ESPN's Chris Berman's Sports Nicknames
A
Shawn "Little" Abner
Rick "See ya later" Aguilera
Mike "Enough" Aldretti
or Mike "Mario" Aldrete
Doyle "Brandy" Alexander
Luis Alicea "In Wonderland"
Dana Allison "Wonderland"
Jeff Alm "For the poor"
Bill Almon "Joy"
or Bill "Toasted" Almon
Roberto "Remember The" Alomar
Sandy "Remember the other" Alomar Jr.
Jesus/Felipe/Matty "Skip to my" Alou
Brady "Bunch" Anderson
Joaquin "The Dog" Andujar
Tony "Brothers In" Armas
Don "Guns of" August
B
Scott "Hay" Bailes
Mark "Beetle" Bailey
Eric "Couldn't handle the" Ball
Scott "Talulah" Bankhead
Willie Banks "of the Mississippi"
Floyd "Up and Down the" Bannister
Jesse "Be careful walking through the" Barfield
Marty "Grin and" Barrett
Kevin "Small Mouth" Bass
Randy "Large Mouth" Bass
Bill "Bubble" Bathe
Sanjay "Muscle" Beach
Billy "Lima" Beane
Steve "Soil" Bedrosian
George "Taco" Bell
or George "Liberty" Bell
Bruce "Eggs" Benedict
Andy "Merchant of Venice" Bends
Todd "Mercedes" Benzinger
Damon "Blue" Berryhill
Karl "These are the" Best "of times"
Eric "Sleeping with" Bieniemy
J J "The beast of" Birden
Bud "Paint it" Black
Lance "You sank my" Blankenship
Jeff "See through" Blauser
Bert "Be home" Blyleven
Bruce Bochte "Ball"
Randy Bockus "is willing"
Wade "Cranberry" Boggs
Barry "U.S." Bonds
Ricky "Singing" Bones ?
Steve "I got you babe" Bono
Pat "North of the" Borders
Mike "Under the" Bordick
or Mike "Room and" Bordick
Daryl "Please come home to" Boston
Sid "American" Bream
or Sid "Coffee and" Bream
or Sid "Vicious" Bream
Greg "Crocodile" Brock
Hubie "Babbling" Brooks
Scott "Am-" Brosius
Bob "Bulldog" Brower
Jay "Farris" Buhner
DeWayne "Miami" Buice
Dave Burba "Shave"
John "Charcoal" Burkett
Britt "Third degree" Burns
Todd "Second degree" Burns
Randy "Burning" Bush
or Randy "Bird in the" Bush
John "USDA" Butcher
Brett "Tara" Butler
Kevin Butler "DID IT!"
C
Greg "Life is a" Caderet
Ivan "Bubbling" Calderon
Ken "Helmet" Caminiti
Bill "Soup" Campell
Sylvester "When the swallows return to" Campusano
John "Candyman" Candeleria
Tom "Cotton" Candiotti
Jose "Can you see" Canseco
Don "Roses" Carman
Chris "If I were a" Carpenter
Mark Carreon "My wayward son"
or Mark Carreon "Luggage"
Keith Cash "n' carry"
Larry "Self" Centers
Roy Cerroni "The San Francisco Treat"
Ron Cey "Hey"
or Ron "Born in the US" Cey
or Ron "Say, Say" Cey
Steve "Kentucky fried" Chitren
Jack "The Whiffer" Clark
Will "The Natural" Clark
Royce "a-Roni" Clayton
Mark "Crystal" Clear
Ty "Corn on the" Cobb
David "Sili-" Cone
or David "Ice Cream" Cone
Toi's "In the Attic" Cook
Ed "Chick" Correa
Henry "Ava-" Cotto
Jose "Won't you take me on a sea" Cruz
or Jose "Can you see" Cruz
Julio "Caribbean" Cruz
Julio "Won't you take me on a sea" Cruz
Todd "Carribean" Cruz
D
Kal "Jack" Daniels
Ron "Oh My" Darling
or Ron "Not tonight" Darling
Eric "The Red" Davis
Glenn "Mr. Outside" Davis
Jody Davis "Eyes"
"Eye of the" Storm Davis
or "Riders on the" Storm Davis
Bill "Hello" Dawley
Steve "Upper" Decker
Jeff Dedmon "Don't wear plaid"
Rob "Bomba" Deer
or Rob "Rein" Deer
or Rob "Nothing swings like a" Deer
or Rob "The" Deer "that made Milwaukee famous"
Jim "Two sillouhettes on" DeShaies
Bo "Beunos" Diaz
Rob "Double" Dibble
Bill "Doran" Doran
Rich "280z" Dotson
Brian "Number 10" Downing "Street"
Kelly "Churchill" Downs
Curt "Devil with the blue" Dressendorfer
Wille "Soviet" Drewrey (Drury?)
