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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]
The G-Men – Reference to nickname for a government agent. Also used for the American football team with whom the baseball club used to share a name and a home stadium, the New York Giants. Los Gigantes – Spanish for Giants. Used on the team's uniform on Cinco de Mayo of 2007. [62] The Orange and Black – Reference to the team's colors.
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Quarterback Brett Favre of the Green Bay Packers looks to pass the ball during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Lambeau Field in Green Bay on Sept. 20, 1992. The Packers won the game, 24 ...
Nicknames in baseball (1 C, 70 P) Nicknames in basketball (1 C, 7 P) Nicknames in boxing (12 P) C. ... List of college nickname changes in the United States;
A batter who hits a ball extremely hard and far might be said to crush the ball, as if he had destroyed the baseball or at least changed its shape. Related expressions are crunched the ball or mashed the ball. Indeed, a slugger is sometimes described as a masher. Illustration: "Though the 25-year-old has impressed with two homers in five games ...
Named by Andrew Gous & Peter Michael in reference to the ice skate (speed skate) blades. Steel Blacks/Iron Blacks [34] [35] American football (men) In reference to "gridiron", a common name for the playing fields in American and Canadian football. Tall Blacks [36] Basketball (men) In reference to the height of most professional basketball players
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.