

John Axford- Axman

Justin Masterson- Nasty Masty, Masty

Zack McAllister- Z-Mac

Marc Rzepczynski- Scrabble

By far, one of my favorite nicknames. A lot of people had no idea had to pronounce his name when he first came here. 

Yan Gomes- Yanny, Yanimal

Asdrubal Cabrera- Cabbie

Lonnie Chisenhall- Big Lon, The Chiz Kid, Lonnie Baseball

Jason Kipnis- Kip, Kippy, Dirtbag, Kipnasty, J Kid

Dirtbag was an affectionate nickname given to Kipnis by Manny Acta because he loves to slide in the dirt

Carlos Santana- C-san

Justin Sellers- Cellblock

He has many tattoos on his arms, thus "Cellblock" was dubbed.

Nick Swisher- Swish

Michael Bourn- Bourney

Michael Brantley- Dr. Smooth

Nyjer Morgan- Tony Plush

His alter ego's name is Tony Plush

Jason Giambi- Giambino, G, Big Papa G







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