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The Best Names In Braves Franchise History, Part 1
The Braves have featured many great names in the franchise's long history. This post will focus on the teams from 1876 until 1906, when the franchise was located in Boston and known as the Red Stockings (until 1882) and then the Beaneaters. Here are 15 of my favorite player names from this era, in...
Sharks Gameday: Cockney Rhyming Nicknames
Next Game San Jose Sharks @ Anaheim Ducks Friday, Oct 14, 2011, 7:00 PM PDT Honda Center Complete Coverage > <!-- END WIDGET --> (Editor's note: With such a long break between the first two games for the Sharks, Meg went a little crazy. He apparently thinks readers will be...
Ducks Preseason -- Correction: Let's NOT try this again.
Last year, through five preseason games, the Ducks were cumulatively outshot 180-122 and outscored 14-10. This year through five games the Ducks have been outshot 191-117 and outscored 22-15. Outshot worse than last year, outscored worse than last year -- if it weren't for shitty Finnish...
Proposed Nicknames for San Jose Defensive Pairings
Defensive pairings rarely get nicknames in hockey, but there are some great potential nicknames for the Sharks this year, depending on which players get matched together. Here are just a few that we may get to enjoy this season: Burns and Murray: Brent Burns is all about animals. He owns all...
Getting To Know Marco Sturm
-Versatile. Can play top or bottom 6. -A risky signing with his knee injuries -A solid 2-way player -A gritty scorer Those are just a few things that describe our newest angry German. The Kurtenbloggers have an informative post up about him including history, quotes and even nicknames. I've always...
Ducks Gameday -- Another Finn to Winn in Minn.
Anaheim Ducks (32-22-4) at Minnesota Wild (30-22-5), 5 pmAnaheim Calling and Hockey Wilderness -- otherwise known as "Koivu Nation". It seems the 9-man logjam on the Anaheim blueline has found some relief. The Ducks traded Paul Mara to the Montreal Canadiens for a 5th round pick before sending a...
Taylor Martinez Is T-Magic? No. How 'Bout "Too Fast"?
I'm not too hyped on Taylor Martinez' nickname, "T-Magic". I realize his teammates gave him the nickname, and I know that most fans can fall in love with a nickname, but this one ain't working for me. I can understand why he needs a nickname. It's because his name is too long. By the time someone...
Taylor Hall, The Kingston Cannonball
The Chicoutimi Cucumber. The Golden Jet. The Edmonton Express. The Rocket. The Stratford Streak. Old Poison. The Pembroke Peach. The Hammer. The Russian Rocket. These are all nicknames of a day gone by. They are descriptive and flowing. They tell a story and describe the player at the...
What's in a (nick)name?
A couple of weeks ago, Danica Patrick cast her net on the Twitter grounds trying to reel in some ideas for a new nickname. Apparently, racing's #1 diva felt that she needed a moniker that her crew could call her that was amusing without being insulting. "DP" was too simple, and I'm pretty sure that...
Ducks Gameday -- Hittin' the Blooze
Anaheim Ducks (23-21-7, 11th in west) at St. Louis Blues (22-21-7, 13th in west), 5 pmAnaheim Calling or St. Louis Game Time for some actual hockey talk. It's a lazy Saturday and I don't feel like writing very much today. However, I did get my act together to draw up a few player-nickname pictures...
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