Dan "Salad" Driesen
Mike "Well" Dunne
Leon "Bull" Durham
Jim "Washer and" Dwyer
Lenny "Finger in the" Dykstra
E
Dave "No man is an" Eiland
Cal "Respect your" Eldred
Lee Elia "Kuriakin"
Dave "Right" Engle
Alvaro "E-S-P-N-oza" (Alvaro Espinoza)
F
Paul "Tooth" Faries
Steve "A bridge too" Farr
Jim "Bela" Fergosi
"El" Sid Fernandez
Cecil "Is No" Fielder
Rollie "Chicken" Fingers
Chuck "Huckleberry" Finley
Steve "Dorsal" Finley
Curt "Model-T" Ford
Bob "Air" Forsch
Barry "Bananas" Foster
John "Generalissimo Franscisco" Franco
"Starvin'" Marvin Freeman
Jim "Bela" Fregosi
John "Deep" Friez
Todd "Can't" Froworth "a damn"
or Todd "Which hand does he"
Travis "French" Fryman
G
Greg Gagne "With a spoon"
Andres "The Giant" Galarraga
Mike "Leggo" Gallego
Ron Gant "Chart"
or Ron "Extrava-" Gant
Oscar "Six-to-five" Gamble
Wes "Kenny the" Gardner
or Wes "Chauncey" Gardner
Jeff "Boy" George
Bernard "Innocent until proven" Gilkey
Dan "Man from" Gladden
Tom "Heard it through the" Glavine
Dwight "Johnny Be" Gooden
Mark "Amazing" Grace
Mark "Federal" Grant
Willie "The color of money" Green
"Fettucini" Alfredo Griffin
Wayne "Totally" Gross
Johnny "Pass the" Grubb
Don "Down the" Gullet
Jose "Mother" Guzman
Juan "Canadian" Guzman
Chris "The mighty" Gwynn
Tony Gwynn "and bear it"
Tony Gwynn "One for the Gipper"
H
Moose "Antlers" Haas
Mel "Tammany" Hall
Atlee "If I had a" Hammaker
Toby "Last" Harrah
Emile "Debbie" Harry
Billy "Egg" Hatcher
Mickey "Egg" Hatcher
Von "Purple" Hayes
Jeff Hamilton "Joe Frank and Reynolds"
Michael "Purple" Haynes
Mike Heath "Bar"
Danny "Dung" Heep
or Danny "Uriah" Heep
Dave "Haryy and the" Henderson
Tom "Dirty" Henke
Tommy "Ben" Herr
Donnie "Blueberry" Hill
Chris "Bubbles, bubbles" Hoiles "and troubles"
Sam "Big" Horn
Ethan Horton "Hears a Who"
Jay "Thurston B." Howell
LaMarr "Where does it" Hoyt
Kent "Buy a vowel" Hrbek
Glenn "Mother" Hubbard
Charles "Moscow on the" Hudson
"The private eyes of" Hull and Oates
Tom "Ex-" Hume
Brian "Deer" Hunter
Bruce "Patty" Hurst
I
Garth "Clockwork" Iorg
J
Bo "Diddley" Jackson
Jeff "Mick" Jaeger
Bob "The car please" James
Chris "Bartles &" James
Dion "and the Belmonts" James
or Dion James "and the Belmonts"
Stan "You can" Javier "way"
Gregg "The Hammer" Jeffries
Cliff "Brothers" Johnson
Jimmy "Handyman" Jones
Ruppert "Along came" Jones
Wally "Absorbine" Joyner
Dave "Blind" Justice
Dave "Supreme Court" Justice
K
Scott "Goal post" Kaminecki
Tommy "Citizen" Kane
Jimmy "Francis Scott" Key
Dana "Field Goal" Kiecker
Eric "Burger" King
Mike "The man who would be" Kingery
Bob "Yom" Kipper
Ron "Ma and Pa" Kittle
Joe "Wilhelm" Klink
Ray "I dub thee" Knight
Chuck "New Kids On" Knoblauch
or Chuck "Chip off the ol'" Knoblauch
Brad "Let the games" Komminsk
John "I am not a" Kruk
L
Mike "Izod" LaCoss
Mike Laga "beer"
Steve "Great" Lake
or Steve "Fresh Water" Lake
or Steve "Fire" Lake
Dennis "Flourescent" Lamp
Bill "One if by" Landrum
Reggie "Foghorn" Langhorne
Dave "Don't" LaPoint
Tim "Praise the" Laudner
Mike "Car 54" LaValliere
