tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928452877199895706.post6778154891205899005..comments2023-08-27T05:19:56.743-07:00Comments on Thoughts from the Jockstrap: The Best Nicknames in SportsTaylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06548435800502392525noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928452877199895706.post-89159408414084885042008-10-24T08:58:00.000-07:002008-10-24T08:58:00.000-07:00Hakeem "the Dream" Olajuwon is the best nickname o...Hakeem "the Dream" Olajuwon is the best nickname of allAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928452877199895706.post-55230905802492128602008-10-23T22:28:00.000-07:002008-10-23T22:28:00.000-07:00The criteria for this list is my favorite - not ne...The criteria for this list is my favorite - not necessarily the most classic, etc. Otherwise, you'd see Sweetness, Magic, Oil Can, etc. I did forget Tiger though, which is regrettable. <BR/>That name for Heilman is pretty amazing. My goodness... <BR/>I agree on Pasty Gangster, but since I think it is just a Rome thing, I decided not to put it on even though it deserved mention.Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06548435800502392525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928452877199895706.post-8432824442738742502008-10-23T20:31:00.000-07:002008-10-23T20:31:00.000-07:00I'm going to anoint an athlete with a nickname tha...I'm going to anoint an athlete with a nickname that I have created in my own brain over the last few years. I do not place the mantle of this nickname upon its recipient lightly, nor do I feel that by giving it, I do so out of anger or rashness.<BR/><BR/>I have had a few weeks to calm down from another late-season collapse of my beloved New York Mets and after taking a step back to look at the situation from a completely sane and rational place, I now will give Aaron Heilman his most deserved nickname, without prejudice, without gile.<BR/><BR/>From this time henceforth and forever, Aaron Heilman will be known as:<BR/><BR/>Aaron "Piece of Crap Gas-can, who instead of getting people out in the 8th inning, walks two batters in a row nibbling at the corners like a pussy before going to a full count on the opposite team's best hitter and then lobbing a horrendous slider that you might as well run up there and place on an f-ing tee so the dude can drive a three run bomb over the centerfield wall thereby blowing any chance the Mets had at victory and singlehandedly shoving Johan Santana's chance at winning the National League Cy Young Award right up his Venezuelan poop shoot" Heilman.<BR/><BR/>And that is the greatest nickname in all of sports.<BR/>-JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928452877199895706.post-67822145439050524142008-10-23T19:35:00.000-07:002008-10-23T19:35:00.000-07:00If "Pasty Gangster" is an actual nickname for Stoc...If "Pasty Gangster" is an actual nickname for Stockton, and not just something Jim Rome calls him, that is a solid #2 greatest nickname of all time. He Hate Me is lame . . . who hates you?<BR/><BR/>Nicknames that should be in the top ten: George "Iceman" Gervin - classy, Earl "Black Jesus" Monroe - sacrilicious, Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins - other worldly, Allen "The Answer" Iverson - ghetto fab, World B Free - I think that was his actual name, Dominique "The Human Highlight Film" Wilkins, and of course, the Doctor - Dr. J. <BR/><BR/>And that's just basketball. That's excluding Charlie Hustle, Sweetness, Crazy Legs, Cadillac, Pacman, The Great One, Ocho Cinco, and Big Papi of other sports. All I'm saying is don't just throw up the first 10 nicknames that come to mind, a project of this magnitude requires research, debate, and maybe even reader voting . . . or at least rock, paper, scissors.<BR/><BR/>Stay sweetChehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00359059465981060949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928452877199895706.post-33873068128788593122008-10-23T18:43:00.000-07:002008-10-23T18:43:00.000-07:00Nice. I agree with Big Unit being at 1, but Hibach...Nice. I agree with Big Unit being at 1, but Hibachi should be 2. Arenas is so insane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928452877199895706.post-21591562081988762662008-10-23T07:14:00.000-07:002008-10-23T07:14:00.000-07:00When I was a kid my grandpa had a clothing store t...When I was a kid my grandpa had a clothing store that carried Nike shoes so he got tons of sports posters. I had one of Darrell Griffith doing a tasty dunk with the nickname Dr. Dunkenstien. Of course Hot Rod Hundley (another great nickname) started calling him the Golden Griff.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13797817827684442116noreply@blogger.com