August 11, 200521 yr He looks like the badass that he is. 897812[/snapback] :thumbup He looks like a winner. Thats what counts.
August 11, 200521 yr He looks like the penguin from Batman... http://www.cinefex.com/backissues/number51.jpg
August 11, 200521 yr As long as he's winning games, I don't care if he had testicles hanging off his nose.
August 11, 200521 yr Just call him Vargas. Not like you'll confuse that with any other player out there.
August 11, 200521 yr we need a nickname for vargas 898439[/snapback] If he ever hits a walkoff homerun (never happen unless it's a 0-0 game going into the bottom of ninth and he's pitching), we can call him (taking from Tommy Hutton's call on a certain homerun): VARGY!
August 11, 200521 yr How about V-Unit...like a play on words of 50 Cent's G-Unit. And the defense behind him can be the V-Unit Soldiers. Of course, then he would have to make his plate appearence music "In Da Club"(which would actually be awesome). Yes, I am going with V-you-NIT
August 11, 200521 yr How about V-Unit...like a play on words of 50 Cent's G-Unit. And the defense behind him can be the V-Unit Soldiers. Of course, then he would have to make his plate appearence music "In Da Club"(which would actually be awesome). Yes, I am going with V-you-NIT 898627[/snapback] no
August 11, 200521 yr Also, along with him being called V-you-NIT, everytime he strikes someone out they could cue up the sound effect of the slot machine from the start of get rich or die trying...oh yes, I am liking this.
August 11, 200521 yr I don't care.. as long as he pitches his Vargin behind off and does well, who cares about a nickname?
August 11, 200521 yr I don't care.. as long as he pitches his Vargin behind off and does well, who cares about a nickname? 898633[/snapback] Nicknames used to be a badge of honor in Major League Baseball. You could identify a legend by their nickname, Ted Williams was the Splendid Splinter, George Herman Ruth was The Babe or The Bambino or the Sultan of Swat(and Yankee Stadium was and still is The House that Ruth Built), The Yankee Clipper "Joltin" Joe DiMaggio, Ty Cobb was "The Georgia Peach", Walter "Big Train" Johnson, Stan "The Man" Musial, "The Iron Horse" Lou Gherig, "Hammerin" Hank Aaron, probably the best of all time was Honus Wagner: The Flying Dutchman, former single season hit king "Gorgeous" George Sisler, the most awe imspiring: Reggie Jackson-Mr. October, Nolan Ryan "Express", Jim "Catfish" Hunter....sorry for the history lesson there(my dad, avid baseball fan, would refer to them by these names and I'd have to know who he was talking about or I'd get a nice shot to the arm...kind of like playing "slug bug" when you see a Volkswagon while your driving down the road) and that put into me a certain awe of these greats. That a whole generation of people could identify someone almost more by their nicknames then by their actual name. This is one of the more colorful and intimant portions of baseball history, and it is going away, and I think that is just wrong. Only a handful of players even have identifiable mainstream nicknames that are truly unique nowadays, "Big Unit" Randy Johnson, Rodger "Rocket" Clemens, "Prince Albert" Pujols, David Ortiz is getting there with "Big Papi" thanks to ESPN's love of the BoSawx. I am truly hopeful that a swarm of truly unique and special nicknames comes about for this new generation of greats, that way I can quiz my kids much in the same way my dad did to me when I was a young kid.
August 11, 200521 yr I like the Crow for a nickname. It was a kewl movie about a guy coming back to get his justice. Well Vargas will come up to the plate for his justice always and plus he is always out there fighting with all he has got. The kid works for his games hard core. Jason "the crow" Vargas rocks for a nickname
August 11, 200521 yr Yeah..back to my idea of the walk-off homer thing :lol Waltz: Vargas up at the plate..swings and hits a drive to deep right! Tommy: VARGY!
August 11, 200521 yr Oh yea, Vargy is so great...so original, lets replace the "as" on the end of his name with a "y" and it will be a great nickname that will get everyone talking. Puh-lease.
August 11, 200521 yr Your intelligence is surpassed only by your sarcasm.... and wit, and pretty much anything else..
August 11, 200521 yr Your intelligence is surpassed only by your sarcasm.... and wit, and pretty much anything else.. 898661[/snapback] I am just saying, there is nothing original or creative about "Vargy". This is what I am talking about, these lame tags people put on players just to give them a nickname is ruining one of the truly unique parts of the games legacy. That'd be like back in the day calling Walter Johnson "Walty" or Ted Williams "Teddy".
August 11, 200521 yr Your intelligence is surpassed only by your sarcasm.... and wit, and pretty much anything else.. 898661[/snapback] I am just saying, there is nothing original or creative about "Vargy". This is what I am talking about, these lame tags people put on players just to give them a nickname is ruining one of the truly unique parts of the games legacy. That'd be like back in the day calling Walter Johnson "Walty" or Ted Williams "Teddy". 898664[/snapback] Actually one of his nicknames was "Teddy Ballgame"
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