Rudy "Mother in" Law
Vance "Common" Law
Bill "Hard" Lee
Jim "Saturday Night" Lefevbre
Craig "Def" Lefferts
Al "Cigarette" Leiter
Chet "Bitter" Lemon
Jeffrey "Peniteniary-Face" Leonard
Jeff "Sugar Ray" Leonard
Jim "Frito" Leyritz
Jose Lind "on me"
John "Tonight, let it be" Lowenstein
Urbano "Renewal" Lugo
Ed "Merrill" Lynch
Steve Lyons "and tigers and bears, oh my"
Rick "Innocent" Lysander
M
Shane "Connie" Mack
Greg "Appa" Maddux
Mike "Mathe-" Maddux
Bill Madlock "D.A."
Dave "Mary" Magadan
Joe Magrane "Headache"
Rick "Junk" Mahler
Candy "Man" Maldanado
Jeff "Mickey" Manto
Kirt "What was that" Manwaring
Juan "Field" Marichal
Jose "Shaken not stirred" Martinez
Mike Mason "jar"
or Mike "Perry" Mason
Kevin "No" Maas
Don "Welcome" Mattingly
Don "Welcome home" Mattingly
"Simon, Theodore, and" Alvoid Mays
Willie "Lost in the" Mays
Oddibe "Young Again" McDowell
"Me and" Willie McGee
Fred "Crime Dog" McGriff
Mark "Eve of Destruction" McGwire
Bob Melvin "and the Blue Notes"
Louis Mercedes "Benz"
Kevin "Sing along with" Mitchel
Roland "The Headless Thompson Gunner" Mitchel (Warren Zevon song)
Jim "Love me two times" Morrison
or Jim "people are strange" Morrison
John "Holy" Moses
Darryl Motley "Crue"
Eddie "Eat, drink and be" Murray
Brad "Colonel" Muster "with the football, in the endzone"
N
Tim "Golden" Naehring
Gene "Full" Nelson
Al "Paul" Newman
or Al "-fred E." Newman
Reid "Buffalo" Nichols
Paul "Buenos" Noce
Matt "No" Nokes
O
Brian "B.P." Oelkers
Ron "Chuck" Oester
Omar "Green" Olivares
Gregg Olsen "Golden"
P
Tony "Turn the" Page
Rafael "Emerson, Lake, and" Palmeiro
Jim "Hanky" Pankovits
Mark "trans-" Parent
Dave "Parallel" Parker
Tony "Jala-" Pena
Terry "Pit and the" Pendleton
Melido "Shuffle" Perez
Pasquel "Roadmap" Perez
or Pasquel "Midnight express" Perez
Ken "Goodbye, Mr." Phelps
or Ken "Good Mournig, Mr." Phelps
Carl "Slim" Pickens
Phil "The final" Plantier
Phil "Potted" Plantier
Eric "Ker-" Plunk
Ted "Tower of" Power
Jim "Hound dog" Presley
Joe "Actual Retail" Price
Ricky Proel "Shampoo"
Kirby "Union Gap" Puckett
Terry "Swimming" Puhl
Q
Jamie "Men at" Quirk
R
Tim "Purple" Raines
or Tim "Terrential" Raines
Johnny "Manta" Ray
Randy "Ever" Ready
or Randy "Rough and" Ready
Gary Redus "a bedtime story"
Kevin "Nursery" Reimer
Jerry "Rolls" Reuss
Craig Reynolds "wrap"
R.J Reynolds "wrap"
Jim "Pork Fried" Rice
Dave "Prince" Righetti
Jose "Blame it On" Rijo
Cal "Let 'er" Ripken
Andre "Bad Moon" Rison
Reggie "Rollin' on the" Rivers
Cookie "Days of wine and" Rojas
Bruce "Two minutes for" Ruffin
or Bruce Ruffin "Ready"
Vern "Golden" Ruhle
"Who Framed" Roger Ruzek
S
Mark "Tossed" Salas
Sean Salisbury "Steak"
Billy "Free" Sample
Juan "Play it again" Samuel
Ryne "Carl" Sandberg
Ryne "Love letters in the" Sandberg
Rafael "Evil Ways" Santana
or Rafael "Abraxa" Santana
or Rafael "Say it again" Santana
Benito "El Ducce" Santiago
Steve "Alto/Tenor" Sax
Bill "Crop" Scherrer
Mike "Pre-" Schooler
Bill "Beethoven" Schroeder
William Schultz "I KNOW NUSSING!"
