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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.). [1]
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The Boys of Summer [34] – From the Brooklyn years – Reference to baseball being the only major team sport played during the summer. As with "Dem Bums", usage of this nickname for the Dodgers has faded with time; "Boys of Summer" is now often used to refer to baseball players in general. The Azul- Spanish word for blue
derived from jack ball Black Socks/Sox [15] Softball (men) Also derived from similarly named American teams Black Sticks [16] Field hockey (men and women) Diamondblacks [17] Baseball (men) Also derived from the similarly named Major League Baseball team and a reference to a baseball diamond [18] [19] E Blacks [20] Esports: Football Ferns [21 ...
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This nickname likely comes from baseball where a "Can of Corn" is an easily caught fly ball. Supposedly comes from a general store clerk reaching up and dropping a can from a high shelf. [ 70 ] Likely to be analogized due to the ease in which 32 is caught since it is the lowest possible non-hand (22 being a pair).
Pages in category "Nicknames in association football" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.