nicknames of athletes...

[warhawk]

hello fellow chrome domes:  i know that there R many sports fans here & i just wanted 2 start a nickname game.  just enter a nickname (of any athlete) & the next person will give the real name and U can enter a new nickname and so on....

i'll start:  give the real name of the famous... "the round mound of rebound"


WARHAWK

[ozzie]

Charles Barkley

"GoldenBalls"

[wpruitt]

David Beckham

The Mailman

[buddha]

Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz.

The Pearl.

[schro]

Dwayne Washington, he of Syracuse Univ.


The Mad Stork

[Gambrinus]

Ted Hendricks-Oakland Raiders (surprise!)

The Zamboni

[warhawk]

ken reitz former MLB 3baseman of the st. louis cardinals, he also played one season with my beloved chicago cubs.

"prime time"


WARHAWK

[Gambrinus]

he also played one season with my beloved chicago cubs.

Yeah, I try not to hold that against him   

Deon Sanders (Pick a Team)

The Say Hey Kid

[warhawk]

good one... gambrinus

if U are a true baseball fan (both young and old) ... U know that "the say hey kid" is the legendary Willie Mays.


the great one


WARHAWK

[cvasara]

Are we talkin' Hockey here?
If so, I the the great one would be  none other than Wayne Gretzky

Stash

[cvasara]

Well, either no one knows or there isn't much interest in Sports (Baseball) So let me finish this one off and back on out of here. 

I do find it just about unbelievable that in just the past month, there has been two perfect games pitched, a third one that should have been, a kid that comes up to the majors and in his first big league game, strikes out 14 batters, in 7 innings, on 91 pitches, and is the winning pitcher, and not a single word about any of it in the "sports talk" 
As Casey, (A nickname, BTW) would say, "Amazin!"

Any way, I'll get off my soap box here.  This all time great was known by this name from his team mates and other players.   Theres even a recent book about him called "Musial, from Stash to Stan the Man.

Not the place for trick Q's

[aarrggh]

    PISTOL PETE  !             

[Mikekoz13]

Pete Maravich

"The Spaceman" (this will probably need a hint..... baseball)

[Gambrinus]

"The Spaceman" (this will probably need a hint..... baseball)

Bill Lee - Boston Red Sox

The Microwave

[warhawk]

the DETROIT PISTONS...aka "bad boys" shooting guard


"sweetness"

WARHAWK