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by Savage, Around Ye Olde Colonial College, Thursday, May 16, 2013, 12:06 (4772 days ago) @ Jay
edited by Savage, Thursday, May 16, 2013, 12:09

(adapted from real-life old-timey baseball nicknames):

"Sledgehammer" Shembo
"Scoops" Tuitt (maybe only Navy would call him that ... )
"Ironsmith" Spond
"Twinkletoes" Jackson
"Handy" Hanratty
"Boots" Brindza
"Whitey" McDaniel (Miami probably already does call him that ...)
"Joltin'" James Onwualu
Sheldon "The Big Bopper" Day
"The Elusive Emir" Carlisle
Zach "The Kentucky Colonel" Martin
Nick "The Little Colonel" Martin
Ronny "The Gambler" Stanley

... we actually had a good real one last year with "Ol' Uncle Kappy"

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Complete thread:

Does Nix have competition - JN, 2013-05-15, 18:25
- (sigh) Another sign of the changing times. - Ziggy Czardust & the Outrage from Mars, 2013-05-16, 07:59
  - this post made my day, bravo sir - JD in Portland, 2013-05-16, 17:30
  - Dug's mom should have laid off the Mrs. Winslow's. - Kevin, 2013-05-16, 12:15
  - Gus "Shape-shifter" Munnerlyn. Would later play as a mule - GuinnessBob, 2013-05-16, 12:08
    - That's a Wonder Twinian waste of animal shape-shifting power - Ziggy Czardust & the Outrage from Mars, 2013-05-16, 13:35
      - But the girls loved him. - GuinnessBob, 2013-05-16, 14:14
  - everybody gets an old timey nickname - Jay, 2013-05-16, 10:34
    - More ... - Savage, 2013-05-16, 12:06
      - Wasn't it Ol Man Kap? - JN, 2013-05-16, 12:33
        
        I've heard it both ways. - Savage, 2013-05-16, 13:11
      - Who gets "Sweet"? - Chris, 2013-05-16, 12:13
        
        Jay took two of the contenders. - Savage, 2013-05-16, 13:16
    - Bob "Stanwyk" Diaco - Greg, 2013-05-16, 10:59
    - "Bill" Mahone - JN, 2013-05-16, 10:53
  - The Jump, Jive n' Pass! is a longtime favorite of mine - Brian, 2013-05-16, 09:14
- Everyone knows chocolate babka > cinnamon babka - Jeff (BGS), 2013-05-15, 21:07
  - Cinnamon takes a backseat to no babka!!! - Brian, 2013-05-16, 07:47

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