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Walk-On [139]
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Favorite nickname
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Sep 15, 2023, 5:58 AM
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I'm on the Hammerhead bandwagon! Before that it was 1967 Jimmy "Thread the Needle" Addison.
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One bad Mafah
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Sep 15, 2023, 6:46 AM
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One of the best ever for any player
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Orange Blooded [4759]
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Re: Favorite nickname
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Sep 15, 2023, 6:59 AM
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It was never "Thread the Needle" for Jimmy Addison. I played with him so I know. He was called "Needle" because he was skinny as a sewing needle....... Only weighed 147 lbs.
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Not sure about nickname, but favorite...
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Sep 15, 2023, 7:17 AM
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... name for a team.
Thundering Herd.
I have loved that name every since I heard it 50 or so years ago.
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Re: Not sure about nickname, but favorite...
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Sep 15, 2023, 7:30 AM
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Favorite High School team name, Robstown Cottonpickers, Robstown TX just North of Corpus Christi.
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Re: Not sure about nickname, but favorite...
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Sep 15, 2023, 8:42 AM
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Cairo Syrupmakers Cairo, GA
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Home of Karo Syrup.
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Sep 15, 2023, 9:35 AM
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And, Cairo - the town in south Georgia - is pronounced "kay-roe" not like the city in Egypt.
Side note - There is also a little town in south GA (between Moultrie and Valdosta) named Berlin.
It is pronounced "BURR-lun" not like the in Germany.
Side note 2 - There is an even smaller town near Moultrie named Doerun. It is not pronounced like a female deer sprinting through the forest "DOE-RUN", it is pronounced "Door-un."
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Reminds me of the small town in North Carolina...
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Sep 15, 2023, 10:02 AM
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named Rutherfordton.
The locals pronounce it "ruff-ton".
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yep, we can't even pronounce Vienna or Houston
Sep 15, 2023, 3:52 PM
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correctly either. LOL
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Re: Not sure about nickname, but favorite...
Sep 15, 2023, 4:11 PM
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North East (PA) Grapepickers. Yes they grow a lot of grapes there and have a Welch’s processing plant in the small town. Another interesting fact is this town is in about as far NORTHWESTERN PA as you can get. It’s about halfway between Cleveland and Buffalo.
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Ricochet Rabbit
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Sep 15, 2023, 7:39 AM
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The Fridge
The Power Rangers
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ole Stacey Driver!! He was a lot of fun to watch.***
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Sep 15, 2023, 7:47 AM
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Sunshine Scooter for Lee Corso at fsu***
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Sep 15, 2023, 7:57 AM
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Re: Sunshine Scooter for Lee Corso at fsu***
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Sep 15, 2023, 8:07 AM
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You had to love ... refrigerator.... if you are a Tiger fan!
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Re: Sunshine Scooter for Lee Corso at fsu***
Sep 15, 2023, 3:50 PM
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agree, definitely a sentimental fave as he was in my HS Class of '81.
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Re: Sunshine Scooter for Lee Corso at fsu***
Sep 15, 2023, 8:16 PM
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Wasn’t William Perry originally called “GE” ( refrigerators) in his freshman year? Then it turned into The Fridge and The Refrigerator Perry.
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Re: Favorite nickname
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Sep 15, 2023, 8:12 AM
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From Rocky V: Tommy the machine Gunn
I was hoping our own Robert Gunn would become a machine....
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"THE JUDGE!!"***
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Sep 15, 2023, 9:14 AM
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Beat me to it
Sep 15, 2023, 8:38 PM
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"TREE!!"***
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Sep 15, 2023, 9:17 AM
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Another south GA connection.
Sep 15, 2023, 9:39 AM
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Cordele, HS.
Someone should also mention, from that same era, Stan Rome - a teammate of Tree at Rollins who is from Valdosta, GA.
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Re: Favorite nickname
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Sep 15, 2023, 9:33 AM
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Noodle
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Re: Favorite nickname
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Sep 15, 2023, 9:35 AM
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And since most don’t know, it’s Derrick “Noodle” Hamilton…
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Re: Favorite nickname
Sep 15, 2023, 9:55 AM
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Jimmy Greenbeans
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crazy legs and stump mitchel***
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Sassy Shortcakes was my favorite nickname...
Sep 15, 2023, 4:15 PM
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people used to call me. Some old friends still do.
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Re: Favorite nickname
Sep 15, 2023, 4:28 PM
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Pretty much any minor league baseball team. They are all awesome.
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CU Guru [1534]
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Eddie "Meat Cleaver" Weaver and Mike "Moonpie" Wilson
Sep 15, 2023, 8:57 PM
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even for Dawgs - those are memorable names.
and the best baseball name ever: Ted "The Splendid Splinter" Williams
Good baseball nicknames are a lost art. I can't even remember a Braves player in the last 20 years with a great nickname - who am I missing? Don't include Frenchy.. that's not a baseball name.
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