Monday Morning Mock Draft: That’s Not My Name, But It May As Well Be

Guten tag, drones.

First of all, big ups to Internet Dad, who came back with the milk long enough to get the DFO Hamster back on the wheel, before once again leaving to get cigarettes.  Or something.  Someday the Rams will go back to St. Louis and Internet Dad will get his cigarettes delivered, like a 21st Century man should.

This week, inspired by a conversation during one of the open posts over the last couple of weeks, we’re drafting sports nicknames.  If the individual plays or participates in sports, and they have a nickname, you can draft it.  The only qualification is it has to be widely recognized, not something relatively unique to you.  For instance, Aroldis Chapman’s widely recognized, (and kind of awesome), nickname is ‘The Cuban Missile’ and not, as you might think if you were at my house during any post-season when he was pitching for the Yankees ‘OhChristNotThisAssholeAgain.’

So I’m trying to remember who brought this topic up, but it revolved around the catcher for the Seattle Mariners, Cal Raleigh, and his nickname ‘The Big Dumper,’ in part likely due to his habit if dumping a lot of balls in the seats, and in part due to his ample behind.  Maybe it was Mr. Ayo.  Anyway, that’s the first pick.

The second pick comes from Rikki Tikke Deadly, who followed that up with the Cleveland Guardian’s Jjohnkensy Noel’s ‘Big Xmas’ nickname, which is very cool.  He’s the second pick.

With the third pick I will take one of the all-time great baseball players, Lou Gehrig, a/k/a The Iron Horse.  Fuck ALS.

The rest of you are on the clock.

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BrettFavresColonoscopy

Wait did we miss George Herman “Babe” Ruth? Shame on all of you Yankee fans.

I’ll take him here.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

The sultan of swat. The great Bambino. The Colossus of clout. The big fat pig.

ballsofsteelandfury

I am a little pissed that I was so busy today that I could not participate. So many great names!

ballsofsteelandfury

Not sure why no one took “Silk”, Jamaal Wilkes

scotchnaut

I hated Kevin McHale so much because he was ridiculously efficient in the post. The first time I heard him called “Herman Munster” I giggled on and off for two weeks at least.

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

BEEF MOE!

(or if you insist on pronouncing it correctly, Marshawn “Beast Mode” Lynch)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbrPOu39tFs

scotchnaut

He only played 6 years and 79 games (because he was a rook at age 26) and a lot is made of Steve Atwater stopping him in his tracks that one time but to me that says more about “The Nigerian Nightmare” than it does about the former. He was 260 and somehow had vision so he knew how to run along blocking lanes. Incredible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwxCa1csxKc

BeefReeferLives

Gruden’s most known nickname was “Chucky”, but there are others.

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Gumbygirl

They called Richie ” the Gravedigger.” Because he dug graves, you see

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BrettFavresColonoscopy

Just to hammer home that the DFO clubhouse is basically a Chicago suburb, I’ll take Jim McMahon, the Punky QB

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Brick Meathook

Butterbean (Eric Esch)

https://ibb.co/1tPK9K87

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Hmm I thought that was his given name

BrettFavresColonoscopy

I was making a joke but go on

scotchnaut

Ching* Johnson-a NHL-er in the 20’s and 30’s that was suspected of being of Asian descent, shakes his head and sighs

*real name Ivan

/excerpt from Wiki

fans of the defenseman would shout ‘Ching, Ching, Chinaman!’ to support him

/Yeah, he went into the Hall of Fame as Ching Johnson

scotchnaut

Obviously he did really well with the nurses. Duh.

scotchnaut

The dude that is the NBA logo-Jerry West-was from the backwaters of West Virginny so opposing sportswriters called him “Zeke* From Cabin Creek” (it was actually a body of water near his birthplace)

*a name given to less-than-intelligent hill people at the time

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Rex was never called “The Sex Dragon”. He was known to us as “The Sex Cannon” and his ficticious catchphrase was “You gotta unleash the dragon”.

No beer for you tonight (except the six beers you are obligated to drink as punishment).

Fronkenshteen

Whitey Ford – “The Chairman of the Board”
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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

6. Jerome “The Bus” Bettis

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Gumbygirl

Are you aware he is from Detroit? Not many people know that

BeefReeferLives

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BeefReeferLives

I think that its the cadence and rhyming that makes “Mean Joe Green” a great nickname.

Well, that and he could be pretty mean when his dander was up.

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BrettFavresColonoscopy

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Samurai Mike Singletary

BallsofLacrosseAndMapleSyrup

This makes me think of
William “the fridge” Perry

Doktor Zymm

There was a guy with the nickname “the kitchen” because he was bigger than Perry

Redshirt

Job = Bengals players and fans

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Don T

/Checks rules again

Touch of Downs. This is my favorite of all nicknames. Full disclosure: I think calling dumb guys profesor is top wit.

Jimbo

I remember him as nervous Pervis Ellsion but I guess it was never nervous. Helluva a college player but not a good pro

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scotchnaut

Here’s Moses Malone, dubbed “The Black Hole” because once the ball went into him it never came back out. His career 1.2 assists per game backs that up.

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BeefReeferLives

Jared Lorenzen’s nicknames also included “The Round Mound of Touchdown” & “The Hefty Lefty”, but my favorite (and pick) is “The Pillsbury Throwboy

RIP, Jared.

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Gumbygirl

“Fireman” Joe Page. He was my neighbor, I went to school with his kids. He owned a bar I did a lot of underage drinking in, that may be shocking to many of you!

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BugEyedBoo

Back in the bad old days, when life was cheap and MADD didn’t exist, the world at large didn’t really GAS about underage drinking. I remember talking to a cop when I was shit-faced drunk, at age 15 and he just laughed at me and sent me on my way. These days my parents would get arrested just for letting me walk around by myself after dark.

BugEyedBoo

Larry Johnson – Grandmama

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0M4NNYji7g

SonOfSpam

Mike Hargrove was “The Human Rain Delay” for his between=pitch routine. Infuriating.

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BugEyedBoo

Redshirt would be able to clarify this. I want to say it was Sean Casey that had a pre at-bat routine that looked like that.

Redshirt

Confirmed. Marty Brennaman and Joe Nuxhall used to really make fun of him.

“Casey takes Ball 2 and here comes the gloves adjustment.”
“The gloves really slide holding the bat on your shoulder like that.”

“Have you ever had a batter do this, Joe?”
“Only once, but after he gets a 4-seamer aimed at his ear, then he speeds things up a bit.”

BallsofLacrosseAndMapleSyrup

Calvin “Megatron” Johnson

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Can we draft stadia? I’ll take Atlanta “Megatron’s Butthole”