Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
From: anish@ctt.bellcore.com (Anish Bhimani)
Subject: Re: Chris Berman's Nicknames on ESPN
Message-ID: <1993Jan14.144527.12049@walter.bellcore.com>
Organization: Bellcore, Piscataway, New Jersey
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 93 14:45:27 GMT
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steffen8546@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:

> Could anyone please send me any of ESPN's Chris Berman's (sp) nicknames.  
> I am trying to compile a list to post.  Thanks in advance.

Compiled over the years from r.s.bb:

  A
   Shawn "Little" Abner
   Rick "see ya later" Aguilera
   Mike "Enough" Aldretti
      or Mike "Mario" Aldrete
   Doyle "Brandy" Alexander
   Dana Allison "Wonderland"
   Bill Almon "Joy"
      or Bill "Toasted" Almon
   Roberto "Remember The" Alomar
   Sandy "Remember the other" Alomar Jr.
   Brady "Bunch" Anderson
   Joaquin "the dog" Andujar
   Tony "Brothers In" Armas
   Don "Guns of" August
  B
   Scott "Hay" Bailes
   Mark "Beetle" Bailey
   Scott "Tallulah" Bankhead
   Floyd "Up and Down the" Bannister
   Marty "Grin and" Barrett
   Kevin "Small Mouth" Bass
   Randy "Large Mouth" Bass
   Billy "Lima" Beane
   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"
   Bud "paint it" Black
   Lance "You sank my" Blankenship
   Bert "Be home" Blyleven
   Bruce Bochte "Ball"
   Randy Bockus "is willing"
   Wade "Cranberry" Boggs
   Barry "U.S." Bonds
   Pat "North of the" Borders
   Daryl "Please come home to" Boston
   Sid "Coffee and" Bream
   Greg "Crocodile" Brock
   Hubie "Babbling" Brooks
   Bob "Bulldog" Bower
   Britt "Third Degree" Burns
   Randy "Burning" Bush
   Brett "Tara" Butler
 

 C
  Greg "life is a" Caderet
  Ivan "Bubbling" Calderon
  Sylvester "When the swallows return to" Campusano
  John "Candyman" Candeleria
  Tom "Cotton" Candiotti
  Jose "can you see" Canseco
  Don "roses" Carman
  Mark Carreon "my wayward son"
  Ron Cey "Hey"
   or Ron "born in the US" Cey
  Steve "Kentucky fried" Chitren
  Will "The Natural" Clark
  Mark "Crystal" Clear
  David "Sili-" Cone
  Ed "Chick" Correa
  Henry "Ava-" Cotto
  Jose "Won't you take me on a sea" Cruz
  Todd "Carribean" Cruz
 D
  Kal "Jack" Daniels
  Ron "Oh My" Darling
  Eric "The Red" Davis
  Glenn "Mr. Outside" Davis
  Jody Davis "Eyes"
  "Eye of the" Storm Davis
  Bill "Hello" Dawley
  Jeff Dedmon "Don't wear plaid"
  Rob "Bomba" Deer
     or Rob "Rein" Deer
  Jim "Two sillouhettes on" DeShaies
  Bo "Beunos" Diaz
  Bill "Doran" Doran
  Rich "280z" Dotson
  Brian "Number 10" Downing "Street"
  Kelly "Churchill" Downs
  Curt "Devil with the blue" Dressendorfer
  Dan "Salad" Driesen
  Mike "Well" Dunne
  Leon "Bull" Durham
  Jim "Washer and" Dwyer
 E
  Lee Elia "Kuriakin"
  Dave "Right" Engle
 F
  Steve "A bridge too" Farr
  "El" Sid Fernandez
  Cecil "Is No" Fielder
  Curt "Model-T" Ford
  Bob "Air" Forsch
  John "Generalissimo Franscisco" Franco
  "Starvin'" Marvin Freeman
  Jim "Bela" Fergosi
  Rollie "Chicken" Fingers
 G
  Oscar "six-to-five" Gamble
  Greg Gagne "with a spoon"
  Andres "The Giant" Galarraga 
  Mike "Leggo" Gallego
  Wes "Kenny the" Gardner
  Dan "Man from" Gladden
  Tom "Heard it through the" Glavine
  Dwight "Johnny Be" Gooden
  Mark "Amazing" Grace
  Mark "Federal" Grant
  Johnny "Pass the" Grubb
  "Fettucini" Alfredo Griffin
  Jose "Mother" Guzman
  Tony Gwynn "and bear it"

