A couple of Reds, Bubbles Hargrave and Cactus Keck.
Was 'Rube' (Waddell, Benton, etc.) a nickname or a common name?
Just a personal favorite is Yogi Berra.
A couple of Reds, Bubbles Hargrave and Cactus Keck.
Was 'Rube' (Waddell, Benton, etc.) a nickname or a common name?
Just a personal favorite is Yogi Berra.
Nickname, it generally was tagged on the country guys ( IE they were Rubes)
Prior to Rube the country guys were often derided with the moniker Cyrus, which was why Cy Young was called Cy.... Initially that is
Ivey Wingo is another old Reds catcher
Bruce Berenyi
Joaquin Andujar
Cesar Geronimo
Wayne Krenchicki
Dann Bilardello
Dane Iorg
Alan Knicely Knicely
Hoping to change my username to 75769024
Four pages and no Walt "No Neck" Williams?
Tom Servo (06-23-2014)
These days you rarely see a nickname become part of the regular name like Jumbo Diaz or Scooter Gennett. Can you imagine if we had Big Donkey Dunn?
Jon Coutlangus
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
cincinnati chili (06-24-2014),TRF (04-10-2019)
The first time I saw Angel Pagan's name come up on the scoreboard in Chicago, I fell off my chair.
There is no such thing as a pitching prospect.
cincinnati chili (06-24-2014)
Pee Wee Reese
I can spell,I just can't type!!
Motorboat Jones and Butch Huskey.
Generally, any baseball names that could pass as porn names are funny.
Stick to your guns.
OGB (06-24-2014)
Former Redsox player John Smith.
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