Mike "Nova" Scoscia
Rick "Really big" Schu
Mike "Great" Scott
Tom "Leave it to" Seaver
Bob "Ice Station" Sebra
Scott "Won't you let me take you on a" Secules
Kevin "Alka" Seitzer
Jeff "Wine" Sellers
Frank "Graduate" Seminara
Larry "Satin" Sheets
or Larry "Bed" Sheets
Gary Sheffield "Of dreams"
John "T-bone" Shelby
Craig "Brewer and" Shipley
Eric "Win, place or" Show
Ruben "High" Sierra
Via "Ask Vai" Sikahema
Joel "Mule" Skinner
Don "On-" Slaught
John "Irish Eyes are" Smiley
Luis Sojo "In the rain"
Sammy "Say it ain't" Sosa
Mario "Scotch and" Soto
Chris "Church" Spier
Eddie "Stankey the Yankee" Stankiewicz
James "Easter" Steels
Bill "Beer" Stein
Terry "Grapes of Wrath" Steinbach
Dave "Sweet dreams" Stewart
Dwight "And the family" Stone
Darryl "Rhubarb" Strawberry
or Darryl Strawberry "Shortcake"
or Darryl Strawberry "Fields Forever"
Franklin "Ticket" Stubbs
Bruce "Three-piece" Sutter
Harry Sydney "Down Under"
T
Frank Tanana "Daiquiri"
Steve "A-Tisker-A" Taskers
Andres "Doubting" Thomas
Derrick Thomas: "Five tackles, three sacks, two forced fumbles, and a TD in a
pear tree"
"Thermal" Thomas
Dickie "Mara-" Thon
Mike "Miami" Tice
Lawyer's "In Love" Tillman
Fred Toliver "Twist"
Alan "Have Gun will" Trammel
Manny "Kingston" Trillo
Steve "Rainbow" Trout
John "House of" Tudor
or John "Private" Tudor
U
Jose "Game-winning" Uribe
John "Stick it in your" Urrea
V
Bobby "Be My" Valentine
Dave "Rudy" Valle
or Dave "Death" Valle
Andy "Dick" Van Slyke
Mo "Better Blues" Vaughn
Robin Ventura "Highway"
Frank "101 Strings" Viola
Ozzie "Like a" Virgil
W
Tim "Eli" Wallach
Gary "Hospital" Ward
or Gary "Mental" Ward
Bob "Intentional" Walk
Rickey Watters "Under the bridge"
Mitch "Noah" Webster
Walt "Three blind" Weiss
Bob "Ebony Eye" Welch
Ed "Go" West "Young man"
Lo White "And the Seven Dwarves"
Peter Tom "John, Paul, George, and Ringo" Willis
Glenn "Surfin' U.S.A." Wilson
Barry "Never a discouraging" Word
Vince Workman "My way back to you, babe"
Todd "We are the" Worrell
Butch "Oil and" Wynegar
Y
Rich "Not ready" Yett
Tom "Dying" Young
Z
Scott "Za Zaa Za Zaa Zoooolak"
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