H
 Moose "Antlers" Haas
 Von "Purple" Hayes
 Jeff Hamilton "Joe Frank and Reynolds"
 Mike Heath "Bar"
 Danny "Dung" Heep
  or Danny "Uriah" Heep
 Dave "Harry and the" Henderson
 Tommy "Ben" Herr
 Jay "Thurston B." Howell
 LaMarr "Where does it" Hoyt
 Kent "Buy a vowel" Hrbek
 Glenn "Mother" Hubbard"
 Charles "Moscow on the" Hudson
 Tom "Ex-" Hume
 Bruce "Patty" Hurst
I
 Garth "Clockwork" Iorg
J
 Bo "Diddley" Jackson
 Chris "Bartles &" James
 Dion James "and the Belmonts"
 Stan "You can" Javier "way"
 Gregg "The Hammer" Jeffries
 Jimmy "Handyman" Jones
 Wally "Absorbine" Joyner

K
 Jimmy "Francis Scott" Key
 Dana "Field Goal" Kiecker
 Eric "Burger" King
 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
 John "I am not a" Kruk
L
 Mike "Izod" LaCoss
 Mike Laga "beer"
 Steve "Great" Lake
 Dennis "Fluorescent" Lamp
 Dave "Don't" LaPoint
 Tim "Praise the" Laudner
 Vance "Common" Law
 Al "Cigarette" Leiter
 Chet "Bitter" Lemon
 Jeff "Sugar Ray" Leonard
 Jose Lind "on me"
 John "Tonight, let it be" Lowenstein
 Ed "Merrill" Lynch
 Steve Lyons "and tigers and bears, oh my"
M
 Shane "Connie" Mack
 Greg "Appa" Maddux
 Bill Madlock "D.A."
 Dave "Mary" Magadan
 Rick "Junk" Mahler
 Candy "Man" Maldanado
 Kirt "What was that" Manwaring
 Mike Mason "jar"
 Don "Welcome Home" Mattingly
 Oddibe "Young Again" McDowell
 "Me and" Willie McGee
 Fred "Crime Dog" McGriff
 Mark "Eve of Destruction" McGwire
 Bob Melvin "and the Blue Notes"
 Jim "Love me two times" Morrison
  or Jim "people are strange" Morrison
 John "Holy" Moses
 Eddie "eat, drink and be" Murray
N
 Tim "Golden" Naehring
 Gene "Full" Nelson
 Al "Paul" Newman
   or Al "-fred E." Newman
 Paul "Buenos" Noce
 Matt "No" Nokes
P
 Jim "Hanky" Pankovits
 Mark "trans-" Parent
 Dave "Parallel" Parker
 Tony "Jala-" Pena
 Melido "Shuffle" Perez
 Pasquel "roadmap" Perez
 Ken "Goodbye, Mr. " Phelps
 Eric "Ker-" Plunk
 Jim "Hound dog" Presley
 Joe "Actual Retail" Price
 Kirby "Union Gap" Puckett
R
 Tim "Purple" Raines
  or Tim "Torrential" Raines
 Johnny "Manta" Ray

 Randy "Ever" Ready
  or Randy "Rough and" Ready
 Gary Redus "a bedtime story"
 Jerry "Rolls" Reuss
 Craig Reynolds "wrap"
 Jim "Pork Fried" Rice
 Jose "Blame it On" Rijo
 Cookie "Days of wine and" Rojas
 Bruce "2 minutes for" Ruffin
S
 Mark "Tossed" Salas
 Juan "play it again" Samuel
 Ryne "Carl" Sandberg
 Rafael "Evil Ways" Santana
 Benito "El Ducce" Santiago
 Steve "Alto/Tenor" Sax
 Mike "Pre-" Schooler
 Bill "Beethoven" Schroeder
 Mike "Nova" Scoscia
 Rick "Really big" Schu
 Mike "Great" Scott
 Tom "Leave it to" Seaver
 Bob "ICe Station" Sebra
 Kevin "Alka" Seitzer
 Larry "Satin" Sheets
 Eric "Win, place and" Show
 Ruben "High" Sierra
 Don "On-" Slaught
 Darryl "Rhubarb" Strawberry
   or Darryl Strawberry "shortcake"
   or Darryl Strawberry "Fields Forever"
 Andy "Dick" Van Slyke
 John "Irish Eyes are" Smiley
 Franklin "Ticket" Stubbs
 Bruce "3-piece" Sutter
T
 Frank Tanana "daiquiri"
 Andres "Doubting" Thomas
 Fred Toliver "Twist"
 Alan "Have Gun will" Trammel
 Manny "Kingston" Trillo
 Steve "Rainbow" Trout
 John "House of" Tudor
U
 Jose "Game-winning" Uribe
V
 Bobby "Be My" Valentine
 Dave "Rudy" Valle
   or Dave "Death" Valley
 Frank "101 Strings" Viola
 Ozzie "like a" Virgil
W
 Tim "Eli" Wallach
 Gary "Hospital" Ward
 Bob "Intentional" Walk
 Mitch "Noah" Webster
 Walt "Three blind" Weiss
 Bob "Ebony Eye" Welch
 Glenn "Surfin' U.S.A." Wilson
 Todd "We are the" Worrell
 Butch "Oil and" Wynegar
Y
 Rich "Not ready" Yett

