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Ive been organizing/reorganizing and have thought to myself what ever happened to the names that say "ball player". There are standard names that probably struck fear into the opponents hearts based on performance but here are some athletes names that simply scream "ballplayer" to me.

First one that comes to mind is Vida Blue...has anyone ever been named Vida since?

Rocky Bleier...pretty much anyone named Rocky sounds like a ballplayer

Lou Alcinder ...I know! I know! he changed it to Kareem

lastly anyone that goes by Fernando sounds like a baseball player,

What are some names that just say ballplayer to others? and Im the only one wonders at 4am, whatever happened to that trend? lol

Mickey.  Cochrane, Mantle, Rivers, Lolich, Tettleton, Morandini. 

You just don't hear from many Mickeys outside baseball.

My favorite Mickey was Mickey Hatcher. He was loved by the Twins fans in LF.

Anyone given the nickname Duke or Moose.

I can't even think of any current players with good nicknames.  You've got players like Judge, who's names are their nicknames, I don't count that.  I'm talking a good nickname that people know and recognize that nickname as trouble when they are facing that player.

Over the years there have been some great ones which as soon as you hear them you know who the player is...
Like "Spaceman", "Big Papi", "Oil Can", "The Big Hurt", "The Say Hey Kid", "The Wizard", "The Yankee Clipper", or "Mr. October"
You don't even need to say their actual names yet people know exactly who you are talking about.

Mookie!! Now that's a nickname...

And although not official, being a Celtics fan, I gave Rich Mahorn the nickname of "Elbows" for the way he played. 

One of my favorite baseball player names is "Dusty" Rhodes.

Dick Butkus sounds like a tough football player.

Rowdy Tellez?  That's more disruptive than fear-inducing.

Not much creativity in nicknames these days: ARod, JRod, JV, etc.

Thor is okay, I guess.

Thought this would be appropriate.

TALKIN' BASEBALL (Willie, Mickey, and the Duke)
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The Whiz Kids had won it
Bobby Thomson had done it
And Yogi read the comics all the while
Rock 'n roll was being born
Marijuana, we would scorn
So down on the corner
The national past-time went on trial

We're talkin' baseball!
Kluszewski, Campanella
Talkin' baseball!
The Man and Bobby Feller
The Scooter, the Barber, and the Newc
They knew 'em all from Boston to Dubuque
Especially Willie, Mickey, and the Duke

Well, Casey was winning
Hank Aaron was beginning
One Robbie going out, one coming in
Kiner and Midget Gaedel
The Thumper and Mel Parnell
And Ike was the only one winning down in Washington

We're talkin' baseball!
Kluszewski, Campanella
Talkin' baseball!
The Man and Bobby Feller
The Scooter, the Barber, and the Newc
They knew 'em all from Boston to Dubuque
Especially Willie, Mickey, and the Duke

Now my old friend, The Bachelor
Well, he swore he was the Oklahoma Kid
And Cookie played hooky
To go and see the Duke
And me, I always loved Willie Mays
Those were the days!

Well, now it's the 80's
And Brett is the greatest
And Bobby Bonds can play for everyone
Rose is at the Vet
And Rusty again is a Met
And the great Alexander is pitchin' again in Washington

Listen to it here: https://www.google.com/search?q=willie+mickey+and+the+duke&client=firefox-b-1-d&ei=kw6OY-iMF6ydptQPude_sAw&ved=0ahUKEwiooqHv5eL7AhWsjokEHbnrD8YQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=willie+mickey+and+the+duke&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQAzIECAAQQzIFCC4QgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeOgoIABBHENYEELADOgUIABCGA0oECEEYAEoECEYYAFDYKViNP2DEQmgCcAF4AIABdogBhQaSAQM1LjOYAQCgAQHIAQfAAQE&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:72c16d2f,vid:h0nJSwt2R5c

Well, that didn't work!

Feel free to delete.....