Carlos Gonzalez Nickname
by Jeff Aberle on Jun 11, 2009 1:08 PM MDT
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This was originally a FanPost by NYROX, but I deleted it with the intention of reposting it as a short, discussion-starting FanShot. When I did, however, I was unable to do what I thought I would be able to do. As such, I am reposting this as a FanPost. My apologies, NYROX.
In any case, here's my thought process evolution for Carlos Gonzalez's nickname:
Carlos Gonzalez
CarGon (shortened)
Argon (rhymes with)
Krypton (noble gases)
Kryptonite (popular culture--also trying to neutralize Rockies fan's negative perceptions of Holliday trade)
Gonzalez will hereby be known as Kryptonite.
Nailed it.
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Meh.
Rule number 1 about nicknames: don’t force them. This one is a more painful stretch than Mo Vaughn doing the splits.
I mean, I guess you can call him whatever you want, but I’m going to go ahead and stick to Carlos.
Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.
The Shawn Chacon Experience - Life as a Rockies fan, one day at a time: Because we're all still recovering from those nine blown saves.
Nah
CarGo is good, but I’ll probably just stick to Gonzo.
As an aside, does Gonzalez look like Moises Alou, or is it just me?
"Horton is win."
--Horvil Tiki
CarGo seems to be the most natural shortening of his name.
CarGon seems like a sort-of-awkward added consonant.
"Don't tell me about the world. Not today. It's springtime and they're knocking baseballs around fields where the grass is damp and green in the morning and the kids are trying to hit the curve ball." -Pete Hamill
Yes but
it goes better with long gone as in “That one’s long gone for CarGon”
Plus CarGo reminds me of a big ol’ slow cargo ship or plane.
TGFPR!!
Cargo
“Cargo delivers another souvenir baseball shipment to the bleachers …”
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doesn't he personally like
“G-Gon”?
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
Yes
I always liked “Best Player in the World Who Wrote the Best Song in the World,” but for some reason I couldn’t choose my own nickname. Instead, I got “Fish”
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 11, 2009 4:03 PM MDT up reply actions
I was
“benchwarmer”
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
by PioneerSkies on Jun 11, 2009 4:23 PM MDT up reply actions
Unfortunately, I was the victim of the stupid "First Letter-Last Syllable" nickname
Although as far as those go, I guess “D-Lu” isn’t that bad.
Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.
The Shawn Chacon Experience - Life as a Rockies fan, one day at a time: Because we're all still recovering from those nine blown saves.
I was just Jason
"We made too many wrong mistakes." ~Yogi Berra
"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." ~Lou Gehrig
JFK
not JFK?
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
by PioneerSkies on Jun 11, 2009 7:18 PM MDT up reply actions
nope
Three syllables don’t work well for cheering, and I didn’t tell my teammates my middle initial because then they would ask the question: “What is your middle name? Fitzgerald?” Which takes away from my already limited playing time.
"We made too many wrong mistakes." ~Yogi Berra
"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." ~Lou Gehrig
JFK
There's a kid on my brother's baseball team
whose name is Sean O’Brien. Guess what his nickname is?
"Admirably obsessive." - Uni Watch, March 24th, 2009
NA34 | HK | RMN
Paddy?
Listen, this signature line is a big part of who I am.
by frightened inmate #2 on Jun 14, 2009 12:05 PM MDT up reply actions
erg
The poor SOB.
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I was, well, The Old Grizzly Bear.
"What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do." -Bob Dylan
by Bryan Kilpatrick on Jun 11, 2009 5:32 PM MDT up reply actions
The OG Bear!
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
by PioneerSkies on Jun 11, 2009 7:19 PM MDT up reply actions
Old bears are a good thing.
Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?
Author: Jim Bouton
by pedalpusher on Jun 11, 2009 8:38 PM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
+1845
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
by PioneerSkies on Jun 11, 2009 9:09 PM MDT up reply actions
I think it's really cool that you and I are probably the only ones around here who understand that. :)
Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?
Author: Jim Bouton
by pedalpusher on Jun 11, 2009 10:13 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm guessing Baylor was established that year?
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 12, 2009 7:50 AM MDT up reply actions
OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Good job, PF.
Guess or did you look it up?
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
I guessed
Then I realized I could check after I posted
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 12, 2009 8:57 AM MDT up reply actions
Well, good guess. I'm impressed.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
As am I
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
by PioneerSkies on Jun 12, 2009 3:58 PM MDT up reply actions
I didn't know either
but considering how much you two have mentioned Baylor in the last couple days, the mascot is a Bear, all signs point to this being an educated guess. It would have been my guess too, he just posted first.
"We made too many wrong mistakes." ~Yogi Berra
"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." ~Lou Gehrig
JFK
Bubbleburst
It’s like you just explained how I do magic tricks
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jun 13, 2009 11:42 AM MDT up reply actions
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
by PioneerSkies on Jun 14, 2009 3:20 PM MDT up reply actions
G-Los
is a great nickname for number 5!
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
Funny what the PRBBQ
did to spark ideas. PioneerSkies came up with G-Los during the game too.
"We made too many wrong mistakes." ~Yogi Berra
"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." ~Lou Gehrig
JFK
I still can't help cracking up everytime I hear or see this!
"Maybe the problem is, you guys forgot how much fun this is. You're major leaguers. You're on baseball cards. What could be better? Don't worry about winning and losing. Just go out and play, have fun." -- Billy Heywood (Little Big League)
by AtkinsandTulofan on Jun 18, 2009 12:16 AM MDT up reply actions
el gato pequeno!
or some derivation of — in homage to el gato grande…Seems their style of play is similar…:)
Perhaps el gato dulce?
Sorry I’m late to the nickname party…
watch out for the potted plants...
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