DAVE Don't LAPOINT
RUDY Mother in LAW
VANCE Common LAW
CRAIG Def LEFFERTS
CHET Bitter LEMON
JOHN Tonight let it be LOWENSTEIN
URBANO Renewal LUGO
RICK Innocent LYSANDER
JOE MAGRANE Headache
RICK Junk MAHLER
MIKE Perry MASON
ODDIBE Young again MCDOWELL
Me And WILLIE MCGEE
MARK Eve of Destruction McGWIRE
JIM People are strange MORRISON
JOHN Holy MOSES
DARRYL MOTLEY Crew
EDDIE Eat Drink and be MURRAY
AL What me worry NEWMAN
REID Buffalo NICHOLS
MATT No NOKES
BRIAN B.P. OELKERS
RON Chuck OESTER
DAVE Parallel PARKER
TONY Hali PENA
KEN Good evening Mr. PHELPS
TED Tower of POWER
JIM Hounddog PRESLEY
JOE Actual Retail PRICE
KIRBY Union Gap PUCKETT
TERRY Swimming PUHL
JAMIE Men at QUIRK
TIM Purple RAINES
JOHNNY Manta RAY
RANDY Ever READY
RANDY Rough And READY
JERRY Rolls REUSS
R.J. REYNOLDS Wrap
DAVE Prince RIGHETTI
JOSE Blame it on RIJO
BRUCE RUFFIN Ready
VERN Golden RUHLE
MARK Tossed SALAS
BILLY Free SAMPLE
RAFAEL Abraxa SANTANA
RAFAEL Say It Again SANTANA
BENITO Il Duche SANTIAGO
STEVE Alto SAX
BILL Crop SCHERRER
RICK Really Big SCHU
MIKE Great SCOTT
TOM Leave it to SEAVER
KEVIN Alka SEITZER
JEFF Wine SELLERS
LARRY Bed SHEETS
JOHN T-Bone SHELBY
CRAIG Brewer and SHIPLEY
ERIC Win Place and SHOW
RUBEN Hines SIERRA
JOEL Mule SKINNER
DON On SLAUGHT
JOHN Irish Eyes Are SMILEY
MARIO Scotch and SOTO
CHRIS Church SPEIER
JAMES Easter STEELS
BILL Beer STEIN
TERRY Grapes Of Wrath STEINBACH
DARRYL Rhubarb STRAWBERRY
FRANKLIN Ticket STUBBS
BRUCE Three Piece SUTTER
FRANK TANANA Daiquiri
ANDRES Doubting THOMAS
MANNY Kingston TRILLO
JOHN Private TUDOR
JOSE Game Winning URIBE
JOHN Stick it in your URREA
ANDY Dick VAN SLYKE
FRANK Hundred one strings VIOLA
OZZIE Like a VIRGIL
TIM Eli WALLACH
GARY Hospital WARD
BOB Ebony eyes WELCH
GLENN Surfin U.S.A. WILSON
BUTCH Oil and WYNEGAR
RICH Not YETT

Bobby "be my" Valentine
Ruben "High" Sierra
Ty "Corn on the" Cobb
Jim "Fried" Rice
Bill "Hard a" Lee
Don "Down the" Gullet
Jesus/Felipe/Matty "Skip to my" Alou
Juan "Field" Marichal
Willie "Lost in the" Mays
Frank "Play the" Viola
Jack "the Whiffer" Clark
Matt "Dying" Young
Tom "Dirty" Henke
Dave "Supreme Court" Justice
Dwight Gooden "Plenty"
Monty "Haul" Ferris

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