The 2011 Boston Red Sox Swagtastic New Nicknames (Note: I do not claim that all of these are particularly insightful or clever. But trust me, they work):
Alfredo Aceves - Fettucine Alfredo (Hes just lucky he didnt end up as Bird Food after what the Orioles did to him last night. Well I guess he kinda did)
Matt Albers - The Guaper (In honor of Red Sox legend Rich El Guapo Garces, the Jackie Robinson of fat-lard middle relievers. Just beat out Fatty Boom Boom)
Daniel Bard - 151 (Just like Bacardi 151 rum, hell stop you dead in your tracks and ---- up your night. Plus, 100 mph [speed of average Bard fastball] plus 51 [his jersey number] equals
voila! Almost went with a Shakespeare nickname til I busted out my calculator for that brain-buster)
Josh Beckett - Becks (Me and my friends [and maybe everyone else? IDK] have already been calling him by David Beckhams nickname for years. I like the contrast between the charming, photogenic soccer player and our pissed-off flame-throwing ---hole)
Carl Crawford - Simba (
http://vandy311.tumblr.com/post/7770853129/red-sox-locker-room-inspirational-movie-scene-of)
JD Drew - Space Cadet (Ive been using this one for awhile actually, for a few reasons: 1) His real name is David Jonathan so his initials make no ------- sense 2) He either doesnt know what the ---- is going on during the game or doesnt give a ---- and 3) Like an astronaut about to leave earth, or just NASAs whole space shuttle program, hes gonna be long gone soon enough)
Jacoby Ellsbury - The Flying Beaver (If our #2 hitter is the Muddy Chicken, why cant the leadoff hitter be the Flying Beaver? Dude makes all sorts of crazy diving catches, and everyone in the world knows he can fly. So why Beaver? He went to Oregon State. Also, he
probably definitely gets a lot of -----)
Adrian Gonzalez - Gonzo (Ive been using this one for awhile too, but like Becks, Im not entirely sure if its something I just see my friends type or if the general public has started using it too. But its about a million times better than A-Gon and the Rodrigian attributes that one entails. Plus, the anticipation of yelling it at the top of your lungs with the satisfaction of a really good orgasm makes his at-bats that much more swagtastic)
John Lackey - Horse Face (Its nicer to give him a nickname based on how he looks than how hes pitched, right?)
Darnell McDonald - DMC (Now if only we had someone named Run
HA)
Andrew Miller - Shaggy (As in Scooby-Doo, not the It Wasnt Me guy. Not only do they look the same, but I hear that Andrew Miller gets stoned out of his mind after every start and spends the night solving mysteries with his talking dog. And that he calls his ---- the Mystery Machine. Dont ask me how I know this)
Franklin Morales - Frank (Would you rather be named after the greatest singer of all time or a pre-teen talking turtle? It may not be clever but its the right thing to do, damnit)
Yamaico Navarro - Babyface (Im instituting a policy that the youngest player on the Red Sox active roster must always be referred to as Babyface. Josh Reddick lucked out here by a few months)
David Ortiz - Big Papi (some things you just dont ---- with)
Jonathan Papelbon - Paps (Yes, its basically a less-clever version of Becks, but I like the idea of having a guy named Papi and a guy named Paps together on the same team. Like Allan Ray and Ray Allen being on the Celtics together for 3 days in 2007)
Josh Reddick - Josh JJ Can Suck My Reddick (Because I cant see the name Josh Reddick and not think of that ------bag who used to play basketball for ------, I mean, Duke University)
Jarrod Saltalamacchia - The Salty Dog (Everyones been calling him Salty, which is fine, but come on
add Dog in there and BOOM its ------- golden. I cant wait to hear epic drinking stories about The Salty Dog single-handedly destroying bars across the city of Boston Brad Marchand-style
if when the Sox win the Series)
Marco Scutaro - Soccer Mom (His name sounds like he should be playing soccer, and if you let any random 35 year-old woman from the stands pinch hit for him with two outs, shed probably be more likely to keep the inning going)
Jason Varitek - The Captain (I know people have been calling him this for awhile, but we need to disassociate the words captain and Derek Jeter after that 4-month, 3000 hits ESPN circle jerk)
Tim Wakefield - Gandalf (Hes probably older than Gandalf, but thats okay. Weve all thought he was dead at some point, but he always keeps coming back. Making a 20-year career by throwing nothing but knucklers is nothing short of LOTR-type crazy --- magic. And remember the scene when Gandalf goes HAM on the Balrog? Do not piss Tim Wakefield off)
Kyle Weiland - Velvet Revolver (Like Scott Weilands old band Velvet Revolver, I do not want to see or hear from Kyle Weiland ever again. Or at least til he gets his ---- together
tho Id much prefer the original starting rotation/Guns N Roses to get back together)
Dan Wheeler - Pete Wheeler (Pete Wheeler was the kid in Backyard Baseball who made Forrest Gump look like Stephen Hawking. You know youve ------ up tremendously at some point when people are applauding you for pitching well in a 15-10 game against a last place team).
Randy Williams - Randy Who? (Seriously, who?)
Kevin Youkilis - YOUUUUUK (See David Ortiz)
Terry Francona - Tito (See Kevin Youkilis)