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This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players. It includes a complete list of nicknames of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a list of nicknames of current players, nicknames of popular players who have played for each major league team, and lists of nicknames grouped into particular categories (e.g., ethnic nicknames, personality trait nicknames etc.).
The Bad Guys – A reference to the 1986 Mets, who were known for their high level of performance, hard-living lifestyles, and conflicts with each other and other teams on and off the field. Jeff Pearlman wrote a book about this team titled The Bad Guys Won. [38] The Methodical Mets – Coined by baseball writer Tracy Ringolsby of the 1986 Mets ...
Reno, Nevada proudly displays its nickname as "The Biggest Little City in the World" on a large sign above a downtown street.. This partial list of city nicknames in the United States compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards ...
Appearances: Manly Sea Eagles games only, not a total of their career games. For example, Brent Kite has played a career total of 313 first-grade games but of those, 221 were at Manly. Previous Club: refers to the previous first-grade rugby league club (NRL or Super League) the player played at and does not refer to any junior club, Rugby Union ...
Texas-Tyler Patriots. Texas A&M Aggies. Texas A&M–Central Texas Warriors. Texas A&M–Commerce Lions. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders. Texas A&M–Galveston Sea Aggies. Texas A&M International Dustdevils. Texas A&M–Kingsville Javelinas. Texas A&M–San Antonio Jaguars.
"The Big Dipper" = Wilt Chamberlain, American center [12] "Big Dog" = Glenn Robinson, American power forward [13] "The Big E" = Elvin Hayes, American power forward [14] "Big Nasty" = Corliss Williamson, American power forward [15] "Big O" = Oscar Robertson, American point guard (and precursor to the modern point forward) [16]
SEE ALSO: Celebrities on their very first red carpets -- Try not to laugh! Because of this power -- and this "closeness" -- fans have started to give themselves collective names. Some of them ...
Bears at the 2009 Marcha Gay in Mexico City. In the mid-1980s, gay men in the San Francisco Bay Area who called themselves "bears" met informally at Bear Hug (sex) parties and via the newly emerging Internet. The term "bear" was popularized by Richard Bulger, who, along with his then-partner Chris Nelson (1960–2006), founded Bear Magazine in ...