Give your Tiger a Nickname

[jonwings]

So I was reading another message board and I came upon a topic that might be fun over here. I know when I am watching a game and I am rooting for (or yelling at) a player often times I’ll use a nickname for that player that I have heard somewhere else or came up with myself. I suggest we come up with the Official Michigan Sport Show Nicknames for Your Detroit Tigers
I’ll add in the obvious one, but everyone should have a nickname, so let’s get at it.

Below is the roster from the Tigers website with a few of my own. I’m sure more will come to me over time.

Freddy Dolsi
Casey Fossum
Armando Galarraga
Todd Jones - Heart Attack
Aquilino Lopez
Zach Miner
Nate Robertson
Fernando Rodney
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
Bobby Seay
Justin Verlander - The Verlander (Like the Highlander, there can be only one)
Joel Zumaya - Zoom
Ivan Rodriguez - Pudge
Miguel Cabrera
Carlos Guillen
Brandon Inge
Placido Polanco
Edgar Renteria
Ramon Santiago
Curtis Granderson
Matt Joyce
Magglio Ordonez - Mags
Ryan Raburn
Gary Sheffield
Marcus Thames – Mister Thames (every time I see a highlight of Marcus I have the unnatural urge to say “You call me Mister Thames”, like I’m Sidney Pointier in “In The Heat of the Night”

I figure we can do this for the Wings, Pistons, and Lions as those seasons get closer.

[jonwings]

After tonights game Todd Jones is now offically "The Killer"

[finch0122]

Nate Robertson - Nate the Great
Matt Joyce - Re-Joyce
Brandon Inge - Binge
Placido Polanco - Polly or Peanut Head
Miguel Cabrera - Cabby
Todd Jones - The Rollercoaster

[finch0122]

also Kenny Rodgers is also known as the Professor.

[jonwings]

Now that is looks like Rodney is going to be the closer I am now dubbing him "F-Rod"

You can read that which ever way you want, because I guarantee both good and bad connotations will apply during the remainder of the season.